First of all, I thought I had waterproof hops because the bleeders wouldn't go under to start with...
They eventually did however and we had a nice rolling boil. As usual, I confronted the dilemna of whether to skim the hot break off or leave it in there, as some suggest, to aid head retention. In the end, I did what I always seem to do and skimmed off most but left a bit, just in case. After about a while, I was wondering what I should call this brew (it's being used for a birthday party so needs a name) when It suddenly came to me...
The bleeder was staring at me.
For the whole boil.
Stare, stare, stare... It had eyes.
It was really odd. No matter what I did, after a few minutes the eyes were back staring at me. So that's what I named it after.
Anyway, the weirdness didn't stop there. During the run off, the 'eyes' collapsed into the boiler and left a really weird looking mess.
Presumably just hot break and other shit, but it looked unusual enough for me to take a picture which doesn't demonstrate its weirdness too well actually.
Anyway, things then went crazy an hour or two after I pitched the yeast (so5). I had rehydrated it and mixed with some brown sugar and left for 20 minutes beforehand. The fermentation began instantly and grew to the point where it shat itself. Badly.
I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I took that photo at 4.15 this morning. I knew something bad was happening in the study so couldn't sleep. Glad I went down and looked because there's no way I would have got away with that one if I hadn't cleaned it up. She's none the wiser although she has noticed the smell which is much stronger than any I have ever brewed before. This is also the first time a brew has erupted like that for me too. It is absolutely mental this one. I wonder if it's anything to do with me not using Irish Moss?
....at which point i'd be calling the local priest round.. 
I know it was a user upper, but I would have left the dumplings out! 