Hmmm. Seems like my monthly blog post is due. So what's new with me? Let me list the items:
Classes start Tuesday. Kinda looking forward to the change of pace, but I'm so not looking forward to 6 classes/19 credits. I'm looking forward, in a perverse way, to Calc. I'm thankful that I've got the support of several people I can call on for advice and what not. There's a strong overlap in that group to a group I could ask for help in terms of the three programming classes I am this semester. Intro to Object Oriented Programming via Java, Intro to C++, and Assembly.
I'm also taking an Unix intro class and a Computer Logic and design class. Into Logic and Design class is the basic 101 all other comp sci classes are apparently built off of for the associates I'm currently persueing. Considering I've grown up around computers thanks to my dad, I doubt I'll have much trouble with it.
Gaming-wise, my group lost the trouble player, for now. I've not talked to him, though apparently others have. I'm not stressing over it. I know the guy is self-centered and abrasive, so I take him in stride. But I'm not going to approach him over his issues that he brings to game night. In the interim, we picked up a new player. I don't know what to make of the guy yet.
We also tried Shab-al-Hiri with three of the main players, plus a friend of the group. Shab-Al-Hiri seems fun, thus far. I say this mainly because we're all new to this structured chaos of a gm-less game. We only got through the first event, of six. There's an element of impromptu theater to it, which is why I think the friend of the group got in. Far as I know, she's big into theater at the local community college. So it intrigued her. We went on hiatus for the holidays, and then one of the players went to Texas soon after New Year's to visit family. That player should be back soon, and when she does, hopefully we'll resume the Roach.
Finally got around to seeing two movies I had been wanting to see. First was The Hobbit. (If you didn't see that one coming, shame on you.) That was fun enough to watch two showings in one day. Reason why was that the guy who rents the place we have game night at didn't wake up until 5 in the afternoon. That was well into my first viewing of The Hobbit. Apparently he had a late night from Rocky Horror the night prior. And last week, he and I went to go see Django Unchained. Django is Terentino's homage to the spaghetti western genre. I'd recommend it if you like any of the following:
~ Terentino films, because this has his feel for it.
~ Spaghetti Westerns, because this is a straight up nod to that genre,
~ Over the top action/gore porn. Yeah, ok, that tidbit is almost synonymous with Terentino, but whatever.
Speaking of Rocky Horror, I'm definitely getting too old for it. I've approached That point where I am that creepy old guy, even though I'm friends with one of the crew on it. Yes, the same guy I saw The Hobbit and Django with.
His grandfather died last week. We knew it was coming. I met the grandfather right after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey. The grandfather had cancer for a while, and when I met him, the man looked it. I'm not good at dealing with death, grief, and the sort. I was a pall-bearer. I think that it should have gone to people close to the grandfather, not random shmucks like me. I'm an atheist, so I couldn't give any words of consolation without being a liar.
To continue the cancer story, another aquaintance-turned-friend just got diagnosed. Apparently he has it at the worst level. Guy was told to get his affairs in order, since the doc's gave him six months. Shit. This is turning out to be a shit year so far. I'm hoping it changes for the positive soon, and stays that way.
The latest DLC for Borderlands 2 came out this past Tuesday. I played through it a little too quickly. I was disappointed in how short it was. I was hoping for something the length of General Knoxx's Armory or Zombie Island. Hell, Torgue's Campaign of Carnage was longer, and that was Mad Moxxi with an actual story line. Only good thing I've heard is that by the end of the first fiscal quarter, the level cap will be increased. Not sure if it's going to be a patch, or comes with the fourth planned DLC. EroticGeek, do you know? (And I agree, I love Clap-Trap as well. "NOOOOO!!!!!! Not stairs!")
Hmmm. Arkham Horror is a massive board game when you include all the expansions. I've been thinking of ways to store all the stuff for it in an easy to use manner that's also easy on the eyes. So I'm thinking of building my own storage/display case for it, with each card group having its own slot. Mind you, there's like 66 different card groups. Thankfully, they're all rectangular, so it should be easy to design for those. What I'm not sure how to handle is creating storage for the various little tokens. They're a pain in the ass to hold, move around, and keep contained, so that part's going to be fun.
