I went into the computer shot today, and ordered my new computer, after getting the info from the tech about the details of my old machine. The Disk is shot - they should be able to get the files and such, but nothing for the op system. So I can look at old files, and import things (say with Thunderbird), but I can't open the stuff. About what I expected.
So the new machine, now named The Pheonix, was ordered today. This is the actual specs:
Case: It's black. :) It has 4 bays for HDs and Optical drives (which I will fill, see below). It also has 2 floppy bays, Also filled (also see below).
Motherboard: Lots of expansion slots, and both Sata and IDE controllers.
Microprocessor: 3200+ AMD AM2 64 bit. So I am getting a 64 bit processor. Cool.
Memory: 1 GB of DDR2 memory (one stick, so I can always buy another and stick it in).
Video Card: Georforce 7300GT 256M. Finally got a fairly decent 3-D card.
Drives:
Floppy
All-in-1 reader (in the other floppy bay)
80 GB hard drive (with Windows)
250 GB hard drive (gonna be partitioned)
160 GB hard drive (carried over from my old Computer)
DVD burner (carried over from my old Computer)
Other bits
I have an old USB card that goes along with the new computer that has some itself, so I will have a surfiet of USB ports.
I'm keeping an old modem (mostly for faxing)
Ethernet and sound on board (I don't need a fancy sound card, what comes is okay).
Woohoo!!
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
Escaping to the memes
Well, escaping from the bad luck I've been having (see the last two posts) here are the friday memes:
First Friday's Feast
Where is a place you consider to be very tranquil?
Music Memoirs
Top 5 albums that you can't live without. (And tell us why you can't live without them)
Queen : A Night at the Opera - This was the first album I bought, and the first CD I bought when I jumped to CD. It is my single favorite album of all time, and the one that introduced me to my favorite band.
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers: ! Americano ! - a truly great album and the songs are all interesting, either fun, or tragic, or both. When I am in the mood for just plain strait ahead Americana rock this is the CD for me
Rush Moving Pictures - similar reasons to Night at the opera.
Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days. Thier third album, and my favorite. One of the greatest Prog Rock albums of all time, and it tends towards the harder side.
k d lang - Shadowland - the greatest country album ever recorded.
First Friday's Feast
Appetizer
What are you proud of?
Being a published writer; even if only in a small game companies house electronic magazine - the magazine is for sale, not free, and I did get paid for it. So I can say "I am a professional writer".
Soup
What is the best thing you’ve ever won as a prize?
I am wracking my brian, and I honestly can't think of any prize I have ever won.
Salad
Name something you do that is a waste of time.
Surf Message Boards. :)
Main Course
In what year of your life did you change the most?
I was 24... That year I went to ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) which did a lot of good for me getting out of the habit patters set by having a drunk father. Same year I got diagnosed and medicated for Depression. Been on the meds ever since. Those two things really changed my life.
Where is a place you consider to be very tranquil?
In the wife's embrace. During a hug or a cuddle, nothing can touch me.
Music Memoirs
Top 5 albums that you can't live without. (And tell us why you can't live without them)
Queen : A Night at the Opera - This was the first album I bought, and the first CD I bought when I jumped to CD. It is my single favorite album of all time, and the one that introduced me to my favorite band.
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers: ! Americano ! - a truly great album and the songs are all interesting, either fun, or tragic, or both. When I am in the mood for just plain strait ahead Americana rock this is the CD for me
Rush Moving Pictures - similar reasons to Night at the opera.
Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days. Thier third album, and my favorite. One of the greatest Prog Rock albums of all time, and it tends towards the harder side.
k d lang - Shadowland - the greatest country album ever recorded.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
What next?!?
Well, on Wednesday I lost my computer.
Today, our fridge motor burned out.
Sheesh.
Luckily it died on gameday, so we had 4 rather helpful guys around to help, and the fridge left over from my mothers stay with us, so we all moved the dead fridge outside, the upstairs one downstairs and into the kitchen.
