I feel like crap. No, wait, crap probably feels better because it’s out and free. You know sometimes I am floored by Humanity, especially in times of “Goodwill towards man, and Peace on Earth.” Alright I guess I will explain.

Christmas is coming and I have been making plans for quite a long while now to go visit my Son and My parents in Oregon. So I am going to be gone from the 21st through the 28th of Dec. That’s great stuff right? Amy was making plans to go visit her family in TX as well. So we wouldn’t be spending Christmas together, I understand that, we are both with Family and that ok. I even thought it would be a nice Idea to buy her a Plane ticket for her Christmas present. Wasn’t cheap, but I figured, part of that good will towards man thing, it was for a good cause. She would get to see her Kids, and be with her Dad and brother on Christmas.

Well, that was the plan. Last night new plans came to light. For reasons not to be listed here because it’s not my story to tell, we had to cancel Amy’s ticket. Granted she now has a goodly sized credit with the airline that will be used before Dec of 05, minus the $130 cancel fees. But now she won’t be going anywhere for Christmas, and I will be in OR. This kills me because I know she knows so few people here and most of them will be leaving too.

She is being very adult about it, but I know it hurts. I have spent a lot of Christmases alone due to Military and whatever so I know what it’s like. You say in your head “It’s just another day” Until that morning comes around and you wake up and then try and force yourself back to sleep because you know Christmas is there and no one else is. You turn on the TV and see the Specials Airing, “Christmas Story” (you’ll shoot your eye out) and “Nightmare on elm Street” (Whenever Freddy Kills, and Angel Looses his wings).

I sat staring at the Cancel button for a few minuets while the Orbits Lady on the phone explained how to handle the credit and all. And I felt the pain shoot through my heart when I had to click it. I am so used to making things work no matter what and I have lost control of a situation that probably wasn’t in my control to begin with. I don’t know what else to do.

Wow, what a weekend! For starters you may have noticed a little change in either how you got here or where you are now. If you don’t notice any difference than I did everything right and it’s Transparent. I switched Domain Hosts! We are no longer hosted by V3, which was a nice company, Just not what I wanted. We are now Hosted by BlueHost! And www.wizzer.org is a Domain and Host site, not just a Redirect.

Ok, Let me take it down a notch for those who are looking at that last paragraph and saying “Huh?” When I bought the rights to www.wizzer.org last year I only bought the name. V3 actually Redirected all Traffic that went to wizzer.org to my cox.net personal web space. Which is why most bookmarked pages are members.cox.net/spetrucelli/page.htm instead of www.wizzer.org/page.htm . Following so far? So by doing this switch, all of my Pages are now hosted on the wizzer.org machine. I have set up a few Temp pages that will forward you from the old site to here, just in case.

Now, why did I do all this? GOOD QUESTION! I needed more from my Site. More space, more capability etc. and to do that I needed full blown webspace. I am working with DeadManWalking on getting my Gallery moved over from the Team Immortal site to here, and will prolly move the Movies over as well. We have a whopping 2gb of space to play with.

So as for the weekend, You guys know that I was feeling pretty sick last week right? Yeah well that being said it prolly was not a good idea to go out and Drink on Friday night. Knowing that it was a bad Idea to drink it would have been an even worse idea to drink Jägermeister. So with these incredibly bad ideas in mind, Paul and I headed out to a local irish pub on Friday Night called Ned Divines. It was here that we started to Imbibe. First came the Liquid Cocaine. Next, the Red Headed Slut. Then, another Liquid Cocaine. Somewhere in there we ate dinner.

Ned Divines wasn’t as happening as we had hoped so we headed over to a great little college bar called T.T. Reynolds. Right off the bat He started there with gin and Tonic and I had an Amoretto Sour. Throughout the Night it was all Ciders for me, about 5-6 of them. Paul stuck with the Gin and Tonic, But I could swear he had more ice than Booze. Well a few bands started Playing and the music there was Uber loud. Of course that might have something to do with us standing Right next to the speaker. By about 1am I was hurting. No wait, I take that back, I was feeling no pain what-so-ever. I gave Amy a call and gave her pretty good directions (considering I was 3 sheets) and she was on her way to get us. Paul had wandered out of the bar to catch up to me, and then realized that he left his Tab Open and Credit card there. He stumbled back in to retrieve it and we started wandering down the street. I have No idea how far I got before Amy got to us, but she said she was happy that there were no police in view, as we would have been taken in for Public Intoxication. I wonder if that Bush Paul fell in was Public or private.

I am going to spare you the details of the rest of the evening, needless to say it got really Ugly from there. (Really ugly). Saturday was not to happy a day for me because of all of this, but I still managed to get up and moving and get some things accomplished. We went through and got all of my Paperwork in order. We finally picked up Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7, so I can see how the story ends. Sunday was a slow day as well. We decorated the Tree and lounged around the house.

