Hanging with Gus...
Hanging with Gus on Friday night was cool.
After heading back to Leytonstone from Heathrow (to dump Gus' bags) we jumped on the tube to catch up with some of Gus' friends based in America at a restaurant in Kensington.
Getting to Kensington was a little bit of a nightmare, because there was trouble with the trains at St James Park. Rather than wait we got up to street level and took a cab the rest of the way.
Gus' pals were pretty cool, although for me it was mostly an exercise in sitting back, listening, trying to follow the language and enjoying the food.
After the meal we went to a nearby pub and kicked back for a bit. Turns out that one of Gus' Seattle-based friends has a boyfriend in a black-metal band called Scorched Earth. Neato. I didn't expect that.
Me and Gus eventually got back to the flat in Leytonstone, where we set alarms for him to get up and get back to Heathrow to catch his plane back to Australia.
He got up in time to get to Heathrow, no worries.
Rest of yesterday for me: resting up, chilling out. Throwing things in the wash, buying food.
I made some pasta with mince-y sauce to go with it, but I used way too much oil and not enough pasta-sauce, so now the mince sauce is all olive-oily. I've since discovered that you aren't supposed to put any oil in the pan when you fry the mince, but I was afraid of the mince sticking to the pan.
Oh well, Jason's food exploration continues.
Today I'm chilling and watching Battlestar Galactica DVDs. I wonder if my friend Maria, the woman that introduced me to old Galactica, has seen the new BG, and I wonder what she thinks of it. I reckon it has both enough little touches of the old series to satisfy an old fan while it is enough of an evolution (on a bunch of levels) to not just be a stagnant homage.
Plus it is a great example of the not-so-futuristic futurism SF that I really like.
This afternoon I think I will also make a list of all the stuff to do this week.
And maybe make a more comprehensive list of all the books I'm reading, so I can cross them off as I finish them.
All good fun.
For now, over and out.
-J
After heading back to Leytonstone from Heathrow (to dump Gus' bags) we jumped on the tube to catch up with some of Gus' friends based in America at a restaurant in Kensington.
Getting to Kensington was a little bit of a nightmare, because there was trouble with the trains at St James Park. Rather than wait we got up to street level and took a cab the rest of the way.
Gus' pals were pretty cool, although for me it was mostly an exercise in sitting back, listening, trying to follow the language and enjoying the food.
After the meal we went to a nearby pub and kicked back for a bit. Turns out that one of Gus' Seattle-based friends has a boyfriend in a black-metal band called Scorched Earth. Neato. I didn't expect that.
Me and Gus eventually got back to the flat in Leytonstone, where we set alarms for him to get up and get back to Heathrow to catch his plane back to Australia.
He got up in time to get to Heathrow, no worries.
Rest of yesterday for me: resting up, chilling out. Throwing things in the wash, buying food.
I made some pasta with mince-y sauce to go with it, but I used way too much oil and not enough pasta-sauce, so now the mince sauce is all olive-oily. I've since discovered that you aren't supposed to put any oil in the pan when you fry the mince, but I was afraid of the mince sticking to the pan.
Oh well, Jason's food exploration continues.
Today I'm chilling and watching Battlestar Galactica DVDs. I wonder if my friend Maria, the woman that introduced me to old Galactica, has seen the new BG, and I wonder what she thinks of it. I reckon it has both enough little touches of the old series to satisfy an old fan while it is enough of an evolution (on a bunch of levels) to not just be a stagnant homage.
Plus it is a great example of the not-so-futuristic futurism SF that I really like.
This afternoon I think I will also make a list of all the stuff to do this week.
And maybe make a more comprehensive list of all the books I'm reading, so I can cross them off as I finish them.
All good fun.
For now, over and out.
-J
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