Pingu

has anyone seen jonatton? because i was donig a few bits for him and he's disappeared and the people at his office are looking a bit pale like i've never seen them (they're always a little bit) and er we could really do with the money in case we all get chucked out of naboo's flat?

um what's happening with that i've been coding

oh brother i don't know what's going on but i am stressing out to some kind of maximum as yet uncharted by man and i keep dreaming the weirdest shit

well christmas, isn't it? and wow. so it's been a bit of a trip. i'm at home because it's the only place for christmas and mum mamanged to get a bit of money together for some nice things so we had stuff and watched doctor who, and it was cool. i got her some nice bits and she did for me too and it's nice to have just a small thing at christmas.

i think maybe the eggnog was cracked because i had me some pretty weird dreams.
er.
unless they weren't dreams.
i don't know there's a lot of magic about but it doesn't usually seem to flow my way.
i'm steering clear of sherry and mince pies for a bit though now i guess

man

and i don't know what to do about - anything - job, and where to live and stuff. i'll stay here for a bit maybe and think

but next year is the year. i'm ready. i will be, soon

oh crikey everyone
claire -
my mum always used to worry about me and in case i didn't come home she had a list of places to try and the first was 'hospital'
she was a bit worried
... about everything.
anyway
i thought i'd better look for claire and start somewhere and i started with hospital and
she's been admitted to some kind of mental facility
i mean she's in one i don't know how she got there but she is.

i'm getting directions but oh man i can't go on my own

okay it's almost christmas
and er
i know we're not all exactly friends but
in the spirit of something like wouldn't it be nice if everyone was nice er

shall we do a secret santa?

oh man. so it was pretty crucial times, then. i'm glad it's all over, even though i won't get to see my game made. maybe another thing will happen.

i'm going to hang out under my bed for a bit. there's stew on the stove for when naboo wakes up. he's been snoring for about six hours where saboo left him, on the sofa with his bum all in the air like a baby. :)

oh also i knew it wouldn't be long before someone tried to tap the feedleash vein. seems like it's got a few design issues. always on? i don't know that basically sounds crazy anti-green madness also you have to plug it in i don't know what they're playing at.

that reminds me: has anyone else ever had to charge their leash because i certainly haven't and i can't find a kinetic jobby inside it either. mysterious.

er.


there's?


o jesus

er okay

i'm alright, i think. the game people think i've moved to yemen. for now. i mean they're game people so they'll figure it out because it was a fairly simple thing in all basicness.

but now there are men looking for the rent and i don't know who is even living here

and i don't have any work i guess but that's the least of it

oh god

o help
i got fired a bit i think
they just kept asking me for more stuff faster than i could draw it or write it
and then
they fired me and then they're sueing me for breach of contract oh god
they're coming round i hear them they come most days i think they might bring bayliffs

er help
apparently there are loads of deadlines
i need caffeine? and
oh sorry nathan i've been so busy i haven't signed your contract or anything
and i know i said i'd do the washing up

o

i'm going into the cupboard ssh

i'm really sorry nathan this is the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me wow

i'm not supposed to say anything about it but i've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life

no pressure no nothing i don't even have to meet the people they just email me with lots of these:

:D

erm but i don't think i can live on the sofa at trashbat anymore. naboo do you think maybe you might have room for me? i haven't heard about that flat and i was hoping maybe to be ready to live with some people and do things like sharing milk and making big dinners and watching dvds. :)

oh
wow

seriously

you'll never BELIEVE

basically so right i'm just checking my emails as usual and there's the unfamiliar thud of real post and so i get to it before nathan spots it and it's for me so i take it into the bathroom so i can read it

and okay

so the best job in all of the world for me is mine

i read the letter and i think i must have blacked out because i woke up on the bathroom floor with a lump on my head and then i went for a walk to tell naboo i think? and the next thing i know i'm on the sofa and claire's looking down at me with a frown,

and i have no -
i think they saw some of my sketches and artwork and rough design concepts on my website but
square enix have just basically offered me complete free reign to make my own series of games, from scratch, with all the coding and staffing i like and i can start any time i want

i got a job! i got the best job EVER and i didn't even apply for it! ooooohh ahaha hogr help-

hello everyone

okay wow i put an offer in on that flat so that's a good thing
it's getting a bit stale living in trashbat not like 'out of fashion' but like 'stale bread' because the snk is full of spray cans and the bathroom is urg. plus i think nathan has plans for it and i don't want all my things to be turfed out so i hope i get it.

