Mmmm Cookies June 1, 2008

This is the first weekend we’ve been home in a while; we’ve been out of town every weekend for a month or so. I decided to log in my Fury in EverQuest II to see what was going on. My sister, a level 80 Provisioner, told me she was working on her Earring of the Solstice, which brought back a ton of memories from my EverQuest days. I loved crafting in EQ and I was proud to get my Earring of the Solstice and Thurgadin shawls back then. Even though I had originally logged in to EQ2 to try to get level 72, I decided to work on cooking instead!

As an extra bonus, this was a double experience weekend, so I ended up reaching my goal for the weekend of level 40 provisioner (I started at 34). I was so inspired that I baked some real cookies this afternoon. They look terrible — par for the course with my real life cooking skills — but they taste pretty good!

Happiness is… April 20, 2008

Sitting in the Alamo Drafthouse, drinking a chocolate milkshake, and watching Jet Li and Jackie Chan fight in The Forbidden Kingdom. Mmmm.

Bo-bo-bo-boxing! April 11, 2008

Last night we got away from the TV/monitor screens for a change, and went to a cardio boxing class at a boxing gym near our house. I wouldn’t be getting hit, just hitting a bag, so I figured it wouldn’t be too bad…

During the class I confirmed my suspicion that I am a wuss. I almost didn’t make it out of the warm-up! I thought I was going to pass out so I kept sitting down. Eventually I made it through and got to the punching bag part, which was a lot of fun, even though I had to keep taking breaks. (Wimp is also a good description for my current fitness level.)

While I was resting I had a chance to look around the gym. There were some guys boxing, and fighters behind me wrestling. I watched them for a little while and realized that they could snap me in half.

I got back up and hit the bag for a little while longer. It did get a little easier as the class went on and I ended up having a great time! I have to decide soon if I want to sign up for the boxing gym or go to a regular gym, and it’s going to be a really tough decision.

Incidentally, One Pound Gospel… this is all your fault! *shakes fist boxing glove*

Man vs. Rooster March 31, 2008

Last night we put Shaun of the Dead on and settled in for a nice, relaxing zombie movie. Suddenly there was a loud sound from my left, just outside the window, which I assumed was the surround sound picking up a zombie noise. My, I thought, that’s realistic! That sounds just like a zombie at the window! B looked at me and told me that he thought that actually came from outside. We walked to the back door and flipped the light, and a rooster standing on the porch stared at us like a… rooster in porch lights.

We’d actually heard the rooster crowing the morning before so it wasn’t too much of a shock. I wanted to let him do his rooster thing and he would leave the yard eventually, but B decided to take matters into his own hands. He picked up a golf club and stepped into the backyard. B then grabbed the cover to the firepit (covered in soot, mind you) to use as his shield. Brandishing his sword and his shield, he charged.

I had no idea roosters could run that fast!

He eventually chased it out of the yard and down the street. Although I have a mental picture of him screaming and waving his golf club, in reality he just calmly after it. I like my mental image better than reality… that’s often the case, though.

We went back to the movie finally and went to bed. I was a little worried about having nightmares about zombie roosters, but the night passed without visions of undead fowls scratching at the bad door. Okay, wait, I don’t like that mental picture better than reality. I take it back.

New Frontier March 28, 2008

Last night we got to watch Justice League: New Frontier on BluRay. It wasn’t quite what I expected but I thought it was good! It’s always odd to hear a different voice for Batman (Kevin Conroy is just so perfect), but all of the actors were fantastic. If you’re not familiar with the DC universe, this might be a good movie to start with.

Why not? March 13, 2008

For a little while I’ve been trying to come up with reasons to keep a blog. Why should I post about my boring life on the Internet? Presumably for someone else to read, right? I put off creating a blog, but many times after I had fun with something or another, I found myself wishing that I had some place to share it. So I decided to stop worrying about the why and just go ahead and start one. We’ll see how long the whim lasts.

Not only did I wrestle with the question of starting a blog for a while, it also took me a couple of days to just come up with a title. Original, isn’t it? I am historically bad at coming up with names. It took me literally days to decide on my forum handle for work. I have the same problem with character names in games. Thank goodness for random name generators.

Anyway, if you’re reading this, I appreciate it. I hope it doesn’t end up to be a bad way to spend your time or my time. Enjoy!