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The EPIC FAIL of the HOLY GRAIL!
Jan. 25th, 2009 03:45 pmOk, so you remember me saying I wanted to go to the Holy Grail pub? Well, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tahira_saki obliged me in this wish, and we (slowly, tortuously, in the manner of Two Geeks Who Do Not Go Places) made plans accordingly to met at the Holy Grail, Civic, last night. I had carefully checked the opening hours, and observed that they have a restaurant, and we were going to eat there.
The bloody place was closed. Opening hours sign says 'Open Mon-Saturday, Closed Public Holidays'. Saturday 24th of January is not a Public Holiday, ladies and gentlemen.tahira_saki got lost and wandered around for a while before finding me, at which point we observed the Epic Fail of the Holy Grail, and then went in search of other food. We wound up eating delicious Chinese food, which was probably more delicious than the Holy Grail fare was going to be anyway. And then we lay about on an enormous round couch behind Baskin Robbins and yammered about nerdy research things and how much we adore our characters, and did this for so long that the B&R shut and we didn't end up getting ice cream at all.
Also, she showed me the Civic outlet of Academic Remainders, which turns out to be right next to the comic shop Lucy showed me the other day. Although Lucy should probably be glad I didn't notice it at the time, because me and a shop like that would devolve into Intense Nerdery.
Nevertheless, the major lesson I have learnt from the Epic Fail of the Holy Grail is that, when desiring to contact persons from the Internet, I should just stick to stalking.tahira_saki and I were both in the National Library yesterday, this would have been a perfect opportunity.
Speaking of which, the National Library runs speed dating events. I'm so glad our national institutions are upholding their august reputation...
tahira_saki obliged me in this wish, and we (slowly, tortuously, in the manner of Two Geeks Who Do Not Go Places) made plans accordingly to met at the Holy Grail, Civic, last night. I had carefully checked the opening hours, and observed that they have a restaurant, and we were going to eat there.The bloody place was closed. Opening hours sign says 'Open Mon-Saturday, Closed Public Holidays'. Saturday 24th of January is not a Public Holiday, ladies and gentlemen.
tahira_saki got lost and wandered around for a while before finding me, at which point we observed the Epic Fail of the Holy Grail, and then went in search of other food. We wound up eating delicious Chinese food, which was probably more delicious than the Holy Grail fare was going to be anyway. And then we lay about on an enormous round couch behind Baskin Robbins and yammered about nerdy research things and how much we adore our characters, and did this for so long that the B&R shut and we didn't end up getting ice cream at all.Also, she showed me the Civic outlet of Academic Remainders, which turns out to be right next to the comic shop Lucy showed me the other day. Although Lucy should probably be glad I didn't notice it at the time, because me and a shop like that would devolve into Intense Nerdery.
Nevertheless, the major lesson I have learnt from the Epic Fail of the Holy Grail is that, when desiring to contact persons from the Internet, I should just stick to stalking.
tahira_saki and I were both in the National Library yesterday, this would have been a perfect opportunity.Speaking of which, the National Library runs speed dating events. I'm so glad our national institutions are upholding their august reputation...