Or it was, but it still is. If that makes sense!

I went down to the electronics store to buy a TV today. Unfortunately I couldn’t find what I was looking for (read: they were too damned expensive!) so we went to wait for a bus at Warrior Square. Opposite this bus stop is a Memorial for Queen Victoria, which today (and probably for the last few weeks) was donning a Christmas hat. It was pretty amusing to see, so I snapped a few pics with my mobile. What makes it amusing is it’s a nice change for the Traffic Cone she’s wearing all year round.

Hope you guys are having a good one, I’m currently sitting here syncing my iPod Touch 32GB for the first time. I’ve also managed to make myself a strong snowball – more advocaat than Lemonade, it was an accident. :\ Not really up for spirits at this time in the morning.

I’m off to my Nan’s at 1:30 for Christmas dinner, w00t!

Thanks to the the recent Speed Gamers Pokémon Marathon I have been in the mood to play Pokémon, the last time I played the series properly was Pokémon Sapphire in 2003, in which I managed to get a free legit copy before release. This year is also the 10th Anniversary of my absolute addiction to Pokémon Blue. Playing Pokémon against the guys in Sixth Form, now those were the days!

Anyway my copy of Pokémon Platinum came today and its brought back all of those good memories! It’s an excellent little game so far and the DS seems more suited for it than the original Gameboy did. Managing your inventory on the touchscreen makes life so much easier. I’ve been playing for an hour and a half now and I haven’t seen a single Pokémon from the original yet… then again their numbers have risen to 490-odd from the 151 in the originals.

I’ve got to catch me a Pikachu! Team Rocket 4 Life, yo!

Just doing yet more tidying in the room. It’s at times like this I wonder whose dumbassed idea it was to put a 96 litre tropical fish tank upstairs. Then I come to the stark realisation it was mine. FML.

It’s that time of year when for the entire duration of December (and late November) that you hear wusses from around the globe declare “it’s not Christmas until the Coca Cola ad has been on”. I call bullshit on this one, an ad does not dictate when Christmas starts for me. No! For Christmas does not start until I’ve seen Die Hard AKA the BEST GODDAMNED CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!

Yeah, you know the one, its the movie where a single cop (Bruce Willis) gets caught up in a terrorist takeover of a 40-story building. It’s NOT Christmas when the Coca Cola ad plays. But you know that part of the movie where John McClane has a scuffle with the nerdy looking German guy? They eventually fall down the stairs, breaking the guys neck in the process. Yeah? Then John sends the guy’s dead body down the elevator wearing a Christmas hat with “Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.” scribbled on his shirt? THAT’S when Christmas truly starts!

I’m a bit disappointed that it won’t be on Terrestrial TV in the run-up to Christmas, so I guess I’ll put the DVD in sometime before Christmas Eve.