At least for a while.
My membership is due up pretty soon, so I've cancelled. I might be back, but who knows.
You can find me here.
https://www.facebook.com/tim.stables
and here...
https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowBeardAndMoustacheClub
Peace out.
Things have been pretty good as of late... work is going well, I'm enjoying my personal life immensely due to getting back into Wargaming, and Sarah and I have now been engaged for over a year with plans in motion. Pretty exciting stuff.
2013 is going to be pretty standard. The year I see my 27th Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Feeling pretty down this evening though... feels like everything is screwing up at home. The front door buzzer isn't working, light fixtures are broken, kitchen cabinet doors need fixed/replacing and the bathroom walls are starting to get pretty bad with mould... all minor things, but they weigh on your mind. We're going to be highlighting these to our landlord pretty sharpish.
The worst thing though? Cockroaches. Over the past couple of days, Sarah and I have started noticing these guys about the flat. Today I came home to find 3 in the fridge. They don't bother me, I'd happily pick one up, but still, the fact they're in the flat is pretty depressing and unnerving. We really need to get that sorted... obviously this is priority one.
Add that to the constant state (or what feels like a constant mess at least) due to the cat litter and straw that gets spread about, I just feel like I live in a total tip. The hoover we have, while quite new, is just rubbish at picking up the bits, and even when I do get the place clean, it's messy again in a couple of hours.I just don't feel like I can commit to pets any more, as the cat and rabbit seem to be annoying me more so than comforting me. It's caused a couple of arguments between Sarah and I. I really hope, when the animals are gone, that I can spend a good one or two years animal free. Totally selfish I understand, but still, I just need a break from the responsibility.
If only I won the lottery.
If only I played the lottery.
Fuck it.
Yesterday, I found out my grandfather died.
I posted something along the lines of "Even a beautiful day can't stop sad news", and then explained the situation after some comments from worried friends.
Later on, while out for lunch with my dad who I rushed over to see, he gets a call from my uncle asking him to get me to remove the comment because my cousin has just seen it and wasn't aware before hand.
Yeah, my uncle apparently wanted to wait for her to get home before she was told.
Oh, ok, I was meant to know that?
I mean come on... if my dad waited for me to finish work, while all the while this stuff was going on, I would have been furious.
So now apparently my aunt and uncle are all annoyed and upset saying that they had no way on contacting her.
I have a question.
HOW THE FUCK DID SHE CHECK FACEBOOK?
Fuck you, you fucking fuck... He was my grandfather too. How dare you tell me how to deal with my loss.
I forgot my account would renew automatically, so I've got until May 27th 2013, but I just hardly use the site anymore.
Today, after much stipulation and conversation, Blizzard announced the official release date of Diablo 3.
A lot of you will know that I've been waiting for this game for some time. Naturally, Greg (One of my best friends and colleague of mine) and I jumped to book some time off work. Now, I for one have not done this before, but with it being Diablo 3, and with having no plans for holidays due to saving for my wedding, I thought that this would be a great chance for some time off work and get some solid time with Diablo 3 after all these years of waiting.
So, after sorting that out with my boss, I posted the following on Facebook...
After a few comments, my mum posted the following, which I replied to, as below.
So yeah, my "irk-ment" started here.
I decided to leave it, but it steadily annoyed me more and more.
I decided to IM my mum. (For those that don't know, my mum and I work for the same company.)
The following is the short discussion we had...
I really don't know what to say about any of it, except that I'm extremely disappointed in how these opinions have come from my own mother, who has seen me play these games and develop as a person over the years... In one small discussion, she's not only insulted my friends, but pretty much my entire hobby lifestyle growing up.
I mean come on! Who would actually choose to sit in the dark? Especially when playing games that are played by a vast demographic, which often involve extremely complex and complicated rule sets... These are no mere board games or playground past times, these games are on par with Chess and Poker.
My mother seems to have some serious stigmatism concerning my gaming habits. Bringing my age, my lack of "professional ambition", not forgetting my supposed lack of ability to manage my time and holidays in a "proper manner"
I mentioned Greg before. He just sent me this...
He has a point.
What hits me the most is the fact that I want to open and run a professional and successful gaming shop. What would mum think of that I wonder? What if it actually works!? What if these games and activities that are for "Young Teens" and those who "Sit in the dark" actually start making me money.
Until then, I hope she butts out until she opens up to the idea that gaming is an ever expanding past time, making millions of us happy, and some of those people, money.
Fuckin' /rant
Can't help but feel a little bit pissed off. More so to do with the latter.
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