Sunday, April 27, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The Last Post
In what will probably be my last post before my nuptials and honeymoon I need to report that I am sick. Sick in the head. Literally.
Diagnosed with a head cold today. Run down and beat up and at the worst possible time. I'm sure the "stress" and "worrying" about all the last minute stuff left an opening in my immune system and BLAMMO.
This is some sort of twisted revenge for missing out on every other illness that has run rampant at work and with the children in the past 8 months or so.
However, I am armed with new drugs designed to kick this shit out of my system so that I can be ready to go come Friday.
Yesterday was the worse and I'm sure yesterday is really what started it all. The day before a few of us went to the mountains and played around for a few hours and I think I got too much sun. The sun wore my body down and kicked my ass. The next day I woke up with the shits, had headaches, sore throats and anything else that could be wrong with a person. By the time I woke up today it all left except this horrid nagging head cold and that is why I ended up seeing a doctor to get drugs.
Being a fat boy with asthma, I fear not having drugs and letting this thing develop into something such as a chest cold which would put me down for at least a week. Normally I'd take my chances and see if it develops but I cannot risk feeling that bad when I'm trying to remember my vows and wiping snot onto my rented tux in front of all my family, extended family and about to be family.
That might also kill the honeymoon.
One of the last things I have to do is put our (her) music selections on an iPod for the actual ceremony. They also told me to select some music that might be about 30 minutes long for the guests as they are arriving and being seated before the ceremony. This is something I think they failed to tell my love earlier because she looked shocked when I told her they wanted an additional 30 minutes and I just told her to let me take care of it because I have something in mind.
The direction I was given was just some mellow music and when I heard 30 minutes only, ONLY two songs came to my mind.... well 3 if you count the extended full on drum edition of In-a-ga-da-da-vi-da :)
The 1st was, as a joke only, Arlo Guthries Alice's Restaurant. (yes, it only clocks in around 23 minutes or so).
However, the song that I really want to use is a classic from the 70's and I'm going to play it for her tomorrow and see if she approves. She is very skeptical but I absolutely love this song and don't feel it's out of line.
Saturday and Sunday are busy days and we take off for a lush paradise come Monday. So, probably, until after I get back to Vegas.....
Take care my friends.
Diagnosed with a head cold today. Run down and beat up and at the worst possible time. I'm sure the "stress" and "worrying" about all the last minute stuff left an opening in my immune system and BLAMMO.
This is some sort of twisted revenge for missing out on every other illness that has run rampant at work and with the children in the past 8 months or so.
However, I am armed with new drugs designed to kick this shit out of my system so that I can be ready to go come Friday.
Yesterday was the worse and I'm sure yesterday is really what started it all. The day before a few of us went to the mountains and played around for a few hours and I think I got too much sun. The sun wore my body down and kicked my ass. The next day I woke up with the shits, had headaches, sore throats and anything else that could be wrong with a person. By the time I woke up today it all left except this horrid nagging head cold and that is why I ended up seeing a doctor to get drugs.
Being a fat boy with asthma, I fear not having drugs and letting this thing develop into something such as a chest cold which would put me down for at least a week. Normally I'd take my chances and see if it develops but I cannot risk feeling that bad when I'm trying to remember my vows and wiping snot onto my rented tux in front of all my family, extended family and about to be family.
That might also kill the honeymoon.
One of the last things I have to do is put our (her) music selections on an iPod for the actual ceremony. They also told me to select some music that might be about 30 minutes long for the guests as they are arriving and being seated before the ceremony. This is something I think they failed to tell my love earlier because she looked shocked when I told her they wanted an additional 30 minutes and I just told her to let me take care of it because I have something in mind.
The direction I was given was just some mellow music and when I heard 30 minutes only, ONLY two songs came to my mind.... well 3 if you count the extended full on drum edition of In-a-ga-da-da-vi-da :)
The 1st was, as a joke only, Arlo Guthries Alice's Restaurant. (yes, it only clocks in around 23 minutes or so).
However, the song that I really want to use is a classic from the 70's and I'm going to play it for her tomorrow and see if she approves. She is very skeptical but I absolutely love this song and don't feel it's out of line.
Saturday and Sunday are busy days and we take off for a lush paradise come Monday. So, probably, until after I get back to Vegas.....
Take care my friends.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Only One More Week
Last night I received a phone call about our song selection during the ceremony. Today I received an email that my tux is ready to be picked up and that I should come in for my final fitting to make sure all is well in regards to looking like a pimp ass G for my wedding.
The flowers have arrived and the Guest Book showed up looking beautiful. Everything is finalizing and pretty soon all of my friends will be arriving into town to party like rock stars with their compadre from another madre.
I took a nap after work today because getting up at 4:30 in the morning drains the shit out of me. When I shake the cob-webs off I'll be refreshed and ready to go and probably have a late night playing some sort of video game. I'm thinking about cracking Skyrim open but I really should put Diablo to bed before I start another game that will be a multi hundred hour time sink.
I'm supposed to have this weekend off but I really think that I'm going to head in tomorrow for a couple of hours so that I can do up a proper work list for this coming week and make an outline for stuff that needs to be done/maintained/looked at while I'm off for two weeks so that I don't come back to a disaster area.
As for right now, it's time to take the kids to the park so they can play and run off energy.
So, with that I cut this short....
The flowers have arrived and the Guest Book showed up looking beautiful. Everything is finalizing and pretty soon all of my friends will be arriving into town to party like rock stars with their compadre from another madre.
I took a nap after work today because getting up at 4:30 in the morning drains the shit out of me. When I shake the cob-webs off I'll be refreshed and ready to go and probably have a late night playing some sort of video game. I'm thinking about cracking Skyrim open but I really should put Diablo to bed before I start another game that will be a multi hundred hour time sink.
I'm supposed to have this weekend off but I really think that I'm going to head in tomorrow for a couple of hours so that I can do up a proper work list for this coming week and make an outline for stuff that needs to be done/maintained/looked at while I'm off for two weeks so that I don't come back to a disaster area.
As for right now, it's time to take the kids to the park so they can play and run off energy.
So, with that I cut this short....
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
10 days and counting
As I write this, in exactly 10 days I will be enjoying wedded bliss with my new wife. It feels like just a week ago that I looked at the calender and thought "shit, 100 more days to lose 10-20 pounds" and now the time is upon me.
I'm going to assume that it's nerves that have caused me to gain a few pounds in the past couple of weeks but whatever, Life is good and I am happy.
I'm not going to edit or re-read this to make sure everything makes sense. With that I will warn you that I am half way through my second Dead Guy while typing as some nights require booze to end the evening and fall asleep properly.
Before I get into the vague info I plan on giving to follow up that sentence I want to point out that this month I have beaten Mega Man Powered up for the Playstation Portable, or the PSP as most people know it.