After the guys left, the wife and I took the doors off the dead fridge (which was outside) and transfer all the food to the other fridge (which just may be a little larger than our old one.
So we aren't out money, but still.
I am somewhat trepidatious about tomorrow.
Today, our fridge motor burned out.
Sheesh.
Luckily it died on gameday, so we had 4 rather helpful guys around to help, and the fridge left over from my mothers stay with us, so we all moved the dead fridge outside, the upstairs one downstairs and into the kitchen.
After the guys left, the wife and I took the doors off the dead fridge (which was outside) and transfer all the food to the other fridge (which just may be a little larger than our old one.
So we aren't out money, but still.
I am somewhat trepidatious about tomorrow.
From the Ashes, a Pheonix
My primary hard drive crashed yesterday. Screwed up boot sector. It's in the shop, hopefully they can image out the data, I'll know Fri or Sat.
I've been planning to get a new computer, but the time hasn't been right. Fate forced my hand, so I went over what to get for a computer when I dropped it off to get fixed. This is what I decided on:
3500 Athlong 64 (roughly a 2.3 or 2.4 Ghz micro), 1 gig of ddr2 memory, 250 GB HD (16 MB cache), a Geoforce 7300 256 GB PCIE video card, plus out of my old computer - the largest HD (160 GB) my CD burner, and another USB card (so I'll have something like 7 USB slots).
Total cost, built and with op system* installed: 650. More than we want to spend now, but we figure it is better to get what I was planning on buying now, rather than a quick repair and a new one later.
Odd notes -
It is very strange being mostly computerless. This is being done in the work miniMac thatI have - it can do browsing, and the stuff I need for work, but not much else.
I felt like a pet died when the computer went down. That says something, not sure what.
Since I do use the computer for business, I'm thinking about saving the reciept and declaring it on taxes.
The machine I am getting can actually run Oblivion. Not at recomended #s, but is can run it (The processor is about a third of the way from "required" to "recomended", I have the memory, and the card is only a step below recomended). Given I love Morrowind, I just may get this one. :)
* Win XP Home SP2. I was enjoying Ubuntu, and was seriously thinking about switching, but when push came to shove, it just can't do the games I like to play, so as I am a video gamer, in addition to everything else, I'm sticking with XP. No Vista though - no way no how.
So I had some back luck - at least I didn't try to burn my kitchen down.
I've been planning to get a new computer, but the time hasn't been right. Fate forced my hand, so I went over what to get for a computer when I dropped it off to get fixed. This is what I decided on:
3500 Athlong 64 (roughly a 2.3 or 2.4 Ghz micro), 1 gig of ddr2 memory, 250 GB HD (16 MB cache), a Geoforce 7300 256 GB PCIE video card, plus out of my old computer - the largest HD (160 GB) my CD burner, and another USB card (so I'll have something like 7 USB slots).
Total cost, built and with op system* installed: 650. More than we want to spend now, but we figure it is better to get what I was planning on buying now, rather than a quick repair and a new one later.
Odd notes -
It is very strange being mostly computerless. This is being done in the work miniMac thatI have - it can do browsing, and the stuff I need for work, but not much else.
I felt like a pet died when the computer went down. That says something, not sure what.
Since I do use the computer for business, I'm thinking about saving the reciept and declaring it on taxes.
The machine I am getting can actually run Oblivion. Not at recomended #s, but is can run it (The processor is about a third of the way from "required" to "recomended", I have the memory, and the card is only a step below recomended). Given I love Morrowind, I just may get this one. :)
* Win XP Home SP2. I was enjoying Ubuntu, and was seriously thinking about switching, but when push came to shove, it just can't do the games I like to play, so as I am a video gamer, in addition to everything else, I'm sticking with XP. No Vista though - no way no how.
