Hogmanay

Quote of the moment: "Excuse me love/mate, where's the cash machine?" - Drunk Rob

Hurrah! New Year was awesome :D

Went to Princes Street in the middle of Edinburgh with Prill, Jim and Jimmy. Met Rob, Will and Kaz. Rode on the carousel. Went to pub by station. Consumed 1.5 litres of vodka and coke from the plastic bottles in the voluminous pockets of my jacket, because it would have been too much of an effort to go to the bar. Started to act very merry. Went back out to Princes Street about 11pm. Wandered down to the loos by "The Mound", and had a slash through the railings. Went back to our spot in the middle of Princes Street, near the ferris wheel.

At this point Rob became convinced that he needed to go back to the pub, because he was 'just about to score when we left'. However, he was out of cash. He therefore spent the next hour until midnight wandering off drunkenly and grabbing people by the shoulders to ask them for directions. Hence in this pic you can clearly see that I'm actually both holding Drunk Rob upright and restraining him from staggering off to grope people while the photo was taken.

Stood in the middle of Princes Street doing Darkness impressions etc and talking to Kiwis in matching hats. Rob got very friendly with one, and she started stroking his hair. At 11.55 put Prillo on shoulders, then started trying to dance. Counted down to midnight, sang the bits of Auld Langs Ayne that we could remember. Turned around so Prill could take a pic of the clock tower to see Rob still trying to find a cash machine. Yelled "Happy New Year" at everyone. Jimmy had his bum felt repeatedly by a ginger girl standing next to us. Put Prill down about 5 minutes past, got phwoarsome massage for my aching shoulders. Was grabbed by a drunk chick.

Rob needed a piss, so Jim escorted him away to the railings. Everyone else waited for them to meet us back near the ferris wheel. Meanwhile Rob finds a cash machine and drags Jim back to the pub. We eventually phone Jim and discover this. Go to the pub again, find Scottish rock band still in full swing. Dance along for a bit, then they go off again and the cheesy music comes on. Dance along to Y.M.C.A. drunkenly. Leave pub, head back to Prill's flat. Pick up stylish yellow 'No Parking' traffic cone and wear home as hat. Kaz falls flat on her bed and snores. Rob does the same on a sofa. Everyone else sneaks around quietly for a bit then heads to bed.

Jim starts reading his martial arts magazine in bed. I insult it. Jim threatens to beat me up. I say: "You have insulted my magazine, and you have insulted the Shaolin temple! You must pay!" Jim jumps on me and grapples me to the mattress. Same thing happens several times, once filmed by Jimmy. Jimmy also gets a picture of me threatening Jim with Prill's red stilettos.

The Next Day:

Got up at a comparatively early 11-ish. Had an awesome Prill fried breakfast. Gamed lots, all afternoon. Played Monopoly in the evening, with the traditional arguments (:D). Had Prill Spag-Bol. Went out with Will, Kaz, Jim and Rob. Met Will's mate Phil, who is 6ft7 and makes me and Jim feel tiny. Went to Espionage, a Russian spy-themed club, with 4 underground floors of varying levels of entertainment. Had a vodka and coke and a couple of pints of Kronenburg, danced to 'Sweet Dreams' and 'Teenage Kicks' on the 3rd floor. Went down to the 4th floor and did bad-ass dancing to the R'n'B type stuff. Left.

Taken by Phil to an awesome little bar called Chasers, which had awesome cheesy music like 'Staying Alive'. Danced in John Travolta style for quite a while, to everything that came on afterwards as well. Left. Walked home, leaving Phil somewhere on the way. Got home. Started playing Double-Dash. Discovered I was better at it when drunk. Got the end of the vodka from the kitchen and had it with some apple juice, because I'd finished the coke at supper. Got even better at gaming. The legend of Drunk Will was born.

Meanwhile, on the bed in the corner, Will and Kaz were getting frisky. Rob started doing roflcopters: standing up and spinning drunkenly around with arms flapping. Will got annoyed. Somehow (possibly due to him being called a stoner) Will ended up claiming he smoked weed last thursday, to which someone (I thought it was Jim, Jim thought it was Rob, Rob thought it was me) replied "It was probably Spinach!" Eventually we gave up and went to our mattresses on Prill's floor, where we roflcoptered again about the spinach. Slept. Went to sleep.

Today:

Woke up about 2pm. Had Prill Egg'n'Bacon sandwiches. Gamed. Went shopping with Will'n'Kaz, then on to Kaz's flat, where we found Kev with an American hippy-haired chap. How rare! Collected my lovely sword, which is surprisingly long (nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean?!). Inspected 'hole' made by Will T, which is really only a little scratch. Took bus to Will T's rents' place, where Will made a special point of introducing my sword. Edward looked excited. Will's dad looked anxious. Walked back to Prill's via Will's old school, which looked rather fine. Waved sword around flat. Started blogging at quarter to eight. Jim and Rob returned from visiting Rob's rents and family with a lovely hat'n'wig combo. Jim got excited and waved sword around.

Apologies for the appalling style, sudden changes in tense, incomplete sentences, lack of humour and probable typos. I was struggling with Prill's keyboard, which is TINY.

Finished blogging.