And now its time for our first edition of “What not to do!” with our host, Kensai!
Well, thank you very much. Ah! It’s that wonderful time of year to celebrate the birth of our country. (*sniff* She was so cute when she was little. Where does the time go?) The hotdogs, hamburgers and fireworks, what a way to celebrate but go camping with your family by a beautiful lake. *BZZZZTTT* Wrong! Never take anyone under the age of 4 camping. I have two daughters at the ages of 1 and 3.

Well, not all the weekend was bad. The food was good and we did get to spend time with the family. Plus, my wife and I got to go kyacking for a little bit.

Ah well, I’m glad its over. Can’t wait for this weekend since I get to drive up to DC by myself.

Well, I certainly can’t say that it was an Un-interesting weekend! With So much happening, I would have to say, (you knew it was coming) YET ANOTHER day by Day run-down!

Saturday: Well Saturday was nice and quiet for the most part, I Picked up Amy and we went to see Spiderman 2. It was Amazing! better than the first. I am a huge spidey fan so this was important to me. They did a wonderful job in relating a (closely)true to comic interpretation. The effects were Great but they didn’t overpower the story. GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!! The rest of the evening was filled with a Trip to the coffee shop, and Playing a bit on the computer, Not to mention getting my laundry done! (Must have clean clothes)

Sunday: Happy 4th of July!! We headed down to the Parade at the Pattons house, Amy volunteered to be our Photographer. Got down there and the Cast was: Me, Caleb, CC, Marc P., Lori P, Shipley, Jenny, Amy, and Ken Knight. The Golf Cart looked Cool, and it looked even cooler with Troopers on it. You can check out the Gallery to see Pictures and a Wonderful Video of the “Event”. After the Parade the Rain came in and pretty much wiped out the Picnic, Shame too, the food Looked good. So we hung out at the Pattons and had a Grand time. After that it was back to the DC area to Check out some Fireworks and Call it a Day. Except that, I fell asleep ): I was so tired from the Parade that when I got back home I had to take a Nap. Well before I Knew it I was waking up to Firecrackers going off outside and it was 9pm. Ah well, the day was not wasted and I certainly got some rest.

Monday: Woke up before noon, Prolly due to the incredible amount of sleep I got! (: ok, now this story is gonna involve a little backstory. ok, so at the Party on Sunday at the Pattons, Jenny, Amy, Doc and Marc started singing some stuff that I personaly have never heard. Very Broadwayish. But the Point being that, They were singing something that I Had never heard (and it wasn’t country) So I became Intrigued. I told Amy that I had to see what it was. Turns out it was the Musical Buffy Episode. So on Monday, we Watched it. Doc can cuss and swear all he likes about watching them in order. But it worked, I was hooked. From 5pm to 11pm I sat and watched 7 Episodes of the first Season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer back to back. Why didn’t anyone tell me this was a cool show? (I know I know, you did). So now, my problem is, My Back is KILLING me. I Layed down too much yesterday and my back is complaining to me.

So that was the weekend. I do want to apologise to Doc, I know he wanted to see me out at Nations on the 4th but to be totaly Honest, I was out like a Light. Sorry Bud. Now to go Nurse my Back.

I feel more dumber now than I were before. I went to see Dodgeball today. Ummm Yeah, How to explain using words that the normal population would understand. Well, there were some funny lines. And Lots of gratuitous babe action. But other than that, I felt my IQ dropping during the movie. I would have probably been more entertained by watching the Cheese on my nachos coagulate. I feel the need to go watch a good movie. Spiderman here I come!

On the flipside. Things are going as planned for this weekend, should have some good pictures from the Parade on Sunday! Hope everyone has a Great weekend and Enjoy the 4th!!!

OK. Summer’s been fun. It can end now. No, really, I’ve had enough sweaty ass-crack to last a lifetime. I’m over it. Change the channel.

More later. Out.

