Weekend
February 24th 2003 -
Mildly interesting
It only just occured to me that I am marrying into a family that has a George B. Sr, and a George B. Jr. who is following in his father’s footsteps (in this case, opal mining). I shall report further resonances as they reveal themselves.
Weekend
Another busy one. Took mum to the plane on Saturday morning, then got the BBQ cleaned and shopping bought in time for the birthday party at lunchtime, which was pleasant and fun, especially since Anna’s mom brought some salads (as did many of the guests) and Anna’s dad did the cooking. Meanwhile, when the party was closing down, Anna’s friend Maria did the washing up. Superb. All I had to do was clean the BBQ twice, and sit around having a good time with Chris, Amanda, Andrea, Kyla, Ted, Bill, George Jr., Maria, George Sr., June, Carey, Beaver, John, and Claire.
Loot
I’d deliberately asked some people for no loot, as there was no chance whatsoever that I was going to remember their birthdays in return, but several people got stuff anyway (or I forgot to tell them not to). Scored a kinda-tamborine from Ted, which will be rather useful and potentially a song-destroyer for Spit recordings, “The Chaser” annual from Anna, and a bunch of playstation 2 games from Bill. Cool. The PS2 games were “Medal of Honour” and “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4″. Pretty good so far, although as with the fightin and snowboardin games, learning all the combos in the skateboardin game look a bit tiresome. We’ll see… so far it’s just fun skating around the level.