Streetcar Geek

Massively Reorganization Offline RPG!

2009-12-16T18:55:32Z

Its an MRORPG. Really.

For months we've been sitting on a house that needed some major organization and cleaning. However a combination of some new fixtures and with the holidays quickly approaching we're suddenly doing a week long blitz where I have no down time. Instead I am hooking up A/V systems, cleaning, building Ikea furniture, ripping down beds, giving away old TVs and so on. At this point I'm looking at tearing down my computer and desk to move it from my "Office" (aka the Man Cave aka the Geek Room) to the family room. Were getting a new bed so the old one will be put in my ex-office and the room will become a Nerdy Guest Room. Not just a bed to sleep in, you'll have a whole collection of RPG and wargaming books, graphic novels, comics, miniatures, video games and appropriate decor! Issue is I now have to reroute the cable line for the internet. Here's hoping it all works again.

If no one sees any online activity from me in a week, send a search party!

My first roleplaying campaign in a long while.

2009-10-27T05:33:03Z

I got together tonight with an old high school buddy who I regularly role played with back in the day. On a whim we decided to hit up another friend who was planning to run a 4th edition D&D game but we hadn't heard from him in a while. Well we ambushed him as he was walking home from work and had a productive night brainstorming the game. We planned our group composition and discussed some of the character choices while our DM gave us an idea of what the setting would be like. We also sharpened our wit and practicing mocking our future DM who will no doubt seek his revenge in game. Particularly fun was comparing everything to World of Warcraft. "You mean the defenders can produce aggro??!?? Shamans have totems right? Does the Warden turn into a bear?". Our first game is set for two weeks from now and I'm stoked! This is the first RPG I will have played in since living in Toronto three years ago. Now if we could only convince my wife, billysoup, to play. The allure of Druid class was not enough apparently. Maybe if it had a large bird form that shot lasers.

I'm thinking of playing the group's defender. But really I want to see what other folks want to be because I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by my choices in 4th edition. There's lots there and I don't mind being flexible. And apparently there's some sort of magical robot class. I think that would be pretty interesting as a Paladin :P

Fan Expo Report: The Newb Edition!

2009-08-30T18:37:24Z

This was my first Fan Expo and was incredibly overwhelming. I must start by saying that I was sick coming to this con and thus infected con crud rather then received it. Still I can understand how folks feel.

I got to meet a ton of folks who are much heavier into gaming then I am currently. Finally I got to meet pyat who commanderteddog has raved about for sometime (for good reason). I also met normanrafferty , kores_rabbit , thebitterguy and many wonderful other geeks.

Friday's definitely seem to be the days to be productive. I basically found all the stuff I wanted. I intended to get some signatures for some of my Comics by Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis, JMS and Oliver Copiel but I didn't realize this would mean specific signing times and long lines. So I figure I'd just meet and hang out with folks and drop some serious coin.

And coins were dropped! Whoa! Hopefully my better half doesn't find out exactly how much. 0_0

Singles
New Avengers #53
Halo Uprising #1
Star Trek Nero #1 - Fan Expo edition

Hardcovers
Thor Vol 2
Saga of the Swamp Thing Vol 1

Trades
Green Lantern Rebirth
Secret Invasion
Batman: Dark Knight Returns
Fables Vol 2: Animal Farm
Kingdom Come

T-shirts
Agent Orange
Yellow Star Trek uniform

Toys
VF-1S Veri-Tech/Valkyrie. Very possible.

I regret not having checking out the gaming stuff more and not played any games. I so rarely get the chance these days. I'm hoping with weekends off this fall I'll be able to get a RPG in.

Big Thanks for commanderteddog in escorting me through for my first Fan Expo. I didn't even end up in First Aid.

Its the Eve of Fan Expo so of course it happens.

2009-08-27T17:57:13Z

Happy Birthday moonygirl

I went the Ex yesterday with the family. I also had to work that night. For the most part I just felt like complaining how overpriced everything is. But Emily chasing a sheep in the petting zoo made it all better. Until I started working. And then I started feeling my head becoming congested. My throat start to scratch. My sinuses started to inflame. It dawned on me...

I'm getting sick with less then two days to Fan Expo. WHAT THE HECK!?!??!?11

I figure its in part the busy nature of work, exposure to lots of people combined with lack of sleep. But with a baby in the house its really hard to sleep. Even now I feel like a zombie despite sleeping eight hours. I feel like I need a couple of days, but I don't have it. I work overtime today which I need to help pay for vacation coming up in the fall. But I'm doing the best I can to help stave it off. Cold Fx is in use as is Chloraseptic. I'll continue to drink lots of water. Emily is really sick too. She had a fever this morning. Thank you virus for such impeccable timing.

