VACATION! Hoody-Hoo!
Yep, another fantastic week of vacation, with a couple of cool things happening.
First - I finally got my license back. After getting the runaround from DMV for the last 2 weeks, I finally got the money to renew my license. Now, all I have to do is get insured and registered, and I'm back on the road.... Just in time for winter.... grr....
And in my never-ending quest for Trivial Pursuit games, I struck card-reading gold out in Oxford - I got the Silver Screen and Young Player's Editions today.
Life is good...
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005
Talk about quick!
My glasses broke during "Lost" on Wednesday. I was cleaning them, and the frame snapped. So I'm freaking out - I don't get paid until this Friday, and I need my glasses to do anything.
So I call VIP eyes, and they said a replacement pair will cost abvout 140 bucks... but I'm leary of purchasing glasses through them again - considering the frames only lasted a little over a year. So I call my friend Mike at Pro-Vision in the mall, and he says he can get me a pair of glasses for $130-$150. I'm thinking "That's great, but I can't pay for them until next Saturday". He says it's ok, and will just set the lenses aside, and he'll take care of them for a week.
So then I get a call from my friend Chuck - and he tells me that he can set aside $160 for me so I can get my glasses. At this point I'm nearly in tears - Not many friends will just say "Here's 160.. pay us back when you can."
So I call Mike up again and tell him I have the money.. and he tells me he'll order the lenses, and they'll be in next week.
Flash forward to Saturday. I ws over at my friend's house, and when I get home, my message-flashy-thingy is blinking. Turns out my Mike got my lenses in lens that 2 1/2 days! I call a cab, and rush over to the mall... 45 minutes and $140 later, I'm in new glasses.
Talk about fast - and I wouldn't have happened without my friends.
My glasses broke during "Lost" on Wednesday. I was cleaning them, and the frame snapped. So I'm freaking out - I don't get paid until this Friday, and I need my glasses to do anything.
So I call VIP eyes, and they said a replacement pair will cost abvout 140 bucks... but I'm leary of purchasing glasses through them again - considering the frames only lasted a little over a year. So I call my friend Mike at Pro-Vision in the mall, and he says he can get me a pair of glasses for $130-$150. I'm thinking "That's great, but I can't pay for them until next Saturday". He says it's ok, and will just set the lenses aside, and he'll take care of them for a week.
So then I get a call from my friend Chuck - and he tells me that he can set aside $160 for me so I can get my glasses. At this point I'm nearly in tears - Not many friends will just say "Here's 160.. pay us back when you can."
So I call Mike up again and tell him I have the money.. and he tells me he'll order the lenses, and they'll be in next week.
Flash forward to Saturday. I ws over at my friend's house, and when I get home, my message-flashy-thingy is blinking. Turns out my Mike got my lenses in lens that 2 1/2 days! I call a cab, and rush over to the mall... 45 minutes and $140 later, I'm in new glasses.
Talk about fast - and I wouldn't have happened without my friends.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
And I thought I'd have to buy a new drive...
Tried burning some episodes of 24 to a DVD today. So I crack open some Imation DVD-R disks, and start to burn. Or rather NOT burn. I figured it must be a bum disc, so I popped another one in. Again, it wouldn't burn. Now I start to get worried. Well to make a long story short - I flashed my BIOS with an update, and also flashed the DVD drive with a Firmware update, and I've decided - Imation makes crap discs. My other discs work like a charm. Oh well. Live and learn :)
Tried burning some episodes of 24 to a DVD today. So I crack open some Imation DVD-R disks, and start to burn. Or rather NOT burn. I figured it must be a bum disc, so I popped another one in. Again, it wouldn't burn. Now I start to get worried. Well to make a long story short - I flashed my BIOS with an update, and also flashed the DVD drive with a Firmware update, and I've decided - Imation makes crap discs. My other discs work like a charm. Oh well. Live and learn :)
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Just when I thought TV was getting dull...
This season has some winners.
First up, LOST - my favorite show on TV. We finally get some answers, and a lot of new questions.
And tonight, I caught the first ep. of Criminal Minds on CBS. First off, I love Mandy "Inigo Montoya" Patikin, and the true profiler spin on investigation is a fresh spin on cap shows (unlike NBC's old show "Profiler" was a psychic detective. The downside? It's normal time slot is opposite Lost! Thank god for BitTorrent - I'll be downloading both shows as soon as they hit the net.