So I had some back luck - at least I didn't try to burn my kitchen down.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tron
For the record Tron is one of my favorite movies of all time. Possibly my favorite SF movie (yes even more than Star Wars). I saw it in the theater something like 50 times. When it was at the really fancy theater* I saw it 5 or 6 times. Then it hit the local dollar theater. There was the Tron video game (which I was a master of), and if you got a certain score they let you into the movie free. After the fifth time, they just said I could come in free for each showing. I watched every showing (two on weekdays, 5 on Sat and Sun) that week. :)
Well, I bought a 3-D card for my compter a while ago. I bought it for 1 reason (well other games would be cool too, but specifically for this one). Tron 2.0.
I finally sat down and played it for a good two hours tonight. I was in heaven.
It's also really interesting to see that current home PC software can render in real time to loook excatly like the backgrounds and ships in the movie.
* one of the things this theater did - The film was shipped with 35 and 70 mil prints - for one purpose (for those that still had the 70 projectors) - when Flynn went into the computer world, the cameras switched from 35 to 70 mil. Things got much sharper and clearer. Not quite the B&W vs Color in Wizard of Oz, but nifty none the less.
Well, I bought a 3-D card for my compter a while ago. I bought it for 1 reason (well other games would be cool too, but specifically for this one). Tron 2.0.
I finally sat down and played it for a good two hours tonight. I was in heaven.
It's also really interesting to see that current home PC software can render in real time to loook excatly like the backgrounds and ships in the movie.
* one of the things this theater did - The film was shipped with 35 and 70 mil prints - for one purpose (for those that still had the 70 projectors) - when Flynn went into the computer world, the cameras switched from 35 to 70 mil. Things got much sharper and clearer. Not quite the B&W vs Color in Wizard of Oz, but nifty none the less.
One theme pony
Yes, this is another Ubuntu post. :)
We had to go windows at work because we do a lot of webbased stuff, and one of the absolute must-haves needed IE 6, which at the time was a windows only thing. So at work we went windows. To run Linux at work, this had to run.
I installed it with Wine and IEs4lin. It does.
As another aside, I got MAME, and NES emulator and DOSBOX working on my Ubuntu. So I can play old NES games, old arcade games, and old dos games on linus (I played some Super Mario 3 and some Epic Pinball today). The Joystick doesn't seem to work with Xmame, so I have to dig into that issue and get that fixed. :)
Expect a fair amount of Linux posts in the future. I'm learning things, and achieving results, so I actually have something to share here. :D
We had to go windows at work because we do a lot of webbased stuff, and one of the absolute must-haves needed IE 6, which at the time was a windows only thing. So at work we went windows. To run Linux at work, this had to run.
I installed it with Wine and IEs4lin. It does.
As another aside, I got MAME, and NES emulator and DOSBOX working on my Ubuntu. So I can play old NES games, old arcade games, and old dos games on linus (I played some Super Mario 3 and some Epic Pinball today). The Joystick doesn't seem to work with Xmame, so I have to dig into that issue and get that fixed. :)
Expect a fair amount of Linux posts in the future. I'm learning things, and achieving results, so I actually have something to share here. :D
Learning Curve
Been doing the Ubuntu thing. Spend hours yesterday working on things. Some stuff is easy. The stuff I really want to do is a little more complex. It's been years since I used a commandline, and never had any experience with Unix based systems. So I have a steep learning curve.
I installed some software. I got WINE (a program that lets some Windows programs run natvily in Linus) to work, and one program installed there. I couldn't get VMWare or Win4Lin to run - but that is likely my problem, not Linux's.
So I am learning, and having fun (aside from the frustrations).
Time to stop at a libarary for "dummies" guide to Linux/Ubuntu.
I installed some software. I got WINE (a program that lets some Windows programs run natvily in Linus) to work, and one program installed there. I couldn't get VMWare or Win4Lin to run - but that is likely my problem, not Linux's.
So I am learning, and having fun (aside from the frustrations).
Time to stop at a libarary for "dummies" guide to Linux/Ubuntu.
Monday, March 26, 2007
BSG
I came to a realization today, reading some rants about Modern SF on a gaming board I frequens.
The New Battlestar Galactica (which I do enjoy) is the equivelent of an Emo kid.