Anyways I shall not be deterred. I don't have to work as late tonight and will get a good nights rest again for tomorrow. Technically it doesn't start till 4pm so I have time to get ready then.

Things I'm looking forward too...

-Meeting J.M.S. and having him sign Thor HC 1 and maybe my Babylon 5 seasons
-Meeting Ethan Van Sciver and having him sign my Flash Rebirth issues
-Meeting Rick Green and trying not to be a tool "Hey do you remember when I looked up your iRewards # at the Chapters in Burlington"
-Getting stekches done by Ty Templeton and maybe Uncle Sal

Not to mention getting more books, games, comics and some art for the Man Cave.

Well I need to post this and run. Wish me luck and hope I don't... *BLARGH*

Gushing for Fan Expo geekiness.

2009-08-10T17:02:44Z

So last night listen to a podcast I heard that J. Michael Straczynski is confirmed for at Fan Expo.  I nearly shrieked on my streetcar. To this day I still love Babylon 5 and now I'm wondering what I should get signed by him. A Season of B5?  One of his B5 comics if I can find them?  What about his Spider-man or Thor stuff?  Now I need to do some hunting.

I have no clue why I'm so giddy about Fan Expo this year. Its like I've completely caved to all my wanton desires of nerdiness. I want to pick up a sketch book and get a couple of sketches from artists (Mr Ty Tempton, can I get James T. Kirk and Commander Rick riding in a 1967 Camero with a rocket booster?). They can be expensive though. I'm also hoping to pick up some signed prints to get framed and hang in the man cave. I'll be looking for back issues, cheap trades and hardcovers. And maybe some deals on gaming stuff too. This means I have to work some overtime leading up to it. Working an off day stinks though.

I have to work the Saturday night of the con and I'm still debating trying to get it off. My sick days are gone so my only option is exchange of off days (hard to get someone to give their Saturday up) or I call in an emergency off day and hope they don't call me in to find out why. I don't think I will do the later. I should be able to get and see everything I want Friday Saturday morning/afternoon. I start work at 5:52pm. I'm also deliberating over the tickets. Do I just get the Deluxe since I'll be there two days?  Or do I go with premium to get the swag because I've discovered I like Green Lantern.

Oh and I mentioned to commanderteddog in an IM I need a shirt for the con. I've thinking Agent Orange.  MINE!

So I have a litany of things to determine before the con hits. Another thing I've been really want to do is completely redo this journal. Basically I have a stupid theme already determined in my mind based around my occupation. I just need some help with a photoshop banner. With this reboot my intention is to regularly post, probably once a week with little posts in between. I need pay commanderteddog to teach me some of her elite digital art skillz.

The Countdown begins!

2009-05-07T03:58:18Z

As posted on WoWinsider there is now a site counting down the release of Gamer fuel. Sounds like a count down to a trip to Buffalo too. Since it seems to land on my next day off. Huzzah!

And just in case you missed it, Bombardier got the contract for new streetcars. European style Streetcars are on the way. Question now is where is the TTC getting the money. Admittedly though Ontario's and the Federal government were applauding TTC's choice of Canadian based Bombardier over Germany's Siemens. Jobs for Thunder Bay and money to the Montreal company. I suppose that means they'll be a little more willing to help out? Time will tell.

New Streetcars? FINALLY?

2009-04-21T06:26:48Z

As a Streetcar Operator I am absolutely buzzed with the idea of new streetcars. I can tell you from my experience that our aging fleet is basically held together with duct tape and coat hangers. This sounds like a deal could actually be made before the end of April. An actual deal! Here's a video I found on a Star article. Its the future of Toronto's transit... Today! In Brussells... *cough* The comments pissed me off. People seem to think that Streetcars that carry 130-240 people each could easily be replaced by buses that carry 40 people. Ummmmm there's a reason why King has 2-3 minute service during rush hour. Its because every streetcar is PACKED! In One day 60,000 people ride the King car, the bulk of that from 7-9am and 4-6pm. Folks who complain about it blocking traffic should try to imagine how many more cars would be on King street if there was no transit. Or how many more TTC Drivers they would have to pay to do that by bus.