Threshold's premiere last Friday was fantastic! It's nice to see Brent Spiner acting again, and it took me 45 mintues to realize it was him!
NCIS season opener was fantastic, and CSI's premiere was excellent as well.
Lots of good TV this year - it seems that the networks finally listened to what people want - intellegent drama - not schlock..
This season has some winners.
First up, LOST - my favorite show on TV. We finally get some answers, and a lot of new questions.
And tonight, I caught the first ep. of Criminal Minds on CBS. First off, I love Mandy "Inigo Montoya" Patikin, and the true profiler spin on investigation is a fresh spin on cap shows (unlike NBC's old show "Profiler" was a psychic detective. The downside? It's normal time slot is opposite Lost! Thank god for BitTorrent - I'll be downloading both shows as soon as they hit the net.
Threshold's premiere last Friday was fantastic! It's nice to see Brent Spiner acting again, and it took me 45 mintues to realize it was him!
NCIS season opener was fantastic, and CSI's premiere was excellent as well.
Lots of good TV this year - it seems that the networks finally listened to what people want - intellegent drama - not schlock..
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
May I Always Roll Natural Twenties...
Most people don't understand D&D. "It's Evil!" they yell. Or "It's a tool of the Devil and all his incarnations!". I've been gaming for 15 years (+/- 1d6 years). Most of the time I've been a player. Until tonight.
Tonight I DM'ed my first game session with my two best friends, Chuck and Heather. And I really wish I had been Dm'ing a lot sooner than this. I was nervous, I felt unprepared, but you know what? I had a blast.
I'm trying to stay organized (calenders, Keeping track of NPC's, magic items, places they've been too), but you can NEVER anticipate every situation. For instance, my group was in the local inn, and Matilda (the rogue) pipes up "What's for lunch?" I sat there with a blank look on my face. I didn't even consider the fact that they would ask a mundane question like that. I wormed my way out of it (quite easily though) and continued the game.
I've been DM'ing for while - and I have to admit - It's a helluva lot harder than it looks. Especially, when you have characters that tend to be led around. I'm trying to make the game open-ended (meaning I'll have to figure out what I'm doing as they are), but I'm still trying to have an overall story arc to work with. For instance, I try to ask what the characters are planning for the next game session, and they said "We'll surprise you". Ok then, they should expect to be delayed while I think of stuff off the top of my head. So I really need to prepare more off-the cuff things ahead of time.
Right now, I have the characters signing up for the Spring Festival activities (i.e. Jousting, Archery Contests, Storytelling contests, Obstacle Courses, etc.) This'll buy me about 1-2 sessions worth of gaming, so inbetween the sessions, I can have the next part of the story arc laid out.
I keep this up to date as I go - for now, I have to work on more random encounters.
Most people don't understand D&D. "It's Evil!" they yell. Or "It's a tool of the Devil and all his incarnations!". I've been gaming for 15 years (+/- 1d6 years). Most of the time I've been a player. Until tonight.
Tonight I DM'ed my first game session with my two best friends, Chuck and Heather. And I really wish I had been Dm'ing a lot sooner than this. I was nervous, I felt unprepared, but you know what? I had a blast.
I'm trying to stay organized (calenders, Keeping track of NPC's, magic items, places they've been too), but you can NEVER anticipate every situation. For instance, my group was in the local inn, and Matilda (the rogue) pipes up "What's for lunch?" I sat there with a blank look on my face. I didn't even consider the fact that they would ask a mundane question like that. I wormed my way out of it (quite easily though) and continued the game.
I've been DM'ing for while - and I have to admit - It's a helluva lot harder than it looks. Especially, when you have characters that tend to be led around. I'm trying to make the game open-ended (meaning I'll have to figure out what I'm doing as they are), but I'm still trying to have an overall story arc to work with. For instance, I try to ask what the characters are planning for the next game session, and they said "We'll surprise you". Ok then, they should expect to be delayed while I think of stuff off the top of my head. So I really need to prepare more off-the cuff things ahead of time.
Right now, I have the characters signing up for the Spring Festival activities (i.e. Jousting, Archery Contests, Storytelling contests, Obstacle Courses, etc.) This'll buy me about 1-2 sessions worth of gaming, so inbetween the sessions, I can have the next part of the story arc laid out.
I keep this up to date as I go - for now, I have to work on more random encounters.
Friday, August 12, 2005
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