Friday night, I fell asleep after the post-movie cuddling.
Saturday:
I didn't have a lot of time for anything besides helping Clone the Elder. His National History Day project is due this week. I rigged up the two part presentation board and helped with the culling of excess wording from the slides.
We watched the cousins for a couple hours and there was more Metallica and Smash Hits action.
I got in some FFXI with a Bastok 8-1 assist and a mutual Mog House tour with Soho. Someone needs to hook me up with whatever it is he's doing. His mog was very nicely appointed, and a number of the furnishings were event rewards. Of particular fascination to me was his glowy crystal that cycled through the elemental colors.
Also had a couple of interesting chats, as usual.
In /random news, I pulled out my Dreamcast and keyboard gear. Now all I need is my Typing of the Dead disc. I've decided between work and home I'm long overdue for a typing skillup.
Also, last night I heard some of our wildlife messing with our garbage cans. Expecting the deer again I looked out and saw two raccoons! I grabbed a flashlight and laser pointer hoping to drive them off. Instead, they actually approached the back door where I was watching from. Clearly these fellows haven't watched enough sniper movies to have developed a fear of glowing red dots on the forehead...
Sunday:
Thought I was going to relax but then I remembered what today is! Super Bowl Sunday XLIV 44 Game Day! Otherwise known as a year's worth of good commercials in like 5 hours.
I did get to play Metallica for about 90 minutes, working on Career to unlock stuff. I also created my rocker, modeled after Joscelin but named Sqwisgaar. May need to rethink that one. As we were wrapping up (Ape had returned with her mom and was finishing prep) I got to listen to MIL's opinion of heavy metal. The Younger tried to put on a show but picked Beginner and quit. I tried "Dyer's Eve" on Hard and soon regretted it.
Not sure why since the lyrics have never applied to me personally, but I've always felt "connected" to Dyer's lyrics...
At my parents', we feasted and sat down to watch the game. The first half was interesting enough, wth each team dominating one quarter.
Overheard at various points before and during the halftime show (The Who played, for those keeping score):
"Who's playing at halftime?" "The Who." "Right, who's playing?"
"I think they're playing medley-style in the hopes /somebody/ recognizes one song..."
"Across the country, parties filled with thirty-somethings are scratching their heads at hearing the name of the musical guest."
"Does anyone watching even /know/ what a pinball machine is?"
(From the kitchen) "Oooh, CSI is starting?"
Some commercial reactions:
Doritos dog collar - classic physical comedy, but with animals! -grins-
Doritos Date Pickup - One of the best. The little boy's deadpan delivery is perfect!
Tim Tebow's pro-life spot: A) I happen to be pro-life. Surprised? I am a healer after all. I'm not a zealot about it and realize everything can be situational. B) Why on earth was there such an outcry again? Mom Tebow didn't say anything remotely controversial.
Manly Dodge Charger - Umm, why is shopping with your wife for clothes or housewares so unmanly, requiring a testosterone infusion? Is the woman who completes you not worth a litle time? A *lot* of time? Plus the car's a four-door. How is that manly, again?
Simpsons Coke - Hated it. Seemed very out of character. Plus most of the "Happiness" ads haven't registered with me.
Intel - I miss the "rock star" spots...
Africa Coke - Nice. I get to contradict myself a little. It was goofy but the scenery was lovely and the overall premise worked.
e-Trade - Dun like the new baby, but "milkaholic" sold me. Also, enthusiastic wolf howl made me think of Kio. I promise I'll gt it right event
Second Denny's Freebie - "In space no one can hear you cluck." Two thumbs up!
Doritos Locker Steal - hilarious chip samurai... (:
Audi Green Police - Awesome-sauce, plus I like Audi!
Second half? On-side kick, recovered, leading to a TD? {Yes, please!}
-shakes soggy head- In attempting to open a bottle of wine for Ape, without a corkscrew, I managed to shove the cork in. And got a faceful of white zinfandel for my trouble...
