In the Mixer. What turned into a long session as we refused to give up the table.
(I could do a stupid joke about love is blind at this point.)
Friday, December 30, 2005
The New Year Celebrations
Ok, there are a stack of photo's here from various nights over the Christmas and New Year Break. I'm going to try and get as many of them as I can up here for your amusement.
(I could do a stupid joke about love is blind at this point.)
(I could do a stupid joke about love is blind at this point.)
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Christmas in Paris
A few pictures from the Work Christmas Lunch. Yes that's right, Christmas lunch in Paris. Get us swanning about.
River Seine near the Louvre
An Accordian playing Santa
Inside the Restaurant
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Nine Black Alps - Astoria
Wednesday 14th December
Giles called me up having got a spare ticket for the Nine Black Alps at the Astoria. I'm fairly convinced that I've seen them before, probably just as a band on early at Glastonbury or something, but I thought it was worth seeing them again. I figured I knew at least one of their songs. I actually counted 4 songs that I knew. It's XFM, the songs creep into your subconscious when it's on as background noise.
We decided on getting a view from the balcony since it was rammed downstairs. It's probably as well, since there is no way I could have kept up with the kids in the mosh pit beating 7 kinds of crap out of each other. And to be honest it was a lot more fun watching it from our bird's eye view. The odd girl or couple wandering forward thinking they could see a gap nearer the front, only to find themselves in a whirlpool of teenage moshing. The crowd seemed to be enjoying the moshing and surfing slightly more than they were the music.
Watching the bouncers as they pulled the surfing kids clear of the barrier I came up with the theory of Bouncer Cricket. There definitely seemed to be some competiveness going on and so I conclude that you get 3 points for a pulling a kid clear. 1 point for an assist. Seriously there was one bouncer, who if he didn't get a hold on the kid first, went then to hold on to the back of the bouncer who had. And then 2 points for pushing the kid once he was over and on his way back round.
And so Bouncer Cricket is born.
Giles called me up having got a spare ticket for the Nine Black Alps at the Astoria. I'm fairly convinced that I've seen them before, probably just as a band on early at Glastonbury or something, but I thought it was worth seeing them again. I figured I knew at least one of their songs. I actually counted 4 songs that I knew. It's XFM, the songs creep into your subconscious when it's on as background noise.
We decided on getting a view from the balcony since it was rammed downstairs. It's probably as well, since there is no way I could have kept up with the kids in the mosh pit beating 7 kinds of crap out of each other. And to be honest it was a lot more fun watching it from our bird's eye view. The odd girl or couple wandering forward thinking they could see a gap nearer the front, only to find themselves in a whirlpool of teenage moshing. The crowd seemed to be enjoying the moshing and surfing slightly more than they were the music.
Watching the bouncers as they pulled the surfing kids clear of the barrier I came up with the theory of Bouncer Cricket. There definitely seemed to be some competiveness going on and so I conclude that you get 3 points for a pulling a kid clear. 1 point for an assist. Seriously there was one bouncer, who if he didn't get a hold on the kid first, went then to hold on to the back of the bouncer who had. And then 2 points for pushing the kid once he was over and on his way back round.
And so Bouncer Cricket is born.
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