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another one of those “I haven’t posted in forever so here’s a quiz” days.

Fuck it’s been a long time. I’ve been playing Shit-Tons of City of Heroes and every time I sat down at the computer, I thought, I could load up Livejournal and read tons of back posts, or I could play CoH. Needless to say, CoH won every time. I’m building a new PC lab image so I’m almost too distracted to play right now. That’s why I’m here, I can safely take a break from reading or writing to work on the image, without fear of dying.

So anyway, my parents came in to town Saturday morning around 10:30. picked them up at the airport no problem and then just sat around chatting all afternoon and evening. There was a bit of a debate as to whether we were cooking for them (which we hadn’t planned to do for the 4 nights they were going to be with us), or if we were going out to dinner (which we expected we’d do for all 4 nights). Apparently we were under different assumptions. So anyway, we ended up going to the Greenhouse (even though we headed out to go to Giuseppe’s). It was really good and we had a good time. Though I made the mistake of having pork-chops even though I daid I’d grill for them the following night and the thing I enjoy grilling the most is Pork Chops. We (Heather and I) decided to do Swordfish instead, and though it was expensive, mom surprised us and payed for it at the store. She griped at me for closing the grill while I was cooking the fish, even though I was using direct heat, she said it should cook with the grill open. Then when I asked her how it tasted, she said it’d taste better if I left the grill open the whole time. Sheesh, is it so hard to get a compliment out of her without sarcasm? My dad said it was really good and looked genuine in his statement.

While they were here, we puttered around the house some, doing things that I could have done if dad wasn’t there, but he was the impetus to get up and do them. We trimmed the trees that had branches dragging on the roof, we pulled some old cable and telephone wires off the side of the house that are no longer in use. Stuff like that. We made a huge mess of the patio when we swept the pine needles off the roof, and when Heather, mom, and I went to Recycled Books, dad took it upon himself to hose down the patio, and did so with more enthusiasm that I had done before they came. Sheesh. Bored much dad?

They left for Memphis, Monday morning and I had already decided to take a few days off this week. Well, my throat was decidedly sore when I woke up Monday morning as well, and I had apparenlty come down with some kind of cold. I don’t know how or why, but it certainly changed the reasons I stayed home Monday and Tuesday. I played a fair ammount of City of Heroes while I was home, but there were a couple times I was not in a state of mind to do so because I felt ill. Kind of a waste of a day off if you ask me.

So, yeah, I’m at work today and will probably be at work tomorrow to try and get the new lab image up to date for next semester. Don’t know if it will be done, but then again, our images have become secure enough, we don’t have to have them rebuilt for the first day of the semester anymore. I’m debating coming in tomorrow too. I had already planned to not come in on Friday, since my parents are supposed to get back in town, but the more I sit here, the less I want to be. And since I’m not really sick anymore, I could actually enjoy my day off tomorrow.

But for now, I need to go to the bathroom, so I’ll end this rather than trying to contine writing in there.

what crap, I don’t read or post for almost a week and this is all I have to show for myself…

Your parents’ murder drives your overwhelming need to impose justice on an insane world. With no super powers, you rely on your sharpness and intense training — and when all else fails, your amazing gadgets. You’re a loner except for the sidekick who keeps you sane.

For those of you who know Chelsea, she and I have worked together as a team to get her Blogger account syndicated through LiveJournal, so now you can read On The Down Low – Kharma Payment Plan, which is her online journal as a friend on your Livejournal Friends list.

and yeah, so I misspelled Karma, BFD.

Whoooo. I finally have time to sit and write something in livejournal. Lets think of something to write.

Hmmm. Okay, so I’ve been playing a lot of City of Heroes. Uh, most people don’t want to hear about it, and those that do, I’ve pretty much talked to in person.

Finally got back out to the Rec Center yesterday. I say finally, but it’s only been since Thursday, but I skipped Sunday and I could feel it. I mean, I didn’t skip as much as Steve did (well, okay, actually, we skipped the same, but he usually goes on Friday too), but it was still noticable. I didn’t go on Sunday because Heather and I were going to go for a bike ride and I figured that would make up for skipping a leg workout at the gym. Little did I know that our ride would be me putzing along waiting on, or slowly following behind Heather. I mean, I know she’s not up to the same level of biking I am, but come on, I thought I’d at least feel like I did a little work. For as much as I could feel it in my legs, and as much as my heart rate increased, I might as well have been one of those guys in the 1800’s riding those bikes with the really big wheel in the front, wearing a suit to church. I was sweaty, but that was mostly from the humidity.

Did I mention I finished painting the main walls in the office at home? I almost didn’t have enough paint and so long as I don’t stare at the walls, that’ll be my story, and I’ll be sticking to it because I don’t want to paint it anymore. I really should have painted the walls in a different order because one is going to be almost completely covered, I only painted it so that if any color did show through the fabric, it’d be the right color and so until we get the fabric and chinese doors up or if we ever take them down, the wall is consistent. But had I at least saved that wall ’til the end, if it wasn’t painted so good, it wouldn’t matter at all. As it turns out, I saved the wall that’s most visible from the hall for last and it was really noticable that I hadn’t dont a good job so heather and I spent a little while Friday evening scraping the last of the paint out of the can to finish it. Now I just need to figure out what to do for the baseboards. I still don’t have to do that until Heather finishes the floor, which it’s looking like she may not get done in time. Maybe I’ll move the computer to the living room for the time being so that when my parents come, they won’t have my computer in the room they’ll be staying in (oh, and so I can play City of Heroes and Heather can still watch TV without feeling like she can’t watch shows we record for us both).

Happy Birthday zero_interrupt

I feel bad that I’ve been neglecting LJ lately, but really all I would do is blather on about CoH and I know none of you want to read about that.

So we’ll just say I’m on “Vacation” and leave it at that.

So now that I’ve tricked myself into getting City of Heroes, and I’ve figured out a way to pay for it month to month, all I have to do now, is figure out how to play it without destroying my sleep schedule or work effort.

Sheesh, that may be the hardest part. And I still have work to do around the house.

well hell. I’d watched people play it. I finally broke down and bought it. I had to upgrade my computer to play it. And you know what…

It’s all been worth it. I actually got invited into a team today (aside from the Super Group that is pretty much all friends of mine and their friends), and we kicked some ass in a couple of missions they had on their queue. Now if only my next mission wasn’t deep in an area where every thug wasn’t 4 levels higher than me, I’d be rockin’!

I’ve been up too late already. Guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to play some more.

Well, new video card installed and I have to admit, this game is pretty badass.

If you find yourself on, at lowish level, lonely, and want to hang out; I’m on Triumph and my name is…

I realize I’m pretty much a Wolverine knockoff, but then again, there are only so many routes you can go. You’re limited to the powers presented at character creation. My schtick is I’m a lot grouchier than Wolverine and that creates these aura’s of hate or rage around me that injure other people. Whatever. I was looking at the powers and the Dark Armor sounded cool. I may make a 1930’s pilot/Blaster next, but I want to get Badger up to at least a functional and playable level first.

Still, it’s lots of fun and seems to run very smooth on my computer, even though the only thing I’ve upgraded in the last few years is the video card I bought today.

I hate it when $50 games turn into $150 though. Oh Well.