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I started to play Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on PS2 today, it’s actually quite fun having to capture capture frogs and snakes and things to eat, and apparently throw at enemies - though I haven’t seen that yet.

It’s taken another nod towards the James Bond films (anyone who played the original Metal Gear Solid on the PlayStation will probably remember the Tuxedo alternative costume), in that you now play through a pre-title sequence and are then presented with some very bond-esque opening credits - complete with song - before getting to the meat of the game. I haven’t played any further than this so I can comment no further yet.

It was my birthday yesterday, I hadn’t intended on doing anything at all to mark it but as it was such a nice day at around midday I thought it might be a nice idea to go for a drive into the country and find a quiet pub somewhere. I ended up in Blyton with Ken (Sam was “with his Grandma”) but it seems pubs in Blyton are so quiet they don’t even open ’til 5pm. So we had an icecream instead. Later on went to see Meet the Fockers - Sam still hadn’t joined us as he was now eating cheese potatoes… he would join us soon and bring with him the first series of the sick BBC3 animation: Monkey Dust. We watched this while eating some pizza.

Have joined Deeksy in having declined to park in Ken’s driveway because my car “drops black stuff” - left a nice rainbow coloured stain on the road outside my Mum’s house, it had been raining for a few minutes before I parked up and I was only there for about fifteen minutes. I think I should do something about it but have absolutely no idea what. Also car related: came a little bit too close to another car on the Queensway / Ashby Road roundabout, prompted honking from the other driver. Unpleasant.

All in all though a pleasant afternoon.