Off Topic With Ashley

Saturday night was Jeremy’s board game party, and it was a smash hit. There were six of us, and we played a bunch of games from Cluedo to Guess Who. I didn’t drink because I’m still on antibiotics to clear up my long-running not-quite chest infection, but everyone else did and it was loads of fun owing I’m sure to the extravagant supply of party pies.

My new favourite games include Pictionary, Cluedo, and Taboo. We also played a terrible movie-trivia-knowledge game which I didn’t really enjoy that much because I know almost nothing about films, and I got the majority of the questions wrong.

I didn’t leave until 2 AM with old school friend Sarah, who kindly drove me to my door. This was lucky because my original plan involved a fifteen minute trudge home and in a depressing turn for the worse it had started raining.

Now it’s Sunday and I’ve got a hangover which  I’m coming to think must be an entirely psychological phenomenon. I spent most of the day in bed, only to get up at about two and do some minimal housework.

Now I’m setting up my spare computer with the intent of using it as my new desktop machine. I figure it’s high time I started relying less on my laptop considering it’s a Dell, the screen is fucked and prone to flickering and turning off at utterly random times, the CMOS battery and now the chassis are rusting, and it gets extremely hot whenever I try to do anything with it.

Despite all this it’s not as completely unusable as you might think, and in fact I’ve been using it in this state for the last six months or so. That said, there’s rust creeping up and out of one of the grilles and into my line of sight next to the keyboard, so there’s now a permanent reminder that I should really consider moving on to something a little more reliable.

Hopefully I will be able to buy some upgrades tomorrow to get my desktop up to speed. My Dell has served me well over the last couple of years, but I think it’s about time to relegate it to thinner duties.