My new minicards.

Ordered a set of 100 minicards with my contact info to hand out to people that I meet up with at conventions and such.

For the info side there is a drawing of myself on the left side, my name, email and other links on the right.

• 2x Location shots (New York and Seattle shot I took)
• 2x Paintball shots (ones that I really liked, that took a while ago)
• 2x Costume shots (single person shot with a great costume)
• 2x RPG related shots (two that fit nicely in the frame)
• 2x Gaming related shot (with the click shot it had the grouping and layers; with the Apples to Apples, it was a my winning hand that I snaped a shot of)

Found 10 pictures that would fit in the 1.1 in x 2.76in frame.

MiniCards by MOO USA
us.moo.com/en/products/minicards.php

The choices for the game.

After our D&D game last night, we talked about how we have around 5 or some games till we finish the Keep on the Shadowfell adventure. After D&D we are planing on going back to our HERO game, but now with more players. We have one confirmed player, one player that fit in but due to work plays in about half the game and the last player is new to gaming and still has not found his grove. With the two original players (that includes me) and the one confirmed player we are looking at a minimum of 3 players and a GM.

Questions came up for characters and the game world.

With the characters I saw three options:

1. We keep our characters (powers/level),
2. Make new characters or
3. We power down our characters.

With the game, it was decided we stick with a fantasy setting, but with the story I came up with another three options:

1. We continue the story where we left off with some minor adjustments,
2. We jump ahead in time in the game world and restart the story from there or
3. We start over from scratch.

Time will tell on what we do.

Books I have read in 2008.

2008 is over and my list is complete. The total of books read is: 32. Which is better than last years total of 19. For those people that count the pages, I have done that for you. The total page count for 2008 is 14,034 pages.

There were some comic books and mangas that were read in between the books and are not listed.

32. Guard Against Dishonour by by Simon R. Green (188pgs)
31. Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk and Fisher by by Simon R. Green (544pgs)
30. Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green (480pgs)
29. A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (807pgs)
28. Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (320pgs)
27. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (784pgs)
26. Fool Moon by Jime Butcher (352pgs)
25. Centaur Aisle by by Piers Anthony (304pgs)
24. Storm Front by Jime Butcher (322pgs)
23. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (438pgs)
22. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (248pgs)
21. Castle Roogna by Piers Anthony (329pgs)
20. Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein (320pgs)
19. On A Pale Horse by Piers Anthony (303pgs)
18. The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony (326pgs)
17. A Spell For Chameleon by Piers Anthony (344pgs)
16. The Callahan Chronicals by Spider Robinson (317pg)
15. Unicorn Point by Piers Anthony (337pgs)
14. Robot Adept by Piers Anthony (341pgs)
13. Out Of Phaze by Piers Anthony (309pgs)
12. Race Against Time by Piers Anthony (224pgs)
11. Juxtaposition by Piers Anthony (358pgs)
10. Blue Adept by Piers Anthony (327pgs)
9. Split Infinity by Piers Anthony (354pgs)
8. Prostho Plus by Piers Anthony (216pgs)
7. Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind (792pgs)
6. Temple of the Wind by Terry Goodkind (822pgs)
5. Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind (623pgs)
4. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind (979pgs)
3. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (820pgs)
2. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (518pgs)
1. Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven (288pgs)

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Snow, Snow and more Snow

Currently it is snowing and has been off and on over the last week. Wensday due to snow and low turn out our training class was calceled and we were told to go back to the phones. As a first, work closed down at about 11:30 am and sent people home due to the snow level. The next day the campus opened at 10 am. Of corse leaving close by I just headed on over at 8 am to be told it was close. You do get a nice work out walking in the snow. After some time I called in to check if they still will be opening at 10 am. I headed on over to find a sign that training was canceled again and headed on over to take some calls. After seting up my computer and taking a small break, I got word that training was back on. Yea. We had about 2/3 of our people show up. We went over business writing, took some time and enjoyed ourself.

