London Expo and Other Stories.

Today Mark and I booked our tickets for the Eurogamer's London Expo for mid September. This will be a new experience to me, and I can't wait to get a load of pictures of the event. There's also something about Guild Wars Two there which I'm looking forward to despite my lack of enthusiasm for the game (at least until the release date has been announced).

Sometimes I wonder what it is with my friends when it comes to the excitement of a predicted game. I mean, don't get me wrong, I am glad that there will be a Guild Wars Two, it's just that I have at least three people going: "OMG I totally love the Sylvari!" and/or "The norn are awesome!"

First of all, you have no idea what the Norn/Sylvari are actually going to be like to play. You can't say you love them until you've tried them. Comments like "but I've read about them" make no sense here, because you have not experienced them! Anet could be lying to you, you never know.

Also! What is the point of deciding which character you're going to play when there is no end in sight for this long wait for this game. Guild Wars 2 has been in the works for at least six years and there has been no stated ball-park for release.

Anyway, rant over.

Other things going on in my life right now include slowly moving Mark in with Ash as well as placing one of my fish there.

Due to arrive today is the newest tank in my fishtank army, the biorb Flow. It looks amazing, but we'll have to see about that. Alfus is the designated fish for it, and he'll be moved over today.

We're staying over there tonight, and heading to London to visit Mark's cousin for his eighteenth birthday tomorrow. That should be fun, it's been a while since I've been to London after all.

Tales of Swarovski

So it's been a while since I had a chance to post. As some of you know, I have been in abroad for just over five weeks, and what a great five weeks they were!

The first two were spent in Malta, the third in Sicily and the last two back in Malta again. Long story short: we went out lots to places, took many photos, ate at a lot of places, drank a lot of cocktails, bought a lot of souvenirs, gave a lot of gifts, and generally had a good time.

In that time I also learned that I got a 2:1 in my degree and that this is a big deal in Malta. I hadn't expected anything, but three small animals from Swarovski followed from Mark, his sister Maria and her boyfriend Daniel, and their father Mario. I also bought one of these for myself (which was partly funded by Mark too).

From left to right: Bella the rabbit (given by Mario), Ziggy the woodpecker (I bought), Gracie the squirrel (given by Mark), Romeo the frog (given by Maria and Daniel).

Now I just need somewhere to display them. For the moment they stay in their boxes.

Watch for the new photo montage page that I am planning to do on the last holiday.

Other than that, let me say, it is good to be back in the UK. It rained last night and the grass is green and covered in water. The surroundings seem incredibly lush compared to Malta and I had missed it. It's also pleasantly cool here, around eighteen degrees. We can wear clothes without sweating and sleep under a duvet and feel cosy.

That's all for now, hopefully I'll post again sometime this week. :)