Time Flies When You're Rocking Out

Last night I did something I haven't done for ages - I let the time slip away from me whilst playing video games. I know that doesn't sound like a big thing, but for me it is...well...pretty cool really. Anybody who knows me in person will be able to tell you that I'm a bit tightly wound, and getting to bed at a time that won't leave me all tuckered out the next day is something that I generally make a pretty big thing about - if I have to deal with people's IT problems, then I should be chipper and well rested, after all.

But no, last night I opted to let myself go loose with Andy, Lydia, and Spud. Well, when I say opted, I mean that I was having so much fun I thought it was like ten, maybe half eleven tops, but really it was ten minutes to one. The night started with the three of us settling down to watch Distraction - an old (by, like, 5 years) TV show on BBC4 which involves contestants putting themselves through hell in order to win a prize such as a car, or money.

After a couple of episodes of that, we shifted on to Banzai which is a show that allows the viewers to bet on a number of scenarios (such as how long a man can shake someone's hand for, before they pull away) and, although perceivably quite racist, it is really fun to play along with your friends. We're considering making a night of it and betting something tangible some time...Maybe...

After we had watched enough TV, and I had coloured Lydia's hair a nice red, I decided to fire up RB3 and spend some of my hard earned money on some expansion songs. Last night I bought quite a few, including (but not limited to) 'Somebody To Love' by Queen, 'Linger' by The Cranberries, 'Wonderwall' by Oasis, and 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette.

Now, I know I've mentioned this before, but that song is not ironic at all. It has also occurred to me that, perhaps, there are many people who don't understand irony (given the number of times I hear it misused...) So, to round off this entry, I decided to compile a short list of things that are actually ironic:

• The use of the word "Ironic" in the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette
• A piano repairman walking down the street and being crushed by a piano which was being lowered from a building
• The fact that the most used simplification of Occam's Razor is technically incorrect
• A librarian who worked diligently to restore several ancient manuscripts being crushed to death by a stack of books

The moral of this story is that I don't regret my late-night follies at all - although I do acknowledge the fact that I hardly stand up to the standard definition of "follies". The only issue that has really arisen, so far, from it is the fact that 'Somebody To Love' by Queen has been on repeat in my head all day. Well, that and the fact that now anybody asks me to pick between two or more options I want to go "Prace Bets Now! No Bet, No Get! BETTING ENDS!!"