I am quite happy with the game and plan on putting a few more hours into it but I in no way plan on completing it. In order to complete it you have to beat it with Megaman on every single difficulty. You also have to beat it with every other unlockable character on every single difficulty. This means Cut-man and Guts-man and all the rest. Liking Mega-Man and keeping him fondly in my heart over the years (but nothing like my brother in gaming Mike Hall) I really enjoyed this version of the game and the two new bosses. However, I have better things to do with my time than beat the game another 30 times or so.
After that I re-started and beat Batman: Arkham City which I'm going to proclaim is probably one of the 5 best games I have ever played. I haven't done all the side missions and I'll never get around to doing all the Riddler stuff, but I did have the Catwoman levels installed. And, when it goes on sale for $5 or less I plan on getting the Harley DLC and playing through that. The game play was great, all the improvements from Asylum were actual improvements. The size of the map was pretty much perfect for the game as well. The thing that makes this game so amazing was the ending.
That hit jumped out at you and hit you like the Klan throwing a sock party. While it was hinted at I honestly never saw it coming. This is a game that I will play again, on New Game Plus, because it was so amazing.
And even though I loved the game so much, the thing that tugged at my heart strings the most was the "voice mail" during the ending credits.
Damn.
The whole reason I ended up deciding to play Arkham City as because this year Arkham Knight comes out and it is supposed to end the trilogy (Asylum, City and Knight). So, I thought that I should beat City and Origins (a prequel from a different developer) before Knight came out so I could play it at release instead of 3 years later as seems to be my current Modis Operandi (SP????).
I've been playing a little bit of Diablo 3 trying to eek my way towards that last achievement as I'd like to have it done before The Ultimate Evil Edition comes out for the PS4 later this year.
For the PS3 I've still got to work on and beat South Park - but most of my gaming has been while kids are around so this game is totally a back burner game.
I think the next one I'm going to start is God of War Ascension and I plan on getting all of the NON multiplayer Trophies. I might consider the MP ones just so that I can get the Platinum's on all of the games but I personally hate Multi-player in single player type games.
I'd also like to complete Dead Space so that I can move on to Dead Space 2.
Now, back to my pre-ramble.
Parenting is a bitch as I am finding out.
Step-Parenting is a bigger bitch.
I feel this might be the hardest job in the world.
It's great when everything is going good but there are these times and situations where it's like getting your balls caught in a vice. There is no possible way to do the right thing.
Having to choose between getting fucked by the big dicked black dude or masturbating with razor wire.
Pretty much lose-lose.
Luckily I haven't had a whole lot of that over the past couple of years but tonight was one of those nights and I feel like absolute shit because of it.
This is why I have just downed my 2nd Dead Guy and am moving on to the third.
See y'all on the flip side.
10 days from now will be the happiest day of my life.
I'm going to assume that it's nerves that have caused me to gain a few pounds in the past couple of weeks but whatever, Life is good and I am happy.
I'm not going to edit or re-read this to make sure everything makes sense. With that I will warn you that I am half way through my second Dead Guy while typing as some nights require booze to end the evening and fall asleep properly.
Before I get into the vague info I plan on giving to follow up that sentence I want to point out that this month I have beaten Mega Man Powered up for the Playstation Portable, or the PSP as most people know it.
I am quite happy with the game and plan on putting a few more hours into it but I in no way plan on completing it. In order to complete it you have to beat it with Megaman on every single difficulty. You also have to beat it with every other unlockable character on every single difficulty. This means Cut-man and Guts-man and all the rest. Liking Mega-Man and keeping him fondly in my heart over the years (but nothing like my brother in gaming Mike Hall) I really enjoyed this version of the game and the two new bosses. However, I have better things to do with my time than beat the game another 30 times or so.
After that I re-started and beat Batman: Arkham City which I'm going to proclaim is probably one of the 5 best games I have ever played. I haven't done all the side missions and I'll never get around to doing all the Riddler stuff, but I did have the Catwoman levels installed. And, when it goes on sale for $5 or less I plan on getting the Harley DLC and playing through that. The game play was great, all the improvements from Asylum were actual improvements. The size of the map was pretty much perfect for the game as well. The thing that makes this game so amazing was the ending.
That hit jumped out at you and hit you like the Klan throwing a sock party. While it was hinted at I honestly never saw it coming. This is a game that I will play again, on New Game Plus, because it was so amazing.
And even though I loved the game so much, the thing that tugged at my heart strings the most was the "voice mail" during the ending credits.
Damn.
The whole reason I ended up deciding to play Arkham City as because this year Arkham Knight comes out and it is supposed to end the trilogy (Asylum, City and Knight). So, I thought that I should beat City and Origins (a prequel from a different developer) before Knight came out so I could play it at release instead of 3 years later as seems to be my current Modis Operandi (SP????).
I've been playing a little bit of Diablo 3 trying to eek my way towards that last achievement as I'd like to have it done before The Ultimate Evil Edition comes out for the PS4 later this year.
For the PS3 I've still got to work on and beat South Park - but most of my gaming has been while kids are around so this game is totally a back burner game.
I think the next one I'm going to start is God of War Ascension and I plan on getting all of the NON multiplayer Trophies. I might consider the MP ones just so that I can get the Platinum's on all of the games but I personally hate Multi-player in single player type games.
I'd also like to complete Dead Space so that I can move on to Dead Space 2.
Now, back to my pre-ramble.
Parenting is a bitch as I am finding out.
Step-Parenting is a bigger bitch.
I feel this might be the hardest job in the world.
It's great when everything is going good but there are these times and situations where it's like getting your balls caught in a vice. There is no possible way to do the right thing.
Having to choose between getting fucked by the big dicked black dude or masturbating with razor wire.
Pretty much lose-lose.
Luckily I haven't had a whole lot of that over the past couple of years but tonight was one of those nights and I feel like absolute shit because of it.
This is why I have just downed my 2nd Dead Guy and am moving on to the third.
See y'all on the flip side.
10 days from now will be the happiest day of my life.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Two Weeks
In two weeks I will awaken at Green Valley Ranch with my beautiful bride next to me for the first time ever.
Kinda surreal the closer it gets.
Kinda surreal the closer it gets.
Monday, April 07, 2014
please help
Guys, I never do this but there is always an exception.
A friend and co-worker recently lost her baby boy and is having issues paying for the funeral.
If anyone out there could donate even just a couple of dollars I would really appreciate it.
Leave a note saying that serge sent you unless you want to remain truly anonymous.
Www.gofundme.com/83eqqs
I appreciate this more than you know.
Serge
A friend and co-worker recently lost her baby boy and is having issues paying for the funeral.
If anyone out there could donate even just a couple of dollars I would really appreciate it.
Leave a note saying that serge sent you unless you want to remain truly anonymous.
Www.gofundme.com/83eqqs
I appreciate this more than you know.
Serge
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
24 hours
I've officially gone 24 hours without a soda and thus far I haven't killed anyone.
