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The height of student living

Having made a most unfortunate miscalculation (I’m still sure that there’s at least £200 that’s gone poof) I now have, for the next 2 days, no money whatsoever.
Well, that’s a lie. I have £10. Which will be spent on bog roll, and the most unfortunate female timing in existance to leave me about £3 =P
The [...]

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No wonder you’re all fat.

And, while it should be obvious, I’m aware only 15-30% of Americans are obese. It’s the stereotype of the ‘fat American’ I’m looking at. No-one take this personally =P
There’s a shop here, called Cyber Candy, which sells imported American and other not-sold-in-Britain sweets. (Plopp chocolate bar, anyone? Bacon flavoured gum? ) at a good 4 times [...]

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Amusing copy protection.

“Settlers III was also famous for it’s peculiar copy protection: in pirated versions of the game, iron smelters would only produce pigs instead of iron, which made the player unable to produce weaponry”
–Wikipedia
Mahaha. Who needs Securom? =P
Srsly though. It only punishes the pirates and, chances are, a couple of levels in. Shame nowadays it’s probably [...]

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Hmm.

It’s just stress apparently, and I thought it must be my deadline. But it’s kept going, and seems to flare when I’m angry upset, etc.
Thing is, I have trouble talking about it, quite literally. Which is also stressing me out. Idea here being typing about it should desensitize me to it so I then can [...]

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The Kalm’s isn’t working *twitch*

So, you sling around “We’re going to sack you if you don’t do as we say.”
How fucking dare you?
This isn’t my work btw, it’s Paul’s =P
You get someone to cover your shift and they don’t turn up? Bah, you come over and do it right now or we’ll sack you.
Haven’t filled out a form we [...]

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Dizzy

I’ve been feeling constantly sick for… 4 weeks now, which stomach pains on and off.
After a lengthy “you’re not pregnant? Are you SURE?! …Really sure?!” Suspecting stomach acid, the doc gave me anti-acid type things (prescriptions are £7.10 now. Blech. If part of that wasn’t going into funds for the Scots and Welsh to get [...]

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