Today being Sunday and snowing. I could see work being delayed or the campus could be closed. Time will see.

The noise the other night.

It was Sunday night around 11:30 pm when there was a noise, like a snap, that woke me up from the hour or two rest I have taken. It was quiet, too quiet. The alarm clock was off, the fans were off and none of the lights works. I set the alarm on the cell phone and went back to bed. The clock radio alarm went off about 5:30 am, due to the battery back up (good to know if I slept thru I would have still woken up on time to get to work). I turned off the radio alarm and went back to bed for 30 more min of sleep. The power was still off. I grabbed my lunch and went to work. Work was ok for a Monday. I stoped on the way home to get some food and read my book for a while, just in case the power is still out. I got home to a note on my door saying as of 4:00 pm the power was still out due to some blown transformers. I opened the door and . . . . the light did not turn on. It was still light outside. I opened the window and sat down to catch up some my comic book reading. It was not till around 7:30 pm that the power came back on. There were 3 repair truck that fixed the issue hanging around the parking lot. They stayed around for at least 4 or more hours more doing something. The main thing that I did check on was the food in the fridge and the freezer, to stay cool thru the issue. I did not use them much to keep them from going room temperature and the food spoiling. And it all turned out ok.

Get rid of it.

On June 1st I got a notice on the front door of the apartment door, saying due to the new insurance, BBQ Grills (gas or other) are not allowed to used or kept. They needed to be gone by month end. I look around to see if I can find a friend to pass it on to. About mid-month there was a general notice that BBQ Grill are going to be supplied around the pool area for residents to use. They seen to be trying to come up with a compromise due to the loss. Luckily I did not have to place my grill by the dumpster. I did find a friend to pass it onto. He came by last night for a pick up and then it was gone.

Its not here.

Watching the Food Network show called Unwrapped. Item that came up was for Blue Bell Ice Cream that is sold to 17 mostly Southern States. Now that I recall I have not seen it in the Seattle area, I guess Seattle is not Southern, it more Northern.

Back in my younger days, when me and my brother were at the YMCA summer camp, I am sure there was a field trip to the Blue Bell Creameries. I recall a long bus trip, but worth the free ice cream at the end of the tour.

Its gone.

I have a '82 Volvo with a radio to match. I went to visit my parent for a while and parked in the back alley. Heading out I unlocked the door to find it already unlocked, the window was down a inch to vint the car and found the radio gone. The radio was at least 10 years old, had a cassette slot and had no memory for radio stations. Who would steal my POS radio.

The Squirrel

Yesterday I stoped by a Jumba Juice and parked in the back. I was walking around to the front when I spotted this guy. I used my camera phone and snapped a picture. He came closer, I snapped another. I tried my luck for a closer shot. The squirrel came closer. I could reach out and pet it if it were for that squirrel bite. I had pushed my luck for today and went and got my drink. While waiting for my order, the squirrel came around to the front like of the Jumba Juice shop. It almost seemed like it was tame.

(Click for a bigger picture)

Over to Seattle.

Today I made a trip into Seattle over to the U-District to visit the local comic shop for Free Comic Book Day. The normal exit from the freeway was close, due to a lot of boats crossing (the exits goes over a river) and had to find a different way over to the U-District. Did stop by Half Price Books and fround a book I was looking for. Then I stoped by the comic shop to have a look at the free comic (and others items). Did not find any thing I was looking for. One of the guys that work there did remember my name (that was good), I had not been in the store from 2 to 3 years. Did not leave with much, but I did pick a great lamb dish that I had not had for a while. That was my day out.

