Apologies, and I told you so

I knew I would suck at maintaining a daily blog. I just knew it.

So I apologize for my prolonged absence, but I have no excuses to offer. I either didn't think of posting, or didn't feel like it, and then not posting became normal behavior. It is the way of my life (though it used to happen with home work instead).

Since i've been incommunicado, however, I have been playing Shadowfist daily. And let me tell you, it is AWESOME! I have been getting progressively better, even making it to the second round in THREE of the League tournaments.

Plus, I am on track towards at least one, and maybe two, prizes in this week's dueling tournament.

I saw Man of the Year (B+), The Prestige (A-/A), and Netflixed then purchased Weeds (A).

I would highly recommend any or all of them. ESPECIALLY Weeds, which is shockingly funny (more so if you know anyone who has ever imbibed, so to speak).

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I am taking over a class for a pregnant co-worker starting Monday. It is a Monday, Wednesday, Thrusday class, and as such will dramatically increase the time i spend on campus on those days, and only slightly increase my paycheck. But you can't really say no in a Community College, and it certainly looks good on the brag-sheets I have to do when I come up for review.

Don't really have any other news at the moment (other than that I just got Final Fantasy XII, but haven't opened it yet; news to follow).

Seeing Bare Naked Ladies (the band) on Saturday, and Tenacious D on December 3rd. Those should be fun, though BNL is more for Karen than me, but considering they were a musical fixture of our college dating, it is kind of necessary (and *is* sure to be enjoyable).

I'll try and post later (though I don't know if I will manage daily).


P.S. If I ever say "i" instead of "I", "9" instead of "(" or "0" instead of ")", I'm posting at work and I HATE my shift key. Just saying...

Chicago: Return

Chicago was...stressful. It was also fun.

I love my mother, as much as someone can be said to love one's mother, and I forgot how much baggage I carry around with me about my childhood. Suffice it to say that the two of us have a hard time being around each other in the same house for any length of time, let alone a hotel room.

Plus the traffic was really really bad (thanks to Karen for bravely doing the driving, so tensions between my mom and I wouldn't escalate further).

On the other hand, Wicked was wonderful, the architectural boat tour we took on the river was great, the Field Museum and Shedd's Aquarium were really cool, and I cleaned a game store out of all its Shadowfist packs at $2.00 a piece (and managed to get THREE WHITE NINJAS).

Ate a lot of good food, and returned home. No significant incidents, and on the whole the trip was a success.

In the future, however, no more trips with my mom. She can visit, but I need a buffer of other rooms and stuff.