Ugh, What is it today, I just can’t seem to get going. Went to bed around midnight last night, and Honestly, thats Early considering I get up at 8am. Lee and I were up till about 11 trying to get a direct connect with X-Wing Alliance to work. Getting really annoyed with that too. Also checked out the new “Anaversary Award” in Galaxies. It’s some crappy painting, no, wait I can’t even call it a painting cause it’s a Drawing, Thats it, a Pencil drawing that they turned into a Painting. I mean it’s nice of them to give out the stuff, But I have seen some paintings in the rest of the game that look amazing, and they give us Sketches. Sigh. Only two things are holding me to the game and thats the Upcoming Smuggler Revamp and the Space Expansion.

In Other news, The 501st will be part of a Golf Cart Parade this 4th down near Richmond. I will prolly post more about this as the dates get closer. Umm thats about it for now.

Ok who got who Stuck on Sabacc? Damn you, at least before I didn’t figure out the rules and it was just a novelty, Now I want the bloody page to save my winnings so I can walk away and come back! I can’t BELIEVE I lost a 300k Credit Match!!!

Anyways, So I started playing around with Shadowbane last night, I guess it seems ok, very Diablo-esque interface. Will try it a bit more tonight and see how it goes, am Pissed off about the Publish 9 Patch notes for Star Wars Galaxies, They apparently don’t care about anyone but Jedi right now. Bah, you know there are like 30 OTHER professions in the game Devs!!!!

It’s wierd having my Den clean now, When I get home I open up all the windows and get some fresh air and That whole room is very Empty like. Now I just need to clean off that Desk, and the Table under the bar, and the Coffee Table. you know, I just have WAY too much crap!!!

So…Tired…Must continue on…Must…*expire*
Its been a rough couple of days getting prepared for Miss’s surgery. Though the surgery itself was no big deal, trying to find someone to watch the kids and get other things arranged was a real pain. I hardly slept at all last night and now my limbs feel like lead…draaaaag, clunk…draaaaag, clunk. Miss is doing fine and is at home sleeping like a baby. Not me, I gotta finish work, pick up the kids, karate practice, cook dinner (yes dinner, Amy), and wrangle the kids into bed. (Honestly, its like herding cats.) I’m not really complaining about doing all those things, just doing them while trying not to stare at the back of my eyelids.
Okay, Wizzer has gotten me hooked on Sabacc. I’ve gotten pretty good at it too. Although, I don’t like some of the harder local rules, I can hold my own. Now if they will only put this in SWG…

Apparently my blog has been active while I have been away. Boys Boys Boys, Can’t we all get along? Be nice or I will edit your Posts to read cute and fluffly thoughts.

Anyways, The weekend was good, Friday night Paul and I headed over to Caribou Coffee and Hung out while drinking Chai and Moca. Will have to find out when they do Live music.

Saturday was fun, I went down to Fredricksburg to Eyeclops Studios for an Armor party. Basicly this means that we bring our armor projects to work on and get help from other troopers. I loaded a bunch of pictures into my gallery so feel free to check that out.

Lastly on Sunday I did the Un-Thinkable….. I Finished the Den!!!! Well For the most part at least. there is still the Desk in there that is Cluttered with a bunch of stuff I don’t know what to do with. and the Closet is Full of More crap I don’t know what to do with. But the room itself is clean and Ready to be set up as a Bedroom/Guestroom!!! It’s only taken me what, 5 Months??? Also managed to do laundry and Vacume the house. Other than that, not much else happened. will prolly Post more later.

This is a test. No emergency Broadcast system. Just a blog toolbar. Wanna see if it works just as good as wizzer tells me it’s gonna. Prolly ought to use this to apologize for biting his head off on Saturday (man, hangovers are bad enough without him calling me in the early afternoon). Yes, I missed the armor party. I kinda regret that. YES, I missed the drum circle (NO regrets there, the pounding in my head is sufficient).

More later.

Okay, first off…Doc, can we say drama?
Anyway, I just found out that my wife’s kidney stone is way too large, infact she has three, and she’ll have to have surgery on monday. Plus, she needs physical therapy for her shoulder for the next three weeks. Ah well, what can you do…I just hope it doesn’t damage my trip out to DC on the ninth. Just gotta wait and see for now.
/sigh. If its not one thing, its another.