Wednesday – 05 March 2008
Sweet frozen mocha.
Double-shot of espresso.
Good start to my day.
More days should start with haiku.
I’m not saying that “every” day should, but the occasional haiku can’t be a bad thing.
Of course, this is coming from the guy whose internal radio kept looping the theme from Inspector Gadget while getting ready for work. (I blame
Tuesday: Coda
After work, I headed to Far West Comics. Chris had them hold my Dawnstar (Long Live my tiny plastic Legion!)… along with a Nightwing and Starfire and a new Blue Beetle. Triple-score.
Then I started looking at some of their other figures. And I walked out of there with:
…and a Spartan with Dual Plasma Rifles. Just because I didn’t have a Master Chief figure. Until now.
Damn, Chris. *shakes fist*
Next, it was off to
Stray Toaster
Namaste.
Tuesday – 04 March 2008
Sunny day here in the valley… but TWC warns of a threat of snow. 30%, but still…
We had a meeting/training this morning, but the videostream didn’t work – it had buffering issues and was thus quite choppy. So, it’s been postponed. It was actually rather amusing to me: It reminded me of the scene in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back where Darth Vader is having a holo-conference with captains and Moffs, but the feeds are laced with static and/or breaking up because of interference from being in an asteroid field. (Unfortunately, no one got struck by an asteroid in our meeting, though.)
Stray Toasters
…and this…
I was greatly amused. And the post contents aren’t bad, either.
Quote of the Day
From a conversation with Dwim:
(11:09:00) Dwim: Flying’s for lazy pansies.
(11:09:15) Dwim: Real superheroes take long walks for their health.
(11:09:38) Me: Not even Batman walks – he swings from rooftop to rooftop.
(11:09:56) Dwim: Superman on Earth-105 jogs everywhere.
(11:10:01) Me: Oh.
(11:10:03) Me: Huh.
(11:10:18) Dwim: Blue and red leg warmers, baby.
(11:10:29) Me: *eyes burn*
(11:10:40) Dwim: Sewn by Ma Kent from the sweater he wore from Krypton.
(11:10:53) Me: Wow.
(11:11:03) Me: No amount of drinking will save me from that mental image.
(11:11:42) Dwim: Drinking’s for the lazy. Real superheroes take their liquor through their gills.
(11:12:01) Me: But, I wasn’t born in Atlantis.
(11:12:16) Dwim: As usual, Aquaman can’t hold his liquor. The guy’s a lousy drunk, frankly.
(11:12:39) Dwim: He… doesn’t get by on land as well as you get by underwater when he’s drunk.
(11:12:55) Me: I would imagine not.
(11:13:02) Dwim: Superman always has to jog him home.
(11:13:08) Me: In the ocean, you can just… drift along on the currents.
(11:13:13) Me: On land, you just… fall down.
(11:13:14) Dwim: It’s a long jog from the JLA orbital platform.
(11:13:31) Dwim: Easier just to drop him.
(11:13:47) Dwim: *plop*
(11:14:04) Me: Re-entry must be a right bitch, though.
(11:14:14) Dwim: Sucks to be Aquaman.
And that’s a wrap for now.
Namaste.
Monday: Coda
Ten-and-a-half hours.
That’s how long my Monday work day wound up being. Don’t misunderstand me: I’m not complaining. Sure, it was a long day and I had a fairly boring and rote task that took up the back half (or more) of the day, but I was not a bad day by any stretch of the imagination. Just… long. And, on the “plus” side of the equation: That gives me an “extra” two-and-a-half hours to play around with on this week’s schedule, if I want.
After work, I came home for a short bit and then headed back out to take care of a couple of errands before heading over to Mary and Chris’ so that Chris and I could play dolls HeroClix. As usual, he cleaned my clock, but I had a lot of fun. The first game (400 points), I tried a team with something of a Green Lantern focus:
This was something of a war of attrition, but Chris’ tactics and skill wore me down. We decided to play one more game (200 points) before calling it a night. I decided that I wanted a “fun” team, so I went with a Justice League International theme. (I deserved to get my ass kicked just on principle for that one.) This team’s lineup included:
Chris brought out Nick Fury and agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And Blade. Between some rather craptacular dice rolls on my part and some pretty good ones on his part, he picked my team apart. It was almost as funny to watch/play as the JLI comic series. Almost. But, again, it was fun.
We loosely talked about getting together again and playing in the not-too-distant future. I had a couple of ideas for themes, based on the point values we decide on: The Earth GLs, The New Mutants or the Captain Marvel family.