it was good at the party at jonatton's house he put out a cigarette on his tongue by way of helloing me which was... well it was weird but interesting

plus it was good to talk to you claire and to see everyone, i can't believe we've had these things a year! proves they can't be microsoft because they're still working hee hee

oh wow

jonatton came over with a face like thunder and i mean thunder all that rumble and crack wasn't meant for a face i mean he looked like a VOLCANO um

and he just sort of threw his feedleash at me and talk about rumble and crack there was pretty much nothing left of it

then he left. it was crazy. i think he wants me to fix it but man this thing is totalled and there aren't any spare parts for them because they're all different. his looks like a brushed steel pebble and it's very slick.

he crossed the road and i could see him from the window. he just stood in the rain for a bit until his clothes were soaked and walked off down the street.

that

i mean

living like him would make me so tired

hey everyone wow look how you're all back it's great

um, gregg? i was thinking how there are so many people at your house and i've got a bit of money now and i noticed there was a one bedroom place going a few doors down from naboo's and

i had a lovely time just being quiet and sometimes talking about things with you in the airing cupboard

i just thought maybe you'd like to venture out a bit as a merman in your own right like you could have the bathroom all to yourself and there's a bit of roof we could sit on and some other things

what do you think? it's okay if you don't want to

( nathan came back and this is the first thing that happened )

then he came over and gave me coffee and now i'm having fairly terrible things happen to my stomach

oh god

really there's not much going on. is it good to blog when there's nothing happening? or should i leave a blank page or maybe just a picture of an empty bus stop

i finished the work on the RAPE website and mr yeah? doesn't really seem that interested. it's a complete devil and full of just the most insane applets and stuff. i guess he likes it really; i keep getting paid. he walled off about half of his house so all the cool stuff is behind a big, plain white surface, and now there's this woman hanging around who asks me for cigarettes and acts like she owns the place. also there's the fact that he looks so sad all the time, when i do see him. i'm not too interested in going there anymore.

mostly i've been hanging out at trashbat, i made a den and played my DS in there for a bit, that is to say, i mean, about a week. it's nice not to worry about money, though i suppose i'll have to look for more work soon.

anyone need reduced rate web design? i'm good with code, it is very quiet

i got a call from this guy who works for mr yeah? and he said to maybe go and see him because i'm good at being quiet and the doctors don't bother him while there's someone else in the room. i don't know if i'm glad that i can pick up the phone again now really because it was weird.

shit i mean he looks like death warmed up

he was talking on the phone to different people - i bet i wouldn't be long for this world if i said what about - and i had to sit by his bed and make like we were having a conversation. he did talk to me a bit. it was a bit odd because he had his sunglasses on most of the time. when he took them off to rub his eyes they were all red.

also i saw his leg and nearly had to do a strategic puke in my satchel i don't know how anyone could walk on something like that

so yeah basically i have no clue about this bloke he is a law unto himself. he made me pass up his chart and he altered numbers on it and then pulled over this caddy thing by his bed which was full of needles and gave himself a couple of shots. does he know what he's doing?

anyway i have to go back every day now. he wrote me another check and man i feel bad about taking his money because he was so active and stuff and all running about the place doing deals so how's he going to do more money stuff now?

anyway he gave me a shopping list so i'm going to go buy that.

oh god

i think i'm some kind of bad luck thing so basically i'm going to stay right here in this cupboard i've got some biscuits and my palmtop it'll be alright

because i went to hand over some portfolio stuff after a night's coding basically at about 5am and then i saw at the complex that there were police and cameras and everything and an ambulance racing off

and i was there when there was the fire and that was awful

so yes, cupboard and code for me now.

did anyone see the news? did mr yeah? come out of it okay? and what actually happened? i mean, jesus.

i'm under a beanbag at trashbat

god last night was going alright and then there was all that FIRE i mean it was all over the place

it was nice to see everyone before there was fire

jesus

i hope jones is okay.