I am a California transplant. I grew up in relatively decent neighborhoods down there, but still practiced deadbolting the doors, taking the faceplate off my car stereo even for quick trips into the store and never wore red to high school because of gangs. Over the years I witnessed or was victim to a few robberies. I always assumed that's just the way the world was....and managed to live accordingly just fine.
I've been in Washington for over 10 years now, where I've discovered that things are a little better. I've slowly become accustomed to things like walking around downtown at night after a late movie or a show or not needing heavy chain for a bike lock. I'm not saying nothing bad has happened since I moved here, but it's nice not to wonder whether or not that guy I just passed in traffic might have a gun.
Fast forward to today.
Heather and I have been sick for the last week and tonight we stopped by Albertsons to buy some quick food for dinner because neither one of us wanted to cook. When I came back out to my car, the door was wide open. My immediate instinct was that someone had broken in. Then I checked, and the stereo was there, my phone was there, even the change in the cupholder was there. I had apparently just not closed the door all the way and it had fallen open. No one gave it a second glance....and we were in the store for a long time.
I still felt really stupid all the way home, but I gotta say, I'm very glad I live up here now. It's pretty cool to be able to make a mistake that huge and not get burned.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Marble Blast Ultra
I just got done playing this game for 9 hours straight. I took a couple of bathroom breaks, and sometime around 11:30 I realized I hadn't had dinner yet...so I had a banana thinking I'd play one or two more games and go to bed.
Now it's 3am.
I've slowly been trying to get the PARs for all the courses. I've finished beginner and I'm almost done with intermediate. Just ONE stinkin course left.
It shall wait until tomorrow.
Wait...it IS tomorrow.
Now it's 3am.
I've slowly been trying to get the PARs for all the courses. I've finished beginner and I'm almost done with intermediate. Just ONE stinkin course left.
It shall wait until tomorrow.
Wait...it IS tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Scary
Attack of the fans
Here's a picture of all the fans they brought in to dry out the rugs from the flood on Monday. It's a scary sight and very loud.
Also..the smell has been upgraded from "wet cat" to "hamster cage".
On the positive side, you'll notice they did start to finish the walls since then. :-)
Monday, January 23, 2006
A Monday for the books
This morning at work, before I had my delicious Life Cereal I was looking forward to the whole drive in today, one of the construction workers made a horrible mistake. All of the people in our hallway are probably going to be enduring the results for the next several days.
Some new offices are being built across the hall from me. This has been in progress for the last 4 months or so, but the construction was especially noisy when I got in to work this morning. I turned on the radio and ignored it, and when I heard loud beeps, I figured it was just something new and annoying that they were doing. After awhile, I thought maybe it was a smoke alarm, and figured the smoke from their drywall saw might have set it off or something. I kept at my email. A few minutes of beeping later (which I was doing a really good job ignoring) one of the guys from down the hall comes banging on my door and says "Get out Josh!".
I opened my office door to see this:
Because my camera phone doesn't do this image justice, I will describe. A construction worker had sliced through a sprinkler pipe somehow, and now water was spraying from the roof all the way down the hall. A good inch of water already covered most of the floor outside my office, and I had just been working away, totally oblivious to this. The water was coming towards my door. Rather than run, I decided to snap another picture with the phone.
I spent the next several minutes sloshing around my office (which was rapidly filling with water) picking up anything and everything off the floor. A computer, power cords, my backpack. Anything I didn't want wet. Then, since I was the only one of my team actually in the office, I went to other people's offices and picked their machines up too. 5 or 10 minutes later, when the firemen showed up....I decided it was finally time to go. I ventured downstairs to find that it was raining on all the cubes below our offices.
I set up shop in an empty room with a wireless connection, wondering how long it would be before I'd be able to go back.
For the next several hours, they pumped and vacuumed water out of the building. It smelled like a mixture of wet dog and Grandma's garage. Not a good smell. Later in the day, they bought us all pizza and while we were eating lunch, they hooked up huge de-humidifiers and blowers to try and dry the hallway and our offices out.
By the time I left tonight, nothing had dried, and it still stank, but at least the standing water was gone.
I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. Actually, with all the action, I never did get my Life cereal today. I managed to save it from the flood, so maybe I am looking forward to tomorrow just a little bit.