Manning intercepted, returned for another TD? /hurray
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In unrelated-ish news, Ape was grading during the game. She showed some examples of "regular" work and the work of one of her challenged students. She has a couple, and has tried to convince the parents and her admins that these kids are beyond normal teaching. Looking at their work is quite heartbreaking, as it's clear they are trying but just aren't progressing... As a parent of an ADHD kid, I get it. But if the parents of these kids won't agree to get medical or professional help...
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Catching Up
Oh... I somehow made it from Monday to today and didn't keep notes...
I'm pretty sure Wednesday I duoed in the Dunes with Ninjamaster, taking DRG one full level to 17. Then I helped him a little with the SMN weather collection by teleporting him from place to place. Oh, someone remind me next time - when I have a pet job, call up a pet! I must have wandered the Dunes for 15-20 minutes before realizing Nanaja was missing. /facepalm
Thursday was a waste of time on SAM - I wound up with less XP and a wasted 2k on a pumpkin when I got killed (for the second time) only 5 kills in...
Friday:
Today I finished book two of the Sevenwaters trilogy. If you recall from an earlier post, I wasn't sure about this one. To be honest, I really didn't feel like getting halfway in, investing in the characters, and then have some mindless tragedy befall them, as in the first.
To be honest, I found myself enthralled and read it as fast as I could make time. And a few days ago it occurred to me I was enjoying this one (as I did the last, minus the rape) because the female leads were so strong but also conflicted. I don't mean strong like physically, but both Sorcha and Liadan had a strength of will that greatly appealed to me. Also, both were very committed to healing, and made me feel the call of White Mage and real-life Healer all the more.
Clone the Elder may have found New Moon, and I need to refill my library queue again. And speaking of clones, Ape's sis gave us one of Karen Traviss' Star Wars books. Now to find it again...
Later on in the night I grabbed GH: Metallica, and GH Smash Hits for 20 bucks apiece. I played a 6-song set of Metallica and was transported back two decades... I surprised myself by recognizing all 7 album motifs during the opener, and by singing along to Dyer's Eve.
After that we watched our rented movie, Carriers. At only a dollar (thank you RedBox!), I *still* felt cheated. It flat-out sucked. Even with Captain Kirk in it...
Work's been a bit much but thankfully all my code is going smoothly.
Also, get well soon, Soho!
I'm pretty sure Wednesday I duoed in the Dunes with Ninjamaster, taking DRG one full level to 17. Then I helped him a little with the SMN weather collection by teleporting him from place to place. Oh, someone remind me next time - when I have a pet job, call up a pet! I must have wandered the Dunes for 15-20 minutes before realizing Nanaja was missing. /facepalm
Thursday was a waste of time on SAM - I wound up with less XP and a wasted 2k on a pumpkin when I got killed (for the second time) only 5 kills in...
Friday:
Today I finished book two of the Sevenwaters trilogy. If you recall from an earlier post, I wasn't sure about this one. To be honest, I really didn't feel like getting halfway in, investing in the characters, and then have some mindless tragedy befall them, as in the first.
To be honest, I found myself enthralled and read it as fast as I could make time. And a few days ago it occurred to me I was enjoying this one (as I did the last, minus the rape) because the female leads were so strong but also conflicted. I don't mean strong like physically, but both Sorcha and Liadan had a strength of will that greatly appealed to me. Also, both were very committed to healing, and made me feel the call of White Mage and real-life Healer all the more.
Clone the Elder may have found New Moon, and I need to refill my library queue again. And speaking of clones, Ape's sis gave us one of Karen Traviss' Star Wars books. Now to find it again...
Later on in the night I grabbed GH: Metallica, and GH Smash Hits for 20 bucks apiece. I played a 6-song set of Metallica and was transported back two decades... I surprised myself by recognizing all 7 album motifs during the opener, and by singing along to Dyer's Eve.
After that we watched our rented movie, Carriers. At only a dollar (thank you RedBox!), I *still* felt cheated. It flat-out sucked. Even with Captain Kirk in it...
Work's been a bit much but thankfully all my code is going smoothly.
Also, get well soon, Soho!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Hot Showers!
Sunday:
After picking up the water heater stuff and some lunch, I spent the afternoon at home, doing chores. I cut up the fallen trees from last week's storm. I fixed the water heater (prays and crosses fingers that it doesn't do anything burny - one house fire is enough). I installed our new DVD player. I did my final code checkout.
