Oh hai allzzzzzzz…
Health and Exercise
I’m apparently still slimming down… at least, according to my co-workers. The last few weeks have been hell so my diet hasn’t been great, but I think I managed to eat smart most of last week… just that I was dead on my feet (to the point of skipping Dynamis last Tuesday).
I went to bed early-ish last week and it did me a load of good. (Case in point, I went to bed at 11:00 last night and I feel like crap.) Early bed on Tuesday’s not an option, but I’m hoping to stay on track for the rest of the week (including tonight).
Car
We brought the car in for a tune-up two Saturdays ago, and we found out that the water pump needed to be replaced as it was leaking. So that, and the tune up, cost $660. Ow.
I’ll admit that I’m somewhat disappointed in this car. It feels like it’s more cheaply built than my old Corolla, but they don’t make ‘em like they used to. It did save my ass in that stupid car accident, though, so it can’t be all that bad.
I don’t want another car loan, seriously. I haven’t run this car through the ground yet, and in the coming years, we may need more than one vehicle…
Pets
Reese is doing great, but I have to drive to Saint Albert to buy him another grass hut since he utterly destroyed the one he has right now (he likes toppling it). Eris is okay, too.
My fish, however…
My fish themselves are fine, except for two otos that got caught by the powerhead intake (we’ve now taken steps to prevent this). But I have a nasty algae problem again, and there’s a ton of crap at the bottom of the tank… and I’ve only had this setup for two weeks! I’m going to need to check to see if it’s a filtration problem or something.
Anime
I started watching the anime adaptation of Fairy Tail; I hated it at first because the opening theme just does not fit with the series at all, and the style was more “cartoony” than I liked.
The soundtrack, however, is what got me loving the series. It’s a mix of celtic rock, Newfie-style music (I’m not joking) and hard rock (the type that you hear in Japanese fighting games). It’s glorious and it works. All of the Natsu-related themes are all Celtic-esque, and they’re oh-so-incredible. Next Amazon Japan order I make, I’m definitely buying this!
Renovations
We’re hoping to finish everything this weekend. I’m going to buy a nail gun sometime this week so we don’t have to worry about rushing to return it, and I’m borrowing the air compressor from work.
Final Fantasy XI
As mentioned above, I skipped my first Tuesday Dynamis last week and I feel like crap about it.
I’ll fully admit that I act girly in a sense that I like putting Dar in clothes that make him look good. The motivation behind my town gear for SCH (that black coat and pants) was entirely for looks, though I got a nice nuking body out of the deal, so yay for me. I hit DRG 70 the other day, and the Barone set caught my eye; it’s got “okay” stats, but there’s better elsewhere… however, I look amazing in it, so yes, I’m spending over a million gil to make my character look pretty. Sigh.
I’ve got everything but the helm (don’t want) and the feet; the latter is painful because it costs about 800,000 gil to make them, but they commonly sell for 400,000 gil on auction. There’s a guy, however, that’s trying to sell a pair for more than that — I tried up to 480,000 at one point and couldn’t buy them — so I’m holding off until I’ve got the money (I’d have to borrow again if I wanted them now).
Saturday, we got Ithan-Yuran and Mielle Lufaise/Misareaux access so we can go ahead with Myrna’s FFXI wedding on Friday. I still have to finish off the script since I’m the one officiating the whole thing (eep).
Sky was fond of “stab shit in the face” jobs in WoW, and he felt there was no outlet for that in FFXI. I suggested DRG, and seeing that his was 10, we synced down and with Ithan-Yuran in tow for heals, we started tearing stuff apart in Tahrongi as DRG DRG RDM. Myrna soon joined in with her DRG (with Anrym as plevel), and we moved to Buburimu. Over the course of three hours, we brought Karm from DRG 10 to 19 by just casually roaming and decimating stuff… and I hit level 71, meaning we got about 30,000 exp in that time, without rings (ours burned off really darn fast). And it was DAMN FUN.
I hope he likes DRG, but I’m not going to push him to level it if he doesn’t, seeing as he has other stuff he wants to level (BLM, SMN). If we do decide to duo (well, trio), though, this will be my ticket to getting DRG to 75 in a heck of a hurry, which means I can merit SCH.
That’s about it. I’m planning on making a “State of the RP” post on That Other Blog of Mine, so keep an eye out for that!
Current Mood:
Okay
Working
Drained
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