Easter and Beyond!

On my Easter weekend I went to the UK to visit Chris, a friend of mine I met via FFXI, and whom I met "in real life" when he was visiting relatives in Australia. He then proceeded to prove his honorary Aussie-hood by trekking around the bush with the Influenza A I inadvertently gave him, which absolutely floored me for a couple of weeks. Anyway, despite that small setback we stayed in touch and now that I'm over here, I occasionally go to visit him & we nerd out playing video games and, this weekend, Warhammer 40k.

So here are some of the pictures of the fabulous armies that we played with -- all painted by Chris!

More nerdy photos here!

Other things that we did on the weekend was go up to Blackpool to visit his family for Easter. This meant that I ended up with a very full tummy (delicious delicious food!) and about a metric tonne of chocolate. They're always lovely people to visit and feel a bit like a family-away-from-family -- I miss that bustling family full house feel! :) Also I now know how to make bacon rolls, lol.

We also went shopping -- which for me meant FOOD! And all the things I miss: golden syrup, allspice, other bits and pieces for cooking and baking!

Today I had a lovely day -- the university is locked up for an Easter break so I've been working at home; I got a lot of work done and then I went for a bike ride to the post office to pick up a package -- the hefty French textbook I've been waiting for. Afterwards I cycled around the town and found a video game shop that also sells retro games and second hand thingies, and picked up a new PSP charger since my last one bit the dust (long story about how I thought my whole PSP was broken; thankfully that wasn't correct and it was just the charger! phew!). So now I have a working PSP.

Another thing I did today was to watch the first couple of episodes of Supernatural season 5. I've enjoyed watching Supernatural! It's sort of a cleverly written monster hunter type story, with some interesting undercurrents that play out over the seasons. Unlike Heroes or even BSG, there haven't been any real down series yet. I do recommend it if you like ghost stories/fantasy/sci-fi/Chevy Impalas :D

Next week I'm off to Spain for work & conferences. Hopefully I'll get some time to wander about and experience Spain, but with the way things look at the moment I suspect I'll be pretty busy most the time!