About the time Ape made it back from seeing "The Tooth Fairy" (what the heck led The Rock to make all these kids' movies? I have no prob with it, just interested...) it was time for dinner. Buuut, Soho had found me. We were chatting a bit while I was messing with auction stuff. He's working on dissections this week (sheep and later, cat). I winced a bit about the cats, but in general, I think med-sci is cool. Also good to have (:
He invited me outside for a bit and we sat together continuing our chat. Then he got a Dunes party and politely requested a tele-Holla. I joked that he was going to have fun now as opposed to sitting on the floor talking to me. He said he really enjoyed our talks - aww, sweet! After the tele, I'd expected that to be the end of it, and was considering farming recollections. Instead, I thought about maybe PLing them.
But that would not come to pass. He invited me into the party to rep someone. After some thinking, I was requested on THF, to pull. I grabbed my junk and OPed. The party included Autumn, and it was good to see her again! We were syncing to 10, and I did OK with pulling. I messed up by pulling a Star Bat (rescued by Devane, bro of one of the members) and later, whilst being PLed by Masterhealer, I pulled back-to-back gob adds on top of my lizard targets. I never saw either one despite area sweeps ><
About halfway into the party, Autumn DCed. And Tumo logged in, seeking. We waited a fair bit, then I asked if Tumo could rep her. Soho passed me lead and I went to escort Tumo, as she's only 11, BLM. I mentioned dropping sync and someone complained. I replied that book buffs were due to wear soon anyway. Well, just as I get back through the tunnel with Tumo, someone announces that Autumn was back. Oh no...
It took some discussing (and Tumo's self-DB) but ultimately, Autumn decided to stay out. Her PC had been hit with spyware and she was trying to root it out with Hijack This! (geek points!) and wasn't sure how long it was going to take. I apologized profusely, and she was trying to apologize to me ^^ I don't know which of us felt worse about it.
So, with Tumo back, we continued on. We did two pages plus all the random killing. I went from 17 to 19. Soho and I were going to wrap up at about 9:30, and Incredichimp needed to go too as I recall. We had started with rep hunting, but just sort of disintegrated. I said my goodnights to both Soho and Tumo and left for the night.
Oh, Rogues news - Med informed me they had a Holla win Saturday... And it looks like they may be setting up a new pearl, based on the shell message. I haven't seen any significant activity on the Rogues forum either.
Desperate Housewives was OK, but there weere some good lines. Also, the Orson/Bree suicide watch slash rekindling of passions was sweet. B & S was ok. Nothing terribly special there.
Monday:
I stuck my foot in my mouth at work. I recommended Edge of Darkness to my mentor. Who is Jewish. Oh boy...
Read the Valentione's Day 2010 story thing. It's been up for awhile but I just didn't bother. I wish I had - it was very sweet and I liked the way it concluded. And, I'm interested in the event because it seems it may be a new one for a change.
After that, I was going to read Halifirien's blog and got a 404. I tried a Bing search (work machine, not my choice) and found his Twitter account. But not the blog... Huh.
As I was logging out, I saw a link to a Blog printing service. They offer soft and hardcover versions and allow customizations as well. I think I might preview that - I do want a copy of this for posterity.
And finally, will the blog spammers please DIAF? I'm finding stupid financial scam links on my comments now. And not even new comments! Old stuff from last October! Spammers? If you're going to spam a barely-read blog, spam something that human eyes might actually see!
After picking up the water heater stuff and some lunch, I spent the afternoon at home, doing chores. I cut up the fallen trees from last week's storm. I fixed the water heater (prays and crosses fingers that it doesn't do anything burny - one house fire is enough). I installed our new DVD player. I did my final code checkout.
