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Diary of a B+ Grade Polymath ([personal profile] tcpip) wrote2010-03-02 02:29 pm

Home Ownership, Socialising, Gaming

Settlement for our new home in Willsmere estate occurred less than half and hour ago. Special thanks to [livejournal.com profile] seedy_girl for awesome legal liaison. The Mortgage Gallery did a fine job as well in securing the modest loan required. I have a set of photos [01 .. 09] of our new home, albeit with the former tenants furnishings. We have the joy of moving all our stuff (my god, how many books do we have?) later this week.

Because I am sometimes forgetful (or rather, I squeeze in an LJ 'blog in between of doing several other things), I neglected to mention was a delightful time I had with [livejournal.com profile] a_carnal_mink and friends a few weeks back. Apropos such events, I also had the delight of a visit from [personal profile] discordia13 and [livejournal.com profile] delicious_irony whom I hadn't seen for many years, and likewise a gathering at Polly's for Brendan E's birthday which included an ex-fiancée from some twenty years ago (yes, I do have a past, honest). It was all quite enjoyable.

On Sunday ran a game of GURPS Krononauts which involved taking the PCs back to pre-revolution Paris in order to prevent an 'incorrect' version of D'Alembert's Dream from being written; with influence from the dastardly Adam Weishaupt! This was the third game I ran this week; the other two being Fantasy Australia on Thursday (which combined a Call of Cthulhu adventure - Pride Of Yirrimburra - with an AD&D Dark Sun adventure - Arcane Shadows) and long-continuing RuneQuest game last Sunday and this Sunday coming.

[identity profile] trayce.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Gosh them's fancy digs. Where's Willsmere estate?

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Kew!

I know, they look fancy, but it was surprisingly inexpensive.

[identity profile] trayce.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh of course the old asylum :) Awesome building.

[identity profile] a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 04:28 am (UTC)(link)

"...it was surprisingly inexpensive."

It's haunted.

;)

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed, apparently some people are put off with the idea of moving into a haunted asylum.

For us, it was a bonus.

I reckon a selection of Melbourne g*wths should take over the place, one at a time :)

[identity profile] mireille21.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
I see the answer to my question in other people's comments :P
When I was first looking, amongst my choices included an old abbatoir site, Pentridge apartments or an asylum. My preference was for abbatoir, although in the end I ended up getting a completely independent house not related to any of the above, and I think I'm just as glad.

[identity profile] a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)

I reckon a selection of Melbourne g*wths should take over the place

Imagine the key parties!

FWIW, D and I have agreed that we could never live in any places converted from things such as asylums, prisons, et al. You and E are, now, officially "Gunga Din" to us. :)

[identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com 2010-03-02 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Imagine the key parties!

Oh, you are such a carnal mink! :)

You and E are, now, officially "Gunga Din" to us.

As such people would say: "Fell from the sky, got stuck in a date palm."