So enough of that ranting. I've taken up to listen to podcasts when I can't read or play video games. Something that peaked my interest was apparently a very engaging remake of an old point and click adventure called Broken Sword. Its apparently being strongly watched by multiple to parties to see whether bringing back old point and click adventures might be viable for the DS. Its seems to make sense. They would really fit the system. Can you see Lucas Arts bringing back all those old adventures? That would be cool.

Time for bed.

Journey to Buffalo, NY

2009-03-31T23:16:43Z

We had been planing this for a while. My Dad and myself really wanting to go but my Mom and my wife not wanting to be left behind either. So we rented a large Sedan (as our little Yaris is incredible tight for 4 adults and a baby) packed our things and got some American cash and was ready to hit the road.   But we had road bumps before we even left.

See it was the getting the American money that was the issue. Right now with the pure exchange rate, it should cost you $1.21 Canadian for every American dollar. But the banks put on a fee in there. A year ago when the exchange rate was almost par, the fee was about $0.04-0.05 for every dollar. So basically you were paying something like $1.04 for every American dollar. Well the exchange rate is worst now and that's fine, its still better then the old $1.50 days of the late 90s early 2000s. But I don't know if it has something to do with the recession or protectionism but that bank fee has doubled!  The absolute cheapest we could get an American dollar was $1.31. That's 10 cents more then the exchange rate. So basically $200 American cost $260 Canadian!  Well this put a dour spirit on spending to begin with.

Generally Buffalo is pretty dead town but the Mall still have mallrats and such and the shopping was always busy when we were there. Not this time.  Its was like a ghost town.  Tumble weeds and everything. Vast numbers of clerks and customer service folks would come to see us as we were the only customers in sight. I guess the recession really has hit them hard over there. Maybe it was that Tuesday afternoon. But its the only time we ever go. And it was by far the quietest I've ever seen it.

So one of the goals of this trip was to collect some of that sweet WoW loot of Mountain Dew fame. But apparently it comes out this summer. Should have read the small print! So I found some stuff and made up my own...

Shaman's Lightning Bolt "Voltage" flavoured Mountain Dew and Orc Double Stuf filled Oreos. Yum! Maybe it was an Orc Shaman. Once his mana was spent producing Mountain Dew it was off to become filling. Orcs! Its made of Orcs!

I think tomorrow with new Comic day I'll have to hit B Big Comics and check out whats new.

Trashy reading!

2009-03-24T17:27:44Z

I just finished another book today. I try to get in as much reading when I'm working as I can. A rule of Thumb, if I'm ready to go and have two or more minutes I'll crack the book open. I will have it ready on the console for such breaks. Because of this I've read some 12-14 books since I've started working for the TTC.... All at 5 minute reading chucks at a time.

But lately its been what I call "Trashy" novels. Not the erotic type though!  I'm talking the cheap thrills of serial Sci-Fi and Fantasy! Yep I've been reading the Dark Elf Trilogy by Salvatore and the Horus Heresy series set in the Warhammer 40K univerise!

The Dark Trilogy was from way off in left field. First off I've only read the first two books so my next reading should be Sojourn. I had a sudden craving because of the combination of the several things.  The recent revival of Tabletop RPGs, in fact some old high school buddies are organizing a D&D 4th Edition game. My WoW raid leader once mentioned something cool about Drizzt and seems like there's always some sort of mispelling of his name for Night Elf hunters with a cat (fear "Drrrizzztttzz"!). And Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik started reading Dragonlance stuff so if he can get away with it why not me?

My other guility reading pleasure is the Horus Heresy series. I just finished up Fulgrim which is the third and biggest book of the series to date. They really seem to be milking this for all its worth. The story could probably be well told in like three to five books but it looks like its going to be 12. Every grizzly detail of each of the Traitor Legions fall from grace will apparently be played out. Now unless you play Warhammer 40K (or Dawn of War) this really won't interest you. But this occurance which takes place 10,000 years before the game's setting in probably the most significant occurance in the games lore. And since I play Chaos Space Marines it basically dominates our entire motivation of why were Chaotic (but not really, more just evil). It just feels like its going to take forever for final showdown between Horus and the Emperor to happen at this rate.  I don't even know if the next 3 being released over the year will actually be wraping it up. Maybe there's another three next year!

After watching some PoG I'm feeling like going back and re-reading though Lord of the Rings. I need to get this all out of my system before the fall because I'm planning on doing a University course and that will require reading something a little more heavy.