About the time Ape made it back from seeing "The Tooth Fairy" (what the heck led The Rock to make all these kids' movies? I have no prob with it, just interested...) it was time for dinner. Buuut, Soho had found me. We were chatting a bit while I was messing with auction stuff. He's working on dissections this week (sheep and later, cat). I winced a bit about the cats, but in general, I think med-sci is cool. Also good to have (:
He invited me outside for a bit and we sat together continuing our chat. Then he got a Dunes party and politely requested a tele-Holla. I joked that he was going to have fun now as opposed to sitting on the floor talking to me. He said he really enjoyed our talks - aww, sweet! After the tele, I'd expected that to be the end of it, and was considering farming recollections. Instead, I thought about maybe PLing them.
But that would not come to pass. He invited me into the party to rep someone. After some thinking, I was requested on THF, to pull. I grabbed my junk and OPed. The party included Autumn, and it was good to see her again! We were syncing to 10, and I did OK with pulling. I messed up by pulling a Star Bat (rescued by Devane, bro of one of the members) and later, whilst being PLed by Masterhealer, I pulled back-to-back gob adds on top of my lizard targets. I never saw either one despite area sweeps ><
About halfway into the party, Autumn DCed. And Tumo logged in, seeking. We waited a fair bit, then I asked if Tumo could rep her. Soho passed me lead and I went to escort Tumo, as she's only 11, BLM. I mentioned dropping sync and someone complained. I replied that book buffs were due to wear soon anyway. Well, just as I get back through the tunnel with Tumo, someone announces that Autumn was back. Oh no...
It took some discussing (and Tumo's self-DB) but ultimately, Autumn decided to stay out. Her PC had been hit with spyware and she was trying to root it out with Hijack This! (geek points!) and wasn't sure how long it was going to take. I apologized profusely, and she was trying to apologize to me ^^ I don't know which of us felt worse about it.
So, with Tumo back, we continued on. We did two pages plus all the random killing. I went from 17 to 19. Soho and I were going to wrap up at about 9:30, and Incredichimp needed to go too as I recall. We had started with rep hunting, but just sort of disintegrated. I said my goodnights to both Soho and Tumo and left for the night.
Oh, Rogues news - Med informed me they had a Holla win Saturday... And it looks like they may be setting up a new pearl, based on the shell message. I haven't seen any significant activity on the Rogues forum either.
Desperate Housewives was OK, but there weere some good lines. Also, the Orson/Bree suicide watch slash rekindling of passions was sweet. B & S was ok. Nothing terribly special there.
Monday:
I stuck my foot in my mouth at work. I recommended Edge of Darkness to my mentor. Who is Jewish. Oh boy...
Read the Valentione's Day 2010 story thing. It's been up for awhile but I just didn't bother. I wish I had - it was very sweet and I liked the way it concluded. And, I'm interested in the event because it seems it may be a new one for a change.
After that, I was going to read Halifirien's blog and got a 404. I tried a Bing search (work machine, not my choice) and found his Twitter account. But not the blog... Huh.
As I was logging out, I saw a link to a Blog printing service. They offer soft and hardcover versions and allow customizations as well. I think I might preview that - I do want a copy of this for posterity.
And finally, will the blog spammers please DIAF? I'm finding stupid financial scam links on my comments now. And not even new comments! Old stuff from last October! Spammers? If you're going to spam a barely-read blog, spam something that human eyes might actually see!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Out of Sorts
Friday:
Messed up from early AM code checkout, I slept in my car at lunch and left work an hour early. Took a short nap, then Ape and I headed out. Remember the Italian place that catered the PTA dinner thing last week? We ate there with Ape's good friend and her hubby. Yes, the food was as exquisite as we'd hoped! I personally ate half a basket of bread - soooo good.
From there it was a stop at RedBox to pick up The Proposal (for us) and Blood+ for me. As I explained to Ape, Blood+ is one of those shows I watched every ep of, and at the end, felt like maybe I missed something. I really loved the storylines, and the action was fun too. But the ending kinda left me empty.
We watched The Proposal. After the Blind Side I've gained a new appreciation for Sandra Bullock movies. It didn't hurt that this one was hilarious! After that, we chilled for awhile and then I went out to complete my work in Norg and chat some. I collected Leviathan's pact and after a long delay, a set of the -ton ninjutsu. A quick warp to Jeuno and I put them up for sale. I think two of them sold within 20 minutes!
