I am the chosen one.

I am happy to
report that my dancing shoes worked almost without flaw, and my
experience in the outside world was extremely enjoyable (thanks
girls). I am now free to indulge in one of the most cherished things
in my life. A hang-over Saturday. Although Saturdays are generally
intended for relaxation and a freedom responsibilities, there's
something special about a hung-over one. It's like even if you really
wanted to do something serious and practical (like gardening, or
fixing code on your flakey website) you can't even consider it due to
dehydration, dog breath and a general feeling of weariness. I
feel like by over-indulging last night, I've earned a day of
sloth.

So that's what I'm going to have. More
specifically, I am going to further my attempts to save the world from
Ganondorf (he's a very naughty boy). This new Zelda game is easily
the best in the series so far. Admittedly it doesn't have the impact
of the Ocarina of Time, as a lot of it has been seen before, but the
puzzles are so much better (i.e. less tedious) and the cartoony
artistic direction seals the deal for immersion. It's so good that,
well, I'm off to play it now. Bye!

Exemplar...

I think I may have
stumbled upon a modern day definition of a failed romance. I give you
exhibit A (EDIT: The link now appears to be photo-less :().

ps I don't look at this
site often, but sometimes I feel the need to evaluate others based
purely on the quality of their digital photography/scanning
hardware.

The outside world.

Tonight I am
dusting off my dancing shoes and heading out into the wide world to
inflict drunken havoc on the fine establishments of Bristol. This
comes after a similar drunken outing on Monday. God, if I leave the
confines of my high-tech dwelling one more time this week I fear my
geek status may be threatened

Wish me luck!

EDIT:
Oops, I meant to mention yesterday that 12xu has some free
Sally Crewe mp3s.

The Nintendo magic

As I mentioned the other day, I bought so brand spanking new games. Although I've had enough time to really see enough of either of them to make a definitive judgement, I'm sure it's not overly hasty of me to say that they're fucking brilliant. Although they are examples of very different genres, they both demonstrate the kind of attention to detail that Nintendo manage to infuse their best products with. The game worlds are magnificent, and the characterisation is pretty awesome (especially in Zelda). I'm a little daunted by the thought of tackling Zelda, as if the size of the world map is anything to go by, then it will be a game I will be playing well into the summer, and probably beyond (not a bad thing at all really).

Along with the games, I've also been exercising my internet shopping muscles at Amazon too. Making up the kernel of my order (you know, the things that you really want, before you add all sorts of other stuff) were the 2 EPs by The Dawn Parade. They're a fantastic indie rock (is that a legitimate term still?) combo that have written 2 of the most atmospheric and uplifting tunes I've heard for a while. Amazingly enough, you can download one of them for free from their website

Making up the rest of my order were CDs by Rainer Maria and Sally Crewe. The Sally Crewe (and The Sudden Moves) album is something special. At first is sounds a little too obvious and trivial, but it has lyrical hooks to die for and an upbeat poppy appeal. It's the sort of album Kenickie should've made instead of going their separate ways (I can't believe Lauren Laverne is now Johnny Vaughan's music bitch).

Anyhoo. I might update the site tonight and add an archive page. There's something about coding PHP whilst watching football that soothes my tortured soul. I will leave you with a quote from The Dawn Parade... Teenage rebel icons are one more way to conform.