I wish I had a leisurely woman to accompany me too, but hey. Such is life.

So I've quit my job and I'm now a truly leisurely so-and-so, and all my friends are working all the hours God fails to send due to his lack of tangibility yet still the hours are being filled with blood, sweat and tears by my peers and y'know, it's bloody refreshing not to give a rat's *albartroth* about it all anymore.

And I had an unusually punishing routine before (55 hours a week as standard, plus whatever extra was needed (totally unpaid, mind) to finish the job/argument.

A strong work ethic is a fine thing, but it pales next to being able to have several beers in the pub garden at 1pm on a weekday

That said, I am feeling itchy for not getting my hands dirty this last week, and if it wasn't for the fact that I'm selling £300+ worth of airsoft gear each seven-day-cycle I might feel like I was some kind of layabout or something! Even so it's easy money and it's not really being `made` after all, because I'm simply selling assets and any fool can do that.

Still, I made more money than my retired Father this week and that counts for enough Smug Points (under my new system, individual Smug Points are of equal or greater value to £50 notes ) to make things worthwhile in any case hehehehe

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The Barbecue. By *fruitcage* it deserves the capital letter this year, it's going to be truly monstrous and to be honest I'm slightly worried it'll get out of hand; so far we have double the pig mass of last year at the very least (one damn huge hog instead of 2 cochinillos, double the real ale (280 pints, all on tap), 100+ pints of cider which is new on the official side of things, official brewery sponsorship after the roaring success of last year, proper flyer invites, full outdoor lighting (suspended from trees and an array of ropes), definitely one 5-piece live band and possibly a well-known 10-piece ska band too, several DJs, on-site camping (the site is my parents house, thank *fruitcage* they have a big garden!!), a wide array of other entertainments, a swimming pool of iced beer that should hopefully be more swimming-pool like rather than last year's paddling pool, and I'm thinking of trying for a bit of sponsorship to help me fund the bloody thing...

It's a mission and a half and it's only just started, but by hell I'm gonna make it the best it can possibly be

Arnie's members young and old are welcome, naturally It's a 24-hour hog-roast in the sunny South of England, expected turnout about 120 people.

If anyone wants any more details please get in touch!