Stray Toasters
That’s close enough for jazz for tonight.
Namaste.
Sunday – 02 March 2008
It’s been a quiet and lazy day.
And that’s not a bad thing.
The morning didn’t start (for me) with comics and coffee in bed. It did start with coffee – and SaraRules did read the most recent acquisition of The Walking Dead in bed – but we wound up in the living room listening to music and hanging out.
In the afternoon, we headed to Jitterbug for a coffee and a quick bite to eat with
From there, on to SaraRules’ parents’ house for dinner and to hang out. After dinner, we watched 30 Days of Night. During the first third to half of the movie, I multi-tasked and played City of Heroes while watching the movie. By the time I was done, I was three bars closer to Level 46. Not too shabby for 30-40 minutes’ work. After the movie – and talking geek with SaraRules’ dad for a bit – we headed home. Since it was still early, we decided to watch something fairly light before calling it a night. We agreed on Justice League: The New Frontier. SaraRules liked it, especially because of its different spin on the characters; I liked it because… well, yeah.. “just because.” Duh.
This morning came early. Very early. We got up, ready and out the door and had breakfast at Paradise Bakery and Cafe before SaraRules had to head off to pick up one of her roommates and hit the road for southern Utah.
Chew on This: Food for Thought
This I Believe – Leaving Work Early to Watch the Sunset
Stray Toasters
“…right on to the friction of the day.”
Namaste.
Saturday – 01 March 2008
Jason and I went to the driving range at Old Mill for lunch yesterday. It was the perfect day for it – not too warm, not too cool; sunny; almost no wind. I had a few good drives and a lot of “Why, yes it has been six months since I did this…” ones, too. It was a lot of fun and a great change of pace. If the weather holds, we’re going to go again next week; we even have a couple of other guys who sound interested in joining us.
Last night’s Clitorati gathering was quite good. Mary and Chris joined us. After last week’s adventures with Wolverine and Colossus, I decided to take my Sentinel a bag of LEGO bricks (and assorted pieces) with me.
Who knew that Sentinels could be left-handed?!
Holy cow! The LEGO pieces were a big hit!
OnlyAly’s LEGO Condo
I’m not sure what’s on tap for today. SaraRules and I have talked about heading to the State Fairgrounds to see the Sixth Annual Bellydance Spring Fest, so that’s a possibility.
But first up: Breakfast, coffee and cartoons.
Stray Toasters
And with that… Long Live the Legion!
With Zombie Jesus Day Easter rapidly approaching, children’s thoughts will undoubtedly turn to thoughts of colored eggs, Easter baskets, and lots and lots of candy.
I won’t go into the usual “What do eggs and bunnies have to do with Christ dying on the cross?” line of questions, as we aren’t debating the absorption of “pagan” beliefs/rites into Christianity. Nor is this a plug for Chocolate Jesus Crunchies – A righteous part of your family’s breakfast.
Instead, let’s focus our attention on another staple of Spring: Cadbury Easter Eggs. They’re sweet, chocolatey, creme-filled goodness… in a colorful foil wrapper. Amen. *genuflect* And you can’t have Cadbury Easter Eggs without the Cadbury Bunny, can you?
Of course not.
So, you can imagine how astonished – and covetous – I was to discover that you can now have your very own Cadbury Clucking Bunny Plush Toy!
(click image for more information)
How cool is that?!
Friday – 29 February 2008
Happy Leap Day.
It’s early. I’ve been up since roughly 6:00 and I’m already in the office. Not a bad way to start the day, all things considered. And, hopefully, I’ll be over at Old Mill on the driving range at lunch.
After work last night, I watched CSI: and then headed to Paragon City. I joined an SG-mate on a team for some missions. Unfortunately, he had his missions dialed up to “Unyielding,” so there was a good amount of dying on our side. But, because of the XP we gained in fighting higher-level mobs, I was able to reach Security Level 45.
Stray Toasters
Namaste.
Jason sent me a link to this earlier this afternoon.
I’m sharing the love. Or is that “the pain?” Sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference.
Thursday – 28 February 2008
As I was getting ready for work, I heard what sounded like water drops falling on the floor or in a cabinet. And, after the toilet debacle of a few weeks ago, I decided to see if I could track it down.
I checked the master bath. Nada.