I posted about this one my Facebook as I was in the middle of the first day and got a lot of good comments from people but because of one of the comments I will clarify that I am not without caffeine, I am only trying to cut out the soda's and the carbonated energy drinks.
I do realize that I have a horrible caffeine addiction and will need to slowly cut back on that as well but that is for another time. Right now I am focusing on not drinking soda's and getting rid of (or at least severely cutting back on) that portion of my unhealthy life style.
I grew up drinking Mountain Dew like it was water so I know this isn't going to be an easy process.
However, yesterday I turned to water and alternative energy sources and made it through the day. There were a couple of times that I wanted to reach or a Dew but instead I refilled my water.
Early in the day I added some caffeine to my water and that got me through about half of my day. After work I did need to get a little bit more caffeine because I felt myself wearing down and starting to get a headache. I used a little of the Mio Energy in another water and slowly sipped that for the rest of the night.
I read somewhere that you should drink about 2/3rds of your body weight in water every day (in ounces) and that puts me at about 150 ounces of water per day.
Yesterday I succeeded.
Today is another day.
Lets go for 48 hours.
I posted about this one my Facebook as I was in the middle of the first day and got a lot of good comments from people but because of one of the comments I will clarify that I am not without caffeine, I am only trying to cut out the soda's and the carbonated energy drinks.
I do realize that I have a horrible caffeine addiction and will need to slowly cut back on that as well but that is for another time. Right now I am focusing on not drinking soda's and getting rid of (or at least severely cutting back on) that portion of my unhealthy life style.
I grew up drinking Mountain Dew like it was water so I know this isn't going to be an easy process.
However, yesterday I turned to water and alternative energy sources and made it through the day. There were a couple of times that I wanted to reach or a Dew but instead I refilled my water.
Early in the day I added some caffeine to my water and that got me through about half of my day. After work I did need to get a little bit more caffeine because I felt myself wearing down and starting to get a headache. I used a little of the Mio Energy in another water and slowly sipped that for the rest of the night.
I read somewhere that you should drink about 2/3rds of your body weight in water every day (in ounces) and that puts me at about 150 ounces of water per day.
Yesterday I succeeded.
Today is another day.
Lets go for 48 hours.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Flashing Back
Last night I was out boozing it up with some friends. The funny thing about going out to a bar in Vegas is that gambling is so integrated with our lifestyles that the bars are loaded with Video Poker machines so that you can piss away money while you drink.
That got me to thinking about shortly after the online poker boom where you could play online slots for real money as well. And, it didn't stop there, it was Black Jack, Pai Gow, Roulette, Craps and just about anything else you really wanted to do.
I remember going over to the dark side a few times and transferring money from one of the random poker sites to their casino/sportsbook so that I could play some of the games which almost always ended up being craps. I kept searching, like countless before and after me, for some sort of system to beat the craps game because I just loved playing so much. Playing at a casino can get to be pretty expensive though especially now that the cheapest game is a $5 table unless you are willing to drive way out of your way and head down to Jokers Wild or somewhere else. How I do miss those dollar craps tables at Nevada Palace before they tore it down and put the NEW Cannery up in it's place.
I never found the magic formula but the game also never lost its luster for me. I've had sessions where I've won over a grand and I've had sessions where I lost so quick I had to stop and ponder if my chips had even touched the felt. Yet time and time again when I'm walking through a casino (by myself or in the company of others) I find myself looking at every craps table and game that I walk by. I find myself listening for the sweet sweet sounds of an active table on a hot roll. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
I've done well at avoiding this addiction of mine over the last few years and I only play occasionally, usually when friends are in town visiting and I'm pretending it's the old days and I'm just another tourist.
Maybe I should just pull all of my money out of my accounts, quit my job and focus on beating craps. It would be an amazing life for a week or two and I'd have a lot of fun stories to tell.
It all ends the same though.
Seven Out
That got me to thinking about shortly after the online poker boom where you could play online slots for real money as well. And, it didn't stop there, it was Black Jack, Pai Gow, Roulette, Craps and just about anything else you really wanted to do.
I remember going over to the dark side a few times and transferring money from one of the random poker sites to their casino/sportsbook so that I could play some of the games which almost always ended up being craps. I kept searching, like countless before and after me, for some sort of system to beat the craps game because I just loved playing so much. Playing at a casino can get to be pretty expensive though especially now that the cheapest game is a $5 table unless you are willing to drive way out of your way and head down to Jokers Wild or somewhere else. How I do miss those dollar craps tables at Nevada Palace before they tore it down and put the NEW Cannery up in it's place.
I never found the magic formula but the game also never lost its luster for me. I've had sessions where I've won over a grand and I've had sessions where I lost so quick I had to stop and ponder if my chips had even touched the felt. Yet time and time again when I'm walking through a casino (by myself or in the company of others) I find myself looking at every craps table and game that I walk by. I find myself listening for the sweet sweet sounds of an active table on a hot roll. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
I've done well at avoiding this addiction of mine over the last few years and I only play occasionally, usually when friends are in town visiting and I'm pretending it's the old days and I'm just another tourist.
Maybe I should just pull all of my money out of my accounts, quit my job and focus on beating craps. It would be an amazing life for a week or two and I'd have a lot of fun stories to tell.
It all ends the same though.
Seven Out
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
600
Welcome to post 600 - in here you will find nothing special. I just felt obligated to point out that I have published 600 bastard posts and y'all have read most of them.
Any other bloggers out there tell me what is so special about March? Does anyone else have the same noticeable increase in traffic during this month?
March and April of 2012 were my biggest months at the time. Then in 2013 it happened again where I had a spike during March and it continued during April.
As I sit here in 2014 March is currently less than 100 hits away from being my best month ever and I know it's not because I constantly churn out posts that you all are clamoring to read. For the most part all of my new posts get about the same amount of views so I realize it's just the scandalous fun posts of the past that are getting all of the hits when people are trying to search for ways to inflate their penis or looking for chicks in Yoga Pants.
I just don't get why March (and assuming April) seem to have more of these people than the other months.
Honestly I shouldn't care because it's all about the small, loyal few who keep coming back for the newest babble that I have pushed to the world.
Today is March 25th and exactly one month from today at this very hour I will be enjoying my reception. Shaking babies and kissing hands and thanking everyone for enjoying this feast which I have paid for and hoping everyone leaves soon so I can get to the baby making.
The past year has gone by pretty damned fast. Honestly it feels like it was just a week ago that I was telling myself that there was still 100 days till I was married and I needed to hit up the exercise and cut back on the snacks. 70 days later I pretty much weigh exactly the same but I'm happy and I'm about to marry the love of my life and that is all that matters.
Life really doesn't get much better than this.
Though, in less than 2 months you'll finally get to stop reading about me and this whole nuptial thing and I'll have it all in my rear view mirror and move on to posting things that are more interesting. Hopefully playing poker again and doing other fun degenerate things.
Oh the glory days - how I miss thee.