Week of Toronto HIJACK!!!!!!!! - Day Four, Steetcar Edition!

2009-03-10T17:06:56Z

I really liked what commanderteddog was doing with Week of Toronto and decided to take my camera to work and sneak some photos as I went. Tragically the day went overcast and I was never really given the time to set up nice shots so these are all from the hip, gritty photos.

Day 4!

Roncesvalles Streetcar Yard Part 1. This is looking north across the Queensway just west of Roncesvalles and Queen Street West. Here you can see the Carhouse. In a another hour the only Street cars that will be sitting there are the broken down ones. At night the yard is packed and there's hardly room to fit any more.

Roncie Yard Part 2. This photo is just to the right of the previous. You can see the beginning of the platform to catch the Queen car running into the downtown.  The brown building is our division. Its where I report everyday, chat with the other drivers, get lectured by the management and sign my work every six weeks. As you can see parking is precarious and basically you park where ever the streetcars don't go. There's little dotted lines to let you know if your car will be crushed or if it will be safe!

Humber Loop!  Not very photogenic. My Monday work is only Humber to Neville Park and back again three times. You can see people waiting for the Long Branch car which goes further west along the Lakeshore. You can see the tail end of my Streetcar to the right!  No time to stand around I got to move!

Neville Park - This is looking West down Queen out in the The Beach. The Beach!  Bah I like the name The Beaches more. Look at any historical map of Toronto and that huge beach strip use to be multiple beaches each with their own name.  So historically is The Beaches. But a neighbourhood referendum several years ago decided that it would just be the Beach. There's my streetcar. It was a good car.

When I turned around from the previous photo I see the back of the famous R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant! This guy was nuts. He was head of Public Works back in the 30s and 40s and comissioned this Art Deco Cathedral to water treatment!  Featured in the novel "In the Skin of a Lion" by Michael Odaatje which is where I first learned about it!  I read it for a course at UoT.

Driver's View, looking Westbound over the Don Valley towards downtown. My streetcar is stopped waiting for the cars to turn left onto King. I took it quick and poorly and it blurred.  I wanted to get the skyline. You can see the big red button on the bottom right which is my Emergency Propulsion Shutoff. To be only used in Emergencies!

Queen and Spadina. Facing west. I'm waiting for the light. I took this so you can switches and all the changes of directions you can do at this intersection. This is one of the few intersections where you can come from and go in any direction as a streetcar. Very few of these. King and Bathurst is another one like that.

And that's all I could get! Since I start in the afternoon I don't have that much light in my shift. Hope you enjoyed this Streetcar edition!

When servers are done, work gets done!

2009-01-27T17:27:10Z

Well not really. Instead I just read about WoW. But seriously one of quiet resolutions has been write more (In LJ or other situations) and I'm bombing. But I'll keep at it.

So I've completed my first week as a full time employee of the TTC. I got my probation signed off last Monday and it seems like it took forever. Forever of course being ten months. But now I'm stuck in there, unionized and ready to hit Taxis like a game of Frogger! Well not really but its nice to know that I wasn't too insane taking out a mortage before I finished my probation.

I think commanderteddog should organize more Saturday morning retro-raids! BWL anyone?

This Wednesday is my sign up. I get to pick work from mid February to end of March. I'll probably doing something similar though I'm hoping some day work that's not a split that I saw might just slip down. If not that then nights on Bathurst. If the guy above me in senority takes my Bathurst then I guess I'll be causing trouble somewhere else. Since I have to travel all the way into Toronto on my off day, I'm going to make use of it. I'm grabbing the digital camera and hitting a few stores. I'm doing my part for the economy at Comic book and games stores. Watch out! Anyone up for lunch?

World of Burnoutcraft

2008-08-26T19:15:39Z

Things have been tumultuous to say the least. With a baby now in the house and my job I've been living on like 4-6 hours of sleep a night. I'm starting to get a handle on it but one thing I've notice is that with lackluster energy I'm sinking back into playing WoW way too much. Its too easy to just sit around and farm some honor or do dailies. But I'm starting to feel annoyed that there other things I've wanted to get done and I've been letting slide because what starts out as a quick Daily run turns into 3 hours of wasted time in WoW and a lost of what little free time I have.

So I need to remove myself better from the game. But that's REALLY tough, for me a least. I've developed a lot of relationships with Guildies (and ex guildies). I have 3 level 70s with various levels of gear, faction levels, professions and many more toons on the way. The new expansion is apparently just around the corner.

