October 21st, 2008 angela
After the tatting party, Isaac followed me home and hung out for the weekend. Right before the turn to get to out place, on a busy street, Isaac pulled into the turn lane and his motorcycle died. I was behind him and slammed on my brakes and almost got rear-ended by a police car. It was apparently stuck in third gear. He eventually got it going again.
When we got into the apartment, we looked up some stuff for the University of Iowa where he wants to go so he can get a certificate in book binding and a degree in math, but I showed him it is about 4x the cost to go to school out of state. He still wants to go, I think. Then we spent an hour looking at comedians on You Tube and left to pick up Abe from work. THEN we bought some beer (I got the Elysian Night Owl pumpkin ale). THEN we went to Dick’s and ate it back at the apartment. I had some ice cream right before my beer which was stupid. It was okay. I did manage to finish the whole 22oz bottle while I watched You Tube some more. First we all watched corgis and then some other dogs. Cute but not very funny. Then Isaac started watching Abe play EQ2 while I watched bloopers on You Tube and laughed my head off. Eventually, we went out to watch Cowboy BeBop, which of course Isaac had never seen. We only watched a couple episodes and we were all pretty drunk. But Isaac will be coming down the next time he has a weekend off to watch all of Cowboy BeBop. I helped Isaac finish off his last beer while we played a little Soul Calibur. I kicked Abe’s ass.
The next morning we all split a dutch pancake, so yummy. I wish I could eat that every morning, but they are not that good for you. Then I wrote down for Isaac how to do the magic cast on for socks. I can never remember so it was interesting writing it down. Abe and Isaac played EQ2 together while I did that. Big mistake. I thought they would stop when I was done, but they played until 1 in the afternoon. Jerks. I guess they tie for jerk of the week for making me wait for 2 hours for lunch.
Made up for it by getting to go to Luisa’s, though. So good. Of course, I had chicken sopes. Isaac just had a taco (he at about 7 pieces of pizza at grandma’s for lunch the previous day and was merely satiated) because he had to leave for home in a few hours and didn’t want to ride the bike that far with a full stomach.
Anyways, after lunch, Isaac showed me a song he plays on the violin that he made up. We wrote it down and now I will have to practice it. Both on the piano and the violin. He plays it so fast. I like it. The song is interesting. I really need to practice Abe’s piece, too. Anyways, at 3, when Isaac was supposed to leave, we realized I had forgotten to show Isaac how to cast on for the sock toe. So I showed him that (which took about half an hour) and sent him on his way. We printed up University of Iowa applications for him earlier and sent him with those and I gave him the orange skien of 3-ply yarn I had dyed and spun, but I forgot to give him the yarn for a surprise thing we are knitting for someone. I will see him this weekend for something else, though so I can give it to him then.
Then he called when he got home. Turns out that right when he got on the freeway and started to merge, the visor flew off his helmet and he had to drive from Seattle to Kendal (I would guess 100 miles) with no face plate on his helmet. And it was already a chilly day. He said he could barely feel his nose by the time he got home.
And while he had watched Cowboy BeBop while totally shnockered, I tried to knit a very simple basketweave (also in the dark). This did not work out well and I may need to rip it out. Frown.
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July 7th, 2008 angela
I made a bacon bracelet this weekend. Filet de Bling. Hers looks better than mine, but I don’t think mine looks too bad either. I wish there was a shot of it on someone’s wrist.
It is needle felted. Really fun. I only stabbed myself once. I don’t think I used enough roving though because the back is sparse and you can see the felt on the front in some areas. But I had enough fun that I made a “band aid” and a mushroom with needle felting right on to the holes at the elbows of my jacket. I love them. They are fun. Annoying for Abe while we are watching a show, but he knows I can’t just sit and watch TV like a good little girl.
Also, this weekend, we went and saw Wall-E, which was great. Great as a sci-fi story. Great animation. Just great. I had a really good time. It was so sweet. There were a lot of computer jokes that the kids probably don’t get, but had me and Abe cracking up. Nice long relaxing weekend.