Brooding, Depressing, self damaging*, and daring you to call it bad because it is these things - it says these are good things, it's difference, what sets it apart from other of it's kind.
Like I said - Emo Kid.
Doesn't mean I won't buy the set. :)
* In two ways - the first is that none of the character are ever happy - they do self destructive things all the time - or kill off interesting and good characters. Billy, Kara!! (or Cylonize them).
The second is in quality - I know very very few people who think that the third season is anywhere near as good as second, and few who think second is as good as the first. I know of many that have just given up in third season.
The New Battlestar Galactica (which I do enjoy) is the equivelent of an Emo kid.
Brooding, Depressing, self damaging*, and daring you to call it bad because it is these things - it says these are good things, it's difference, what sets it apart from other of it's kind.
Like I said - Emo Kid.
Doesn't mean I won't buy the set. :)
* In two ways - the first is that none of the character are ever happy - they do self destructive things all the time - or kill off interesting and good characters. Billy, Kara!! (or Cylonize them).
The second is in quality - I know very very few people who think that the third season is anywhere near as good as second, and few who think second is as good as the first. I know of many that have just given up in third season.
Taking the plunge
I've been wanting to go Microsoft free for years, but I was never comfortable with other op systems - and Macs costs to dang much for the equivalent hardware. And while I've been a computer geek, it's mostly on the user side, and the only command line I know is Dos - no experience with Unix or Linux.
At work the boss is tired of the problems with Microsoft on the work computers, so next month the big project was going to be playing around on laptops with different Linux distros. I got really enthused by this. Part of the reason for the enthusiam was that I am not making the switch to Vista.
So I jumped the gun. :)
This post is being done while logged into my computer running Ubuntu Linux.
I now have a dual boot computer - with my XP I've always had, and I just cleaned out a 40 gig HD for Linux. I am using this as a way to get comfortable with the op system, to see if it can do all the things I need, and if so, when I upgrade (or get a new computer), it will be bye bye MS and hello Linux.
At work the boss is tired of the problems with Microsoft on the work computers, so next month the big project was going to be playing around on laptops with different Linux distros. I got really enthused by this. Part of the reason for the enthusiam was that I am not making the switch to Vista.
So I jumped the gun. :)
This post is being done while logged into my computer running Ubuntu Linux.
I now have a dual boot computer - with my XP I've always had, and I just cleaned out a 40 gig HD for Linux. I am using this as a way to get comfortable with the op system, to see if it can do all the things I need, and if so, when I upgrade (or get a new computer), it will be bye bye MS and hello Linux.
Friday, March 23, 2007
It's been a long time
Last night, I did something I haven't done in a long time. I GMed. Specifically GMed fantasy. I had a try at GMing fantasy a number of years ago, and it fell apart. It's been another 5 or so before that I successfully ran a fantasy game. It's been 5 or more years since I felt I successfully GMed anything.
So no pressure. :)
It was a short session, but I had planned for that on purpose. I plane to have shorter sessions than the recent Champs game - I tend to only have about 3 hours in me to GM... so I am going to try to keep it under that, until such time as I feel more confident about things.
Overall it went fairly well I think. Decent combat to get a feel for the characters, and trying out HERO points - which most players forgot about, but it is a new idea. I already saw some changes, and implemented them. I plan to do a lot of adjusting the first story arc, while everything gets into the place I want it to be, and getting it to a comfort level.
I have a number of possible adventures, plus whatever ideas the PCs have about things to do - if they seem to want to head in a particular direction, then I'll head that way.
It's good to be back in the saddle again. I just hope I don't blow it - given that the last three games I tried to run - they all failed within 10 sessions.
So no pressure. :)
It was a short session, but I had planned for that on purpose. I plane to have shorter sessions than the recent Champs game - I tend to only have about 3 hours in me to GM... so I am going to try to keep it under that, until such time as I feel more confident about things.