There may be more, so I will probably try and update as the memory returns to me. Oh, I know one thing. (how Could I forget this) Due to the events of Friday night and the Sickness of last week, I now have no Voice. Yup, you could say the weekend left me totally speechless. (ba-dum-dum)

DISCLAIMER: For those Family members and friend who might actually be concerned for me. Please keep in mind, I Rarely go out and drink. And even when I do drink it is VERY rare that I drink as much as I did. The last time I drank this much, I believe was in Okinawa, the night before the Alice in Wonderland auditions. (For those that remember that) So don’t think that this is a regular occurrence for me. It’s not, and it will probably be quite some time before that ever happens again. (Well, at least until new years (: )

Wow, Things suck when your sick. I have lost track of time and here it is Friday the 10th already. I have been sick the past few days and am still a little woozy now. So I am really not sure how this Blog is gonna sound.

The weekend. Well we did the Toys for Tots drive last weekend in Fredricksburg, It was great fun. I realize that I have a lot of repairs to do on my armor before the next event, But that’s gonna have to wait till After X-mas as I don’t really have the time to do it. Saturday night Amy and I went to my Company X-mas party and it was a very nice time. Dinner was great and we sat with Paul and Kevin making jokes the whole night. The rest of the weekend was split between Cleaning, Lounging and playing EQII.

The Week has pretty much been the same thing. A few new things tho….. I picked up one of the greatest inventions known to man: The TIVO. If you don’t have one of these I highly suggest you go get one. I now have effortless recording, Pausing of Live TV, The Button on the remote that I like to refer to as the “what The???” Button. (Instantly rewinds the last 10 sec) Not to mention that the TIVO will stream Music and Photos to my TV and Stereo from my PC. And sometime this month I will be able to Stream the TIVO recordings back to my PC. It’s Freaking Awesome! There is also a way you can go Online and Tell your TIVO to record something without you even being there. That mixed with the new TV I bought off of Paul. He Sold me his old 32” Trinitron for 200 bucks (can’t beat that price)

This coming weekend is a Cleaning and getting ready for the Holidays Weekend. I leave for Oregon on the 21st and come back on the 28th. I will let you know how the weekend Panned out on Monday.

Ok, So the weekend is Upon us and it looks to be a busy one at that. Plans for the weekend include: Friday, Crucial Employee Appreciation. This is when we usually get our seasonal bonuses so that should be good. I plan on Buying a TIVO unit so I will finally catch some of the shows I am missing out on without having to laboriously program my VCR. Friday Night is a Spirit Night. There is a Local Woman here that does a John Edwards style reading. It should be fun and it will be nice to get out of the house.

Saturday will be a Toys For Tots drive at the Fredericksburg Toys R Us. The Garrison will be there in Full Trooper Gear. Should be lots of fun. I love seeing the Kids reaction to a bunch of Storm troopers. After That is the Office Christmas party.

Sunday is a down day, doc may be up to visit but aside from that, not gone be doing much.

I have to say I have been having a lot of fun playing EQ2. It floors me that this is the same company that makes SWG. They had so many issues with SWG, and it remains to this day to be broken. But yet they can make a Game like EQ2 that just seems to work. I don’t get it. Anyways, I will most likely have an update for you guys on Monday with how all of the above went. Have a good weekend!

Wow, so that was a long weekend! Thanksgiving Weekend has come and gone and the one thing I am truly grateful for is that it’s over! Not to say I didn’t have a great time, it was just a long trip and I am glad to be home. So let’s break it Down.

Wednesday: Work was normal, Right after work I went home and Started Packing up for the Trip. We left at about 7:30pm to drive to Nashville TENN. It was a VERY long drive. I OD’d on Jawbreakers and Diet Pepsi. We stopped at one place that was a real hole in the wall, It was about Midnight and there was a Gas Station/Omlette House/Convience Store. The Omlette House was being run by a very overworked Waitress who was arguing with the Mullet Sporting cook. Good Times! And can someone explain to me what a Tire Beater is for? (Please don’t say to Beat Tires, what did that Tire do to you?) Saw one in the store, looked like a Billy Club. We Finally Arrived at Lee’s Place at around 6am Thurs Morning and Promptly Passed out.

