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BBQ with a friend, throw in a mix of late anniversary celebration since they were out of the country for their actual anniversary. Turned into a mix of whiskey, port, and cigars - some very fine Arturo Fuento Anejo 77's. Along with the "ash" competition - just how much ash you could keep on the cigar without it dropping...

This half makes me want to pick up the dlc and replay Dragon Age 2 again. Hm, much as I enjoyed aspects of it, yeah, I can't really feel up to it in summery weather.

Heh, a friend of mine has a teenage daughter who is into cosplay and attends fantasy / sci-fi conventions in costume. Knowing this, I threw them a link to a unique corset shop when it had a sale and both mother and daughter went squee over the corsets and picked up a couple. The daughter happened to pick one that was a certain white and black colouring and in a pattern that just... let's just say screamed "French maid" but she didn't realise it. When it arrived and she put it on she was ecstatic. Then I did the "does she realise she looks like a French maid now?" to her mother. When it got pointed out, daughter kind of has that furious "NO!! I don't!" response. Now whenever she's being a bit flighty, her mother just looks at her and goes "Ooo-La-lah!" and the daughter melts down into a pile of furious, teased embarrassment. Apparently it's become a very effective way of dealing with a stressing out teenager.

I'm not sure what you mean by mess? The AC games are very stable and have a huge following. For example I have played every AC game except for Black Flag To be fair, with the current level and quality of telecommunications, it shouldn't be as hard to keep things organised/on track over different countries then it is to keep different departments scattered around a building. The problems would be more shared language/cultural work attitudes, and time zones.

English spring/summer. The sun is blazing, the heat is rising... And I ended up out of bed far too early for a Saturday morning to jog half a mile uphill, run the police assault course as "practice" with odd bits of exercise as shown by my friend who is in charge of training us, then jog the half mile down hill. Key things noted, I need to improve my leg strength, and get my general cardio up to improve fatigue levels. Personal goals today. Shower. Seriously shower, drink, eat. Potentially collapse and let the next 12 hours go by with little movement...

To go with the rest of the day's trailers.. Watch Dogs collected info-dump in one. http://youtu.be/ulFeUCAI5xM

http://youtu.be/m0TuKSES0iw

Okay, Timothy Omundsen as a singing, evil King, and Vinnie Jones as his henchman? What is not to love?

For the sideline note.. The fan-made "live action trailer" for Akira.. http://youtu.be/t1GO-93Nt3c

Oy Vey. Now considering that Tough Mudder is in the middle of August.. I can't get a regular appointment with the doctors.. until the 2nd week of June.

Enjoying that Monday start where I get to go "ow. muscle ache. Need to keep stretching." I should probably make an appointment with the Doctor just to cover the basics. The whole "Apart from getting blood pressure checked about 6 months back.. I haven't really seen a doctor for any check-ups as such in a decade." So before I really throw myself hard into Tough Mudder training, maybe it's an idea just to have that check up....

Strength training and a run. My legs feel like limp noodles. I might actually have to start having more for breakfast then a pint of tea...

Utadu Hikaru if I remember correctly..

I see your JPop Girls and raise you a JPop Girl and a Robot.. http://youtu.be/AwQuXbae3N4

Got into my first batch of training with my friend and his wife for Tough Mudder. Made it through, threw up just a little bit after the cooldown after. Staggered home, and time for some sushi and juice and then sink into a bath I think.... I'm hoping if I do get into this training cycle, it'll help my sleep. The last month has been chronically bad doze/wake constantly. That and I've realised I've hit that point where after ten years with my waist the same size, in the past two years it's gone up a couple of inches.

http://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I

A nice little mashup tune put to a ConTemporal montage vid.. http://youtu.be/0JGemIjM90Q

Some friends are doing the Tough Mudder event, and have invited me to join in. I'm pondering on just how much training for it I would need. A 10-12 mile assault course event. I should improve my cardio...