Saturday:
Up and out - after frigid showers (more on that in a bit) we were off to see a good friend of Ape's mom in a nursing facility. She'd fallen in her apartment and ended up here. But for weeks Ape's mom couldn't get info - the apartment refused to release any info and it took time for her friend to contact her.
I don't have the best memories in those kinds of places so I wasn't exactly thrilled to go, but as a wayward healer I felt the need. And I had nothing to worry about - she was fine, and in a very nice facility. We spent the better part of an hour with her, then off to the mall.
On the way we stopped at Home Depot to check on water heater parts. The gentleman there was very helpful, mapping out a troubleshooting plan that might save me some coin. From there? Best Buy, the mall, pizza, then the movies for "Edge of Darkness" with Mel Gibson. Much better than I expected. A little weird, but fun.
At home, after grabbing the kids and putting MIL's new patio table together, I plopped Blood+ (live action version) into the PS3 whilst I ate a snack. So far? It sucks worse than vampires.
Oh, on that note, seen on a new shirt at Hot Topic: "Then Buffy staked Edward. The End."
Messed up from early AM code checkout, I slept in my car at lunch and left work an hour early. Took a short nap, then Ape and I headed out. Remember the Italian place that catered the PTA dinner thing last week? We ate there with Ape's good friend and her hubby. Yes, the food was as exquisite as we'd hoped! I personally ate half a basket of bread - soooo good.
From there it was a stop at RedBox to pick up The Proposal (for us) and Blood+ for me. As I explained to Ape, Blood+ is one of those shows I watched every ep of, and at the end, felt like maybe I missed something. I really loved the storylines, and the action was fun too. But the ending kinda left me empty.
We watched The Proposal. After the Blind Side I've gained a new appreciation for Sandra Bullock movies. It didn't hurt that this one was hilarious! After that, we chilled for awhile and then I went out to complete my work in Norg and chat some. I collected Leviathan's pact and after a long delay, a set of the -ton ninjutsu. A quick warp to Jeuno and I put them up for sale. I think two of them sold within 20 minutes!
Saturday:
Up and out - after frigid showers (more on that in a bit) we were off to see a good friend of Ape's mom in a nursing facility. She'd fallen in her apartment and ended up here. But for weeks Ape's mom couldn't get info - the apartment refused to release any info and it took time for her friend to contact her.
I don't have the best memories in those kinds of places so I wasn't exactly thrilled to go, but as a wayward healer I felt the need. And I had nothing to worry about - she was fine, and in a very nice facility. We spent the better part of an hour with her, then off to the mall.
On the way we stopped at Home Depot to check on water heater parts. The gentleman there was very helpful, mapping out a troubleshooting plan that might save me some coin. From there? Best Buy, the mall, pizza, then the movies for "Edge of Darkness" with Mel Gibson. Much better than I expected. A little weird, but fun.
At home, after grabbing the kids and putting MIL's new patio table together, I plopped Blood+ (live action version) into the PS3 whilst I ate a snack. So far? It sucks worse than vampires.
Oh, on that note, seen on a new shirt at Hot Topic: "Then Buffy staked Edward. The End."
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Busy Week So Far...
Monday:
I saw a blurb on the news about California's Prop 8 trial. This is to decide whether or not to overturn Cali's state ban on gay marriage. I believe all live coverage was banned by the state Supreme court. For some reason I misunderstood and thought all coverage was gagged. Time to read up on the progress so far. As one who voted in favor of love, I am interested in the outcome here. I'm tired of people trying to separate or vilify true lovers, regardless of gender.
Too tired and nauseous to do much of anything after dinner at Longhorn for Sis's farewell and grocery shopping. Don't even remember falling asleep.
Is it bad parenting to ask my kids to "cop-check" me whilst I drive in a... shall we say spirited manner? This would have been in the van with all four of us plus groceries.
Tuesday:
Logged on and Med started asking about Shin's Holla loss. He said if I got SMN to 30 he could guarantee a win. I joked that I'd have to do -counts fingers- like 12 more levels ^^ Then he said it was time to go get Leviathan.