Overall it went fairly well I think. Decent combat to get a feel for the characters, and trying out HERO points - which most players forgot about, but it is a new idea. I already saw some changes, and implemented them. I plan to do a lot of adjusting the first story arc, while everything gets into the place I want it to be, and getting it to a comfort level.
I have a number of possible adventures, plus whatever ideas the PCs have about things to do - if they seem to want to head in a particular direction, then I'll head that way.
It's good to be back in the saddle again. I just hope I don't blow it - given that the last three games I tried to run - they all failed within 10 sessions.
Memeing
Appetizer
Who is your favorite news anchor/reporter? Why?
Don't have one. Never watch TV news, nor listen to radio news. I rely on print and new web pages.
Soup
Name 3 foods that are currently in your freezer.
Stouffers French Bread 3 cheese pizza, A big turkey roast, and some relish that the wife made last year with ingredients completely (well, 90%) from her garden.
Salad
If you were to have the opportunity to name a new town or city, what would you call it?
Otisville? sorry.
Just for the geek factor I'd name it after either a planet from Star Trek (Bajor mayber) or after a city in LotR.
Main Course
What will most likely be the next book you read?
Harry Dresden #8 - Proven Guilty
Dessert
What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender?
From a distance, I'll be bluntly honest, the chest. If up closer, I notice the eyes.
Top 5 Rainy Day Songs (Not necessarily about rain but songs you listen to or pick you up on rainy days...etc)
Rainy Days and Pastel Greys - Rocket Scientists. This song captures the sad side of a rainy day so well.
Here comes the Rain again - Eurythmics.
I love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit. This one fits me - I grew up on the coast of Oregon, and I enjoy rain (more than snow or blistering sun).
Somewhere over the Rainbow - Judy Garland - One of my favroite songs of all time.
Rainbow Connection - this one mood wise fits how I feel about rain.
Who is your favorite news anchor/reporter? Why?
Don't have one. Never watch TV news, nor listen to radio news. I rely on print and new web pages.
Soup
Name 3 foods that are currently in your freezer.
Stouffers French Bread 3 cheese pizza, A big turkey roast, and some relish that the wife made last year with ingredients completely (well, 90%) from her garden.
Salad
If you were to have the opportunity to name a new town or city, what would you call it?
Otisville? sorry.
Just for the geek factor I'd name it after either a planet from Star Trek (Bajor mayber) or after a city in LotR.
Main Course
What will most likely be the next book you read?
Harry Dresden #8 - Proven Guilty
Dessert
What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender?
From a distance, I'll be bluntly honest, the chest. If up closer, I notice the eyes.
Top 5 Rainy Day Songs (Not necessarily about rain but songs you listen to or pick you up on rainy days...etc)
Rainy Days and Pastel Greys - Rocket Scientists. This song captures the sad side of a rainy day so well.
Here comes the Rain again - Eurythmics.
I love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit. This one fits me - I grew up on the coast of Oregon, and I enjoy rain (more than snow or blistering sun).
Somewhere over the Rainbow - Judy Garland - One of my favroite songs of all time.
Rainbow Connection - this one mood wise fits how I feel about rain.
Friday, March 16, 2007
'Da Memes
Appetizer
Name two things that made you smile this week.
Taz letting me pick him up. We have a cat we inhereted from my mom when she passed away. This can is terrified of everything, and normally wont let anyone close to him. Today after feeding him a bit of meat, he let me pick him up and pet him while on my leg, for about 20 seconds before he freaked out. Really cool.
Two - Grin intensly during the Gaming - Terminal Velocity knocking cold the woman that had his father killed, and the roll being exceptional.
Soup
Fill in the blank: Don't you hate it when ________?
People do dumb things.
Salad
When you can't go to sleep, what is your personal remedy to help yourself drift into Lullabyland?
Well, I take medication that pretty much assures I sleep, but I have always listened to stuff at night - and it must be spoken. I used to audiotape movies, and have stand up comedy. Nowadays it's audiobooks.
Main Course
What is something about which you've always wondered but have not yet found a good answer?
How people can pass up the Gospel.
Dessert
What is your favorite pasta dish?
