Writing

For some reason... I just haven't found any time to write since my apprenticeship ended. I find it very, very frustrating! And the worst part is that I don't have anyone to blame, really, besides myself. I spend a lot of time screwing around... I really, really need to buckle down!!!

XBox Live

So, Brian was experimenting with XBox Live the other day... We've discovered that I actually did hook it up correctly and we can now play in the online community. He was extremely excited.

XBox Live also updated their system and Brian was, again, really excited. He, Becky and I all created our online Avatars... Then we experimented with watching Netflix through my XBox. I'll just say that it is pretty cool.

Brian's also into playing Halo 3 online. It's fun, but I suck at it! Becky and I got a little frustrated with who we were playing... but perhaps it's because I don't like to lose!

Here's Brian and my Avatars... I would have taken a pic of Becky's as well, but my camera ran out of batteries... darn camera!!!

Overtime has KICKED MY BUTT!

Last week, L&I offered 16 hours of OT to their claim managers to work on claim resolution. Mom and I decided that would be a nice chunk of change so worked 10 hour days during the work week and five on that Saturday.

Because Chris's truck isn't working currently, they only have one car. Kelly said she could drive him to the bus stop but they'd have to bring Allison as well. So Mom & I lef the house a little after 5am, picked up Chris, and brought him to his stop. Mom was extremely paranoid (and still is, let's be honest) about being late for Chris and making him upset, so was pretty pushy about getting out the door.

But we made it to work every day by 6am... except for Friday when we stopped at Top Foods and brought our units treats. (They currently think we're awesome!) It was just so LONG!!! Let's put it this way... Friday, I went by myself to WalMart and roamed around the store for at least an hour with no direction. Oy!

This week, L&I's decided to offer 30 more hours of OT over the next 3 work weeks and... just like last week... you can only work 10 hours per day max. Mom & I agonized over whether to do it or not because we've been really wiped! But if we have a full weekend, would it help? We're trying it out...

Part of the problem is that we just never get to see Kelly & Allison for THREE WEEKS so it didn't seem worth it. But now Kelly's going to work 4 - 10 hour days for next week and maybe the one after, so that would change stuff. And sure, Mom would have more money for Baltimore or the front room and I would have a great start for a house down payment... but is it really WORTH it???

Captain Dynamic

I'm not sure if all of you know this... but I love a little company called Rooster Teeth. They're based in Texas and they make my favorite web series of all time... Even beating out "Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog" by Joss Whedon! They've used Halo and make a sitcom... but, be warned... They are not shy about using bad language in their machinama series (meaning made using video games).

But they just started a new series called "Captain Dynamic." It surrounds a "hero" who plays in the video game "City of Heroes" who asks some writers/programmers to set up some custom missions for him. (That's a new thing that City of Heroes is doing.) Now, I won't say any more because I don't want to ruin it for you... but you should TOTALLY WATCH IT!!! Especially since, so far, they've been really good about the swearing!

The best part is that, since they're also posting it on You Tube, I can embed it here... :)

Episode 1


Episode 2


Episode 3


OK, and as another FYI... I've drafted a bunch of blogs, but I don't seem to be able to do them every day... so I'm going to do them all today. :)

Crap computers!!!

OK. Just did a blog about why I was mad at my work computer and my flash drive. Stupid things!

But now I just tried to upload that blog and it brought me back, saying there was an error, and I had to try and retype it again. Everyone knows that if it was funny the first time, it's never as funny the next!!!

Yeah. If you could listen inside my head right now, you'd be SHOCKED!!!

Rooster Teeth is awesome for so many things... This is just one of them!

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I know I can go on for awhile...

So recently I decided to write Caroline... my friend from Vegas for those that don't remember... So I decided to be all cute because I had some pastel notebook paper and some fun stickers that I found at Target. Then I started...

THIRTEEN pages and almost 2 weeks later, I send off the silly thing! Oy! Hope I don't overwhelm her. Sometimes I just get carried away...