Some new offices are being built across the hall from me. This has been in progress for the last 4 months or so, but the construction was especially noisy when I got in to work this morning. I turned on the radio and ignored it, and when I heard loud beeps, I figured it was just something new and annoying that they were doing. After awhile, I thought maybe it was a smoke alarm, and figured the smoke from their drywall saw might have set it off or something. I kept at my email. A few minutes of beeping later (which I was doing a really good job ignoring) one of the guys from down the hall comes banging on my door and says "Get out Josh!".
I opened my office door to see this:
Because my camera phone doesn't do this image justice, I will describe. A construction worker had sliced through a sprinkler pipe somehow, and now water was spraying from the roof all the way down the hall. A good inch of water already covered most of the floor outside my office, and I had just been working away, totally oblivious to this. The water was coming towards my door. Rather than run, I decided to snap another picture with the phone.
I spent the next several minutes sloshing around my office (which was rapidly filling with water) picking up anything and everything off the floor. A computer, power cords, my backpack. Anything I didn't want wet. Then, since I was the only one of my team actually in the office, I went to other people's offices and picked their machines up too. 5 or 10 minutes later, when the firemen showed up....I decided it was finally time to go. I ventured downstairs to find that it was raining on all the cubes below our offices.
I set up shop in an empty room with a wireless connection, wondering how long it would be before I'd be able to go back.
For the next several hours, they pumped and vacuumed water out of the building. It smelled like a mixture of wet dog and Grandma's garage. Not a good smell. Later in the day, they bought us all pizza and while we were eating lunch, they hooked up huge de-humidifiers and blowers to try and dry the hallway and our offices out.
By the time I left tonight, nothing had dried, and it still stank, but at least the standing water was gone.
I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. Actually, with all the action, I never did get my Life cereal today. I managed to save it from the flood, so maybe I am looking forward to tomorrow just a little bit.
Monday, January 16, 2006
More than 24
My quest to watch 24 hours of 24 before last night's premiere was not exactly a success. I could blame the Xbox 360, some good movies, or a general lack of interest in 24 watching marathons this weekend, but I only got through 8 hours of Season 3. For anyone out there that's not exactly Good Will Hunting, that means I have 16 hours to go before I'm done with it.
I did raise my gamerscore by 50 points, so that's gotta count for something.
In other news, I've started a Star Wars Collecting blog, which can also now be found on the links to the right. I've decided to post for one calendar year all the goings on in my little collecting hobby/habit. I thought this would be a cool little experiment.
I did raise my gamerscore by 50 points, so that's gotta count for something.
In other news, I've started a Star Wars Collecting blog, which can also now be found on the links to the right. I've decided to post for one calendar year all the goings on in my little collecting hobby/habit. I thought this would be a cool little experiment.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
How long does it really take?
So, starting Sunday...there are new episodes of "24". This is a show I never particularly cared to start watching, but Heather watched it quite religiously thanks to Netflix. She kept telling me I would enjoy it, so when Season 4 started, I decided to give it a try and ended up sticking with it the whole season through. Then I went back and netflixed Season 1. During the Christmas break, Carol let me borrow seasons 2 and 3 on DVD. I started watching the second season about a week ago and tonight I just finished it.
This leaves me with 24 hours of 24 (the entire 3rd season) to watch sometime before Sunday if I want to be caught up before the new shows start. Is it possible? Should I even try? Is it a mission only Jack Bauer could handle?
Only time will tell I guess.
This leaves me with 24 hours of 24 (the entire 3rd season) to watch sometime before Sunday if I want to be caught up before the new shows start. Is it possible? Should I even try? Is it a mission only Jack Bauer could handle?
Only time will tell I guess.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Tis a New Year...
One of my New Year's resolutions is to write more. I guess this blog counts, in some small way. I will endeavor to update it more than at least semi-frequently.
Stay tuned....this year shall be filled with posts aplenty.
Stay tuned....this year shall be filled with posts aplenty.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
All I need for Christmas.....
At Celebration 3, they had an amazing Republic Attack Cruiser built out of Legos. I swore that if it ever became for sale, I'd have to buy one. Well....it has, but as a one of a kind item, for charity on Ebay.
Here's a picture of Heather with the ship. I took about 20 pictures of it, but this one really shows off just how massive this ship was
With 9 days left, the auction is already at 2500 bucks, so it'll probably get insanely expensive, but MAN would I love to have this thing.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6022866702&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1
Here's a picture of Heather with the ship. I took about 20 pictures of it, but this one really shows off just how massive this ship was
With 9 days left, the auction is already at 2500 bucks, so it'll probably get insanely expensive, but MAN would I love to have this thing.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6022866702&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Nintendo Hates Multiplayer Gaming! Part Two
Why I hate Mario Kart now
A not so short rant by a frustrated gamer
Part 2.
