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[dewinged]

Whoo! Hell of a weekend.

I might not go in order, I don't know, but my weekend had stuff in it, and I'm itching to get it all out. Next weekend is my 3-day weekend, so I can imagine how much I can accomplish.

So, Friday after work I headed down to the local gaming club for the Monthly Warhammer game. I've managed to have my character (A Halfling Tomb Robber) survive every session of the game so far. Mostly by not going near combat at all costs. If we're in a fight, my character gets out of melee range and uses his sling. Sure, I don't do many uber heroic smiting of Chaos creatures, but my Search skill of their lair afterwards always brings up the really good loot. I got home, dealt with some stuff, and went to bed.

Saturday, between 5:30 and 10-ish AM, I managed to feed the dog, do the grocery shopping, used the laundromat to get my week's laundry done, helped dad clean up the house, got a haircut, and finalized info and printouts for the game later that day.

So, I had people over because I was running D&D for the first time in like 5+ years last night. My players, all 3 of them, managed to make very intriguing characters with distinct personalities, enjoyed the world I had made, ordered chicken take-out (Yay, food!), and generally kicked ass and completed the first adventure. I had a fantastic time doing this, so my severe case of nerves was mostly unwarranted. I'm looking forward to running for them again!

Currently reading: The Outlanders by David B Coe. My 2nd time reading it, but my first time reading it was many years ago, so while I remembered vague plot points in the book, there was so much I forgot. Looking forward to finishing it.

Watching: Star Ocean EX: The Anime. Based off the Star Ocean 2 game. It's so neat! I have all 26 episodes now. Farscape, Season 1. I have seen only the first two episodes of this, and I like it. D'Argo, as the 'big hulking warrior with a noble side', is a common favorite character archetype of mine.

And then I can also get to Supernatural, Season 1 before the new season, and Heroes, Season 1 comes out this Tuesday on DVD, but I might hold off on that for X-Mas.

Sunday, I went to breakfast with Dad, and then went to dinner with Dad later. Yay food. :) I finally got some sleep, too. Also, I went to visit razorsedge74 for a bit today, and he showed me World of WarCrackcraft. I don't remember which empty server he set me up on, but I ended up making a Female Gnome Mage named Phizzle. One way to get Kyle's attention: Look, something small and cute! Another good option is 'Ooo, Dwarves with Guns!' But, we played around for a bit and I got Phizzle up to 6th level. I'm a bit of an itchy trigger finger on the fireballs. :) I was also fond of the /silly phrase "I apologize perfusly for any inconveinience my murderous rampage may have caused."

I'm afraid of WoW. I have so many other things online to do. But, I was talking with Dad about getting the combination Cable/Internet/Phone service from Cablevision. Because I'm starting to hate dialup. It might be expensive, because I still have HBO. A lot of HBO shows I was watching are over, and to be honest, I have One Really Freaking Good Reason to keep the damned channel. I am going to look into that, and getting new glasses.

I can't remember how random video-jumping got me to this scene. I don't quite get it, because I never watched the show nor do I have any idea who these guys are. But...they mention 'what if Encyclopedia Brown and the Great Brain fought to the death?' God, that's like the 'war of Kyle's 9-year-old fandoms.' As for who would win...no idea. And I will not look for fic if there is any. Keep some part of my childhood safe.

And I flat-out love this video. It looks like so much fun.

Comments

[tnp.livejournal.com]

I switched to DirecTV since it's cheaper than Cablevision while offering more basic channels. I'm very happy with them, especially since they just took $5/mo off my bill for being a loyal customer. Cablevision never did anything but raise their rates.

I switched to Verizon FIOS since it's cheaper than Cabelovision while being just as fast. I'm very happy with them and haven't had a single problem. They also have a lower speed that's only half as fast for less money but still being an order of magnitude faster than dialup.

I'm pretty sure both companies offer discounts and specials for signing up too so you'll end up saving money by getting away from Cablevision. You should look into all the options and stop paying those bloodsuckers ;p

[kelen.livejournal.com]

Mark and I are on Durotan if you want to poke us. ;)

[magistos.livejournal.com]

I have DirecTV and love it. I'm about to switch from Earthlink DSL to Earthlink DSL and Telephone combined which will save money, and boost me to the hyperfastest DSL there is. Definitely look into the combos.

I DON'T have HBO, because I can't really justify it for one show which is no longer on: Rome. (I am watching it via rentals. I got hooked on it by watching the first 4 episodes on my flights to and from the UK)

[tarotchan.livejournal.com]

GNOMES! I like my gnome because she brings stabbity death..

[tarotchan.livejournal.com]

Oh and speaking of little cute things.. the NPH is in Harold and Kumar 2. teaser's on YouTube.

[ironhand.livejournal.com]

"Whoa momma ... Master Kung Lee's Seven Rib Punch never felt soo good!"

((I need to get a JB icon ... ))

[blytheteach.livejournal.com]

We have the triple play package. It's about $160 per month for phone, tv, and internet. That also includes all HBO, Starz, and Encore channels. They threw in 1 DVR box free for a year which is pretty awesome. This is also way nice than I have ever been to the evil cablevision. I had problems with them when we were living in Rochelle Park, but so far so good here. Oh well with the exception that at misspelled my name. According to them I am Blytag Lamof. Thank G-d Ian called and bitched them out for that. He was actually trying to hide it from me. He knew I might have gone a bit over the top because of how I yelled at them last time they screwed up.