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

Thursday, October 20, 2005

At 10:44 AM, Frimlin posted this: Back from NYC Heya all. :) I arrived back at London Heathrow at just after 9am yesterday morning after having a fantastic time in New York and neighbouring Jersey City. I enjoyed my time there so much, I extended the trip by two days! That's right! I was supposed to be back on Monday morning, but after a bit of wrangling I was able to get my trip extended by two days. Why did I do that? You don't go to New York for your first time and then spend most of the time working and not seeing anything! But actually, that wasn't the main reason. Extending the trip by two days meant I could spend more time with my friend Michael, who lives just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, in Jersey City. He kindly allowed me to stay at his place, after I checked out of the luxurious Ritz Carlton Hotel in Battery Park City (south Manhattan), on Sunday. Photos? Yes, there are some. In typical Frimlin style I didn't really take enough, including none of the WTC site, which I passed by multiple times since the subway station from NY to NJ was right next to Ground Zero. But I have some of the stand I was demoing The Movies at, a couple of the city (it was raining when I arrived, and continued to for quite a few days), and a handful of Michael and I, which I took while showing him my "new" digital camera. I will be putting them up on my photo blog at some point soon -- maybe even today! And I intend to stick a couple up from Leipzig, too -- though I took even less photos over there, and they were all of the stand I was demoing at, at the Games Convention. D'oh! So anyhow, I had a fantastic time and I will say more once I've a) finished my first coffee in 24 hours, b) had a shower and got dressed and c) eaten the first food I've had in 30 hours. Yes really. You cannot count American Airline's box of "crackers and spread" as breakfast, even if they did try to hypnotise you. I am starving and have not eaten anything since I forced myself to eat two of their fruit bars, which were about the only edible thing I could find in that silly little "breakfast" box. ;) I have some bacon and eggs in the fridge (and that is absolutely all I have) -- so I think I'll be making myself an omelette before I make my way to the supermarket for much needed supplies. ;) I promise I will write more about this trip shortly. There is more to tell, and of course, photos! :) Frimlin (Posted at 10:44 AM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [4 comments]

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

At 10:06 PM, Frimlin posted this: Gold for The Movies, and Frimlin goes to NYC Heya! :) Yeah I know, it's been ages... and yes, I am still alive. :) This is just a quick update, I'm afraid. Three things. Firstly, last week The Movies went Gold. Yes, the project that has kept me both intensely busy and quiet for the last two and a half years has been completed, and is rushing its way to (and through) the CD factories as we speak. Am I relieved? Oh I am, I very am. ;) Secondly, following success with demoing The Movies to fans at the Games Convention in Leipzig earlier this year, I am now whisking my way off to New York for a few days of quite the same thing, at "Ziff Davis DigitaLife" which is on at the Javits Convention Center. Well okay, I'm not going now but there is a taxi coming in seven hours to take me to the airport. That's 5:30am in the morning by the way. Ecck! :) If you're around in NYC, please drop by and say Hi -- you'll see me, I'll be taking my normal position as the odd one out. ;) The third and final thing, not mentioned in the title is news about a new home for Frimlin! I moved house a couple of weeks back, after the let expired on our previous lovely apartment on Nightingale Road, here in Guildford. I now live up a rather steep road called The Mount, on the third floor of a rather tall building. :) And for the first time in a long while, I'm living alone. Oooh. :P I was without the Internet for two months, so hence the quietness -- not that I've ever proffered an excuse for it before, mind. ;) The place is okay, but not great -- apart from just one thing, that makes it rather awful. I can hear almost everything the people upstairs do, and conversely they apparently have similar ability to hear me. Which kinda causes much more stress than I'd rather have now I've finally finished all that time working on the game. I can't see much in the way of a resolution, other than to move at my soonest opportunity. Shame, mind. But then again, I think I prefer living with other people... Please wish me luck in New York. Typically, I am a bit freaked about the flight. But I'm getting on it so most likely it won't be up to me after that. :P Frimlin (Posted at 10:06 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

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