When the Nintendo DS came out last year, there weren’t any titles I was excited about and after actually playing one, I decided that I could wait until they had a new Mario or Mario Kart game for me to play. Last week, a new Nintendo DS bundle was released. I’ve been waiting for it since I heard about it a couple of months ago, and ordered one the day it went on the shelves. The bundle was a special edition red Nintendo DS packed with Mario Kart DS and all sorts of racing stickers.
The first time you play it, this game is great. It combines many of the tracks and game modes from past versions of Mario Kart with some new tracks and new game modes. Playing the single player was a blast. They also advertise the ability to play multiplayer and though I feared what could happen after the disaster that was the Gamecube version, I was still excited to try it.
The Nintendo DS itself was made for children, so after playing it for a few hours, if you’re older than 12…your hands will cramp up pretty badly. Even so, I’m happy to say that playing wirelessly in a living room with your friends works great and that it was worth the pain. You can connect quickly and see a match that your friend creates. You can choose your kart; you can choose your track. The game itself is almost exactly what it should be, until you attempt to take it online.
The problems began with actually getting my Nintendo DS to see my wireless network. This took me several hours and 3 days of tech support calls to my router company. I had to make sure I had the latest firmware, change the channel a few times, change the WEP, change the SSID, reset the IP…and after all of that, it still only worked because of a wish on a star I made on Wednesday. The DS did eventually see the router, and I did finally get connected.
I was disappointed to learn that Nintendo has once again screwed the pooch named multiplayer gaming. They created an imitation of Xbox Live called “Nintendo WFC”. On WFC, you don’t have gamertags; you have “friend codes”. This is a 12 digit number that can actually change from time to time. After entering your friend’s friend codes, if they’re not right there with you in the room, you must call them with a telephone, or instant message them on your PC to tell them you want to play.
When you have several friends that have agreed verbally or via text on the PC that they’re ready to play, then you go to Nintendo WFC and try to find each other in the game. It takes quite a few minutes, and so far I’ve only been able to find my friend John. Andrew and I can’t see each other. Then John and I lose our connection while we look for him. It’s probably a router problem. If we decide that the two of us want to play against other players we don’t know, we can’t do that either….so the only multiplayer action I get is matches alone, with John….or playing with strangers in silence.
Let’s say for fantasy’s sake that I could connect to everyone I know wirelessly. There would still be one piece missing, and that’s the voice. Where’s the trash talk that has always accompanied Mario Kart? The “That’s what she said” jokes every time someone yells “get off my ass!” or “get those bananas away from me!” Gone.
Mario Kart DS is an excellent game, but once again….it could have been even better. The multiplayer features are just not quite baked, and Nintendo really needs to take a page out of the Xbox Live book and get it together already. I still hold out hope that one of these days, I’ll be able to play Mario Kart online and have the same fun I have with 4 people in my living room, like I can with Halo, Project Gotham Racing 3, or any number of other games on Live. Until then, the best Mario Kart experience ever is still playing it on the Nintendo 64, which is over 10 years old.
A not so short rant by a frustrated gamer
Part 2.
When the Nintendo DS came out last year, there weren’t any titles I was excited about and after actually playing one, I decided that I could wait until they had a new Mario or Mario Kart game for me to play. Last week, a new Nintendo DS bundle was released. I’ve been waiting for it since I heard about it a couple of months ago, and ordered one the day it went on the shelves. The bundle was a special edition red Nintendo DS packed with Mario Kart DS and all sorts of racing stickers.
The first time you play it, this game is great. It combines many of the tracks and game modes from past versions of Mario Kart with some new tracks and new game modes. Playing the single player was a blast. They also advertise the ability to play multiplayer and though I feared what could happen after the disaster that was the Gamecube version, I was still excited to try it.
The Nintendo DS itself was made for children, so after playing it for a few hours, if you’re older than 12…your hands will cramp up pretty badly. Even so, I’m happy to say that playing wirelessly in a living room with your friends works great and that it was worth the pain. You can connect quickly and see a match that your friend creates. You can choose your kart; you can choose your track. The game itself is almost exactly what it should be, until you attempt to take it online.
