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Monthly Archives: October 2002
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oh, Newt’s being cute, and since the webcam is being fritzy, I took some digipix instead. It’s been a span since I’ve put any up, so I think four is acceptable. I really enjoy looking at the patterns in his fur…I think that it’s close enough that I could make an animated icon, possibly.
Good news… We’re switching insurance companies at last…and the dental is staying as is. I got a refund on my aflack I discontinued the service, but they never stopped pulling it from my paycheck. All better now! Posted an update to the automatic writing thing in the original entry… I heartily recommend anyone being a member there leave before the association is made. (well, perhaps that’s too harsh. I just think that the moderator there is a bee-itch.)
Picture of my bike on the front of the route 60 cut because of friend’s list deformation
recently posted in the community. I’m not going to bother reporting them to abuse.
Dear
Making me a member without my permission to build your fellowship up is poor form. Even more so is not listing the moderator on the bio page so that I can write in private to tell them.
Kindly do not do this in the future. Thanks.
Sincerely,
scottobear
Reflections from the semi-moist
CNN has a weird news section now. Pretty, because they have higher production values than Reuter’s “Oddly Enough” which is my other fun wacky news source.
Playing with the eviltron Rubik’s cube,while my hair dries from the shower. I really like the astronauts. I still have a tiny keychain cube around here somewhere, too. Rubik’s too calm and placid? Go run over pedestrians, then. Especially with the groovy soundtrack it has. My best score there to date is 105 little dead German senior citizens.
Also see bookworm… scrabble meets bejeweled. if it becomes available for the palm, I’m in trouble.
The moon was beautiful last night, as was the quiet chirping of crickets in accompaniment. my thoughts were pleasant as I drifted off to sleep, thinking of her nestled close… a peaceful, blissful time to be sure. Awake and in the daylight now, some overflow remains…I’m going to keep and hold that seed of calm, and mentally try to get it to bloom over me today. Things at work have been a little pesky lately, and I carry thoughts of her as a touchstone to keep me happy and tranquil. I want to give her cow tales, hold her in my arms, and tell her how much I love her.
Work has begun on my second variation of my beloved in miniature… still in the planning stages. I wonder if cellophane will work as the more transparent aspects of the new costume? This one may take a while to develop properly.
Had a moment of stupidity yesterday, but I think that I’ve successfully squelched it. it hasn’t reared it’s ugly head today, much to my relief
There’s some sort of flu-bug going around work, making folks icky-sicky here and there. It’s tagged Island Boy, Chupa, Kev and I’m not sure who else. My eyes were burning a little yesterday, but that seems to have faded. I’ll be happy if it bypasses the rest of the gang… a few people going on vacation in the next week or two… (Myself included) they don’t need boogie-snots to mess it up. A Good Cough Mixture. – Reprinted from ~90 years ago
idea swiped wholesale from sweetalyssm …a good one, because I’ve been feeling a bit dark lately. I’m feeling lighter now.
Things about this day that gladdens the heart –
- Waking up slowly & feeling the world around me start to begin to live
- Hot shower
- Email from my sweetheart/ my hearing her voice in my mind as a result
- Popcorn scent
- Sounds of Newt licking a fresh ice cube
- Work Clothes coming off at the end of the day
- Nag champa smoke ribbons
- Cheddar Corn-curls
Yup… my g: drive is just about toast. It keeps saying that it’s been removed. It could be the cable, but I doubt it as the machine hasn’t been moved very much. Next time it comes back up, I’m mirroring it over to f… I hope that it snaps back long enough to do so. Fortunately, I’ve only been using it primarily for just kazaa and temporary games.
The G: was the last remaining part from Astley’s old “gray market” machine, short of the case. It was only a matter of time. I’ll replace it with a bigger HD as a self-gift this coming holiday.
Poor Dave is banned from getting any more toy soldiers to play mage knight with me, at least for the time being…which I think is fine. We both have more than enough pieces to play a big honking battle, plus we’ve been trading amongst ourselves to our mutual benefit. (I’m not planning on getting any more myself, unless something really amazing comes out in the next expansion… like pirate ships or something.)
Little knot on my skull seems to be ok… sore to the touch, but the swelling has gone mostly down, and I don’t notice it unless I run a finger over it.
I’ve discovered that whenever ER is on, it’s always about the abandoned little Russian girl. I can’t say that I’ve ever seen any other episode, though I’ve run over this one about five times.
