Friday, 10-30-2009

Swine Flu (H1N1) 2009 Quarantine, Day 7:
Mental Status:  Bored

1.  Fell asleep on the couch at 7:45 pm

2.  Susan woke me up at 8:50 pm

3.  Sent out a couple D&D-related emails

4.  Went to bed at 9:30, hoping to pass 9 hours more quickly

Today's quarantine-inspired insight:  hibernate

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Thursday, 10-29-2009

Swine Flu (H1N1) 2009 Quarantine, Day 6:
Mental Status:  I don't remember

1.  Susan, the kids, and I got seasonal flu shots

2.  Watched The Brothers Bloom

Today's quarantine-inspired insight:  None

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Wednesday, 10-28-2009

Swine Flu (H1N1) 2009 Quarantine, Day 5:
Mental Status:  Nervously energetic

1.  Susan and I bought each other an anniversary present in preparation for our anniversary next week:  a new coffee maker and a  burr grinder.

2.  Watched an hour or so of video tutorials for a D&D (or other RPG) mapping program that can support remote players.

3.  Played around with said mapping tool (simply called MapTool) for a while

4.  Successfully setup a server, had Susan connect via LAN and Nathan connect in from NC

Today's quarantine-inspired insight:  I should spend some time developing open source gaming software.

Addendum: We carved a pumpkin yesterday. Rainer dug out all the goop in the middle of the pumpkin. Sophie kept putting her spoon on the pumpkin, putting it in her mouth, and saying "Mmmmm! Soup!" I got a bulging welt on my arm when some of the pumpkin goop touched my arm... Apparently, I'm still allergic.

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Tuesday, 10-27-2009

Swine Flu (H1N1) 2009 Quarantine, Day 4:
Mental Status:  Depressed / Bored

1.  Susan's parents brought about a week and a half of groceries over to our house.   Yay for food!

2.  Watched Heroes

3.  Susan heated up some chocolate and we dipped strawberries and bananas in them.

4.  Read some Pathfinder

Today's quarantine-inspired insight: I should write a bestiary of all my past D&D characters.

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Monday, 10-26-2009

Swine Flu (H1N1) 2009 Quarantine, Day 3:
Mental Status:  Cabin-feverish

i.  So yeah, I forgot to mention that we're on quarantine.  Apparently, children are high risk for serious Swine-Flu-Related problems.  Apparently, children with seizures or other disorders (e.g., Rainer) are on the DO-NOT-LET-YOUR-CHILD-GET-SWINE-FLU-UNDER-ANY-CIRCUMSTANCE list.  Hence the quarantine.

1.  Susan and I got Swine Flu mist vaccines today...  Unfortunately, they take up to 14 days to really make sure you're immune.  So...  The quarantine is on for  a while.  Anyone have any good ideas for not going crazy while you're stuck in the house?

2.  Watched The Guild season 1. 

3.  Played some X-Com UFO Defense

4.  Read some Pathinder

Today's quarantine-inspired insight: I should play WoW again.

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Sunday, 10-25-2009

1. It was a beautiful day, so we played outside for most of it.

2.  Lots of swinging in the hammock.  Without worrying about tree limbs!

3.  I cleaned the gutters and removed sticks from the roof. 

4.  Susan uprooted a ton of shrubs.

5.  Found a bunch of maps for my D&D campaign on the Cartographer's Guild forums:  http://forum.cartographersguild.com/

6.  Played some X-Com UFO Defense

7.  Watched and episode of Desperate Housewives with Susan.

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Saturday, 10-24-2009

1.  First day of classes for Humane Society University, so I had to put in a few hours of tech support.  I'm told I get 1-to-1 comp time, though, so I'm not too concerned.

2.  We had one of the trees in our front yard removed.  The tree people brought several large trucks, saws, and a little Bobcat excavator.  Rainer thought it was a great show!  All for the low, low price of $600.  :(  Oh well, at least we can use the hammock again without worrying about 300 lbs of dead limbs falling on us.

3.  Played some X-Com UFO Defense after the kids went to bed.

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Friday, 10-23-2009

1.  Susan got antibiotics for her tooth infection.

2.  I was pretty brain dead due to a looooong week at work, so I relaxed with a bottle of hard cider.

3.  Played some X-Com UFO Defense.  I haven't played it in years, but damnit I love that game... Just gotta remember to watch out for the cabbage.  Mashiburu hates cabbage.

