House music fans unite Saturday, only not in Manchester Centre. Ashton’s Hoppy Daze holds host to DJ collective Hype/Drive, featuring underground house and a friendly bunch of people. There’s a meetup if you fancy joining. I can introduce you.
Monday, 6 October 2025
Sunday, 5 October 2025
Cocktails and Geopolitical Debate with Zio Nutter
Steadily chugging through this reading project.
Other than that, I‘ve picked u a huge pile of DVDs and Blu-Rays from a college friend who moved abroad. A very generous donation! Now all I need Is a Blu-Ray player… not to mention a new PC as this one is on its arse.
Ran a meetup last night to the Northern Quarter. Last night of drinking before dedicating myself to this Santa Dash fitness project.
The event had been up all week but the RSVPs only rolled in in the last couple of days. I ended up with 15 supposed attendees. 4 of us showed on the night. Me, 2 regulars and 1 guy who’d been to 1 before. He turned up in Flok already steaming, and tried to engage us in a political debate in which he completely misunderstood the Israel Palestine situation and exposed himself as a batshit Zionist. His arguments completely fell apart under questioning. We went to Dusk til Pawn, then moved on to Eastern Bloc. Then he just disappeared. He seemingly walked out of the bar.
I’ve booted him from the group. It can be tiring running meetups and dealing with, on occasion, the inept who use the site as a crux. But as Daniel Plainview would say…
Saturday, 4 October 2025
Santa Dash 2025
It’s 2 months to the 2025 Saddleworth Santa Dash, an annual race in which a thousand locals dress as Father Christmases and dart 5k across Oldham’s countryside to raise funds for the Round Table, a local charity organisation. It’s great fun. Saturday, 6th December sees the High Street of Uppermill awash with a sea of red and white outfits, with lots of serious runners but mostly people who just want a fun run with family and friends.
The race usually has a local DJ or public figure at the meeting point, hyping everyone up before the starting banner is held up and the whistle blown. At the end, there’s music, stalls, food, drink and games.
I currently weigh 82.1kg, an entire 10kg more than I need to if I want to fit into my suit trousers, one of my tasks for this year. I also want to beat the 31 minute run time I got in both 2018 and 2024. I’ve got a local 5.4km running route that I’ve done in just over 36 mins. It’d be great to beat that. Currently, running is sluggish and gym classes are getting harder. I just had a chicken burger meal last night, and I’m getting drunk in the Northern Quarter tonight, but after that… militant health kick. Lots of soup. Lots of recipes. Adonis figure pending.
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