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[ frimlin - wizard, reflected ~ ] The Fantastical Voyages of Wizard Frimlin, continued...

Tuesday, December 31, 2002

At 3:25 PM, Frimlin posted this: Heya! Okay so it's the last day of the year. So what has 2002 brought to you? Have you moved on enough? Have you had enough change? Have you done enough? Have you followed any of your old New Years resolutions? I think I tried not to make any for this year. No wonder it feels like I'm not as disappointed with myself as I could have / should have been. I don't think Frimlin has done enough. And I definitely don't think he's done enough of the right things. And I don't think it's healthy that he keeps referring to himself in the third person. It's just odd. So get out and do something in 2003. Don't end up feeling like me, on the last day of the year. Don't give in to the part of you that will always want to hold you back. I've done it. It's never going to be good -- that's it's purpose. Who needs a tall poppy cutting society when you can do it yourself. Self-pruning Ash cut back too far. Self-pruning Ash needs to go take some time out. I desperately want to bloom. The promising bud is there -- I can feel it so strong. I try and peel back to it, but it's like an onion -- you peel and peel, and then what are you left with. Tears for sure. But hey, with a bit of batter you could make onion rings! (Thinking positive, and all that!) So what will next year be like for Frimlin? A Chinese Horoscope book tells me to put off any major plans for another year -- just when I'm in a state of thinking only of major plans. But maybe it doesn't apply to those without epicanthic folds. Maybe I don't eat enough rice for that kind of thing. Who knows. But really, not all the signs can be so wrong. Not every hint I'm getting from the Universe has been that hard to interpret. I need to make some changes. In 2003, Ash needs to set Ash free. I wish you the very best trying to figure out your New Year. It's an opportunity for you to bring much needed change into your life. Time for you to reflect back, and ahead. But don't put it off for tomorrow. Tomorrow may be another year, today. But it's just another day, and so it's just as easy to start changing today. See you all in 2003. Frimlin (Posted at 3:25 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

Monday, December 30, 2002

At 8:03 PM, Frimlin posted this: Hey! Haven't had the photos developed yet, sorry! Haven't really been doing anything constructive at all, actually. I'm trying to relax and enjoy not having to go into work whilst still being happy and healthy. Trouble is, I'm bored out of my skull! I've been checking the same sites over and over again, hoping they've been updated. I've been playing a game of Civilization 3, despite being frustrated with it recently due to some bugs in the game software. Trying to decide what exactly to do tomorrow night. Claire suggested meeting up and going to the Fleur together. Nigel wants me to join him down in his new place in Beckenham, Kent. I'd like to see both Claire and Nigel, and it would be great if I could meet up with someone like Pav too. So I'm still undecided. Terrible, I know -- maybe one day I'll start planning stuff like this in advance! Frimlin (Posted at 8:03 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

Saturday, December 28, 2002

At 11:54 PM, Frimlin posted this: Did a bit more of an update to the design. Hopefully you can now subscribe to these updates, if you're that interested! Check out the subscription thingy to the left hand side. Annabel turned up for a while earlier, just at the same time that Claire called on the phone. She stayed for a while, and we shared a hot drink moment. Then she went off to the Fleur to see some strippers with our friend Rob, who lives down my street. Nigel called, he was at the Pickerel. I wasn't really up for that kind of night again. However, he's leaving Cambridge tomorrow to go back down to his new flat in Beckenham. I'm hoping that Boots will be open tomorrow, so I can get my photos developed. I'm not really sure what's on all the film -- I only took two or three last night. However, I finished the film tonight... topless. They'll probably look awful, and you'll never see them. But hey, I had to finish the film! I'm considering asking a certain friend whether he'd take some semi-nude photos of me. He's a really good photographer -- that's important, because I don't want to waste my time doing something that's going to look awful and unprofessional. Don't get too excited (or worried) I very much doubt you'd get to see anything too provocative. Yes I am a bit of a prude when it comes to the Internet, I don't want nude photos of me to come back and haunt me later in life. Or used against me for some kind of bribe. You never know. So yeah anyhow, the photos would be decent enough that I probably wouldn't mind my mother seeing them. So there. :P Frimlin (Posted at 11:54 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

At 5:38 PM, Frimlin posted this: Hello! I had a great night last night. Met up with Nigel at the Pickerel -- mostly just watched him play what seemed a really skill-less game and was bored out of my head. Decided to start out on a couple of small glasses of red wine. Mistake number one. Finally we left and went to Claire's place! Had a great time -- she even cooked us up some delicious pasta. Little did I know then, as I was sipping white wine, that I would be seeing that pasta all over again later. Claire suggested we went down to the Fleur-de-Lys for drinks, Nigel wasn't up for it so he left. Claire and I went along, and despite the fact I was way too warmly dressed for a bar, I managed not to look completey uncomfortable -- I think. At this stage I drank a pint of kronenberg, or two. Are you noticing a pattern of mistakes, yet? Before leaving the Fleur, Claire started chatting to a couple of women that were up near the bar where we were. They were very friendly so she invited them back to her place for drinks after the bar closed. Before we left, I had two glasses of rum and coke -- which was what Claire had been drinking. Mistake number 24. Yeah I'm sure I made other mistakes -- I am, afterall, human. I really am! Stop staring. Anyhow! Got back to her place and chatted for ages with these two women, who's names I have now forgotton. Got a sudden urge to rush up to Claire's loo. Did so. Hello Pasta! Ended up collapsing on Annabell's bed (she was away at her parents' for Christmas). All I can say, folks, is... who's a silly Frimmy!? Mixing drinks like that. Tut tut. Oh well. You'll learn. Well, until next time, of course. Of course!!! You may notice a minor design update to frimlin blog. Yeah okay so it's not so minor. I'll be reformatting my other pages (Photo Gallery / Writing.. etc) and will be adding links to them as they become ready. This new design was just a quick 5 minute hand coded effort, so it may not linger. I really should spend longer and do something more decent... but... I just can't be arsed. Same old excuse. Frimlin (Posted at 5:38 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