Thursday: Turkey Day! Once I finally woke up (Still dreary) we came out and started Gaming a little, Got Lee hooked into Halo 2. I finally bit the bullet and Installed Everquest2. It’s not that bad, But I am still glad I didn’t buy it (: It’s really kinda fun. Lots of Quests (get it, everquest) and the world is HUGE! The Graphics are Amazing and they did a great job with the content. After gaming for a while we got cleaned up and headed to Lee’s Parents place for Turkey. It was a Very nice family dinner and it was great of them to let us spend it with them. We then came home and went back to Sleep for a few hours. (I was really tired) That night we hung out and drank and talked the night away

Friday: Ahhh the joys of sleeping in, and How I miss them so. Lee has Kids so it was up at 8am for me. Was ok, Lee and I did some more gaming and General Lazyness in the morning. We went to pick up His Sister and headed down to Lynchburg TN to the Jack Daniels Distillery. We Ate at the BBQ Caboose (same place as last time) and just Wandered around having a good time. The evening was more drinking and gaming. (prolly why I can’t remember specifics)

Saturday: This was Game on day for me and Lee. The Previous days were constantly interrupted with Kids and other stuff, this was the day he and I got to really play. The girls went out and went shopping to get ready for their Girl stuff evening. Missy took Amy and bought a really nice outfit to wear. They were going to a Pops Concert. So we did a Lot of EQ2 gaming. Was great! The Girls came home Late in the evening and we Stayed up a little while Playing Cards.

Sunday: Driving home sucked. There was TONS of traffic, but I guess that’s to be expected. We stopped to eat at a cracker barrel and it was great food but they took FOREVER! Amy was also very happy because she got to eat at Sonic for Lunch. You see we don’t have a Sonic near my house so it’s a treat. We got home at Midnight and crashed out.

I may or May not update this if I remember stuff. I am still really tired.

Forget this who waiting 2 weeks thing. I Have Canceled my SWG account and Will go Find something else to Play.

This weekend is Turkey weekend and I will Most Likely be going to TENN to Visit Lee.

Ok, as many of you know, I play Star Wars Galaxies online and for the most part it’s been a good game, except for one thing…. The Smugglers. Smugglers have been broken since before beta and the Devs have Constantly Lied to us saying that Fixes were coming. There is a Great thread in the Smuggler Forums that documents this. So Many Many of the Smugglers are very jaded on the subject and are becoming more and more vocal. In the last 2 days I know of 4 smugglers that have canceled their accounts because of this. So I took it upon myself to send a Simple message to the Developers. Whenever I saw one post to the forum I replied in their thread with this:

Tiggs,

Could you Pass on to GreenMarine to Please Visit the Smugglers Forums, His Presence is Requested.

Thank You

-The Real Smuggler Alliance

Very Polite. I did this on 6 Different threads over the span of 2 days with No Response. I did not Post more than once per thread. After posting the 6th one (which was then deleted by a Moderator) I find this message when I go back:

You are not allowed to access this site

We’re sorry, but you have been banned from using this site.

You have been banned for the following reason:

Excessive trolling of dev posts, 2 week suspension.

You have 19778 minutes remaining on the ban

Needless to say the Smugglers are upset about this and I hope that action is taken quickly. I think I will probably ride out the two weeks and see if anything is Said/Done towards Smugglers. If there is nothing, I will most likely Quit Star Wars Galaxies. I can’t Justify giving someone money to treat me like crap.

On a Lighter note, I took my Truck into the dealer to investigate a weird squeak that was going on in the back seat area. Turns out it was under the Head Liner, some weird crossbeam that was rubbing against the wall. But it’s fixed now and I pick it up soon! They gave me a Crappy Ford Focus as a loaner. Still, is better than the Mini-Van they gave me last time.

What a Weekend! First on Friday I finally bought the new Car Stereo for the new truck. It’s really good and I got a great deal on it. So I had that installed and pretty much took Friday night off. Saturday morning I had a mild headache so I woke up and took a shower (about 10am). Amy wasn’t awake yet so I decided to sneak out of the house. I got dressed real quiet and carefully made my way out of the house and Down to a little Bagel place. I picked me up some Breakfast and some Chai. Came back and she was Still asleep so I arranged the Breakfast sandwiches on a plate and Took her a Chai and woke her up with Breakfast in Bed. She was very surprised.

After enjoying our breakfast we got up and got ready to go down to Fredericksburg. Garrison Tyranus was having a Bowling party down there so we decided to attend. On the way down we stopped at Potomac Mills Mall and picked up something for Docs Birthday which was Sunday. The Bowling party was fun, I got a few Pictures and didn’t do too Bad. And for Amy’s first time Bowling she did Pretty well. Sat night I wasn’t feeling well so we went home and watched a movie (I don’t remember much)

Sunday was a busy morning. Woke up and Got Dressed, Headed to Wal-Mart to Print out a Picture of Jewel Staite that we took at DragonCon. Then Got some Chai, and some other errands I am sure I forgot about. Then we headed to GalaxyCon. I have to say GalaxyCon is prolly the smallest convention I have ever seen. The dealers room had a total of about 4-5 Dealers. There was 1 Fan Table. 1 Autograph room with about 6 Celebs, and 1 Panel Room. When we got there Jewel was up giving her Panel. I think she recognized us from DragonCon too. After the Panel we gave them the picture to keep and even got a small version of it Signed by her and Her Hubby Matty. Since the convention was so small, we had pretty much seen everything in the first 10 min so we spent the rest of the time hanging out with Jewel and Matty. Every now and Then Robia Lamorte (Jenny Calendar from Buffy) and Mark Lutz (the Groosalugg from Angel) would stop by and chat. We finally left there around 5pm. It was a lot of Fun hanging out with them for the day. There were rumors of them coming back for a few other conventions and I hope they do. It would be great to see them again.