We met Darkmatt, Layton and one other (sorry ^^). The Other DCed so it was just the 4 of us. And funnily enough, as we approached Lev, Med called for me to stay back. He was going to solo it?! He was on PLD and we had plenty of buff and heal support, but just one DD against a cure-spamming creature meant it was taking forever.
Darkmatt on RDM started insisting I join in, and I agreed, but Med didn't answer. I finally joined in, and with nuke support from Matt and Layton (on BLM) we finished the sea-beastie (in 15 minutes...)
Later, got the prereq quest for Warp II to finally flag, and did it quickly. Then got halfway through the Warp II fetch-a-thon before giving in to sleep. Had to get dishes and garbage sorted before bed.
Had a nice chat with Kep. Also, Dark joined my FL. Also, finally fixed my nails. Now they're really prettyful, but my index fingers need to hurry up.
Wednesday:
Between another chat marathon (Cold, Kio, LK, Deej and Kush) I finished Warp II but need to cash in the temporary item to get my scroll. And I still need to cash in Lev too. My wonderful net started dropping repeatedly at 9:30ish and I gave up trying to reconnect at 10. I honestly wonder if the State of the Union is what did me in. I can just imagine hundreds of households firing up Netflix or YouTube at the same time...
Thursday:
Whilst listening to the opening to Lion King at work, I nearly cried as I listened to the lyrics of Circle of Life. Couldn't tell you why I was so moved, though. Hmmm.
I'll be on later because I have a code checkout at midnight. I'm hopeful that this one will go smoothly. I need it to. There's been a lot of stress in the team, but thankfully I've not been the cause of very much of it.
I saw a blurb on the news about California's Prop 8 trial. This is to decide whether or not to overturn Cali's state ban on gay marriage. I believe all live coverage was banned by the state Supreme court. For some reason I misunderstood and thought all coverage was gagged. Time to read up on the progress so far. As one who voted in favor of love, I am interested in the outcome here. I'm tired of people trying to separate or vilify true lovers, regardless of gender.
Too tired and nauseous to do much of anything after dinner at Longhorn for Sis's farewell and grocery shopping. Don't even remember falling asleep.
Is it bad parenting to ask my kids to "cop-check" me whilst I drive in a... shall we say spirited manner? This would have been in the van with all four of us plus groceries.
Tuesday:
Logged on and Med started asking about Shin's Holla loss. He said if I got SMN to 30 he could guarantee a win. I joked that I'd have to do -counts fingers- like 12 more levels ^^ Then he said it was time to go get Leviathan.
We met Darkmatt, Layton and one other (sorry ^^). The Other DCed so it was just the 4 of us. And funnily enough, as we approached Lev, Med called for me to stay back. He was going to solo it?! He was on PLD and we had plenty of buff and heal support, but just one DD against a cure-spamming creature meant it was taking forever.
Darkmatt on RDM started insisting I join in, and I agreed, but Med didn't answer. I finally joined in, and with nuke support from Matt and Layton (on BLM) we finished the sea-beastie (in 15 minutes...)
Later, got the prereq quest for Warp II to finally flag, and did it quickly. Then got halfway through the Warp II fetch-a-thon before giving in to sleep. Had to get dishes and garbage sorted before bed.
Had a nice chat with Kep. Also, Dark joined my FL. Also, finally fixed my nails. Now they're really prettyful, but my index fingers need to hurry up.
Wednesday:
Between another chat marathon (Cold, Kio, LK, Deej and Kush) I finished Warp II but need to cash in the temporary item to get my scroll. And I still need to cash in Lev too. My wonderful net started dropping repeatedly at 9:30ish and I gave up trying to reconnect at 10. I honestly wonder if the State of the Union is what did me in. I can just imagine hundreds of households firing up Netflix or YouTube at the same time...
Thursday:
Whilst listening to the opening to Lion King at work, I nearly cried as I listened to the lyrics of Circle of Life. Couldn't tell you why I was so moved, though. Hmmm.
I'll be on later because I have a code checkout at midnight. I'm hopeful that this one will go smoothly. I need it to. There's been a lot of stress in the team, but thankfully I've not been the cause of very much of it.
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