Any other bloggers out there tell me what is so special about March? Does anyone else have the same noticeable increase in traffic during this month?
March and April of 2012 were my biggest months at the time. Then in 2013 it happened again where I had a spike during March and it continued during April.
As I sit here in 2014 March is currently less than 100 hits away from being my best month ever and I know it's not because I constantly churn out posts that you all are clamoring to read. For the most part all of my new posts get about the same amount of views so I realize it's just the scandalous fun posts of the past that are getting all of the hits when people are trying to search for ways to inflate their penis or looking for chicks in Yoga Pants.
I just don't get why March (and assuming April) seem to have more of these people than the other months.
Honestly I shouldn't care because it's all about the small, loyal few who keep coming back for the newest babble that I have pushed to the world.
Today is March 25th and exactly one month from today at this very hour I will be enjoying my reception. Shaking babies and kissing hands and thanking everyone for enjoying this feast which I have paid for and hoping everyone leaves soon so I can get to the baby making.
The past year has gone by pretty damned fast. Honestly it feels like it was just a week ago that I was telling myself that there was still 100 days till I was married and I needed to hit up the exercise and cut back on the snacks. 70 days later I pretty much weigh exactly the same but I'm happy and I'm about to marry the love of my life and that is all that matters.
Life really doesn't get much better than this.
Though, in less than 2 months you'll finally get to stop reading about me and this whole nuptial thing and I'll have it all in my rear view mirror and move on to posting things that are more interesting. Hopefully playing poker again and doing other fun degenerate things.
Oh the glory days - how I miss thee.
Monday, March 24, 2014
The Road Behind
It's very rare that any stranger's passing has an effect on me but today my heart was heavy as I learned of the passing of Dave Brockie, frontman of GWAR who performed under the alias of Oderus Urungus.
I've been religiously listening to GWAR (and all their side projects) since 8th grade when the girl I was dating suggested I check them out. That album was Scumdogs of the Universe and I've been in love with the group ever since.
I'm happy that I got to see them live but am sad that it will never happen again and that I'll never be able to attend the GWAR-B-QUE.
But, death happens and life goes on. It's all in how you are remembered and Brockie was be remembered as one of my favorite vocalists and lyricists.
There was never a band quite like GWAR before and there shall never be another. It's rare to be unique.
I've been religiously listening to GWAR (and all their side projects) since 8th grade when the girl I was dating suggested I check them out. That album was Scumdogs of the Universe and I've been in love with the group ever since.
I'm happy that I got to see them live but am sad that it will never happen again and that I'll never be able to attend the GWAR-B-QUE.
But, death happens and life goes on. It's all in how you are remembered and Brockie was be remembered as one of my favorite vocalists and lyricists.
There was never a band quite like GWAR before and there shall never be another. It's rare to be unique.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Soccer Dad
Just some pictures of the other days Soccer practice.
This is their first year in Soccer and they still have a lot of learning to do but they are having fun with practice.
On Saturday they have their first game and while I do understand that they won't play much because there are kids who have been on the team for more years and who are a lot better the coach said that they would try to work them all into the games for a little bit.
So, some random pictures from practice.
This is their first year in Soccer and they still have a lot of learning to do but they are having fun with practice.
On Saturday they have their first game and while I do understand that they won't play much because there are kids who have been on the team for more years and who are a lot better the coach said that they would try to work them all into the games for a little bit.
So, some random pictures from practice.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
The Stick of Truth
Just taking a small break from playing The Stick of Truth and realizing that unless I type up a few useless posts (we can argue that most of my posts are useless) I won't hit 200k views and 600 posts at the same time.
I don't know if anyone else has played it yet, but I'm really enjoying this South Park game. It is a classic turn based RPG (JRPG) made by the same team that brought you Fallout: New Vegas and written by the South Park writers/creators. This game is pretty much 100% fan service and is amazingly awesome. I'm assuming by the time I am done I'll have run into every South Park character that has existed. I've beaten up a homeless guy (that got stronger after taking a drink) and I'm fighting other kids. I've run into Al Gore and am on the hunt for the ManBearPig and I'm also currently (trying) to recruit people into my LARP D&D game being run by Cartman. Currently Butters is on my team and I'm supposed to be recruiting Tweak, Token and someone else but I keep getting distracted by everything else.
I just took out the mongolians in an epic battle that started with me beating their children up and then having to beat Genghis Khan and his entire horde which got me a summon from the guy that runs City Wok.
Oh dear is this game just so much fun.
The only negative is that it is South Park and it is rude, crude and vulgar which means that I can only play it when I have free time with no children around. This means that I don't get a lot of alone time to play the game and it will probably drag out and take longer to beat than I would like because of that.
When the kid is awake it's currently Final Fantasy XIII or Tales of Symphonia Chronicles for now - though neither of those two has held my interest yet so I could just go into Dead Space or Dante's Inferno for Trophy Clean up.
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| I haven't let Cartman out of the box yet |
I don't know if anyone else has played it yet, but I'm really enjoying this South Park game. It is a classic turn based RPG (JRPG) made by the same team that brought you Fallout: New Vegas and written by the South Park writers/creators. This game is pretty much 100% fan service and is amazingly awesome. I'm assuming by the time I am done I'll have run into every South Park character that has existed. I've beaten up a homeless guy (that got stronger after taking a drink) and I'm fighting other kids. I've run into Al Gore and am on the hunt for the ManBearPig and I'm also currently (trying) to recruit people into my LARP D&D game being run by Cartman. Currently Butters is on my team and I'm supposed to be recruiting Tweak, Token and someone else but I keep getting distracted by everything else.
I just took out the mongolians in an epic battle that started with me beating their children up and then having to beat Genghis Khan and his entire horde which got me a summon from the guy that runs City Wok.
Oh dear is this game just so much fun.
The only negative is that it is South Park and it is rude, crude and vulgar which means that I can only play it when I have free time with no children around. This means that I don't get a lot of alone time to play the game and it will probably drag out and take longer to beat than I would like because of that.
When the kid is awake it's currently Final Fantasy XIII or Tales of Symphonia Chronicles for now - though neither of those two has held my interest yet so I could just go into Dead Space or Dante's Inferno for Trophy Clean up.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
The Walking Dead
With my love of all things Zombies I have been a huge The Walking Dead fan since I discovered it (better late than never). One of my goals is to own every issue of the comic produced (which will take a lot of patience and waiting for good prices) but until then I'm willing to accept trades and omnibuses.
Today was a pretty big milestone for me as I pulled in Issue #1, autographed and graded.
Maybe the only thing that will be able to top this is a copy of New Mutants 98 when I finally get one.
Today was a pretty big milestone for me as I pulled in Issue #1, autographed and graded.
Maybe the only thing that will be able to top this is a copy of New Mutants 98 when I finally get one.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Yoga Pants are a Gift
I'm dangerously close to having 600 posts and 200,000 hits on the blog.
