... and all that jazz
Suffered some missing time this morning (as sometimes happens) so I ended up getting up rather later than planned, but never mind. First order off business was to trundle up to the sports centre and renew my membership (it being the annual £100 off day) - hopefully I will actually get my money's worth this year. Need ... more ... will-power. Have gym induction (again) next week as I can't remember how the weights machines worked - I only really used the bikes/treadmills/rowing machines etc last year.
Given all this, I arrived in town well after the start of OxCon for the day and everyone was already embroiled in long-running games. Given this, I immediately t00bed off to the cinema to watch Chicago, which was enormous fun. I've always been a big fan of musicals, and this one didn't disappoint, managing not to become a complete triumph of style over substance (and what style!). Only the one immediately memorable song, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The leads are ale great - and they even did all their own singing and dancing (as explicitly pointed out in the credits ;-)
Returned to the Mitre and found a couple of games for the afternoon/evening (avoiding Settlers as have been repeatedly told it's a game of chance - complete with comedy games involving cutting decks to see who wins etc - and nobody has convincingly refuted this). For food, I took (and completed!) the Chocolate Challenge (approx. a gallon of ice-cream, chocolate brownie, various chocolate-covered things, chocolate sauce, cream and marshmallows) - reminiscent of the hobbits having pints at Bree, various people decided that they needed to have one too.
All-in-all, another fun day. Sadly, I have to go to work tomorrow, but at least it's only a four day week.
Given all this, I arrived in town well after the start of OxCon for the day and everyone was already embroiled in long-running games. Given this, I immediately t00bed off to the cinema to watch Chicago, which was enormous fun. I've always been a big fan of musicals, and this one didn't disappoint, managing not to become a complete triumph of style over substance (and what style!). Only the one immediately memorable song, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The leads are ale great - and they even did all their own singing and dancing (as explicitly pointed out in the credits ;-)
Returned to the Mitre and found a couple of games for the afternoon/evening (avoiding Settlers as have been repeatedly told it's a game of chance - complete with comedy games involving cutting decks to see who wins etc - and nobody has convincingly refuted this). For food, I took (and completed!) the Chocolate Challenge (approx. a gallon of ice-cream, chocolate brownie, various chocolate-covered things, chocolate sauce, cream and marshmallows) - reminiscent of the hobbits having pints at Bree, various people decided that they needed to have one too.
All-in-all, another fun day. Sadly, I have to go to work tomorrow, but at least it's only a four day week.
