Hospital Blues

I had a stellar game of Runebound lined up for 7 o'clock this morning. I woke up, actually I hardly slept a wink due to lack of alchohol and a midnight addiction to In Our Time, and went to thumb scan in at the school. Riding back in glee for an impending game, upon arrival my wife said she was sick and had to go to hospital. Argh!

All is well. It's flu, and Grace who I picked up at 3:30 and took her to see her mum, then got sick too, with a temperature and is staying the night there too.

I got home and attempted to make the best of this dreadful day.

Some beer, Jimi Hendrix and PaulWeller can raise my spirits.

I'm also almost sitting on 12 beautifully painted kobolds.

I'm so in love with Bron/Broen, I'm not sure what to do.

Nuclear Throne dominates my PC game time. How if I could reach there!

My ereader broke. I am broken. I was venturing into ancient Fafhred and Gray Mouser tales lost from memory. I had just reached the edge of my mind. Fafhred taken down to some undersea kingdom, where some horrible giant octopus lifted some spell which sent the water crashing in as Fafherd escapes to join the Gray Mouser on the sloop, all others drowned. I must secure a replacement, so I can continue on the astral adventures of these heroes.

World News? No.

 

Bron/Broen

This show is really, really good. I want to pack my bags and move to Denmark. OMG!

I've watched a lot of good shows this past couple of years. Some of the best shows ever made, I am sure. Yet, I am bewitched by this one. I'm holding off from watching the last series. It must be relished.

I found a website of all these Nordic novelties, which I intend to delve into.

The world appears to roll itself in pain. News is awful.

We've been gaming in Chumphon for 2 years now, and it's been a lot of fun and the focal point of my week.

Otherwise, life is as being a father and a husband and a good guy. Tougher than it sounds. I find solace in beer.

My job is fine. I enjoy the company of these brave, young teenagers.

Globally, it is appalling. Everything is corrupt. The situation unmanageable. One can only attempt to enjoy our time that we have. It would seem that we all now believe the lie. And we are doomed because of it.

Whatever....

Return

It's been a long time since I posted on my blog, but I have been thinking about it of late. These days I generally use Facebook, but it does have its limitations.

Back to school tomorrow, and it's a daunting prospect. In truth though, too much time on my hands has me reading all sorts of unhealthy news items which start to play havoc with my brain. So, I feel it would be a good thing to get back among the living. The school timetable is pretty hardcore however, and with the ridiculous 50 kid class sizes, I come home bloody knackered.

The hols have been great and I spent very relaxing days watching TV and eating. I got through all of Black Sails and all of The Wire. The latter being particularly fantastic. Someone said if you go through life not having seen the Wire it's a sad thing.

Managed to play games every week. Last week played Eldricht Horror at Harry's and Ascension Dreamscape and Imperial Assault skirmish at mine. Jon and Colin play fairly often. Arun plays now and again. Sadly, Brian moved away. He was a reliable player and enjoyed the company.

I have no camera and not really any intention to buy one, so there won't be many photos from home at the moment.

Grace and Oi are fine. We had a little break at Khao Lak, which had a beautiful beach and restaurant. We got to a couple of national parks, one was great, the other sad.

Oi works all the time, but it appears to be what she wants to do, so best let her get on with it.

The world? What a shit storm. Barely worth talking about.

PC games? I was enjoying Star Wars Battlefront until I suddenly stopped playing. I tried Fallout 4 on maximum difficulty which is great but it became like work. At the moment, I enjoy the quick 5 minute twin-stick shooters. Nuclear Throne takes first prize.

Books? Well I am reading albeit very slowly. Right now a return visit to Swords Against Death. I am still in total awe at these stories nearly 40 years after first reading them.

Summer of the Games

With all my friends away, I have been gaming a lot, physical and PC based.

LOTR Card Game has been great, though I am desperately trying to get passed the third Adventure pack in the first series, "A Journey to Rhosgobel". I thought it was going to be a breeze. How wrong I was. However, it has forced me to examine my player deck very carefully to try to optimize my chance of success. Soon, I hope to get passed it and continue through the campaign.

I have also been able to spend time organising my other games. Battlelore is all painted, and Harry and I had a great day of gaming before he left. Zombicide base set is all painted. X-Wing I have been organising it and laminating cards ready for the next season. The new faction, Scum and Villainy, is ready to go. Imperial Assault remains to be examined and painted, though one stormtrooper and one rebel fighter are nearly complete.

On the PC I have been playing World of Tanks and, newly acquired, GTA 5. I was hoping to leave PC games behind, but it hasn't happened. I do now though, however, only play a very limited range of games, as I find many of them just don't do much for me. Gracie and I though have had a hoot on Skyrim and we have been progressing a character. I also upgraded my RAM from 4 Gig to 8 Gig and what a huge difference that makes. I am also about to upgrade my graphics card to a NVidia Ge Force GTX 960 which should set me up for a couple of years and allow me to play the approaching Witcher 3.

Friday

Here we are. Home, slightly inebriated and very relaxed. We all got trapped into working an extra 2 weeks but its not so bad. Everyone one is tired and wanting to sleep so the pressure to teach is not there. I do a bit in the morning and take it easy in the afternoon class.

Saturday Night, Getting On.

All the crew are down the pub, but I chose to stay in with Oi and Grace, Even though, I just got trashed in my den, it is good to be close and we cohabit quite well.

I got some wine. It serves well.

Summer Holidays

Well, it's kind of here. Yesterday was the last day of term, though I still have exams to check in on, and mark, and we (Harry, Kate and myself) have all been roped into doing another 2 weeks of a private course, for no extra pay. I will try to resist.

I celebrated by purchasing some choice ales from the fish-bowl booze shop in the town. Bloody lovely they were too, and I got a special free glass. Later I went to Pete's restaurant and had a good time with the lads here; Jonny, Arun, Harry and Brian are all excellent company, and we have a real giggle.

I am slowly making my way through painting all the miniatures to Battlelore, a 2 player fantasy war game I am dying to have a crack at. Star Wars Imperial Assault is next in line for a paint job.

Gaming has been on Thursday nights and once a week. More than this and Oi starts making grumbling noises. So best to keep her happy. We have been working our way through the Descent campaign and it's nearly finished. Zombiecide is a popular favourite, though I want to get X-Wing back on the table but it is a bit more of a thinker, and set up can be quite long as there are a plethora of upgrade cards to consider when constructing one's fleet. Very tense game though. Love it.

Grace is fine and enjoying her young life. Her two rabbits are fun and I find myself growing quite fond of them. Never had a rabbit before.

Walking Dead and Vikings are back on the telly and I am sure will be great fun.

I try to play World of Tanks regularly too, as it is such an excellent game.

The garden is looking lovely and the house is an excellent place to relax, which is what I like to do most of the time.

Enough.