Tuesday : 04 October 05
I had to call my father this evening.

I had to continue my tradition of calling him when it snows here. Well, it fell on the mountains. *sigh* I really don’t mind Utah, for the most part, but I still just don’t grok this “snow before December” thing… let alone the fact that it isn’t even November yet. Hell, it isn’t even my birthday. Yet there’s snow. (The weather reminds me of this Two Lumps strip.)

As usual, Dad laughed when I told him about the snow. He also said that we were welcome to keep it here and not send any towards Baltimore. That, as usual, made me laugh.

and I stopped at one of the local Arctic Circles to grab a bite to eat tonight. Fast food should be simple. Tonight, the stars must have been out of alignment or something because I had a problem with my order that I don’t think I’ve ever encountered:

I am a rather finicky eater. *shrug* It’s something in the way I’m wired. We pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered the following for me: “Number 1 combo meal, with cheese, lettuce, tomato and bacon ONLY on the burger” (like I said: I’m finicky) along with an Oreo shake (which I just realized is still in the freezer). Really, that’s rather simple.

The person with the headset read back the order. It was fifty-leven different kids of wrong. So, repeated the order. Again, the cashier read it back incorrectly.*braincramp* Just for shits and giggles, she tried to place the order again.

No go, Flight.

So, we wound up going in. A cashier at the front counter had our ticket and was attempting to put the order in through his terminal when we walked up: “Oh, are you the people from the drive-thru?” No, smart boy, I’m Isaac, the bartender from The Love Boat! YES, we’re the people from the drive-thru! Moron. He called Aaron, one of the cooks, to the front. We placed the order. We apologized to Aaron for the trouble; he just looked at and pointed to the… (y’know, I don’t really know if the drive-up person was male or female. S/He had a very It’s Pat thing going on.) …drive-up person and rolled his eyes, as he walked back to the make line. When my order came out, it was just as I had originally – and repeatedly – ordered.

Aside from this little slice of life, it was a good day.

The High-Flying Adventures of Indigo Bolt –
After a too-long hiatus, it was time to patrol the streets of Paragon City. I flew around Talos Island for a while before I remembered that I had a mission to complete on Striga Isle.

Veni, Vidi, Bolti.
“I came, I saw, I snapped off a few lightning bolts up their asses.”

I soloed the mission, without dying, and reported back to my contact. She tried to give me another mission, but it was a timed one… and I want some backup for that.

I headed back to Talos Island. I was flying around the bay when I saw a ferry. I thought that I’d see if I could just fly through it, on the car carrier level. I couldn’t. The ferry was the zone portal to Peregrine Island. I flew around for a few minutes. Nice place. WAY above my level. I basically pulled an Interplanet Janet and “…didn’t even stop to say hello.” But, I’ll go back there someday. Oh, yes… I will.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.