Came home on Sunday night and just relaxed at home. Not much else to say (:

EDIT: For those of you who don’t know, Jewel is a Star of TV and Movies mainly for the Show Firefly, as well as Many other extreemly well acted roles.

Time to Play Catch Up!!! So many things happened in the last few days that I just haven’t had the chance to blog it all. So you know what that means: DAY BY DAY RUNDOWN!

Friday: Typical day at work. I Came home and was all Set to go See the Incredibles and the new EPIII Trailer! Amy and I got to the theater and Waited in line (not very long) Got in and sat in my Fav Seat, Dead Center near the Railing that separates the Stadium Seats and the Front Row Seats. This young Kid sits next to me and Starts Chatting it up about all the movies he has seen. I tell him how excited I am to see the New Trailer. The Lights Dim and The Trailers Start rolling. Lots of new Movies Coming out, But no EPIII. I was bummed. Apparently after speaking with a Manager I find out that they only received 1 copy of the Trailer and it was running on a different screen. BAH! Anyways, we watched the Incredibles and it was Incredible. I highly recommend this Movie!

Saturday: We packed up the truck and headed down to Colonial Williamsburg for a nice quiet weekend. I had called and Made Reservations at a Place called “the Inn at 802” which was a nice little Bed and Breakfast just a few blocks away from Colonial Williamsburg. Amy had no Clue what was happening. She was so surprised! We walked around the city and looked at all the historical sites. Went back and relaxed at the B&B, then for Dinner we went to the Kings Arms Tavern. Wow what a Meal! There was peanut soup, and Bread, and Cornbread, and Relishes, and Chicken and Stuffing, and Ham, and Cauliflower (yes, Amy ate the Cauliflower). We were soooooo Stuffed. We headed back to the room and Promptly Fell asleep.

Sunday: Breakfast Time! Ok, So I wasn’t sure what time the B&B served breakfast so I set the alarm for 7:30am. It went off as expected and I didn’t hear anything out front so I Hit Snooze and Slept some more. It went off again and I still heard nothing So I went ahead and Turned off the alarm, deciding to just get up whenever. After about 20 min I hear this soft music playing. Sure enough it’s coming from the Alarm clock. I Figured I switched it to the wrong Position so I get up and Turn it all the way down. Back t bed I go, But 5 min Later I hear Music again, Softer than before but Still there. No Kidding, I Traced it back to That SAME Alarm Clock. No Idea what was up with it. Anyways….. Finally got up and headed out for Breakfast. We sat In front of the fire for a while sipping tea and then ate a wonderful Breakfast of Fruit and eggs Benedict. After Breakfast we packed up and headed Home. Lit a Fire in the fireplace and had a quiet evening at home. Pics from the weekend can be foound Here

Monday: Not Too Exciting of a day, except that At midnight a Certain X-box Game got released. 11pm I headed to EBGames to pick it up. Played for about an Hour when I got home.

Tuesday: HALO 2 DAY!!!!! Umm Not Much to Blog except that the Game Rocks! If you have an X-box You NEED to have this game. It makes Halo 1 feel like Wolfenstein 3D. If I can find a way to form emotion into words I will try and write a Review later On.

So Here I am on Wednesday trying to play catch-up. I take my Truck in to the Dealership tomorrow to have some Teflon Coating put on and have them check out the Back window which is Squeaking. I have to say I love my Truck. It’s so nice knowing that I have a well Made Truck that will not really need Maintenance for a very long time, and That I get Really Good Gas Mileage for a truck of that Size, Not to mention all the Niceties of The Interior and the Warrantees and such. Hmmm wouldn’t it be nice if some Older Trucks or SUV’s Like the Chevy Blazer. (:

I Finaly Did it!!! After about 3-4 years of wanting a Truck, I finaly went out and got one. and I even got the Truck I wanted!! I am So excited! Here are Pics of the Truck

I really like it. It’s very very Long because of the Long bed and the 4 doors. But I can Haul anything now! Conventions will no Longer see a Packed Saturn. It’s very comfortable and even has a Decent ammount of room in the Back Seat. One of the Things I plan on Upgrading is the Radio. I want a MP3 player in there so thats Prolly next on the List.

I am very very Happy and I got a Great Deal on it. Yay me!