Narnia

Prince Caspian.

I liked it alot. It was a powerful film about Narnia returning to Aslan, and faith and unbelief. It was moving. I have a hard time articulating how it impacted me. Good movie.

Currently Listening Classical Blast Mars, Bringer of War see related

Biking Master

So I rode a bike last night for the first time in a long time. Good news is I haven't forgotten how to ride. Bad news is, I am sure I looked ridiculous, and I could imagine all of the people I passed snickering and whispering how horrified they were to see me zipping by in my dress work clothes at 300 miles an hour on a girls bike. I was also terrified I would bust those tiny little sport tires on the bike. 250 lbs doesn't sit light no matter how fast you go.

We have been packing Kelley up and are almost done.

Here are some halfway interesting details on my typical summer over the last couple years. Typically I try to attend four specific events over the course of the summer.

1. Camping in WI with my friends (this has turned into two trips recently, late spring, then again in early fall) - This is tons of fun, and we have been doing it for like 5-6 years or maybe 7. We get better and more efficient at it every year, and have alot of fun. I just got back from the spring one this past weekend, it was a success.

2. WizCon -This is a convention run by Wizard Magazine in late June. Wizard Magazine is all about comic books. It also has alot of other fun stuff besides comics though too. One year Kevin Smith was the key note speaker. I saw Lou ferigno, and the original Lois Lane who is like 90 years old now. There is usually new games and such being demoed there and TONS of people in silly geek costumes. Including a 3 year old Flash - AWESOME!

3. Renaissance Faire - This happens in July, and allows me to drink a beer out of a horn, and eat an enormous Roasted Turkey leg while watching knights joust and ride elephants and smoke pipes and jesters tumble. Last year they had a tight rope walker and a real falconeer, which proved to be QUITE interesting!

4. Celtic Fest - this happens typically in late summer down in Grant Park. It's a fun experience to go have yummy Irish beer, watch men in skirts dance, listen to bagpipes and cool Irish bands play, and eat deliscious and  very expensive Irish food.

In between all of those, I usually work and sweat, but those are definately the event highlights of my typical summer in Chicago. The bad news is I will be indisposed in late June and will miss WizCon most likely, though I will still try my darndest to make it to the Ren Faire and Celtic Fest. If you live around Chicago I suggest looking those up and trying them out!

Camping with Disease.

I went camping this weekend...with a disease. I had a cold.

I still had fun, and tried not to sneeze on anyone, or the fire. Who knows how flamable that stuff is.

It rained Sunday night, but good news, my tent is about 98% water-resistant. A drip here and there, but nothing much.

I like oreos of pretty much any type.

Brats on an open fire are amazing.

Currently Listening Foiled By Blue October Hate Me see related

TimeMan

Time depresses me. I have been struggling with this concept for several years. I can remember things that happened...20 years ago! I remember being that young, and thinking that time would last forever. And it sure does, but I won't. I sometimes reminisce about old video games, or tv shows and how primitive they might be... yet I can remember thinking they were the cats meow.

Sometimes it even can serve to dampen current good times. I can be looking forward to something fun or enjoyable coming up, and suddenly I remember that as soon as it is done, it is gone forever... and at best the enjoyment is fleeting, and then it becomes a bittersweet memory, never to happen again.

Time is linear, and sad. Sometimes, it makes me sad. Even watching Voyager (a show I loved in Highschool) makes me sad.

I am so melo-dramatic.

Currently Listening Regulate...G Funk Era By Warren G see related

ooops

Hmmm, almost a month with no update... ooops. Don't be mad.

Life has been crazy lately. Planning, sorting, figuring out, preparing. I have been spending about 25 hours a day doing these things... with the occasional trip into Azeroth as well.

I haven't talked about Warcraft in a long time. This is probably just as well, as most of the 3 people that read my blog, don't play or care about the besieged World of Warcraft. I still occasionally find an hour or two here and there to log on and mess around. I have two max level characters now, who I spend most of my available time in game with. I have another that is almost max level that I am working on as well. I get to Raid (when you get together with 10-25 other players and attack some dungeon in the game) once in a great while as well, which is fun. I had several real life friends (people I know outside of the video game) that used to play with me and were in my guild (the people that I play with regularly in game). But over the last 8 month, almost all of them have either, quit playing, left the guild, or moved to a different server all together. Aaron, Esther, Shaun, Kelley, Adam, Sam, Keith, Deb, Mel, Nata, all I used to play with, who have either moved on to other games, more favorable situations or quit alltogether. If any of you see this post, I wanna say I miss you guys in game, and had lots of fun with you! Anyways, I am pondering taking a break for a couple months till the new expansion comes out, to help me sort some things out and focus on a couple things I need to. I am scared to do so though... I will miss my WoW.

On the real world front, I will be moving at the end of June (actually into the same building as Nate and Jessie hehe). I am getting close to doing my next Certification, I am fairly ready for it, but keep procrastinating to actually schedule the test and buckle down to study. I have a lot of big changes coming up in my life in the next 4 months or so, and am terrified/proud/excited/nervous about all of them!

I also went shopping for a swimming suit at Target the other day, and found several designs I really liked. But none of them had a draw string, or even elastic waist bands... I wondered how they could get away with this, as the first time someone wearing one of these does a dive into a pool or lake, they will quickly find themselves stripped of all suitage. Needless to say I didn't get one of those. But I really do need a new swimming suit. The one I have now, I think I got in highschool. It is impressive that the suit has lasted that long, though I am about 45-50 pounds heavier than I was when I bought that suit, and it doesn't fit as nicely as it did back then. I don't swim very often, but when I do, I would rather not have people thinking I am wearing spandex. I don't ever wear spandex. When I swim.

Anyways, there's a minor update in my life.