Hall bathroom…
I looked higher up the wall. Bingo. There’s a section of paint that’s been cracking/peeling for a little while. I had been attributing it to the building settling. I was wrong. It’s where water has been leaking from one of the apartments above me, apparently:
It hasn’t been “a lot” of water, but that whole “onto and behind the light fixture” thing had me concerned. So, I took a picture of it and made it management’s concern.  The person I talked with seemed… “a little”… concerned by the issue and immediately dispatched someone from maintenance to look into it. I’m just hoping that it doesn’t require waiting until the re-piping job (scheduled for next week) to get fixed.
And, fortunately, it hasn’t been enough of a problem to ruin NBN Thursday.
Quote of the Day / Unintentional Porn Overheard at Work
I was talking with a coworker about a problem in the AF office. He’s not directly in-the-loop, but he’d been helpful in getting us in touch with the person needed to fix the issue. When I asked him how we should proceed from this point, he said:
“I’m not really part of that. I just… reach-around.”
I had no response for that other than, “Uh-huh.”
And now to “get on to the friction of the day.”
Namaste.
Wednesday: Coda
After work, I headed to Dr. Volt’s to get this week’s selection of comics… and a few packs of the new HeroClix Crisis set. Of the three boxes, I only had one duplicate, which I immediately traded for another figure. Included in the take were:
I also pulled a Dial “H” for Hero dial. It will be interesting to see how it plays.
All-in-all, it was a good haul for ‘Clix.
When I got home, I ate dinner, read this week’s comic selection and then played City of Heroes. I didn’t manage to hit Security Level 45, but I’m less than 300,000 XP away from it. I did, however, help a teammate get a character to Level 20; that was fun… although it was more fun after we added a Controller to the team. (Who knew?!)
And now: Bed.
Namaste.
Wednesday – 27 February 2008
Last night, I couldn’t find a team in City of Heroes – and I didn’t want to solo – so I called it an early (for me) night. I picked up Guards, Guards and managed to read a few pages before Morpheus bid me welcome to The Dreaming.
Today’s been rather good. For lunch, James, Jason and I went to till touchdown brings me ’round again since I had played. And it was fun. A very pleasant change of pace. Of course, this meant that I missed out on Sushi Wednesday and picking my this week’s comics at lunch, but I think I’ll survive. And, I think that may just have to go to the driving range that’s across the street from the office for lunch on Friday.
The Best: Pinball Wizard
The Who vs. Elton John
As much as I enjoy The Who’s version of this song, I have to give props to Sir Reginald Dwight for some rather adept finger work and a fine cover of this song. Both versions have their own flavor and their own merits.
Verdict: Tie.
Stray Toasters
Namaste.
Tuesday: Coda
After work, I stopped at Best Buy to pick up copies of 30 Days of Night and Justice League: The New Frontier. After a stop to pick up some groceries, I came home to have dinner and watch some TV and video.
Four-Color Commentary/Reeling by on Celluloid
I started with Justice League Unlimited: “For the Man Who Has Everything.” This episode was an adaptation of the Alan Moore DC Comics story of the same name. Again, this was an episode that I haven’t watched in a long time. It was just as good to watch tonight as it was in 2004.
Next up: Justice League: The New Frontier. I had read a only few chapters of the graphic novel, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect.
Wow.
It was a good story: It was set in the mid-1950s, in the wake of McCarthyism, in an America in which heroes have been sent into hiding and/or exile by a government that fears them… or wants to control them. The characterizations, writing, the animation and… well… the whole damned thing, to be honest, were spot on. And there were plenty of Easter eggs for long-time comics fans. This movie is rated PG-13, for some language and violent content. But, if you’re looking for a good story and a nice way to spend 75 minutes, this is a good way to go.
Not a bad way to spend an evening.
Tuesday – 26 February 2008
I woke up this morning and there was the sun. The actual, honest-to-goodness sun. And there was hardly any haze obscuring the view of the valley. Win-Win.
Clarity is a good thing.
And, in the interest of clarity, it has come to my attention that I apparently need to make a few points about the upcoming move of commenting from LiveJournal to Random Access:
So, that brings us to the past month or two. After some deliberation – and a few chats with
I was recently asked why I assumed that some people ever look at the post on RA, if it is mirrored on LiveJournal. Valid question. My answer: I had not made such an assumption. I just decided that I wanted to have things “in one place.” To that end, I’m moving commenting off of LJ and on to Random Access.
What does this mean?
If anyone decides to fore go commenting on future posts after 29 February 2008 because of the change, I understand, but I’d like to say “Thank you,” in advance, to those of you who are willing to accommodate my idiosyncrasy.
Namaste.
