Two A Score in one hand, A Dozen in the other

So the last two weeks I've had off from work since the whole office closes up in that time period, from Xmas to about a week after NY's. It was good knocking off at 3 to go to Kel and Tash's place and playing with Alex before heading off to play Chrononauts, where we Assassinated and Saved Hitler at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games about a dozen times each, and one time caused the entire universe to collapse in on itself.

Lets see, then Xmas came around. The Elder sisters were keeping to themselves, mostly because of a silly debacle in 2010, so that left Mum, Younger Sister and I to drink wine and have bacon and egg breakfast. I'm sure there was a lunch as well, but buggered if I know what it was now. Younger Sister got some sort of present, again I can't remember, and I got a Tin of Baked Beans after an idea from a friend *Cough*AlbionLoveDen*Cough* since Mum had already given me my Xmas present early and there had to be something for me to unwrap. I got her a three pack of Ferrero Rochers.

Next was the day before Mum's Bday. With Mum getting me Skylanders as an Early Xmas Present, she invited the 10yo Nephew over to play with me. He'd bring over his Figures and we'd go nuts. So we did that for the better part of the two days he was here. We also played Castle Crashers for a little while. Got to the Alien Mothership before we decided to put it down and go to bed.

Mums Birthday rocked up and the entire Clan turned up (Eldest sister + 3, Second Eldest Sister + 2, Little Sister) with a Freddo Ice Cream cake. Laughs were had, and one child told off for being a bit too big for his boots (he asked Grandma something and when Mummy answered he shot back with a "I wasn't talking to you").

New Years was uneventful. Time ran down, we watched the Telly for the Fireworks at the Sydney Harbour Bridge, wished each other a Happy New Year, then flicked it over to a different channel to watch something more interesting before I went outside to call Jenny since I have trouble hearing her over the Telly.

Have I mentioned how much I love Jenny? Not to mention love hearing her voice? And how much I want her to come around? Because I think the cheeky bastards on Twitter are making all attempts to discourage her.

Y'see, one day she sents me a message asking how big our Lizards are. To which i reply "They're no Komodo Dragons, but they get to about 3-4 feet long". This is when I discovered that she has a thing about Lizards. She was watching House Hunters International with her parents, and the couple were looking at houses in Costa Rica, and one of them opened the bathroom door and a large lizard bolted out into the garden. Jennys Mum asked "Does that happen in Australia?"

Well no, not unless you live out in the sticks and have your windows open with no fly screen. And even then it's unlikely. Though Greybeard did get a Goanna nearby when he went to lunch with his wife one day. To which he took a photo and showed Jenny. Giggles were had, except by Jenny who was tempted to faint at the very thought of a lizard being so close.

Now she's getting regular stories about Children being strangled by a Python in far North Qld, and Crocs sleeping in peoples kitchens in the NT. Just wait until I start telling her about the Sea Creatures. I think I've only mentioned the Bullsharks.

What else did I do? I played a fair few games, that's for sure. I wanted to play Gears of War 3 with the boys, but the internet stopped me from doing that. It keeps cutting out the Cable TV signal, which Mum is usually watching.

I got into FF13 though, after holding onto it for so long without actually picking it up. I finally sat myself down and said "Right, lets play." I've gotten up to disc 3, and I'm not entirely fussed with it. It's pretty and all, and it has it's perks... But I'm just not that into it. I'm still going to try and finish it.

I'm back into Tactics Ogre, playing through the variant stories now, making a dozen (Maybe not a dozen) different saves, and checking out how different the stories become in the different chapters and moral choices. It apparently branches out to about 6 very different storylines at chapter 3, then they all fold into chapter 4 over some big event that I haven't quite reached yet. Actually, I haven't quite reached chapter 3 yet, but I'm working on it.

I've almost finished painting my Blood Bowl team. They don't look schmick or anything, but they're colour coordinated. Green Skin, Red Shirts, black Sunglasses, red tongues, metallic shoulder pads, brown pants. Yadda yadda yadda. If I wanted them painted well, I'm sure I can pay someone to strip them and paint them again. I'm going to work on some Ogre models I've had for... donkeys years actually... and get them painted up for D&D. We're facing Ogres a LOT lately.

I got my Xmas present from Jenny, the sneaky buggar. She said she was going to buy a present for her 10yo cousin, so she was probing me for what cool Lego stuff she could get him. But No, her cousin didn't actually get anything. I copped a massive Lego Alien Mothership, which is just short of 20" in diameter. THEN you spin around the ring, and it triggers a sound box! How cool is THAT!

But after telling mum not to get me anything at the beginning of the month, I would've thought Jenny would have done the same. Cheeky buggar.

So what to do for a New Years Resolution? Well I might bump it up to 1080i *badum tish*. But seriously, I think I'll start reviewing games that I play throughout this coming year. Figure out a formula for reviews, tben post them up and see what kind of reaction they get. Good, Bad, Constructive, whatever. Otherwise, Paint more and get ready for Jenny to come over this year!