I don't generally like pasta, but I dislike Spagetti least.
Top 5 musical things (songs, albums, bands..whatever) that put you in the St Patrick's Day mood.
Young Dubliners
Dubliners
Irish Rovers
Chieftans
Emerald Roses ( A texas band that plays Irish folk).
Ya know good Irish bands (as opposed to U2 and O'conner who suck sour owl spit)
Name two things that made you smile this week.
Taz letting me pick him up. We have a cat we inhereted from my mom when she passed away. This can is terrified of everything, and normally wont let anyone close to him. Today after feeding him a bit of meat, he let me pick him up and pet him while on my leg, for about 20 seconds before he freaked out. Really cool.
Two - Grin intensly during the Gaming - Terminal Velocity knocking cold the woman that had his father killed, and the roll being exceptional.
Soup
Fill in the blank: Don't you hate it when ________?
People do dumb things.
Salad
When you can't go to sleep, what is your personal remedy to help yourself drift into Lullabyland?
Well, I take medication that pretty much assures I sleep, but I have always listened to stuff at night - and it must be spoken. I used to audiotape movies, and have stand up comedy. Nowadays it's audiobooks.
Main Course
What is something about which you've always wondered but have not yet found a good answer?
How people can pass up the Gospel.
Dessert
What is your favorite pasta dish?
I don't generally like pasta, but I dislike Spagetti least.
Top 5 musical things (songs, albums, bands..whatever) that put you in the St Patrick's Day mood.
Young Dubliners
Dubliners
Irish Rovers
Chieftans
Emerald Roses ( A texas band that plays Irish folk).
Ya know good Irish bands (as opposed to U2 and O'conner who suck sour owl spit)
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
"Stop Killing Judas!"
This may be seen by some as in poor taste - but I saw this years ago, and found it again on youtube.
Monday, March 5, 2007
The Draft
Over at the HERO games board there is a cool little game going on. Each day you can add a character to your superteam. Max characters is 10. :)
I got my first three:
Cyclops
Green Lantern (Kyle - as written during the Morrison JLA)
Oracle
Samaritan
Samadahl Rey
So I am coming up with characters to draft, but I am trying to come up with characters I like, lesser known, that other people might not draft. So this is my list.
Samaritan - Got Him
Jakita Wagoner - Planetary
-Jessie Quick - Titans- Someone else drafted
Thunder - Outsiders (Black Lightnings daughter)
Sigil (Samadehl Rey) - Sigil from Crossgen Got him
Rose - Champions comics.
-Mantra - From Malibu.- Someone else got her.
So I have a good mix of Bricks (Samaritin, Jakita, Thunder) Energy Projectors (Cyclops, Sigil, , GL) two of which are also very versatile - GL and Sigil, A speedster, a telepath, and a couple of mystic types, and I think a pretty well rounded, powerful team - and one that has a solid gender mix.
And I have a pretty broad mix of sources- 4 DC, which is my favorite company, and 6 from 6 different sources.
As a note the other marvel characters I would have jumped on (Cap and Storm, were already taken)
Edit March 7th:
I'm still trying to not have too many from one universe, and I came up with a detective that has mystic connections - Witchblade.
So I need a full blown mystic and a telepath - and to keep gender balance I want females. We'll see who I can end up with.
Edit March 8th.
Got Witchblade. Based on other people having themes and origins I came up with one - an homage to any major "big event" crosscompany crossover. So to fit that, each of my other two memebers have to come from companies I haven't chosen from, so I am going for Rose (as mentioned), and Yrial (from the Ultravers title the Strangers).
I got my first three:
Cyclops
Green Lantern (Kyle - as written during the Morrison JLA)
Oracle
Samaritan
Samadahl Rey
So I am coming up with characters to draft, but I am trying to come up with characters I like, lesser known, that other people might not draft. So this is my list.
Samaritan - Got Him
Jakita Wagoner - Planetary
-Jessie Quick - Titans- Someone else drafted
Thunder - Outsiders (Black Lightnings daughter)
Sigil (Samadehl Rey) - Sigil from Crossgen Got him
Rose - Champions comics.
