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THIRD DIMENSION DISK MAGAZINE
DIARY OF A MUM
JAN 1ST
Well a new year again. Doesn`t time fly? Had quite a nice day
celebrating. Went to the shops to see if there were any bargains
in the sales. Didn`t see much but did manage to get Chaos
Strikes Back. That`s a golden oldie I`ve been meaning to get for
ages! Called in at Spud-u-Like and decided to have Chilli
topping. Yeuch! Did a quick swap with little Tom - he`s too
young to object. His was quite nice. The rest of the afternoon
was spoiled by Tom screaming and red in the face so decided to
come home early.
JAN 2ND
Decided to make some new year resolutions today. I`ll keep all
the empty toilet roll tubes so that I can make my own crackers
next Christmas. Come to think of it, now I know why I found
those carrier bags of toilet roll innards stuffed at the back of
the wardrobe last October!
JAN 3RD
I must say it will be nice when the family are all grown up
enough to fend for themselves. It really is a nuisence when I
have to keep leaving off programming to feed them so often. Mind
you, they do manage to make sandwiches when I`m late with food.
Only problem is the mess that they leave for me to clean up.
Wish I was a man - that way I could spend as much time at the
keyboard as I wanted and someone else could get food for me.
JAN 5TH
Finally managed to pack the family off for the day with a picnic
so that I could get some peace and quiet. Don`t know why they
complained so much. The fresh air should do them good. They
have all been looking a bit peaky lately. Thought I would try out
Chaos Strikes Back. What a load of old crap! Not a patch on
Dungeon Master (now THERE was a real game). Not only did it
start with my party in pitch darkness but being surrounded by
hoards of purple worms to boot! Didn`t realise that I was
standing on a trigger pad that generates the blasted things
either! Makes me wonder why I bothered to save my DM champions
disk. The party was naked and as helpless as babies. Think this
is going to be a bargepole job. Decided to try Endurance instead
- looks like a good three dimension game. Had to give up in the
end as I couldn`t get out of the first room.
JAN 8TH
Washing machine broke down. I wouldn`t have noticed except that
Tom ran out of training pants and I decided that I had better use
it before someone noticed. Husband said it was a bargepole job
so we went to Norweb and ordered a replacement.
JAN 10TH
Third Dimension Disk arrived. Yippee! Better late than never I
always say. Wow, I expected it to be a bit sparser than normal
with Christmas happening but was pleasantly surprised. That Tony
Hartley chap can`t be bad. Didn`t know what I was going to do
today but I know what I`m going to read now. Must write to Tony
and ask him if he can put some hints and tips on how to play some
of the PD games in the diskmag so that people don`t get stuck
right at the start of a game.
JAN 11TH
I`m really in the dog-house today! Hubby was disgusted with me
not doing any housework and spending all yesterday with the 3D
Disk. He told me I was making him a computer widower. Promised
to do better from tomorrow. I mean it, poor family - I do
neglect them. Nearly killed the cat this morning. The blasted
thing had the cheek to walk right across my keyboard just when I
was programming a routine on the Kit. Didn`t realise that I
hadn`t corrected all the subsequent errors until my animation
went backwards in two pieces! Would have kicked the cat too
except that it was too quick for me and I had my foot tangled in
the mouse lead at the time.
JAN 12TH
The new washing machine arrived and the delivery man installed it
for me. New brooms etc - I decided I suddenly had a mound of
washing to do to try it out. It was a most unnearving
experience! The blasted thing went into its first spin cycle and
decided to chase me across the kitchen and pin me up against the
far wall! Eeeek!
JAN 13TH
Men can be so stupid. The silly delivery man forgot to remove the
transport brackets from the washing machine drum. That was why
the blasted thing attacked me. Hubby saved me by arriving just
in time to switch it off and sort out the problem. I hate
machines.
JAN 14TH
Had a row with hubby again, bless him. I can`t understand why he
made such a fuss when I installed the coffee machine next to the
computer desk instead of in the kitchen. It is much more
convenient to have coffee and biscuits on hand during 3D
sessions. I suppose he is right about my appearing to neglect
him. I`ll try to do better, poor thing.
JAN 15TH
So much for resolutions about being a better wife and mother.
Left the family to feed themselves on a huge mound of left over
sandwiches as I just had to have one more session with Sim City.
It took my mind off trying to get out of the first location in
Endurance. That game was driving me mad. If I get blown up when
I`ve just found that key from under the pillow again I`ll scream.
The joke about the toilet paper/magazine isn`t at all funny, well
it isn`t when you`ve examined it for the umpteenth time. Haven`t
seen the cat for four days now. I expect it will come back when
it is hungry.
JAN 20TH
Decided to have one more go at Endurance before lunchtime.
Had to give up yet again. Finally made it to the kitchen.
Hardly recognised it as I hadn`t seen it for so long. Found some
mouldy cheese in the fridge and a note on the door. It read,
"Gone to Burger King for lunch" and signed by the whole family in
turn (even Tom scribbled on it in purple crayon). Grabbed a
couple of packets of crisps and hoped that they would remember me
and bring me a burger back. Fat chance, the mean things didn`t
bother. Found some nuts left over from Christmas so kept hunger
at bay anyway. Decided to do some shopping but made a reminder
to get some ready meals and convenience foods so I could spend
some more time at the keyboard.
JAN 24TH
Everybody is pleased with me today. I actually did some proper
cooking and got through a pile of ironing. Thought I had better
do something as I heard Susan telling Gillian that she flatly
refused to bring any schoolfriends into the house because if they
met me she would lose all her street-cred! She remarked
pointedly that "THEY had PROPER mothers!". Gillian, bless her,
defended me by remarking that she thought it was quite trendy to
have a mother that spent ages on the computer instead of dusting
and baking. All the kids have got their school uniforms ironed
and there are enough shirts for hubby to keep quiet for two
weeks. Another good thing happened. When I got to the bottom of
the pile of ironing I discovered the cat.
JAN 27TH
Dragged out some old disks and blew the dust off Lemmings.
Thought I would just have a small session with it to see if I
could still do any of the levels. Doesn`t time fly, before I
knew it it was time to fetch Tom home from playschool. Those
little Lemmings can be quite addictive. I am a reformed
character though as I spent the rest of the afternoon doing some
housework. The cat actually rubbed itself against my leg too -
must have forgiven me at last. Either that or it wants its dish
filling with kittykat.
JAN 30TH
Some more 3D PD disks arrived this morning. Yippee. Decided to
have a go at War of the Worlds. Wow, now that game is really
something. At least you can visit almost all the areas you want
before you get stuck. Got on much better once I discovered that
I could shoot back at the aliens. Nice game this.
JAN 31ST
Had a horrible shock this morning. Thought for one horrible
moment that the monitor had caught fire with all that smoke
coming out of the back of it. Found out it was the blasted cat
again, it had fallen asleep behind it and its breath was blowing
all the dust off it into the air. I really must do some
cleaning one of these days.
More next month!