With that in mind I thought I'd accelerate it with some more yoga pants.
Specifically for anger.
You are welcome
With that in mind I thought I'd accelerate it with some more yoga pants.
Specifically for anger.
You are welcome
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Hawaii
So, it's officially official that we will be headed to Hawaii for our Honeymoon.
Originally we wanted to head there but it looked like there were going to be too many issues getting all of our ducks in a row to do it but I finally figured everything out.
I'm quite excited about this as is the future Mrs Grrouch!
We will end up being out there for about a week total and I'm really looking forward to just relaxing and enjoying the beaches and scenery. We haven't made any real plans for tours or anything of the nature as I think we are really going to play it by ear and just do what we want when we want. Maybe we'll ear mark a few things for a repeat trip so that one can be planned out with things that we wanted to do but didn't get around to.
We are currently at 44 days until the big day and over the last few I have been eating more fruits and vegetables as my snacks and started cutting back on the garbage that I have been putting into my system over the last few months. I'm also eating a lot more turkey and chicken to get my protein fix.
Pretty much all I came here to say was that we are going to Hawaii, so with that enjoy the rest of your day!
Originally we wanted to head there but it looked like there were going to be too many issues getting all of our ducks in a row to do it but I finally figured everything out.
I'm quite excited about this as is the future Mrs Grrouch!
We will end up being out there for about a week total and I'm really looking forward to just relaxing and enjoying the beaches and scenery. We haven't made any real plans for tours or anything of the nature as I think we are really going to play it by ear and just do what we want when we want. Maybe we'll ear mark a few things for a repeat trip so that one can be planned out with things that we wanted to do but didn't get around to.
We are currently at 44 days until the big day and over the last few I have been eating more fruits and vegetables as my snacks and started cutting back on the garbage that I have been putting into my system over the last few months. I'm also eating a lot more turkey and chicken to get my protein fix.
Pretty much all I came here to say was that we are going to Hawaii, so with that enjoy the rest of your day!
Friday, March 07, 2014
Forty Nine
We have started to get our R.S.V.P cards back from a few people, though most of the people whom I sent out invitations to openly just told me "I'm not sending this back because you bloody well know I'm going to be there."
R.S.V.P. always reminds me of this song by one of my favorite groups during my high school years.
I had one invitation get returned to me because the person gave me the wrong address. A case of fat fingers on the phone which is even more amusing because you can see the text that you just sent and it still didn't register to you as being wrong. But whatever, technology forces us into more errors. I'll just re-send it and make add a snarky letter to boot.
30 seconds ago I sneezed (beginning a sentence without spelling out a number looks horribly wrong but I'm not going to fix/change it) and the only reason that I'm bringing this up is because I went to wipe off my computer screen from the few pieces of spittle that hit it and upon doing it my screen reminded me that it is a touch screen and made everything REALLY BLOODY HUGE. Now I'm having issues getting it back to where it was and nothing looks right.
I've received my Grand Wizard Edition of South Park: The Stick of Truth and this will be the next game I play and beat. It appears as though I've mentally given up on Final Fantasy XIII currently as I haven't expressed any desire to get back to it. I enjoyed the few hours I played but I only appear to have a couple hour tolerance for playing. After a couple of hours I find myself wanting to quit and do something else where as games like Borderlands and Diablo I find myself playing for 8 hours and not wanting to quit.
Today is my day off from work and I was wanting to sink my teeth into the game for a few hours before having to take my kid to school but he decided it was more important to get into a fight yesterday and get RPC'd instead. So now we have a PTC with the assistant principal at 10 am instead.
And speaking of irritating things, it appears as though my body has finally decided to get sick after everyone around me was coming down with something over the last few months. Mine appears to have stopped at a bit of a sore throat so It's not too bad when others were having to call out of work for a few days at a time because things were violently coming out of both ends.
Two nights ago I started to get my love into Game of Thrones. We are half way through season 1 and she is enjoying it (except it's a bit more brutal than she would like and she reacts adversely when they kill off animals) so I'm happy to have a show, finally, that we both really enjoy. I suspect by the end of March we will have gone through all 3 seasons that I have on Blue Ray. Then it's on to playing catch-up with The Walking Dead for me and I'm going to try to get her into that one as well but I do not have high expectations.
Come 9 am I have to make a phone call and hopefully by the end of next week I will have all of our honeymoon plans booked. Quite excited. With under 50 days to go things are moving along nicely.
Toodlz my friends
R.S.V.P. always reminds me of this song by one of my favorite groups during my high school years.
I had one invitation get returned to me because the person gave me the wrong address. A case of fat fingers on the phone which is even more amusing because you can see the text that you just sent and it still didn't register to you as being wrong. But whatever, technology forces us into more errors. I'll just re-send it and make add a snarky letter to boot.
30 seconds ago I sneezed (beginning a sentence without spelling out a number looks horribly wrong but I'm not going to fix/change it) and the only reason that I'm bringing this up is because I went to wipe off my computer screen from the few pieces of spittle that hit it and upon doing it my screen reminded me that it is a touch screen and made everything REALLY BLOODY HUGE. Now I'm having issues getting it back to where it was and nothing looks right.
I've received my Grand Wizard Edition of South Park: The Stick of Truth and this will be the next game I play and beat. It appears as though I've mentally given up on Final Fantasy XIII currently as I haven't expressed any desire to get back to it. I enjoyed the few hours I played but I only appear to have a couple hour tolerance for playing. After a couple of hours I find myself wanting to quit and do something else where as games like Borderlands and Diablo I find myself playing for 8 hours and not wanting to quit.
Today is my day off from work and I was wanting to sink my teeth into the game for a few hours before having to take my kid to school but he decided it was more important to get into a fight yesterday and get RPC'd instead. So now we have a PTC with the assistant principal at 10 am instead.
And speaking of irritating things, it appears as though my body has finally decided to get sick after everyone around me was coming down with something over the last few months. Mine appears to have stopped at a bit of a sore throat so It's not too bad when others were having to call out of work for a few days at a time because things were violently coming out of both ends.
Two nights ago I started to get my love into Game of Thrones. We are half way through season 1 and she is enjoying it (except it's a bit more brutal than she would like and she reacts adversely when they kill off animals) so I'm happy to have a show, finally, that we both really enjoy. I suspect by the end of March we will have gone through all 3 seasons that I have on Blue Ray. Then it's on to playing catch-up with The Walking Dead for me and I'm going to try to get her into that one as well but I do not have high expectations.
Come 9 am I have to make a phone call and hopefully by the end of next week I will have all of our honeymoon plans booked. Quite excited. With under 50 days to go things are moving along nicely.
Toodlz my friends
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Fifty Two days remain
Everything is going full force at this point. All the last minute prep is making itself known. Just today, in fact, she had a trial run for her hair and make-up with some people whom she is considering. From what I am told the hair looked great but "they don't know how to put make-up on brown people."
So, 50% of the way home in that category is my guess.