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Thursday, 10-22-2009

1.  Sent Rainer in for Swine Flu vaccine, part 1.  Now to get the rest of us in...  Stupid supply shortage.

2.  Finished compiling the Trees of Prophecy, part 1 adventure log into a PDF with pictures and stuff.  Turned out to be just over 50 pages long.  http://www.toasty-fish.com

3.  Watched Miss Pettigroom Lives for a Day, per Netflix's suggestion.  Netflix said it was a 4.4 / 5 for us...  I guess they can't be right all the time.

4.  Susan's wisdom teeth holes became infected.

5.  Went to bed early.

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Wednesday, 10-21-2009

1.  Played D&D with Kat, Mike, and the Joes as soon as we put the kids down until midnight-ish.  The Inquisitor got challenged to a duel by some Huge, six-armed, invisible, lightning-breathing, sahaugin.  The Inquisitor died shortly thereafter.  Fortunately the party brought him back from the dead and he proceeded to eat the fishman's heart. 

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Tuesday, 10-20-2009

1.  Watched Heroes. 

2.  Read Pathfinder.

3.  Wrote four blog entries and goofed around on the Internet.

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Monday, 10-19-2009

1.  Finally finished The Trees of Prophecy part 2 prologue and associated articles.  http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/trees-of-prophecy

2.  Spent some time reworking Maldora with Susan.  Again, that's not a euphemism.  And yes, I still feel ashamed.

3.  Secured Kapil as the final player in the campaign.

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Sunday, 10-18-2009

1.  Dad and Shiela were in town.  Jessica came over, too.  We hung out with them for most of the day.  

2.  Jessica admitted that Homecoming was lame (which I'd been telling her for years).  Victory!

3.  Susan and the kids were sick.

4.  Went to bed before 9:00.

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Saturday, 10-17-2009

1.  Dad and Shiela were in town.  Jessica came over, too.  We hung out with them for most of the day.

2.  Susan and I went to Lee and Sam's housewarming party.  Lee drank a whole bottle of my mead...  Poor guy.

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Friday, 10-16-2009

1.  Worked on the wiki for Trees of Prophecy.

2.  Looked at a bunch of supplemental maps and gaming resources.

3.  Passed out early because neither Susan nor I got to bed at a decent time the previous night. 

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Thursday, 10-15-2009

1.  Decided that I love Baroque chamber music.  Thank you, Pandora!

2.  Played some S.T.A.L.K.E.R

3.  Worked on my D&D campaign wiki in preparation for part 2 of Trees of Prophecy:  http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/trees-of-prophecy

4.  Susan went to Erin's place to make play silks.  The car started smoking on her way back, so she stayed at her parent's place (which was pretty close to her location) for the night.  She apparently didn't get to bed until after 2:00.

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Wednesday, 10-14-2009

1.  Susan made chili and apple pie.  We had her parents over for dinner.

2.  After the kids went to bed, we went out on a date.  We went to a place called Taiwan Tea House that actually had bubble tea!  I had the coconut milk tea, she had kiwi tea. 

3.  Hung out at the Fascist Mall for a while.

4.  Went to Borders for some good, old-fashioned bookwormery.

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Tuesday, 10-13-2009

1.  Susan's teeth hurt so she went to the dentist.

2.  Stayed up late optimizing Pathfinder character builds with Susan.  No, that's not a euphemism.  Yes, it's nerdy.  Yes, I am ashamed of myself.

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Monday, 10-12-2009

1.  First official day as an HSUS employee. 

2.  Worked over to Susan's parent's house for the afternoon.

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Sunday, 10-11-2009

1.  Woke up at 7:00.  Exhausted.

2.  The kids woke Trathen and Justin up around 7:30.

3.  We all went to the Original Pancake House. 

4.  Tried not to fall asleep most of the day.

5.  Started checking out Pathfinder (it's like D&D 3.75).  Decided to run the next part of Trees of Prophecy in Pathfinder instead of D&D 4e.