Friday, December 27, 2002

At 3:51 PM, Frimlin posted this: Hey! I worked Monday and Tuesday -- did as much as I could before going on holiday. There's so much to do, though! Monday evening my friend Pav came around and spent a few hours listening to music with me. Was good to see him, but I was concerned about him recently breaking up with his partner. However, it seemed I was more concerned than he was. It was good to see him anyhow, because I don't think we'd seen each other all year. I'd love to spend more time with him, but he holds me at a distance. He seemed to be more interested in me during our first few months of getting to know each other, whereas I have grown more interested in him the longer we've known each other. Maybe this just hightlights two different ways people make bonds, or perhaps it's more to do with what you're looking for. Tuesday I helped Nigel pack up some of his stuff into a hire car. He then drove down to Beckenham to drop it off at his new flat. In the evening he returned and we made merry till the wee hours of Christmas Day. I slept through till midday on Christmas, and spent the day to myself. I saw Nigel later on for a while. Boxing Day I worked on my Civilization 3 scenario, and mucked around home. Tonight I'm off down to meet Nigel at the Pickerel, then we're off to Claire's place for a meal and drinks -- should be a great night! I'm going to take my camera -- just in time for a much needed update to my Photo Gallery! Frimlin (Posted at 3:51 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

Wednesday, December 18, 2002

At 4:21 PM, Frimlin posted this: Hello! Okay so I haven't updated in ages -- oh well. I can't be bothered writing an account of what I've been up to, but I'll let you know about a few things. Nigel has got a job! He's now working as Lead Artist at Pocket Studios, and will probably be working on a Lord of the Rings title for the GameBoy Advance. He says the atmosphere is very positive and welcoming, which is in stark contrast to what he felt about the atmosphere at his last job. Also, it seems he is being paid more as a starting wage than he was when he finished his last job -- so in general the new job seems to be brilliant! And it was the first interview he went to -- which meant he didn't have to go to any others. But now he spends his week down in Kent, so I only get to see him over the weekends. And with me being a weekend hermit, it's going to be difficult trying to make the effort to meet up with him. But hey, change is good, right? Sure, but when the change means I miss out on a good reason to have Chicken Tikka at The Pickerel, then maybe it's not so good afterall! On a more personal front, nope there is still no love life for me. It's not like I'm surprised, I don't really make a great effort to go out and meet people. Oh that reminds me, I got a phone call last night from an old flame -- Matthew. He'd tried to ring a couple of weeks ago, but hadn't been able to get through -- my home line is usually engaged as I'm on the Internet. It was great to speak to him, but it felt a bit rushed. It's a shame that despite how small the world feels, the distances between two people can seem so very vast. Miss you, Matt. Have you heard the joke about the cat with three legs? Well it goes something like this. When I was thirteen or so, I got a new black and white kitten called Fudgie. A few years later, when I was about 18, I got another young cat -- a tabby I named Libby. I love both very much, but especially Fudgie because she's always been such a tiny cat. Plus she's difficult -- you need to know how to approach her, and not move suddenly around her. Well, a year or so ago she lost one of her legs after having a bit of an accident with a car on the road outside my Mum's house. It took Mum ages to let me know about her accident, because I think Mum was scared I'd be so upset that I'd have to come back to New Zealand. Well, there was no worry of that happening -- I was just so glad she wasn't dead. I saw her and Libby again in Feb/March this year when I went back home to NZ for a holiday. It was strange, Fudgie didn't know quite how to take me at first. I think it felt to her like I had been exhumed from the ground -- she made some very odd mewing noises when she first saw me. In early February 2003 my Mum is coming over the UK for a year, to see if she wants to move her permanently. It's a really big deal, as you can imagine. She was born over here, and lived here till she was about 30 or so -- so it's not like she doesn't know the place. So you're wondering about the joke, right? You're wondering why I said this was a joke about a three legged cat. Well it kinda is. A very sad joke, that says more about our society's values than anything even slightly feline. My Mum has given and given all her life. She's helped people over and over, many times without thanks. She's carried on relentless at times when it seemed the world was against her. Heck she raised two children of strangers from baby to adulthood and beyond. She's done a lot. Yet now, when she really needs someone to help her with our two cats, nobody is there for her. If you're in New Zealand, and you're able to help out myself and my Mum by looking after (or indeed permanently adopting) my two dearly loved cats, then please let me know. Our friends and family in Christchurch seem to have turned their back on Mum, and none of them have offered to help even slightly (my sister is not included, she's got a scary breed of dog at her place!). That reminds me. My sister Emma is getting married!! She's been with her boyfriend Mike for about five years or so, now. So it's not like they haven't had time to get to know each other. The saddest thing is that I cannot afford to come over and be there for the wedding. It's so sad in fact, I don't like thinking about it, so I'll keep this brief. But suffice to say, if you've got a spare �1000 and you agree with me that brothers should go to their sister's weddings, then please, send me the money! Well anyhow, I've gone on and on so I better stop before my fingers fall off. I will write more... when I can be bothered!!! Frimlin (Posted at 4:21 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

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