And then there's Warhammer: Age of Reckoning. Good to hear its turning out well. Even worst is that I'm a Warhammer/Warhammer 40K junky (in fact I'm trying to finish painting my Chaos Space Marine Army, one of those neglected projects). Yet another game that will not only drain hours, but days weeks and even months!

In some ways I'd be happy to go back to playing Japanese and non-Massive American RPGS and other games (Orange Box and Halo 3 is collecting dust. And total tangent, Portals is WICKED and commanderteddog will have to come over and try it out sometime). But its hard to let go.

So I'm mulling over what I want to do with that. Do I try to exercise a large amount of Will power and just reduce my play time to a couple of hours a week? I have friends who can do it. Or do I go cold Turkey and cancel accounts. The up side to canceling accounts is that we could go for Digital cable.

And totally random, do folks make their own Icons or do they find them somewhere? I'm think I need a better Zorak Icon and a proper Dwarf Rogue one.

And a little more up beat.

2008-03-12T22:01:54Z

So not to be one to be kept down I went on as Heandra today, got a group together, got her Arc key frag then headed for BM.... and I healed it with only the mage dying on the last boss! Huzzah! I got the Infinite Scarah trinket which is a great one. So now with a little more gear, a nether for her goggles and some snazzy enchants she'll be ready for Kara and Gruuls.

Even crazier news is that I got my placement for my new job with the TTC. I start training on the 31st of this Month. I will be training to operate a...

Street Car! Funky huh? I'll be based out of Ronscenvalles Division, just where Queensway turns into King and Queen.

Gruuls down, but I want a rematch.

2008-03-12T17:54:51Z

So our guild finally downs Gruuls.

This guy has been plaguing us for Months, and mainly because we didn't have the best dps. So finally we tell this is the night for success because somehow we got all of the guilds best dps together, including some old guildies who had left some time for greener pastures. We one shotted HKM for the first time. Amazing. We were estatic. We fail our first three attempts but we were undanted. I'm on fire, my dps is good, I dodging damaging others during shatters (arguely quite easy for a rogue though) and genreally avoiding cave ins. Finally on the fourth try I die prematurely to a cave in but half the raid is gone and he's still at like 40%, ends up being like 29%.

I think its the fith attempt. Shortly after the first Ground slam/shatter is when I wait to start my cooldown rotation because it gives the hateful strike soaker time to build aggor plus you don't have that much time before the first ground slam and thus would lose some of the precious 15 seconds of increased ap, energy regen, etc that I have. So I get back to Gruuls as both tanks are already back on him. I start popping trinkets and cooldowns and dodging two Cave ins. Suddenly I'm walloped by a 15k hit. I just ate a hateful strike and the boss is still over 80%. Well instead of might I'll get salvation for the next try I think to myself. I'm really annoyed though. I should of watched my aggro more. But the raid keeps chewying away. I ask if a brez is avaiable but just then one of the Resto druids dies and she gets it. At around 30% our MT bites it. The Feral druid who was taking the hateful bolts becomes MT and another Feral because the OT. He's down to 20%, but I figured it was over because all it would take was one Crushing blow to end it. But the Druids live. 10%, people are shouting in vent, heals are being spammed, mana bars draining fast. 5% And the Feral Druid tank is still up. Suddenly he hits 1%. It looks like hardly anyone is alive. It seems to take an eternity. Suddenly he drops and the cheers ring out. What fight! What an accomplishment.

And I hate it. It was my poorest showing of the night, and that's when he dropped. It was kind of sad, I almosted wanted a wipe just so I could get back in and do a better job. But now I couldn't nor wouldn't for a long time. Next Gruuls in two weeks is full on dps and Thran's not going. When it came time to looting, I grabbed my Earthen Signet for the (now defunt) SSC Attunement quest and checked out what he had. Two Rogue/Shaman/Pally leg tokens and a rogues best friend, the Dragonspine Trophy. And I passed on it all. I didn't want loot from that boss fight. Oh I wanted that trinket but I want to actually earn it. Sure our guild had downed him, but I felt little part of it. I had contribute the least to it in the end and I felt horrible. How stupidly emo of me. People talked about going and trying Lurker or Void Reaver a try, some organized a run into Heroic SP to hand in the quest. I left quietly with a little "Night" in raid chat.