6.  After the kids went to bed, Susan and I crashed before 9:00.

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Saturday, 10-10-2009

1.  Cleaned the house.  Trying to catch up from Susan being down and a crazy work week.

2.  Went to the Farmer's Market.  Bought supplies for Rory's going-away party, scheduled for 8:00 pm.

3.  Cleaned more.

4.  Justin and Trathen, neither of whom we have seen in years, showed up for the party around 5:00 pm.

5.  Bottled batch 2 of hard cider.  It's drier than the first batch (I used cider instead of juice and dry champagne yeast instead of sweet mead yeast). 

6.  Rory, James, and Kapil came over between 8 and 9.  We drank, played A Game of Things, laughed until we cried (I did at least), and drank five bottles of home-brewed mead and hard cider.  A lot of the humor revolved around teddy bears made of placentas, three wolf moon shirts, and me having sex with Trathen.

7.  Went to bed at around 3:00 am. 

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Friday, 10-09-2009

1.  Tried to juggle working and watching the kids while Susan mended from her teeth removal.  Almost had a panic attack.

2.  The Internet went down for a couple hours, which set me behind and further increased my likelihood to have a panic attack.

3.  Finally got hired by HSU.  Levelled up from "Temp" to "Director of IT Services."

4.  Drank a celebratory bottle of home-brewed hard cider.

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Thursday, 10-08-2009

1.  Clarence came over and watched the kids for the day while Susan mended.

2.  I played EVE.

3.  Susan finished Sophia's doll, Julie. 

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Monday, 10-05-2009 - Wednesday 10-07-2009

It's been a really busy week and I haven't remembered to do the blog...  Now, all the days are blurred together, so here's an early-week entry:

1.  Created a lv 6 Gnome Druid named Sludgeworth for a D&D game (M, T)
2.  Played some EVE Online (M, T, W)
3.  Susan got two wisdom teeth removed (W)
4.  Skipped D&D to take care of Susan (W)
5.  Worked a lot (M, T, W)
6.  Sophia sang her ABCs up to J and "Ring around rosie, pocket posies" (T, W)
7.  Went to coffee shops (M, T)
8.  Susan got a new phone (M)
9.  Ate Indian (M)

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Sunday, 10-04-2009

1.  Dragged Jessica (she was willing to go, but dragging her around is so much fun) to the Ren Faire.  Rainer and Sophia were dressed in bright blue capes.  Susan bought some Ren clothes.  Rainer got a sword.

2.  Mom came over, ate dinner, and left with Jessica.

3.  Susan decided to make me a cape for Festivus so we looked at and purchased a cloak pattern.

4.  Played EVE for a little while and went to bed early.

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Saturday, 10-03-2009

1.  Rainer let Jessica sleep in until 7:30. 

2.  We hung around the house all day.

3.  After the kids went to bed, we watched Flash Forward on Hulu.  Didn't like it. 

4.  Racked cider, batch 2. 

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Friday, 10-02-2009

1.  Sophia was pretending that she had a cup of coffee (it was actually water).  She got really excited that she had coffee and started running around.  Some spilled out and she made her new longest sentence:  spilled my coffee!

2.  Susan and the kids went over to the Hirsch House.  I went to Barnes & Noble and worked. 

3.  Finally finished the D&D Drinking Game (Drinkmoor). "Published" it on my web site:  http://www.toasty-fish.com

4.  Ate Indian with Susan, Linda, and the kids.

5.  Picked Jessica up, she is staying at our place for the weekend.

6.  Linda came over and house sat for us.  Jessica, Erin F, Susan, and I went downtown to the Indieana Handicraft Exchange and then to the First Friday Art Walk. 

7.  Went to bed after midnight... 

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Thursday, 10-01-2009

1.  Played EVE for about an hour...  Too tired to play any longer than that.

2.  Went to bed at 8:50.

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Wednesday, 9-30-2009

1.  Joe, Kat, and I played Guitar Hero over at Joe's house.

2.  Played D&D with the gang at Studio 301 until around midnight.  I am playing a lv 17 elven rogue / soulknife / assassin named The Inquisitor.

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Tuesday, 9-29-2009

1.  Susan went to Erin's with the kids for the day.  They made capes.

2.  Watched Heroes.

3.   Played EVE Online

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