The Accexpo is coming soon…I thought it was thanksgiving weekend, but it looks like it’s the weekend before now. It looks like they need volunteers.. maybe I’ll take on a shift for free tickets. Security or door monitor is easy work, and you get some lovely perqs… free t-shirt and all. The gaming schedule has very little listed…the Marvel heroclix and mage knight head to head looks like the only things there that tickle my fancy, thus far.
Ok, enough lollygagging…off to work. See you later, dear journal.
Bonked my head on a branch outside, earlier. A mild bump formed, but nothing terrible.
My machine’s being downright pesky… giving it a healthy defrag and diagnostic… hopefully that’ll fix what’s wrong. Lost the HD for a bit.
it’s still pretty chunky, but it’s still limping along reasonably well…just a stick and stop sort of thing.
Who wants to be the leather guy for halloween! *snort*
a warm and friendly jar of apple butter
Back from the bike ride…took a few piccies, but nothing worth saving…nice to get out of the house for a little while. I guess the boat show‘s coming soon…all the richie-riches will be in town with the yachts and such. I wonder if it’d be cool to swing by the Las Olas marina for kids to go trick or treating? With those guys, you’ll probably get the *good* stuff.
Newton’s Kitten ratings are doing well..
- Starchild – 8.10 (95 votes) (the 2001 mention earlier reminded me to check his stats)
- laying on back – 9.57 (86 votes)
- After his bottle feed – 7.00 (60 votes)
- first day at work…one of my faves – 8.27 (94 votes)
- face shot… looks so sad! – 8.00 (76 votes)
Raining out now… came from out of nowhere. Good nappy-nap weather… go watch we come in peace cartoons, while I gaze lovingly at my sweetie and snuggle with Newt.
Update on that spiced Tofu … it was good, but not *crazy good*… maybe a 6/10. I’d make it again, but I wouldn’t go out of my way. I think I can whip something a little zippier with many of the supplies at hand.
William Christopher is 70? Who knew he was voices in the Smurfs, as well as Father Mulcahy?
Cute movie ads… Fellowship of the ring is the best of the lot.
Little known Movie factoid – In the short story that 2001: A space odyssey was based on, the Monoliths were crystal pyramids.
Little known Scotto factoid – I like a lot of science fiction, but feel that 2001 is basically plotless and highly overrated. It’s easy to assign a great depth of meaning to places there are none. I like to find shapes in clouds, too…that doesn’t mean that there really is a horsie sliding down the back of George Washington’s head.
Okie… going for a little bike travel, see what I can see on the outside… be back later, dear journal.
NOLF2 – good!
note to self.. try and go back to a more reporting tone for journal entries, not so “stream of thought” all the time. Article-style reads more clearly, and editing is good practice for writing in general.
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Ok… I have Zombies… the game is great. Very simple to play, turns go quickly, and it’s something right out of any classic zombie movie. The figures are the same size as army men (or mage knight, sans bases) and now I have many many little glow in the dark undead shamblers. As an added rule, I think I might make the glowies a little tougher to beat than the nons.
Total count… 100 regular gray zombies, 106 glowies. (Zombies2 expansion came with six glowies… and more goodies too… I’ve not tried the expansion out yet), Very nice artwork and the pawns (figures? sculpts? whatever. the little men) are very nice… the only disappointment is that all the zombies have the same pose. Limping along, one arm outstretched…stomach has fallen out, and you can see the spinal column through the middle. Oh, heck, lemme take a picture. There, I slapped it on the left. Newt’s already fond of batting them around… but he still prefers the twist ties. Good thing, too. I have a way of distracting him from hopping on the table, and making off with play pieces.
An additional upside of this is that now if I’d like to make a night of the living dead, I can use my custom figures of myself and my sweetie to fend off literally *hundreds* of incoming zombies. In addition, the customs are the right size to use as personal markers in the game. (Or any game really… it’d work for monopoly / candyland or whatnot too…) I can add my mage knight zombies for some variety in poses, too..
I also picked up some artillery, speaking of mage knight. I got a pack of cannons, a stone thrower, and ballista. That should make things a mite more interesting on the field, next combat with ol’ Dave. I’m thinking about painting a few of them, too… just to mix it up, and add some detail… maybe in just all black / white / gray paints, though, to keep it in theme…
In other news, I have all the ingrediants to make that tasty stir fry for supper, now. I may cheat and make it for lunch. 🙂 Also, my clicker rings finally came in the mail today!