The problems began with actually getting my Nintendo DS to see my wireless network. This took me several hours and 3 days of tech support calls to my router company. I had to make sure I had the latest firmware, change the channel a few times, change the WEP, change the SSID, reset the IP…and after all of that, it still only worked because of a wish on a star I made on Wednesday. The DS did eventually see the router, and I did finally get connected.
I was disappointed to learn that Nintendo has once again screwed the pooch named multiplayer gaming. They created an imitation of Xbox Live called “Nintendo WFC”. On WFC, you don’t have gamertags; you have “friend codes”. This is a 12 digit number that can actually change from time to time. After entering your friend’s friend codes, if they’re not right there with you in the room, you must call them with a telephone, or instant message them on your PC to tell them you want to play.
When you have several friends that have agreed verbally or via text on the PC that they’re ready to play, then you go to Nintendo WFC and try to find each other in the game. It takes quite a few minutes, and so far I’ve only been able to find my friend John. Andrew and I can’t see each other. Then John and I lose our connection while we look for him. It’s probably a router problem. If we decide that the two of us want to play against other players we don’t know, we can’t do that either….so the only multiplayer action I get is matches alone, with John….or playing with strangers in silence.
Let’s say for fantasy’s sake that I could connect to everyone I know wirelessly. There would still be one piece missing, and that’s the voice. Where’s the trash talk that has always accompanied Mario Kart? The “That’s what she said” jokes every time someone yells “get off my ass!” or “get those bananas away from me!” Gone.
Mario Kart DS is an excellent game, but once again….it could have been even better. The multiplayer features are just not quite baked, and Nintendo really needs to take a page out of the Xbox Live book and get it together already. I still hold out hope that one of these days, I’ll be able to play Mario Kart online and have the same fun I have with 4 people in my living room, like I can with Halo, Project Gotham Racing 3, or any number of other games on Live. Until then, the best Mario Kart experience ever is still playing it on the Nintendo 64, which is over 10 years old.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Nintendo Hates Multiplayer Gaming!
Be forewarned that the following entry is written by someone so incredibly frustrated with one of his favorite video games that he has no choice but to vent. The following review is based on an actual product. The names, dates and places have not been changed....because what would be the point of that?
Why I hate Mario Kart now
A short rant by a frustrated gamer
Part 1.
I have decided that Nintendo as a company basically HATES the idea of gamers getting together to have fun.
It all started with the Nintendo Gamecube. Many moons ago, Nintendo released an excellent game called Mario Kart Double Dash and advertised it with the promise that you'd be able to hook multiple cubes up for some serious multiplayer racing fun. Fans of the Mario Kart series were thrilled. My friends and I bought it the day it came out.
Now, if the Gamecube worked like the Xbox...you'd connect a few of the damn things together via an ethernet hub, you'd turn them on and you'd be racing with 15 friends in mere moments. It would be the best Mario Kart experience of your life....and you might possibly be able to die right there after playing it.
Unfortunately, the people who designed the multiplayer feature for the Gamecube were the same people who created those plastic indestructible packages video game controllers and Costco phones come wrapped in, internet viruses, telemarketers and speed bumps. I'm pretty sure they're also somehow behind the last two Matrix movies sucking so badly. In other words, somehow they were able to find one of the world's most efficient teams of professional engineers skilled at pissing other people off and hire them all to work on this one feature of an otherwise excellent game.
First of all, to play multiplayer Mario Kart on the Gamecube, you had to buy a 40 dollar network card that you couldn't find ANYWHERE. I only got mine because I know someone who works for the company and I was lucky enough to get one not just for myself, but a few extras for my friends as well. These days you can only find one on Ebay, so I'm convinced I bought one of the last few in existence. Assuming you found one of these, you'd then hook up your Gamecube via ethernet to the Cubes of any one of the six other people in the world who found one....and expect your fun to begin.
With Mario Kart Double Dash, the fun never began. Apparently connecting two GameCubes together activates some sort of Wonder-Twin "Suck" power that didn't exist before the connection between the two was made. Suddenly when starting a race, you are unable to select which track you want to race on. I might have been able to overlook that, but I soon found out you can't choose your kart either. The whole setup process is completely random. Even if I'd managed to overlook that fatal flaw and found a bunch of other friends that could ignore it for awhile too....there's yet another problem. When it's in network mode, the GameCube doesn't keep score.