That night I had hard time falling asleep. I kept trying to blame other people but in the end I knew it was my fault. I was upset with myself and really upset that this was my showing for the downing of Gruuls. But in the end its a silly game that I invest too much time into. And I didn't post it gain sympathy (and I doubt anyone would, as I said, it was rather stupidly emo of me). But its nice to get it off my chest. So I will say this. Congrats Blades of Light! You are amazing.

Second 70 and a wolfy

2008-03-11T14:37:05Z

Ah server down days. The days to actually post to LJ.

So I've taken a few days off work during the March break as the Mises had a few appointments and I have to be Toronto tomorrow for a potential job. The baby was uncooperative and sat cross-legged for the ultrasound thus the gender is unknown. But she or he is doing well and is quite active in there.

I've been seeming to spend a lot of time in WoW lately. And finally I have something to show for it.

Huzzah! Heandra the Cross playing Shaman is 70!

And with it her new flying mount!

Havana the mello Orc Warrior finally dinged 40 last week and got himself a Dire Wolf, though sadly I thought I took a screen cap but can't find it. I'll post one later once the servers are back up.

Let me know if that cut didn't work. I've never really used it before and it doesn't seem to be working for me.

State of the very small Union address.

2008-02-07T01:05:45Z

You know, LJ needs a "Currently Viewing". In this case it would be Thunderheart. I don't know why I like this stupid movie. Stick it to the man Val Kilmer!

Well my Journal hasn't been updated in months. Though I still scan my friends pages and even post in the WoW community sometimes.

First off a big roguish hug to commanderteddog though don't bother checking your wallet, I've already pickpocketed off you. Sorry I didn't say anything. I haven't had much internet time.

So I guess WoW has been my main off time focus for the last months. Thran has been actively raiding for most of that time. I had some recent screenshots, but they're on the old lady's laptop so I guess I'll post them later. I've throughly enjoyed raiding with Blades of Light and I've become good friends with many current and past members. However I feel like the progression has come to a a stand still and we've been stalling for a while. With the expection of getting epic flying mount, Thran's goals are knocking down Gruul and Mag and hurrying off to SSC and TK. Really there's no gear left and as for Gruuls I can easily survive and dps well the whole fight. I'd like to successfully down Mag but there's nothing really there for me to farm.

So what Thran is going to do is now the question of the moment. I'm not really sure. I might take a break from the game but this is just me thinking.

In better news my baby Pally got his summonable mount

Introducing the newest member of the family

2007-09-20T21:02:49Z

Lisa was a little late arriving home today but she brought someone with her. Gandalf the Grey is a 10 week old Torontotian Kitten. He's a bit cautious but very friendly once he's warmed up. He was the runt of his litter.

Wheels on the Bus can earn me money?

2007-08-22T22:23:09Z

Well I didn't accomplish many of my goals this weekend. But finally I have an evening free to work away unabated.

Today I got a letter from the TTC. They want a phone interview for a transit operator. Another job opportunity not in my field. However TTC pays very well. Though I'm enjoying learning the ropes of framing, it would be hard to resist the sudden pay increase that would come from driving a bus, operating a street car or even a subway. So for now I'll follow up with it since I know that it will take months before and if I get a job offer.

Thran saves Medivh, Rewarded with little key and big sword.

2007-08-17T20:53:31Z

You know, doing construction on five hours of sleep is not recommended. I have a blood blister from trying to move an immobile stud, my leg got slashed by metal strap plus various cuts and splinters.

As the only few people that read this thing probably know, I finally got a good group for Black Morass and successful completed it (in very good time I might add). This means Thran is Karazhan attuned but he also got a mighty off hand weapon which was a very large cherry on the top of this sundae. The only problem was that it was 12am when I finally packed it up and I had to get up for work at 5:30pm. The group included two Blade of Light folks and they were very kind and on the ball. An arms warrior joined us in the success attempted to handle the adds, and did he ever! He also had that Raven raptor mount from the Heroic Sethekk Halls. It looks like a mean black chocobo.

I guess I missing MIGS again tonight. I feel really bad. I like going to MIGS but I want baron's mount. Next week I'll go.

In the spirit of Rach's post here's some of MY goals for the weekend.

-Clean my room of geekiness.
-Clear another endgame instance. I can do once in a blue moon, but can I get two in a row?
-Paint Austrians. My first Dreadnought of Austrians have been waiting to be finish for two months now.
-Finishing painting my Dreadnought and some Orcs.
-Finish CelFic part 2 (I having a bit of an issue but I'll really try to force through it)
-Do something outdoors. Don't want to spend all weekend cooped up here.