My tux is being prepped and hopefully everyone else has gotten their measurements by this point. I'm looking to drop 10 more pounds before I have to go back in for the final alterations. My weight loss has been stuck for the last few months but I'm pretty comfortable where I'm at.
I had a great idea for the honeymoon, but it kind of fizzled out like a bad far. I did not pounce on the opportunity quickly enough but more will pop up. Worst case scenario we are taking a small one to California to spend some time away from everyone and some time on the beaches before our true honeymoon happens a bit later this year or early next year or in a decade or two, you know the routine.
I've started to think more and more about work and my future. I'm pretty sure that this probably should have come about before my 12th year but in all honesty it didn't matter too much when I was single and not planning a family. Now that all of that is in the plans I'd like to focus more and move up and to do that I need to position myself where I think I will have the best opportunity. I'd really like to only spend one more year at the most as a Department Manager before I can get into a salaried position so with that in mind I have a whole lot to think about.
I have an interview at a different store on Thursday to run a completely different set of departments than I have now that will pose all kinds of new challenges for me. I also have strong loyalties to my current store as I really like a lot of the people and the customer base. Both stores and positions have their advantages and disadvantages. Leaving where I currently am for a lateral position is a really tough decision that I didn't take lightly but it's one I ultimately decided to attempt because it would allow me to spend more time with my family. It's bloody difficult working retail and trying to maintain a home life sometimes.
Let the good times roll and now I'm off to continue working on my last Diablo 3 achievement which is still probably 15 hours away lol. I can't wait to put this game behind me for a while and start working on a few others.
So, 50% of the way home in that category is my guess.
My tux is being prepped and hopefully everyone else has gotten their measurements by this point. I'm looking to drop 10 more pounds before I have to go back in for the final alterations. My weight loss has been stuck for the last few months but I'm pretty comfortable where I'm at.
I had a great idea for the honeymoon, but it kind of fizzled out like a bad far. I did not pounce on the opportunity quickly enough but more will pop up. Worst case scenario we are taking a small one to California to spend some time away from everyone and some time on the beaches before our true honeymoon happens a bit later this year or early next year or in a decade or two, you know the routine.
I've started to think more and more about work and my future. I'm pretty sure that this probably should have come about before my 12th year but in all honesty it didn't matter too much when I was single and not planning a family. Now that all of that is in the plans I'd like to focus more and move up and to do that I need to position myself where I think I will have the best opportunity. I'd really like to only spend one more year at the most as a Department Manager before I can get into a salaried position so with that in mind I have a whole lot to think about.
I have an interview at a different store on Thursday to run a completely different set of departments than I have now that will pose all kinds of new challenges for me. I also have strong loyalties to my current store as I really like a lot of the people and the customer base. Both stores and positions have their advantages and disadvantages. Leaving where I currently am for a lateral position is a really tough decision that I didn't take lightly but it's one I ultimately decided to attempt because it would allow me to spend more time with my family. It's bloody difficult working retail and trying to maintain a home life sometimes.
Let the good times roll and now I'm off to continue working on my last Diablo 3 achievement which is still probably 15 hours away lol. I can't wait to put this game behind me for a while and start working on a few others.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Under 60 days
As our longest month, February, trickles to a close I find myself with less and less free time but I also find myself more and more living with the fiance.
It appears as though we had good intentions with the whole "not living together until after marriage" thing but ultimately we failed so close heh!
I've got the most important stuff moved over, though I still have to get some more clothes over here and I'm working, slowly, on getting my movie and video game collection over as well.
I've decided to go into space saving mode and I will be removing my games and movies (most of them) from their cases and putting them into sleeve binders for storage instead. For the time being I'm still planning on saving the cases and I'll just have them in boxes in the garage until a time comes when I realize I have no use for them or I decide to sell some stuff off. I do know I'll never play most of these again but selling them is only going to net me a couple bucks from each of them and it doesn't feel like it's worth the time or hassle.
I recently upgraded my fitbit flex to a fitbit force and so far I am enjoying it. I like having something with a watch function on my wrist so I don't have to take my phone out to tell the time. I also like that it counts how many flights of stairs you have traveled during a day so that I can push myself to get more in every day. Mostly this will be at work but if it means I'm running up and down a ladder a few times extra every day just to make sure I hit my goals then it's helping and motivating me in the right direction.
We are officially under 60 days left and yesterday we just went for the tux fitting. We picked out the style and the colors we wanted and I sent off the information to my buddies so that they could go get their measurements as well. I really need to order my gifts to the best men folk as I have been slacking on that.
Doing the little things like actually mailing the invitations and getting fitted for the tux make this a bit more real that it was previously. I knew it was coming but these are big steps towards solidifying it. I'm still not nervous but I am getting a bit more excited about it. Mostly I can't wait until it's all over, this way I can resume a normal (semi-normal) life and we can turn our focus towards fixing up the place we are living in, paying out miscellaneous debt and saving for a house of our own.
I foolishly let my caffeine collection disappear over the last week (ie: drank it) and now I am sitting here wishing I had a Mt Dew but having to wait until after 9 am because I can't just leave the kid alone while I run out for my fix. I have to wake him up somewhere around 8 - 8:30 so that he can get ready for school. I usually drop him off around 9 am so he can have breakfast before settling into his classes.
My lady just signed up for supplemental insurance through Afflak. We had a friend do this recently who was having a child and it's a pretty great deal so we jumped on it as well. Basically once signing up you cannot take anything out of it for 10 months, but if you go on leave from work (for having a baby or whatnot) they will pay you 30 or 35% percent of your income for 3 months. They give it to you upfront in a lump sum but that doesn't make a difference. So, with work giving 65% when you go out on leave for having a child the supplemental insurance will cover the difference and there will be no real loss of pay while on maternity leave. This means it's not really necessary for me to get a second job during those fun months.
One final note, I have finally moved my computer over to the fiance's house which means that I'll actually have access to it more often which hopefully means more updates on this hear blog.
I miss typing to you all some days.
It appears as though we had good intentions with the whole "not living together until after marriage" thing but ultimately we failed so close heh!
I've got the most important stuff moved over, though I still have to get some more clothes over here and I'm working, slowly, on getting my movie and video game collection over as well.
I've decided to go into space saving mode and I will be removing my games and movies (most of them) from their cases and putting them into sleeve binders for storage instead. For the time being I'm still planning on saving the cases and I'll just have them in boxes in the garage until a time comes when I realize I have no use for them or I decide to sell some stuff off. I do know I'll never play most of these again but selling them is only going to net me a couple bucks from each of them and it doesn't feel like it's worth the time or hassle.
I recently upgraded my fitbit flex to a fitbit force and so far I am enjoying it. I like having something with a watch function on my wrist so I don't have to take my phone out to tell the time. I also like that it counts how many flights of stairs you have traveled during a day so that I can push myself to get more in every day. Mostly this will be at work but if it means I'm running up and down a ladder a few times extra every day just to make sure I hit my goals then it's helping and motivating me in the right direction.