Wrong Turn

Tonight's plan was to get some food after work and see a movie with some friends. That did not go as planed. I got off work killed a little time. Got a table before the other got there. We ate and talked. One of the others had found out from the internet that the movie started at 7:50pm. We all got there about 7:35pm and found out the movie had started at 6:50pm and the next one was not till 9:35pm. We used out phone to find other theaters near by and what time the movie stared: 6:10pm (no), 6:20pm (No) and the last was found for 7:50, it was 7:40 at this time and would take at least 15 min to get to downtown Bellevue on a Friday night (NO!). We called the night done and went our own ways. At this time it was lightly snowing. It was not sticking to the ground, but it was snowing mid-April. Its spring it should not be snowing at this time of year. Oh well. I did a little shoping in the area and went home.

Issue with work.

I went to work to finish my time sheet today and found out that the cell phone order I put in for my mom had been canceled. It seems that all my three cell lines must change to a current price plans for me to upgrade one line. For the two lines that I have for my parents, it is not a big deal. Their plan are like or are the current plans. But for my plan, I have a great low use plan. I currently spend about $17.00 for my plan. If I move over to a current (with employee discount) for the same options, it will cost about $30.00. To upgrade a phone (not mine), I have to change my plan and spend more money. This just sucks.

The knock on the door.

Not too late last night there was a knock on the door. A guy was there wanting to server his wife divorce papers a few doors down. He even offered money if I did. I said no and closed the door. (I do not want any pissed off neighbors in the apartment building I live in.) He went to the next door and knocked on it.

30 days of pictures.

I have see a few 365 picture a day projects on Flickr. I wanted to test the water and see if I could do it on a small scale. That where this 30 day project of mine comes in. I am going to try for 30 day to get a picture a day posted.

This is going to be from February 1, 2008 to March 1, 2008. Most of the time I will be using my camera phone, which I have with me all the time and is 2.0 MP.

My 30 Day Project

The car is back.

It took about a week and a half to get the car back. Mostly it was waiting to get the part. The passanger side wiper transmission was broken. It took 2.5 hours to complete and $444.82 for the final cost. One small part that was under the dashboard cost a good amount of money to fix. On a side not, the fan in the Volvo had stoped working about a year ago. It had blown a fuse and was a easy fix.

My car update.

Found out today, that to get to the wipers to check them out (on my '82 Volvo), you have to go thru the dashboard. I myself tried to look at how you get to them and had no luck. Its about 2.5 hours of labor at around $200.00 just to find out what needs to be fixed. Once there, maybe it is a easy fix (fingers crossed). From what I was told, Volvo still make parts that could be used on my car, if it is broken.

On the road home.

Coming back from my parents today, my cars wipers crapped out and stoped working. I pulled over to check what happened. The left one had pooped out and the other one is not working correctly. I need to get it fixed.

The calendar come today.

My Calendar from SnapFish came today.

I did not do a calendar for my friends this year due to time, scaning a lot of old paintball pictures and the cost of it. I did have some nice pictures os a few paintball, 2007 Comic Con, family pictures and a few shots from New York.

There were a few shots for a few dates that I could have centered. But all in all, it came out good.

I started the month in February, so I would full month on my wall at work.

Some things I saw and picked up.

Pick up two DVDs:

• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, The Laughing Man DVD
  (Put together from the Laughing Man plot from first season. Most of, if not all, the voices of the main characters voices have been redone. From what I recall, some of the scrip was rewritten to fit all the bits and parts into a 160 min DVD.)
• Ragnarok: The Animationm, First Quest

Due to geting a Wii for Christmas (or will get soon), I am looking into some games. Here are a few that I saw in the store and looked good.

• Super Swing Golf Season 2 for the Wii
  
• Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure for the Wii

One item of note that I snaped a picture of with my cell:

Sports Pack for the Wii

Attachments for your Wii remote from NERF. Looks to include a club attachment for golf game use, a bat attachment for baseball game use and racket attachment for tennis game use.

Moving.

I just got a call about the apartment that it not needed that I move out of my current apartment. Yea, I can get rid (recycle) of some of the boxes that I started to collect. When asked, looks like I could renew the lease with out being kicked out.