Posts Tagged ‘cheese’

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The Lock-In Update #4

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

So it’s all over. The door has been unlocked and it’s now time to get back to reality. About 30mins ago I had to leave the cosiness of Gemma’s flat and get home as I’ve got work to do for Lucid Studio. Before summing up the experience I’ll get us up to speed…

After the daytime movie yesterday we both had a mess about on the Wii. Played Wii Fit and Wii Resort for a bit.It definitely gave us an appetite for dinner.

Dinner!

I had bought a Fajitas sauce from Tesco and the Wraps. Just stuck some chicken on the fryer added the sauce and served it with grated cheese and Mayo. Peppers and all that jazz are in the Fajita mix. Fooking marvellous so it was. The Simpson movie was on while eating so that was a laugh.

After dinner I had a wee chillout while Gemma done the dishes (result). Messed about on the iPhone and read a bit more of the aforementioned book.

Then it was on to the main event of the evening.

Gemma had just recently finished reading Alex Garland’s – The Beach, so on Friday, after we had decided that we were going to do this lock-in, I bought the movie adaptation on DVD. Gemma’s LOVED the book so I suspected she might want to see the film.

I got wine and the (long awaited) cheese out to accompany the movie, Gemma had a wee stash of chocolates that she got for Christmas.

I enjoyed the movie. Had seen it before ages ago but it was nice to have a refresh. Gemma did too but was disheartened by how different the film was to the book “Especially towards the end”.

Cheese Please!

After the movie we flicked the channels and ended up watching a bit of Requiem For A Dream. It’s an intense movie and perhaps not he best thing to watch with the Mrs. Seemed like she was getting into it though, but in the end tiredness won over us and we hit the hay around 1.40am.

This morning when we got up it was a bit of a sombre mood. The Sunday blues had well and truly kicked in and we were both gutted that our wee weekend was about to end.

I commented that one of my workmates had said, upon hearing what I planned to do this weekend, that “We wouldn’t last the pace”, and that “Cabin Fever would set in”. Gemma’s reaction was “I wish we could keep locked-in for the rest of the week, I don’t want to go back to the world”. She went on to suggest that we make this a regular thing and do it once every three or four months. I totally agree with her.

I know blogging this was a bit of a personal endeavour, and a means of escaping into my thoughts, but I hope you enjoyed it and even took something away from my experience of isolation.

I miss it already.

Mario out.

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The Lock-In Update #2

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Hello again!!

It’s Lock-In day 2. I’m writing this on the couch. Watching the repeat of Celebrity Big Brother. I’m basically just up, had a shower stuck my slacks on and I’m now messing about on the laptop waiting on Gemma getting ready – after which I’ll be making lunch.

Dinner!

Last night was amazing. After dinner we stuck on a movie called ‘The Boat The Rocked’. You Yanks out there will probably know it as ‘Pirate Radio’. It did the job. Light-hearted, funny and a lot of cracking old school tunes. The highlight being ‘So long, Marianne’ by Leonard Cohen (See YouTube Video). Gemma thought it was alright too. Probably not as enthusiastic about it than me.

During the movie I ate half a bag of Thai Chilli Sensations with a Garlic dip. I had a beer then opened up some of my cheese and had a few crackers. The main cheese event is tonight so I only had a wee bit.

A Classic

Straight after dinner me and Gemma were both knackered so we went to bed. I, however, stayed up and got started on a new book that I plan to get in-about later on today. It’s called ‘How To Win Friends and Influence People’ by Dale Carnegie. Of course I’ve heard of the book before, but it wasn’t until my buddy Colin recommended I watch a TV program about millionaire Warren Buffet that I became interested in reading. The program centred around how Warren Buffet was the unlikeliest kind of man to become overly successful and how he was still very grounded in his routes even through his unbelievable power.

One thing stuck with me. He talked about the aforementioned book as being his Bible. ‘I wouldn’t be anywhere without that book’, he joked.

I’m looking forward to getting into it. Especially the chapters on public speaking as I have the biggest public talk of my life coming up during my Wedding in July ;-) .

So with that, I leave you and get late lunch made.

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The Lock-in

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Too often on this blog I avoid personal topics. Well tomorrow after I finish my Friday shift the future Mrs Mario.Blog and I are going to lock ourselves into the house and have a weekend away from any other distractions in the world. The door will be locked and no one will be allowed in or out.

No Escape!

The unbelievably bad weather has a big part of the decision to do this. It’s bloody freezing out there. Who would want to go out anyway? Another issue is the fact that its the first weekend after the Christmas holidays and the wallet is not in a position to be any lighter than it is already.

We are going to sleep late, watch crappy telly, read dodgy literature and generally laze about.

I’ve got the Wii remotes fully charged for some intense swinging about, the fridge stocked with wine, beers and whiskey and the cheeseboard is awating a large helping.

One thing that is missing is a good page turner. Feel free to comment some suggestions.

There is something to be said for deliberate isolation. Just the thought is really appealing to me at the moment. NOTHING to interupt you. No errands. No demands. Just pure relaxation and fun. I honestly feel like I could enjoy a life in jail.

The plan is to post updates throughout the weekend. After all, I’m not going to be busy, so I may as well write some shite on this site to pass the time. Who knows, there may even be some suprises along the way so stay tuned! ;-)

Maz.