We are officially under 60 days left and yesterday we just went for the tux fitting. We picked out the style and the colors we wanted and I sent off the information to my buddies so that they could go get their measurements as well. I really need to order my gifts to the best men folk as I have been slacking on that.
Doing the little things like actually mailing the invitations and getting fitted for the tux make this a bit more real that it was previously. I knew it was coming but these are big steps towards solidifying it. I'm still not nervous but I am getting a bit more excited about it. Mostly I can't wait until it's all over, this way I can resume a normal (semi-normal) life and we can turn our focus towards fixing up the place we are living in, paying out miscellaneous debt and saving for a house of our own.
I foolishly let my caffeine collection disappear over the last week (ie: drank it) and now I am sitting here wishing I had a Mt Dew but having to wait until after 9 am because I can't just leave the kid alone while I run out for my fix. I have to wake him up somewhere around 8 - 8:30 so that he can get ready for school. I usually drop him off around 9 am so he can have breakfast before settling into his classes.
My lady just signed up for supplemental insurance through Afflak. We had a friend do this recently who was having a child and it's a pretty great deal so we jumped on it as well. Basically once signing up you cannot take anything out of it for 10 months, but if you go on leave from work (for having a baby or whatnot) they will pay you 30 or 35% percent of your income for 3 months. They give it to you upfront in a lump sum but that doesn't make a difference. So, with work giving 65% when you go out on leave for having a child the supplemental insurance will cover the difference and there will be no real loss of pay while on maternity leave. This means it's not really necessary for me to get a second job during those fun months.
One final note, I have finally moved my computer over to the fiance's house which means that I'll actually have access to it more often which hopefully means more updates on this hear blog.
I miss typing to you all some days.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
So far so fail
I'm pretty sure that when I was younger I ruined my eyes for contacts. The older I get the more sure of this statement I become.
So far so fail, this round of contacts has been a complete and utter failure.
The first pair were not bad the first day. Day two I think I took them out after 4 hours because my eyes were sore and red. I decided to give myself a few days off.
The other day I put in pair number 2, the slightly more powerful pair. They weren't too bad until I got to work and had to start reading off a computer screen. Within 30 minutes I made a run for the bathroom because I felt like I was going to lose my lunch. So, upon entering the toilet area I pulled both contacts out and they hit the trash.
I have two more pair of contacts to try, both of them are at my fiances house so it's not going to be until Friday that another set touches my eyes. At this point I don't even feel like going through with the last two as I really can tell the difference in sight and feel and the glasses thus far are winning in the total overall sight category. Also, my lady says I'm sexy in my glasses (which, is probably a lie but I like hearing her say it).
I decided to give this update not because I felt like typing but because Alan Wake: American Nightmare is on sale on Xbox Live for $2.99 and I couldn't resist. I wanted to buy it when it first came out but never did and now it's downloading and I'm sitting here shooting the shit.
I stated playing Final Fantasy XIII and also put a little bit of time into what was a free with Playstation Plus game, Poker Night at the Inventory 2.
PNatI has me hookes because of the cast of characters really. Clap Trap, Ash from Army of Darkness, Sam from Sam and Max. Mad Moxxxie is in there as well and a guy named Steve. GladOs is the dealer and that makes for just a shit ton of fun.
There are some negatives, and the slow play is kind of annoying but overall the game is worthwhile for a little bit of fake poker action now and then and some cool dialog between the non-me players.
I'm also nearing the end of my first book of the year, but I left that at my other house and won't be reading it tonight.
Well, download complete. I need to kill some stuff before I get to sleep as I open tomorrow and it's about 80% that there will be a truck which will keep me too busy to think.
So far so fail, this round of contacts has been a complete and utter failure.
The first pair were not bad the first day. Day two I think I took them out after 4 hours because my eyes were sore and red. I decided to give myself a few days off.
The other day I put in pair number 2, the slightly more powerful pair. They weren't too bad until I got to work and had to start reading off a computer screen. Within 30 minutes I made a run for the bathroom because I felt like I was going to lose my lunch. So, upon entering the toilet area I pulled both contacts out and they hit the trash.
I have two more pair of contacts to try, both of them are at my fiances house so it's not going to be until Friday that another set touches my eyes. At this point I don't even feel like going through with the last two as I really can tell the difference in sight and feel and the glasses thus far are winning in the total overall sight category. Also, my lady says I'm sexy in my glasses (which, is probably a lie but I like hearing her say it).
I decided to give this update not because I felt like typing but because Alan Wake: American Nightmare is on sale on Xbox Live for $2.99 and I couldn't resist. I wanted to buy it when it first came out but never did and now it's downloading and I'm sitting here shooting the shit.
I stated playing Final Fantasy XIII and also put a little bit of time into what was a free with Playstation Plus game, Poker Night at the Inventory 2.
PNatI has me hookes because of the cast of characters really. Clap Trap, Ash from Army of Darkness, Sam from Sam and Max. Mad Moxxxie is in there as well and a guy named Steve. GladOs is the dealer and that makes for just a shit ton of fun.
There are some negatives, and the slow play is kind of annoying but overall the game is worthwhile for a little bit of fake poker action now and then and some cool dialog between the non-me players.
I'm also nearing the end of my first book of the year, but I left that at my other house and won't be reading it tonight.
Well, download complete. I need to kill some stuff before I get to sleep as I open tomorrow and it's about 80% that there will be a truck which will keep me too busy to think.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Trying contacts again
This morning I had an appointment with the eye doc and I decided that I'll give contacts another shot.
This doc is 100% new to me but my Fiance has used him her whole life and likes him. The only real reason I switched to him is because my employer changed providers and my old doc does not accept the new provider.
So, I got to go through all the standard eye tests and they came back and told me that my vision is basically the same as it has been for the last decade. He checked my glasses and said that nothing has really changed and that my eyes are good and healthy. He did warn me that in about 5 years or so my close up vision was going to noticeably get worse and reading is going to be more difficult. I talked to him about Lasik a little bit and he told me the quicker I do it the better but in the long run I'm still going to end up back to wearing glasses. So, with that knowledge I've decided against Lasik because it would just be a waste of money.
Instead, back to contacts occasionally. Contacts will make trips to Red Rock for hiking the mountains easier as the sweat won't be knocking my glasses off.
So, because I haven't worn contacts regularly for a long time and because he is a new doc to me he decided to give me 4 different pair of contacts to try out for a few days each and then report back to him as to which felt better, which could make me see better, etc.
Pair number one, which I'm wearing right now, is probably not going to be the winner (then again it could just be my eyes getting used to them again). My vision doesn't seem as strong as when I wear my glasses and some things are a little more blurry, this screen for instance. Overall I can see and read with them but they just don't quite feel right. I've got two more days to test them out before I am on to pair number 2. Luckily I'm off today and tomorrow.