To sum it up, besides a confusing interface, the inability to select your kart or your track...you can't even keep track of who's winning without a pen and paper.
Mario Kart Double Dash is one of the first multiplayer experiences in history that actually made the game more fun to play alone on one box.
Tomorrow: Part Two. Mario Kart DS
Why I hate Mario Kart now
A short rant by a frustrated gamer
Part 1.
I have decided that Nintendo as a company basically HATES the idea of gamers getting together to have fun.
It all started with the Nintendo Gamecube. Many moons ago, Nintendo released an excellent game called Mario Kart Double Dash and advertised it with the promise that you'd be able to hook multiple cubes up for some serious multiplayer racing fun. Fans of the Mario Kart series were thrilled. My friends and I bought it the day it came out.
Now, if the Gamecube worked like the Xbox...you'd connect a few of the damn things together via an ethernet hub, you'd turn them on and you'd be racing with 15 friends in mere moments. It would be the best Mario Kart experience of your life....and you might possibly be able to die right there after playing it.
Unfortunately, the people who designed the multiplayer feature for the Gamecube were the same people who created those plastic indestructible packages video game controllers and Costco phones come wrapped in, internet viruses, telemarketers and speed bumps. I'm pretty sure they're also somehow behind the last two Matrix movies sucking so badly. In other words, somehow they were able to find one of the world's most efficient teams of professional engineers skilled at pissing other people off and hire them all to work on this one feature of an otherwise excellent game.
First of all, to play multiplayer Mario Kart on the Gamecube, you had to buy a 40 dollar network card that you couldn't find ANYWHERE. I only got mine because I know someone who works for the company and I was lucky enough to get one not just for myself, but a few extras for my friends as well. These days you can only find one on Ebay, so I'm convinced I bought one of the last few in existence. Assuming you found one of these, you'd then hook up your Gamecube via ethernet to the Cubes of any one of the six other people in the world who found one....and expect your fun to begin.
With Mario Kart Double Dash, the fun never began. Apparently connecting two GameCubes together activates some sort of Wonder-Twin "Suck" power that didn't exist before the connection between the two was made. Suddenly when starting a race, you are unable to select which track you want to race on. I might have been able to overlook that, but I soon found out you can't choose your kart either. The whole setup process is completely random. Even if I'd managed to overlook that fatal flaw and found a bunch of other friends that could ignore it for awhile too....there's yet another problem. When it's in network mode, the GameCube doesn't keep score.
To sum it up, besides a confusing interface, the inability to select your kart or your track...you can't even keep track of who's winning without a pen and paper.
Mario Kart Double Dash is one of the first multiplayer experiences in history that actually made the game more fun to play alone on one box.
Tomorrow: Part Two. Mario Kart DS
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Snow begins
Just a little picture out the window with the camera phone as we get the first snow that's actually sticking this year.
Monday, November 28, 2005
What I did this weekend
I went to visit the "in-laws" (still sounds weird saying that). Had dinner out at Heather's dad's on Thanksiving proper, then went down to her mom's on Friday. Both dinners were good and both had unique dishes that made them each good. But enough about Thanksgiving, let's talk turkey:
This weekend I played my Xbox 360.
Then I played it some more.
Then, when I was done playing it...just for good measure, I played it a little more.
Project Gotham Racing 3 has dominated my life. There are other games on the Xbox 360 and I'm sure I'll get around to them, but right now, it's all about PGR. The desire to complete this game has become a quest that I intend to achieve. Thanks to the in game stats, I know that I have played 20 hours of it so far (that's all since Tuesday when I got the game). I've raced 280 races, 126 of which I took first place in. Last but not least, I've got 66% of the game completed.
Someday soon, I'm going to 100% it.
Check out the progress so far:
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Friday Insomnia
Perhaps it was the butterfinger I had for dessert. Perhaps it was because I fell asleep watching Groundhog Day when I got home from work tonight and didn't wake up for a few hours. Naps can mess up your sleep schedule. Perhaps it's because I have headphones on and I'm rocking out to music I loved in high school.
Whatever the reason is, I can't sleep....and I'm finding myself visiting every website I've ever been to. I've got an Xbox I could playing, a Star Wars room I could be organizing, books I could be reading, TV I could be watching....but for some reason, the internet is my weapon of choice tonight.
I'm going to sleep in tomorrow, that's for sure.
