Sunday – 21 January 2007
Today was another Salt Lake Valley Sunday (with apologies to The Monkees).

Actually, that’s not entirely true. Shortly after waking up, I found myself in Rhode Island. Paragon City, to be exact. I put a couple of levels on ‘Nefer-Tem before joining up with the rest of Team Nephilim and finally making it to Corporal in Battlefield 2142. I am slowly getting better at a few aspects of the game: Conserving ammo. Lining up kill shots (I’m the recon/sniper of our team). Remembering that I’m occasionally the team medic. All of that aside, I’m still a poor hand-to-hand combatant, though. *shrug*

This evening, invited me to go to dinner with her and her boys to celebrate her youngest’s fifth birthday. It was rather amusing to watch him boldly tell our waitress that today was his birthday… and then see him stare in part shock/part what looked to be fear and/or trepidation as the waitress and other members of the wait staff came to the table to sing one of the non-Happy Birthday birthday songs to him. Post-dinner, Without a Trace. I picked up on part of the mystery about twenty minutes in. However, I missed a couple of plot twists. And, for those of you who watch the show: What the Hell’s going on with Sam?! She seems to be getting more and more edgy. Look at the way she went off on the missing girl’s stepfather and that freak-out she had near the end of the episode…

I came home and decided to spend some time in Boston, so I drew a hot bath and plowed my way through more of Cold Service. While Joe Mantenga has turned in good performances as Robert B. Parker’s quick-witted private eye, it’s Robert Urich‘s voice I hear when I read the books. And, of course, Avery Brooks as Hawk. It was a good way to wind down the day.

Stray Toasters

  • I want a snack, but I’m not sure what I want. I think that I’ll settle for a Hostess cupcake and a glass of milk.
  • The Colts and da Bears are going to the big dance. I’m going with Baltimore 1.0 on this one.
  • Monday nights just got… interesting. 24 and Heroes are both on, although I’m not sure if they’re on at the same time. However, I game on every other Monday night. “Helloooooo, recording devices.”
  • : Despite the link you sent me this morning, I still like you. I may never sleep again, but do still like you. And, as a sign of good faith, I’ll even post a link to a custom Kitty Pryde figure that someone made, complete with Lockheed.
  • Dance Dance Revolution Versus Library Fines
  • Thanks to , I’m learning to speak body.
  • I wholeheartedly agree with Wizard’s pick for Cover of the Week. (NOTE: Link shows a big 52 spoiler.)
  • From Real Tech News: Upset About Bad Drivers, Rude People? Rant About It on the Web

Namaste.