Category Archives: My Neighbour Errol
My Neighbour Errol- Absence
Yesterday I woke up, showered, got dressed and began to make my lunch. Then I stopped. Something was odd. Errol hadn’t called yet. Normally I couldn’t finish getting on my socks before Errol called. Yes, my life is that habitual.
Just waiting for those bubbles…
My Neighbour Errol- Terraria
So there’s this game called Terraria.
It’s basically a 2D version of Minecraft. You create a character for yourself and then you are plopped down into a randomized world, full of trees and bunnies and plants and caves and various things that want to kill you. Read the rest of this entry
My Neighbour Errol- Gifts
When you get to be close friends with someone, you can’t help but want to give some token of your affection for them, to show them how much they mean to you. Friendships are still relationships, after all. It makes sense.
Some friends buy each other gifts. Some write quirky songs. Some make crafts.
My friend Mai Sheri made me a PoTaDos one year! Amazing!
Errol…has different ways of showing affection… Read the rest of this entry
My Neighbour Errol: Language
Have you ever learned another language? Unless you’re five years old, it can be pretty difficult. Your brain has to work overtime to rearrange all those strange sounds into something your brain MIGHT be able to respond to.
I need one of these.
My Neighbour Errol: Too Polite?
Friday night. Errol and I are playing Tomb Raider. Errol arrives at 11pm. I have a train to catch the next morning, but I figure I can do an hour of video gaming no problem…
Me: (hmmm…I wonder what time it is)
Errol: (explores every nook and cranny of the shanty town we have just decimated single handedly)
Me: (maybe I’ll go check the time)
Errol: (continues to get Lara Croft to leap around like a gazelle)
Me: (looks at phone) Um…Errol?
Errol: Ya?
Me: It’s 2am…
Errol: (without taking eyes off screen) Ya, I know.
Me: You know?
Errol: Ya!
Me: Oh…
Errol: (actually taking the hint) Oh, do you want me to go?
Manda’s logical brain: Why yes I do. This has been fun, but I have to get up early tomorrow and I’ve lost enough sleep as it is. Plus it’s really freaking late! But thanks for coming over!
Manda’s fear of offending everybody brain: DON’T BE RUDE! HE’S YOUR GUEST!
Manda’s stupid video game/friend hang-out loving brain: TOMB RAIIDEERRR!
Manda’s mouth: Um…no, it’s okay.
Errol: Okay! (goes back to playing)
This. This is why I deserve pity from no one.
To be fair, he DID leave a few minutes later :D.
My Neighbour Errol: Self-promotion
Once again, there are a couple of things I’d like to post about, one of which is a big announcement for my videos, and once again I’ve decided to post about Errol instead. But this time it’s a time sensitive post, so it takes the priority spot.
Oh, don’t give me that look.
Errol is great at promotion. If you have a project or fundraiser that you need to be promoted, he will gladly promote it. If you’re shy about asking people for money or asking them to take time out of their schedules for you, Errol will talk about it to others until he is blue in the face (that hasn’t happened yet). Read the rest of this entry
My Neighbour Errol: Texting
There is a spot behind on my computer desk, just behind the moniter, that has no phone signal. I only realized this a couple of days ago when my phone was sitting there and not making any noise despite me seeing emails pop up on my computer.
Remember when we just did this on phones? Good times.
My Neighbour Errol- Video Games
Do you like to play video games? Yes? Awesome. Then you could be good friends with Errol. But do you like to FINISH those video games in a timely manner?…If the answer is also yes, you probably want to take a moment before letting him near your console.
Much like Stitch, he LOOKS harmless….
My Neighbour Errol: Fears and Failures
This one’s a bit more serious :D. Again. Man, I’ve got to stop reflecting so much.
There’s a bit of a joke we have amongst ourselves about Errol: he wins everything. Whether it’s board games, creative endeavors or arguments, the man simply cannot be beat. Okay, that’s not 100% true, I’m pretty certain that if Errol were to be plunked into a football game or swimming race he would flail about helplessly. Also, I beat him at 7 Wonders once. It was the greatest day of my life.
Look! LOOK! I should have this framed…
My Neighbour Errol- Guessing Games
Sigh…Errol has a new text message game he likes to play. It’s called “Guess the Body Part”. Once a day, I will receive a picture of a close-up of one of Errol’s body parts. And I have to guess what it is. Simple enough, you might say. Except absolutely every picture uncannily resembles…a bum.
Not quite, but still more appealing than what I mean.
Thoughts from the Test Chamber 