Other than that life keeps on ticking. We have our invitations and have begun the process of handing them out to some people and will be doing a mass mailing shortly. It looks like there will be a couple of extra people at the reception than at the wedding but that's because the place for the ceremony jacks the price up if you go over the "max" for the package that you booked. No real big deal though because we've combed over out list and have the wedding group down to the most essential of the essential.
There are about 75 days left and at this moment our Honeymoon is a bit up in the air. At first we thought we would leave right away but now it seems like we might have to put it off for a couple of months. This is not a big deal because it's still going to be happening and we will not be one of those couples that puts it off and never gets back to it, this I promise.
So, if it's put off for a few months then my idea is to take a mini honeymoon somewhere closer just to get away for a few days and spend that time alone, together. She is starting to go through the normal emotions that remind me of school children who have nightmares that they show up for an important test naked.
She has already had dreams that she couldn't make it, that I didn't show up, that she didn't have her make up ready, that the car broke down, that the wrong guy showed up to marry her, that I went out after our wedding with a stripper and she called my mom to get me in trouble, etc. It's all pretty amusing to me, though not to her.
In other news I'm down to one achievement needed for Diablo 3 on the 360 so that I can put that game to rest (on the 360 only) and start playing other things. I just need to do some gold grinding. I started playing it on the PS3 so that I can have a few high level characters for whenever it is that the PS4 version, Dialbo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition, gets released. They already said you can import your characters from PS3 to PS4 and that's why I'm going to focus on getting some of my characters leveled and pimped out the way I want them. I haven't really started playing anything new lately though the PS4 has Outlast for free if you are a PS+ member and I'm looking forward to that. It's a Survival Horror game where you don't have any offense. Your goal is to do some research and if you get into trouble you have to run, hide or die. Looking forward to it as everything I'm reading says that this game is actually pretty scary - so it looks like I won't be playing when the kid can watch.
My new systems are still largely ignored due to my Diablo Addiction, as of this writing I'm at 197 hours played on the 360 version alone, and this has been 98% of my video game play in the past 2.5 months.
I've been playing some Dungeon Keeper on my phone but just as something to pass the time for a few minutes a day. I'm not a big fan of being invaded by random people online but for a time waster it's pretty good.
Speaking of time wasters, Flappy Bird. I do realize the game has been pulled from the app stores but I downloaded it about 3 days before that happened and really enjoy playing this mindless game. Out of everyone I actually know who plays or has played I have the highest score at 148 so that is kind of like having bragging rights. I probably play it for about 30 minutes a day in total. I enjoy it during my lunch break and also while the fiance watches bad TV that I'm not a fan of. Hopefully I can reach 200 before the end of Feb and while I originally planned on deleting the game at the end of the month I'll now just keep it until phone upgrades render it unplayable.
Hope everyone's life has been going well.
This doc is 100% new to me but my Fiance has used him her whole life and likes him. The only real reason I switched to him is because my employer changed providers and my old doc does not accept the new provider.
So, I got to go through all the standard eye tests and they came back and told me that my vision is basically the same as it has been for the last decade. He checked my glasses and said that nothing has really changed and that my eyes are good and healthy. He did warn me that in about 5 years or so my close up vision was going to noticeably get worse and reading is going to be more difficult. I talked to him about Lasik a little bit and he told me the quicker I do it the better but in the long run I'm still going to end up back to wearing glasses. So, with that knowledge I've decided against Lasik because it would just be a waste of money.
Instead, back to contacts occasionally. Contacts will make trips to Red Rock for hiking the mountains easier as the sweat won't be knocking my glasses off.
So, because I haven't worn contacts regularly for a long time and because he is a new doc to me he decided to give me 4 different pair of contacts to try out for a few days each and then report back to him as to which felt better, which could make me see better, etc.
Pair number one, which I'm wearing right now, is probably not going to be the winner (then again it could just be my eyes getting used to them again). My vision doesn't seem as strong as when I wear my glasses and some things are a little more blurry, this screen for instance. Overall I can see and read with them but they just don't quite feel right. I've got two more days to test them out before I am on to pair number 2. Luckily I'm off today and tomorrow.
Other than that life keeps on ticking. We have our invitations and have begun the process of handing them out to some people and will be doing a mass mailing shortly. It looks like there will be a couple of extra people at the reception than at the wedding but that's because the place for the ceremony jacks the price up if you go over the "max" for the package that you booked. No real big deal though because we've combed over out list and have the wedding group down to the most essential of the essential.
There are about 75 days left and at this moment our Honeymoon is a bit up in the air. At first we thought we would leave right away but now it seems like we might have to put it off for a couple of months. This is not a big deal because it's still going to be happening and we will not be one of those couples that puts it off and never gets back to it, this I promise.
So, if it's put off for a few months then my idea is to take a mini honeymoon somewhere closer just to get away for a few days and spend that time alone, together. She is starting to go through the normal emotions that remind me of school children who have nightmares that they show up for an important test naked.
She has already had dreams that she couldn't make it, that I didn't show up, that she didn't have her make up ready, that the car broke down, that the wrong guy showed up to marry her, that I went out after our wedding with a stripper and she called my mom to get me in trouble, etc. It's all pretty amusing to me, though not to her.
In other news I'm down to one achievement needed for Diablo 3 on the 360 so that I can put that game to rest (on the 360 only) and start playing other things. I just need to do some gold grinding. I started playing it on the PS3 so that I can have a few high level characters for whenever it is that the PS4 version, Dialbo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition, gets released. They already said you can import your characters from PS3 to PS4 and that's why I'm going to focus on getting some of my characters leveled and pimped out the way I want them. I haven't really started playing anything new lately though the PS4 has Outlast for free if you are a PS+ member and I'm looking forward to that. It's a Survival Horror game where you don't have any offense. Your goal is to do some research and if you get into trouble you have to run, hide or die. Looking forward to it as everything I'm reading says that this game is actually pretty scary - so it looks like I won't be playing when the kid can watch.
My new systems are still largely ignored due to my Diablo Addiction, as of this writing I'm at 197 hours played on the 360 version alone, and this has been 98% of my video game play in the past 2.5 months.
I've been playing some Dungeon Keeper on my phone but just as something to pass the time for a few minutes a day. I'm not a big fan of being invaded by random people online but for a time waster it's pretty good.
Speaking of time wasters, Flappy Bird. I do realize the game has been pulled from the app stores but I downloaded it about 3 days before that happened and really enjoy playing this mindless game. Out of everyone I actually know who plays or has played I have the highest score at 148 so that is kind of like having bragging rights. I probably play it for about 30 minutes a day in total. I enjoy it during my lunch break and also while the fiance watches bad TV that I'm not a fan of. Hopefully I can reach 200 before the end of Feb and while I originally planned on deleting the game at the end of the month I'll now just keep it until phone upgrades render it unplayable.
Hope everyone's life has been going well.
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