I love productive weekends. They're grrrreat!

mbehemoth @ 2007-08-08T18:42:00

2007-08-08T23:03:26Z

Oye, Framing is tough.

So I'm in my third week of Framing. It hard stuff. I thought with some of the previous renovations I had done I would be okay but now that were starting the roof I've discovered I'm wholly unqualified. There are lots of weird angles to cut and working in high places with 5 1/4 inches below you is not what I'm made for. A little Mexican fellow we have with us that has several years experience jumps around like its nothing. Paul has described him as a combination Ninja and Cat. That was until he got caught in the ankle by a falling truss and lost half his tools.

My biggest problem is that its so physically intensive that I feel like doing nothing at the end of the day. My neglected Austrians and Part 2 of the Celadaris fanfic have been the victims of this exhaustion.

This probably belong on SoA but both Lisa and me are considering moving to a raiding guild. We've been researching Sentinels guilds. Just to warn Katie we may apply to Blades of Light but don't expect a recommendation. They have a great site, better then Acies in my opinion. Basically we want to be in the same guild as each other. I don't know when but if Estal and Thran suddenly disappear this is why. Part of it is for me becoming comfortable with my work schedule to do any raiding during the week.

Well that's it for now. I will have to hit the east end before the end of the week to move a receptacle still attached to the mud room. Demolition is fun.

mbehemoth @ 2007-08-06T13:42:00

2007-08-06T17:55:05Z

Looks like WoWinsider has all the details for what's instore for WoW from the con.

Look for fun things like...

Thrall getting giggy with it?

Sylvannas get revenge?

Naxx will rise again?

Daily Cooking?

AFKers in AV get the nerfed?

And TONS more.

WoW Character Meme

2007-07-13T12:33:19Z

Meme? Like a long cat or something? Never done one before.

So you have your favourite character, know everything about them lore wise and can probably quote every line they have ever spoken. All your friends know this is your favourite character. However what about the character that you adore that no one knows about? You know the one that your too embrassed to admit you like? Yeah that one.

Seems like I've aired my dirty laundry. I mean I have my female Draenei shaman. Really I guess its the fact that my first Character was a Night Elf. I still very much like Night Elves. I don't like everyone that plays one. But my anime and geeky past kind of come through with that. In fact I really want a female Night Elf priest cause they get the coolest robes. I want to make a Primal Mooncloth set. Guess that's kind of weird huh? I think I need to go chop some wood or wrestle a bear now.

mbehemoth @ 2007-04-26T00:45:00

2007-04-26T04:51:32Z

Thran dinged 70 tonight. I got a screen cap but it wasn't the best because of SCT. I was really hoping to ding by handing in a quest but I ended up being 6000 exp short which just required another 6 kills. I think I started him in September of 2006 so he took a long time to get there. I was distracted and had a month or two where I levelled Havana my Orc. Now for my flying mount!

The typical servers are down/caturday posts...

2007-04-17T15:51:49Z

Oh noes! I'm done my last exam and sitting at home want to play but I can't !!!!11114!114! Whoa is me!

Oh I dinged last night! That's right I'm 68. Played around a bit in Shadowmoon Valley. I'm just on the cusp of being able to do quest at a good clip there so I dump the quests and took off for Blade Edge Mountains. I'm almost done with Sylvanaar and can move onto that Gnome camp and ~~work on Gnomeragan rep~~ grind experince since you don't get Gnomy rep. What was bad though was my training cost 30g for three things! I was at 380g, now down to 350g. So I really need to start saving (and stop twinking :p). I'm going to be getting really cheap as I want that Flying mount the moment I ding 70. My leatherworking needs attention too as there's some okay epics I can craft.

Basically I really want to play! I let my reseted bonus accumlate on Thran this weekend and now zoom my way to 69. Hurry up server! commanderteddog and I will hopefully be working on the Netherdrake chain in preperation of the 2.1.0. I would like to 70 when it hits. Now the 5000g for the epic flying skill is another story all together. Oh and Teddog, Have you done the Skettis Offensive? Its a two man group quest that gives some nice blue necklaces. Its in Shattrath and a chain from the Veil ______ quests you do in the bone wastes. Here's link.

Google Map of Outland? Looks like it still needs working but this is something I've really wanted.