Update

Well it's been a very long time since an update was posted. As with many things, I lost interest in blogging in general. But, as this is mostly for myself and for fun, that's not really a big deal.

So, an update:

Spring '04 semester has started and I'm taking the final two classes (it's been a long road) at the 2-year college. Despite changes in degree programs, professional focus and the availability of a new transfer program to a 4-year accredited college, we have endured and are finally on what should be the "right and final track". I've taken enough credits to be a junior, but not all of them apply, especially with the transfer to the 4-yr school, so.. in the end I will end up smarter than I had anticipated.. right? Sure.

The kids are growing like weeds again. Sarah is no longer the little muppet girl and tackling new skills such as math division and book reports. /Cheer third grade! Lance has finally stabilized (we think) himself in 6th grade. He had a very rocky start, but we think he's ready to buckle down and do the work that he is supposed to and earn the grades he deserves.

We have a new edition to the farm - Elmo. Elmo can be seen on Julie's blog. He's a fuzzy, orange monster that has scored a confortable slacker life with 7 ferrets, 2 cats and a dog, plus 4 random humans mulling about. More animals. More poop. More doctor visits. I couldn't be happier. Really.

Work is the same.. Bonus was good for 2003 and this will probably be one of the first years in a while that we won't do a major upgrade to the house (last year was a yard overhaul in the front). That said, the focus will be on proper budgetting and putting some money away this year (hopefully) to fund future projects, whether it be for this home or the next.

For our online friends: Julie and I joined a raiding guild in EverQuest in hopes that we could finally "finish" the game before the "next big thing" is launched (EQ2 or WoW). Currently we're one god away from being flagged for 3 elemental planes (Rallos Zek) and one Sol Ro miniboss away after that for Plane of Fire. After that, it's a couple months of farming until we can take on the elemental bosses and head into Plane of Time itself. The hope is, that by then the current Time guilds will have moved on to make room. It's going to be crowded in the Elementals, with the possibility of 5-6 guilds fully flagged, including the Time ones. What guild? Here's a hint: Grrrr. Bark. Bark. Grrrr. It's a blast and they're excellent people.

That's all for now..

I AM BACK! TAKE COVER!

Welcome to October, 2003! A whole summer has gone by since last I bothered to splurt anything. What the HELL am I doing? Probably the same thing I was doing six months ago. Let's see...

Work. Sleep. Eat. Yup, same thing.. Well it's a good thing because if I wasn't doing any one of those things, there'd be some issues. Let's kick it up with the Friday Five :

1. Name five things in your refrigerator.

Ketchup, milk, Coca-Cola, hot dogs, butter - now wasn't that exciting?

2. Name five things in your freezer.

Ground meat, Stouffer's meatballs and spaghetti entrees, brocolli, waffles, cod fish fillets - could it get better?

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink.

The main garbage can, Orange Clean, Pledge, plastic bags, Carpet Fresh

4. Name five things around your computer.

Druid & cleric spell list components printouts (Everquest), CDRs, floppies, a scanner, speakers...

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet.

Deordorant, nail clippers, hair crap, band-aids, old stinky cologne

Feel better now???

Welcome back....

No updates since May? Why? One main reason: Lost interest. Quicky update: Playing EQ again. That said, it kinda covers the last 2 months since update ;)

Where am I? I'm here, somewhere.

yeah, it's Saturday. I don't care...

1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.

"Beautiful Stranger" by Madonna

2. Name two songs that always make you cry.

Note: I don't cry.. Just feel really sad. Does that qualify?

"Burning Bridges" by Crimson Glory
"Far Away" by Crimson Glory

3. Name three songs that turn you on.

Turn me on? How about just songs that get me going.. jumping around, whatever.. These songs change from time to time, but these are currents:

"Rebel Robot" by Voivod - My current favorite tune
"Lethean River" by Tristania - Wow.. Hey, this is on one of the best albums, ever, really.
"Hold Back the Rain" by Duran Duran - this one just has so much energy, it's great

4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.

"Best I Can" by Queensryche - killer uplifting tune.. Crank it.
"Love and Dreams" by Crimson Glory - a very underrated band.. good stuff
"Happiness in Slavery" by NiN - yeah, not very cheery, but it makes me feel good when I'm pissed off. That counts, right?
"Raining Blood" by Slayer.. what could make you feel better than a good war song?

Bah.. i don't listen to much happy music, I can't think of any.

5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without.

Ouch, that's too hard. Okay, how about songs I will likely never tire of listening to...

I guess just pick any of the above really. I have too much music at my fingertips to pick anything. I can listen to just about anything over and over.