Saturday : 03 September 05

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Friday was a good day for a number of reasons, the best of which was that it was and Matt’s wedding day. They had an “Aloha-style” wedding – not quite full-on luau, but pretty damned close. They even had hula dancers. And a roasted pig. And an open bar. But more importantly than that: They had friends and family there to wish them well as they begin a new chapter in their lives. And that was very cool. I took a few pictures of the ceremony and the events before and after it; they will be forthcoming.

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I stayed up far later than I should have last night – I was saving the world – so I made up for it by sleeping in. Until noon. And it was good. I puttered around for a while and then realized that I needed to get ready to head to Kate and Perry’s. Cookout! Hoo-AH! I had planned to ride my bike over – part of the Jordan Trail that ends near the Midvale/West Jordan/South Jordan borders isn’t too far from their place, so I thought that it would be a good ride… despite the fact that there would be a few uphill grades to deal with. *shrug* Oh, well… good training and whatnot. Everything was hunky-dory until I went outside to see what the weather was like. Hot. Sunny. Ordinarily, those are good bike riding conditions. Today, however, I wasn’t having any part of it.

Perry cooked out (brats, steaks and salmon) and it was very good. He and I talked geek – comics, cartoons and ‘Clix – while Kate and talked about… about… Oh, Hell… they talked about something. We also watched “Epilogue,” this season’s Justice League Unlimited finale. Wow. For a thirty-minute episode, they hit on a lot of the ADCU – past, present and future. Damn fine episode. We hung out for a while before coming home. It was a nice way to pass the afternoon.

We came home and I flew off to save the world. (More on this below.) Tonight’s breakfast roundup was a fairly small affair: , and , and Chris (whom we all got to meet for the first time), Brent, Alyca and me. The conversations were as random as ever, but we spent a good portion of the time talking about the wedding. And being catty. And stuff. It was nice to meet Chris. He seems like a rather nice young man. Head’s on straight and whatnot. And we didn’t seem to phase him (too much) with our conversations over breakfast. *nod* Keeper.

The High-Flying Adventures of the Daring Indigo Bolt
Yep. The “Daring” Indigo Bolt. I hit Security Level 16 on Friday. With the new level, I also got to choose a title. A lot of them were very pretentious-sounding, so I went with “Daring.” I like it.

Tonight, my friend, Don, was on. His character, Ice E Hot (yep.. he’s playing a female character), sidekicked me and we went adventuring.

This picture is amusing because of something that didn’t make it into the screen capture.
Just before I pressed the button to create the capture, Don asked “Should I sing Jungle Fever?”
Priceless.
It made me laugh. I just wish that it had made it into the picture.


Our first stop was Talos Island, where we took on a mission against some members of the Circle of Thorns. Mages and demons and spells! Oh, my! It wasn’t exactly a cakewalk, but we got through it in fairly short order. From there, we headed to Croatoa, one of the new zones in the game. Wow. It’s way above my normal level, but I like it. I like it a lot.

After Don left the game, I got together with another team and took on a couple of Task Force missions. More difficult, but they offered much more experience. Enough experience that I made it to Level 17. Yeah… it was like that. I died a few times on those missions, but my overall experience debt load isn’t too bad. AND… I’m already more than halfway to Security Level 18. Mm-hmm. That’s right!

Stray Toasters
Check back tomorrow or Monday for new ‘Toasters.

I think I’m going to save the world (again) for a while. Then I’ll call it a night. Tomorrow: and I are heading up to Park City with and Chris. Cisero’s. Brunch. Shop and gallery stroll. *nod* I predict that tomorrow will be another good day.

Namaste.