The LAN

So far it has been lots of fun! I went today with Dan & Dominick (prolly not spelt right) to the Sears Tower, it was lots of fun.  We road the train downtown and got to see many diff parts of the city.  We stoped in at a pizza and past place for lunch wich was just awesome.  I'd like to say thank you to Dominick and Dan for a great day out of the hotel!  Oh and for the French lesson.   I have taken lots of pictures but I forgot the hook up cord for my pc so I will post them when I get back home.  Trying to hide from other people cameras didn't work out to well for me this year lol 

Yesterday was a lot of Rock Band, Halo 3 & GOW.  As for me I played my third and fourth games of Halo 3 ever.  Dahji talked me into it lol  I have mets lots of new people and made some good friends.  Meemoos is who I have spent most of my time with and she is a trip.  I like being able to move from click to clik and communicate with all of them.  Jeep is nothing like I was expecting her to be; she is awesome and fun to hang around, you never know whats going to come out of her mouth but it makes me laugh every time.  Pearly is great, I had lunch with her and the rest of the WoW gang yesterday.  I hope to see all of thesepeople again next year and maybe even some more.  It would take me all day to remember everyone I have met so I'm just going to ramble off the ones I know I can remember...Dominick, Dan, Dahji, Doodi, Drost, DSmooth, Ken, Taxi, MikeJames, Pythonista, Al, Blizz, Wytex, oPhreako, JasonTroyhimself, Killthrash, Em, Pearly, Meemoos, Dantes, AbeFroman, LadiesLuvMe, Caesarrrrr (not a dickhead ), Mr. White, Blue Eyes (that's just what I called him), Boob man (LB Sutke), Soup, Speedbump, DC300, BanjoCut, Sharpshooter, Mini, Stridog & his wife Chris.  I can't think of anymore names now or my head will go boom. lol

Ice

Crazy ass Dog

So I took some advice and took a long hot relaxing detox bath.  My dog came in the room and sat on the step into the tub and wanted me to pet him so I did, but that wasn't enough for him.  Nope, he decided to jump into the tub with me.  For a dog that hates to have a bath this was just funny.  My little Tea-cup Yorkie just just right in like I am not suppose to be in there without him.  Just had to share this little story with the rest of ya, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!  I will see a bunch of you next week in Chi-town

Ice

Well SHIT

With just over a week to go before the LAN I have managed to fuck up my back. I now feel like I am getting old, all I did was dig a hole for a dead cat. Well it was more like a hole and a half since I hit a tree root and had to start over. Digging here isn't the same as digging else where, we live in the mountains and our ground is a shit load of rocks with an itsy bitsy bit of dirt thrown in. To dig a hole here you have to hammer the ground over and over again with a mattock to break up the rocks and then use the shovel to move them. So now my lower back hurts, I have a hard time trying to sit and stand. I've been trying some exercises to get it back to normal but no help yet, all that did was make the rest of my body sore lol Maybe a soak in the hot tub will help. If anyone has any good suggestion please let me know. I just hope it's better by next week!

Ice

plus I have a spider bite on my hand DAMN!

Give credit where due

I just spent one hour outside digging a hole to burry a dead cat.  The temp was 98����� degrees and the heat index was around 101, and I almost passed out several times.  I wasn't over dressed and I was in the shade.  I don't see how construction workers and road workers make it through a day like this or even hotter.  Maybe it's I am too white, I burn in less than half an hour if I am not wearring at least 30SPF sun block.  How do these people keep from passing out?  I use to be able to stay outside in the heat all day, but that's when I was 17.  Now I don't think I could make it for half a day.  It's not like I just went out and dug for an hour without a break, no I took a break and had some cold water but I still felt like I was going to black out.  I have to say that people that work outside all day have the hardest jobs in the summer, I know I couldn't ever do it. 

You know when you are driving down the road and you have to stop for road contruction; I, like most people, get mad about having to stop and wait for the other traffic.  I had never stoped to think about the fact that at least I am sitting in a nice air conditioned car and not standing out in the blistering heat.  I don't know how you guys stay out in the heat all day long and work around hot machinery, but thank you.  Without people like you our roads would never get built and buildings wouldn't get constucted.  Most of us take people like this for granite everyday, I just thought it would be nice to give credit where credit is due.  I would like to thank each of you in this line of work for all that you do!

Forge

I haven't played much Halo 3 since it came out. Smoke and I played the campaign and beat it, and it was a lot of fun. We even at one point got to play with Skycube and that was just funny listening to him and Smoke. I guess because I'm not that good I just didn't get into playing Co-op. I did try a few training games and I got my ass handed to me, so I just didn't go back to it. Once in a while I will step in for Smoke if he is preoccupied and for the most part it is fun playing with those guys, they are a riot to listen to.

This past week I started messing around with forge on Foundry. My first try was BAD, but the one I finished today looks like it will be an all around fun map for FFA. I love playing with the forge, I have so much fun creating and trying new things. I may not love playing the game since I suck but I am having a blast with the map making lol This just shows that even someone like me can have a blast with Halo I am now drawing out my maps first on grid paper, this makes it easier for me to see the finished look and decide if it is even going to be a good map. I can also let Smoke look at it and see what he thinks and if changes need to be made I can make them before I start building. This makes building it much easier in the long run. If anyone has an suggestions for me please just send me a pm, I am always looking for good ideas.

Ice