-Mantra - From Malibu.- Someone else got her.
So I have a good mix of Bricks (Samaritin, Jakita, Thunder) Energy Projectors (Cyclops, Sigil, , GL) two of which are also very versatile - GL and Sigil, A speedster, a telepath, and a couple of mystic types, and I think a pretty well rounded, powerful team - and one that has a solid gender mix.
And I have a pretty broad mix of sources- 4 DC, which is my favorite company, and 6 from 6 different sources.
As a note the other marvel characters I would have jumped on (Cap and Storm, were already taken)
Edit March 7th:
I'm still trying to not have too many from one universe, and I came up with a detective that has mystic connections - Witchblade.
So I need a full blown mystic and a telepath - and to keep gender balance I want females. We'll see who I can end up with.
Edit March 8th.
Got Witchblade. Based on other people having themes and origins I came up with one - an homage to any major "big event" crosscompany crossover. So to fit that, each of my other two memebers have to come from companies I haven't chosen from, so I am going for Rose (as mentioned), and Yrial (from the Ultravers title the Strangers).
Friday, March 2, 2007
Meme
The Feast
Appetizer
What does the color pink make you think of?
Washed out, pale, dour. I like the color red, and pink just seems like a pale imitation.
Soup
Name something you thought you had lost, but later found.
True love. I've only dated/fell in love with 2 women. When the first one left me, I thought I would never find love again. I did.
Salad
In 3 words, describe this past week.
Productive, Fun, Long.
Main Course
What are you obsessed with?
Sheesh- I have a compulsive personality, so I could just say "everything". :)
Recently I've been obsessing with doing work on my Fantasy HERO game. I likely spent 10 hours this week working on it, and play to spend a good deal of the weekend too. It's obsessing, but it is also fun. :)
Dessert
What kind of perfume or cologne do you like to wear?
Well, I have sensitive skin and I have never found a scent that doesn't make my skin break out. And my wife is asthmatic, and wearing any kind of scent could make her have an attack if on too strong... well I just never wore any.
Music Memoirs
Top 5 "Ranting" songs (interpret as you see fit)
I wasn't going to to this one then I thought of some. :)
Southern Man - Neil Young - ranting about perceived problems of the men of the south.
which leads to
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd. - ranting about Neil Young.
No Mans Land - Billy Joel - ranting about rampant development and commercialization.
Rats - Pearl Jam - ranting about humanity in general.
Death on Two Legs - Queen - ranting about a corrupt manager who embezzled a bunch of money.
Appetizer
What does the color pink make you think of?
Washed out, pale, dour. I like the color red, and pink just seems like a pale imitation.
Soup
Name something you thought you had lost, but later found.
True love. I've only dated/fell in love with 2 women. When the first one left me, I thought I would never find love again. I did.
Salad
In 3 words, describe this past week.
Productive, Fun, Long.
Main Course
What are you obsessed with?
Sheesh- I have a compulsive personality, so I could just say "everything". :)
Recently I've been obsessing with doing work on my Fantasy HERO game. I likely spent 10 hours this week working on it, and play to spend a good deal of the weekend too. It's obsessing, but it is also fun. :)
Dessert
What kind of perfume or cologne do you like to wear?
Well, I have sensitive skin and I have never found a scent that doesn't make my skin break out. And my wife is asthmatic, and wearing any kind of scent could make her have an attack if on too strong... well I just never wore any.
Music Memoirs
Top 5 "Ranting" songs (interpret as you see fit)
I wasn't going to to this one then I thought of some. :)
Southern Man - Neil Young - ranting about perceived problems of the men of the south.
which leads to
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd. - ranting about Neil Young.
No Mans Land - Billy Joel - ranting about rampant development and commercialization.
Rats - Pearl Jam - ranting about humanity in general.
Death on Two Legs - Queen - ranting about a corrupt manager who embezzled a bunch of money.