Whatever the reason is, I can't sleep....and I'm finding myself visiting every website I've ever been to. I've got an Xbox I could playing, a Star Wars room I could be organizing, books I could be reading, TV I could be watching....but for some reason, the internet is my weapon of choice tonight.
I'm going to sleep in tomorrow, that's for sure.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Snake in the grass
I went to eat lunch in the park near work the other day. There was this little snake hanging around nearby. The funny thing is, I went back after work and he was still there. I decided I should take a picture of him, but he was camera shy and started slithering away. I also got a little video of me chasing him, but I think the phone picture came out better.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Photo Shoot Week Two
Spent another Sunday night out shooting in downtown Seattle tonight.
We drove up to Kerry Park and took some sunset pictures before heading to Pete's Calzones with Heather, John, Elizabeth and Craig. After dinner, we went back to the same spot for some night shots.
I got to learn a lot about my new camera thanks to Alex and Julie. I learned how to let in light, and how to experiment with shutter speed and different ISO settings.
I got quite a few shots that I was proud of, but I really liked this one because of how bright I was able to make the city look.
We drove up to Kerry Park and took some sunset pictures before heading to Pete's Calzones with Heather, John, Elizabeth and Craig. After dinner, we went back to the same spot for some night shots.
I got to learn a lot about my new camera thanks to Alex and Julie. I learned how to let in light, and how to experiment with shutter speed and different ISO settings.
I got quite a few shots that I was proud of, but I really liked this one because of how bright I was able to make the city look.
Friday, September 09, 2005
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Return of the Burger King toys!
I better start preparing for the gut bombs again.
At least there aren't 35 this time.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Eight legged freaks, continued
I knew it was only a matter of time before the spiders got the dog. Someone needs to tell me how to get rid of these things. What kills green spiders?
It just occured to me..
When it comes to my Star Wars collecting, I'm still really into it. I love hunting for and picking up the figures. I bought 2 just today, 10 in the last week.
However, I'm not very motivated as far as the setting stuff up goes. I sure like to buy it, but when it comes to actually unpacking it, I've always got a reason why I'm not going to. When we moved into this place, it was The shelves. I had no place to put all the figures, and I needed to build a place which I posted about here and here. That took me over a year to do, and that was way back in JUNE of this year. We're in September now!
Of course, I did eventually set up some figures. No really, I have proof I made a post Here about it. But that was only 50, out of hundreds (maybe thousands) I still have to unpack.
After that, other than opening maybe 30 more, I didn't open any. Why? No, it's not because of the wedding planning. It's because we're talking about moving and I'd hate to spend weeks setting it all up just to pack it again early next year when we potentially move. It would be such a bummer to finally have my dream room set up and then have to tear it down.
SO I have a half completed Star Wars room....just waiting to either be finished or torn down. I'd love to finish it, but it just doesn't seem right to work on it right now and then pack it up in 6 months. So, for right now I'm just going to admire what's already done. I have SOME setups finished.....or at least close.
An image of what could be.
Check it:
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However, I'm not very motivated as far as the setting stuff up goes. I sure like to buy it, but when it comes to actually unpacking it, I've always got a reason why I'm not going to. When we moved into this place, it was The shelves. I had no place to put all the figures, and I needed to build a place which I posted about here and here. That took me over a year to do, and that was way back in JUNE of this year. We're in September now!
Of course, I did eventually set up some figures. No really, I have proof I made a post Here about it. But that was only 50, out of hundreds (maybe thousands) I still have to unpack.
After that, other than opening maybe 30 more, I didn't open any. Why? No, it's not because of the wedding planning. It's because we're talking about moving and I'd hate to spend weeks setting it all up just to pack it again early next year when we potentially move. It would be such a bummer to finally have my dream room set up and then have to tear it down.
SO I have a half completed Star Wars room....just waiting to either be finished or torn down. I'd love to finish it, but it just doesn't seem right to work on it right now and then pack it up in 6 months. So, for right now I'm just going to admire what's already done. I have SOME setups finished.....or at least close.
An image of what could be.
Check it:
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Monday, September 05, 2005
Eight legged freaks
It's probably because it's summer time, but there are all these weird spiders all over the house.
Today, one ate the cat.
I snapped this picture just before the cat was spun into a large web and consumed.
I suppose I could have helped, but I don't really like the cat.
Today, one ate the cat.
I snapped this picture just before the cat was spun into a large web and consumed.
I suppose I could have helped, but I don't really like the cat.
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