Anyways, our Jerk of the Week: WordPress Software. I finally figured out the weird way to get pictures into a post. I usually use Firefox because I like it best. So I start my post in Firefox. Then I realize I want to add a picture, so I have to save and close and move over to IE (that would be Internet Explorer). Which I am not particularly fond of though that is what I have to use at work. I add the images to the gallery. Then I have to go back to Firefox because I can’t add the images to the post from IE. Blerg to that, I say. Very annoying. Can’t upload a picture in Firefox, but can’t add a picture to a post in IE. I am having similar annoying problems with software at work where I have to keep opening the same document in different editors to get different effects even though they all do the same thing.
And bummer again, Isaac cannot come down this coming weekend for Harry Potter, so he is coming down in a few more weekends. Beginning of August. I guess I will start decorating. Sew up the curtains and clean the living room. Start putting up the owls and filling the empty spice racks with “potion ingredients.” I am just having a hard time thinking of things. I should start collecting items while I am on the walk with the dogs. Ooh. That is what I will do when I get home tonight.
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June 20th, 2008 Abe
This weeks jerk of the week award goes to an eq2 player I had dealings with on wednesday night. We started a group for a dungeon called Stormhold which is a 20s level area. It can be difficult to get a group together in that level range so I was very pleasantly surprised to have 5 people in our group within a few minutes of posting the first notice in 20-29 chat. This is when the drama started.
We have one spot open and the Tool wants us to invite his lvl 55 guardian buddy because “We don’t have a tank.” I explain that one of the people in our group is in fact a Brawler which IS a tank class. The Tool then says “Well we need a REAL tank.” The brawler says “I’m a tank. I can tank SH. I have good gear.” As far as the rest of the group is concerned it’s decided at this point but the Tool persists. “If you aren’t going to invite my friend to tank for us I’m going to leave.” He says. I’m thinking to myself this guys a fucking Tool! He doesn’t want a group he wants his friend to power level him. Some furious whispering happens between me and the people in the group that aren’t the Tool. “It’s pretty hard to get a whole group of level appropriate people together for a dungeon in the 20s. Leave if you want to but I’m happy with a bruiser for a tank.” I say in group chat.
The Tool drops from the group and immediately starts advertising for more people for his new SH group in 20-29 chat. We have a good chuckle about it and start to work our way in to the dungeon.
A few minutes later the Tool sends me a /tell asking me to join his group to heal! I tell him I’m happy with my group and he replies that “You can’t do SH without a plate tank.” I tell him I’d rather fail with a group that’s the right level than waltz through the place with a minor deity tanking for me. At this point he says to me “Fine enjoy dying you stupid bitch.”
I told my group about all this, reported the Tool for being a jerk and put him on ignore. About 20 minutes later we ran in to the Tool and his high level buddy struggling their way through the dungeon with no one to help them. I pointed at him and blew him a kiss 
I made an interesting discovery this week. I HATE LCDs for gaming. Yes widescreen resolutions are nice. Yes text is incredibly clear and easy to read. But, if you are playing a FPS a CRT with a decent refresh rate is head and shoulders better than an LCD every day of the week. It’s hard to describe and basically can’t be caught in a movie or I would capture it and show you. Playing Quake 3 or UT 2004 on my CRT is like looking in to a 3d space vs watching a very fast slide show on the LCD.
I’ve rearranged my desk so my LCD is off to the side and my CRT is dead center in front of me. I can’t believe I ever bought in to the whole LCD thing and I’m fearing the day that my CRT dies because I might not be able to find a replacement.
Nisa is really doing well these days. She’s playful and happy in a way I just don’t remember her being in a really long time. Ernies lost about three pounds on his diet in the last few weeks too! I can’t wait for both of our dogs to be happy and healthy again.
And here’s some funny animal pictures.
more cat pictures
I was going to take a movie of the dogs to put up but the batteries in the camera are dead so look forward to that for next week!
Abe
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