Monday, December 26, 2005

All I Want For Christmas.....

Hate to say it, but I had a bloggable Christmas. So here's what happened in that overly festive 24 hours.

7:30: Woke up to hear my dad saying to my mum "What's this like being your 50th Christmas?". Fall back asleep.
8:30: Woke up....
8:31:...Bonnie makes sure of it.
9:00: The beginning of the opening of the presents, know it may be a bit dissappointing when the first present was greeted with "that's nice Rick, but I already have that DVD".

9:30: Finished opening presents, highlights:-

• Civilization IV, which I haven't played yet, due to the computer I'm on not having a DVD Drive. I've already burnt a CD with the Welsh mod on it.
• 2005: Blogged, which is edited by Tim Worstall, and features tons of blog posts.
• Screwdrivers. I was so happy! Felt like such a man!
• Highland Cow calender. I kind of expecting I would get a calender, and I had every appendage crossed it was Lucy Pinder. I'm stll happy though.
• Alyson got me a dart board as well.

10:00: I rang Alyson to thank her for her presents, got all her family singing to me down the phone. As we had a limit of a fiver, I got her a framed photo of us from a trip to Chester a few weeks ago. It was a bit risky as she doesn't like pictures of herself, but she loved it.
12:00: There's three occassions when you can drink during the day and be civilized. During the World Cup in a far away loser country, during the cricket, and at Christmas. With that in mind, I went to the pub, and heard this kid say "I want to use the special man's toilet!", whilst pointing to the disabled toilets. I'm quite aware of the season, and the nature of the comment. But I couldn't help but laughing.
1:30: Have an influx of around 4 or 5 text messages wishing me Happy Christmas. Despite me sending some this year, I'm not sure I like them. It's because I can't tell if they're individually sent or sent to a group, and it warps my fragile little mind.
3:00: Jamie Oliver's speech, which is mainly about healthy eating, and food that tastes nice. I wonders what he thinks of pringles?
3:15: Ate some Pringles, noticed the King Kong competition, and everybody has a 'chance to win' a prize texting a number printed on the tub. I texted in, and I won "the opportunity to play Peter Jackson's King Kong Game, only £29.99 from most retailers!". Oh la de da! I feel so honoured! Also won "the opportunity to drive a Ferrari, only £250,000 from a Car Dealership!".
3:30: Christmas dinner, very tasty, especially the stuffing, and sausages wrapped in bacon. If there's a finer food than sausage wrapped in bacon, then I don't want to know about it
4:15: Hangover kicks in, not good....
4:30: Watched, Toy story 2. Great film, but it has made me never throw away another toy again. Was planning to clean out my room in Colwyn Bay in the new year, not going to do it now, purely out of guilt.
8 ish: Watch the entire Ross Noble DVD I got, wasn't expecting much, but was actually plesantly suprised by it.
10:00: Actually want to go to bed, but it feels like such a waste of Christmas.
10:30: Fell asleep