Tuesday 4 May 2004

• Bush Turns in Cards for 35 Armies

  
  

   

  
  

  Well, Bill's not returning E-mails, phone messages, or pages.  So I pray that he's alright.  Da and Ken have both offered what help they can, so I'll take them up on their offers. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Friday, Monte took me to Ayako's for a belated birthday present.  It was awesome as usual.  The family we sat with was very friendly, and they teased Mike about how his steam rice was shamed by our fried rice.  The chef was really good with their kids, teasing them and wowing them.  When he made the onion volcano they squealed with delight, making the whole restaurant chuckle amuzingly.

  
  

   

  
  

  Saturday, Dustin, Kendal, and Steve threw a house party to celebrate the final work they've made on the home their renting.  The previous renter left it a shambles, so they needed/wanted to do a lot of fixes.  They were talking about how they'd like to do more, but don't dare with only a year lease.  They don't want to invest their money into a house which they may increase the value of to the point where the owner might turn around and sell it. 

  
  

   

  
  

  It was good seeing Chris and Ivan again, plus I got to meet a bunch of new people.  I discovered that I'm not a fan of of -itis, a band which Dustin, Heidi, Kendal, and Steve see religiously when their in town.  Scarily enough, they claim that the live show is more offensive than the CD.  It was on loop a-l-l-n-i-g-h-t-l-o-n-g, which didn't help any.  The only decent songs they played were covers of The Beetles and Queen. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Sunday, Father Milt's homily focused on how we're in the good hands of the Lord, and the assurance that provides us.  Sunday was also a day for making phone calls, reading E-mails, and catching up through February on the backlog of journals I read. 

  
  

   

  
  

  I also discovered that Judas continued to haunt the World of Darkness long after he was destroyed in Louisiana.  Chris is still the best storyteller I've ever had when its come to gaming.  Funny how he's the only one anymore that I even remotely keep up with from the old group.

  
  

   

  
  

  Today I fretted even more about how I don't have a program schedule yet from the precon program director, when LepreCon is three days away.  I did some chores, and had Wayne over for a game of San Juan.  It was a fun game, and he didn't want to wait until this weekend to introduce me to it.  I then managed to win with a strategy which he claims he's been told shouldn't work.    The cards totally synchronized for a non-standard win, and who was I to argue?  Obviously the game was designed to win several different ways, and most people probably go for the most obvious. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Trollgod had promised a quiz link, but I didn't see it so here's one to hold us over.  The quiz pulls characters from an amazing array of movies.  Because it uses PERL script there are dozens of outcomes!  Hey, even if the gender isn't right, at least the hair is. 

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating your environment you selflessly use your powers to care for others.

  
  

  Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

  
  

  Galadriel is a character in the Middle-Earth universe. You can read more about her at the Galadriel Worshippers Army.

  
  

  "Rational optimism leads to stagnation:  it is irrational optimism that leads to reform." - G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

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