I'd like to thank Waldo_Jeffers for reminding me I had it. It was his Cthulu Carols which brought Arkham to mind. I'd also like to thank him for the birthday wishes.
Classes start Tuesday. Kinda looking forward to the change of pace, but I'm so not looking forward to 6 classes/19 credits. I'm looking forward, in a perverse way, to Calc. I'm thankful that I've got the support of several people I can call on for advice and what not. There's a strong overlap in that group to a group I could ask for help in terms of the three programming classes I am this semester. Intro to Object Oriented Programming via Java, Intro to C++, and Assembly.
I'm also taking an Unix intro class and a Computer Logic and design class. Into Logic and Design class is the basic 101 all other comp sci classes are apparently built off of for the associates I'm currently persueing. Considering I've grown up around computers thanks to my dad, I doubt I'll have much trouble with it.
Gaming-wise, my group lost the trouble player, for now. I've not talked to him, though apparently others have. I'm not stressing over it. I know the guy is self-centered and abrasive, so I take him in stride. But I'm not going to approach him over his issues that he brings to game night. In the interim, we picked up a new player. I don't know what to make of the guy yet.
We also tried Shab-al-Hiri with three of the main players, plus a friend of the group. Shab-Al-Hiri seems fun, thus far. I say this mainly because we're all new to this structured chaos of a gm-less game. We only got through the first event, of six. There's an element of impromptu theater to it, which is why I think the friend of the group got in. Far as I know, she's big into theater at the local community college. So it intrigued her. We went on hiatus for the holidays, and then one of the players went to Texas soon after New Year's to visit family. That player should be back soon, and when she does, hopefully we'll resume the Roach.
Finally got around to seeing two movies I had been wanting to see. First was The Hobbit. (If you didn't see that one coming, shame on you.) That was fun enough to watch two showings in one day. Reason why was that the guy who rents the place we have game night at didn't wake up until 5 in the afternoon. That was well into my first viewing of The Hobbit. Apparently he had a late night from Rocky Horror the night prior. And last week, he and I went to go see Django Unchained. Django is Terentino's homage to the spaghetti western genre. I'd recommend it if you like any of the following:
~ Terentino films, because this has his feel for it.
~ Spaghetti Westerns, because this is a straight up nod to that genre,
~ Over the top action/gore porn. Yeah, ok, that tidbit is almost synonymous with Terentino, but whatever.
Speaking of Rocky Horror, I'm definitely getting too old for it. I've approached That point where I am that creepy old guy, even though I'm friends with one of the crew on it. Yes, the same guy I saw The Hobbit and Django with.
His grandfather died last week. We knew it was coming. I met the grandfather right after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey. The grandfather had cancer for a while, and when I met him, the man looked it. I'm not good at dealing with death, grief, and the sort. I was a pall-bearer. I think that it should have gone to people close to the grandfather, not random shmucks like me. I'm an atheist, so I couldn't give any words of consolation without being a liar.
To continue the cancer story, another aquaintance-turned-friend just got diagnosed. Apparently he has it at the worst level. Guy was told to get his affairs in order, since the doc's gave him six months. Shit. This is turning out to be a shit year so far. I'm hoping it changes for the positive soon, and stays that way.
The latest DLC for Borderlands 2 came out this past Tuesday. I played through it a little too quickly. I was disappointed in how short it was. I was hoping for something the length of General Knoxx's Armory or Zombie Island. Hell, Torgue's Campaign of Carnage was longer, and that was Mad Moxxi with an actual story line. Only good thing I've heard is that by the end of the first fiscal quarter, the level cap will be increased. Not sure if it's going to be a patch, or comes with the fourth planned DLC. EroticGeek, do you know? (And I agree, I love Clap-Trap as well. "NOOOOO!!!!!! Not stairs!")
Hmmm. Arkham Horror is a massive board game when you include all the expansions. I've been thinking of ways to store all the stuff for it in an easy to use manner that's also easy on the eyes. So I'm thinking of building my own storage/display case for it, with each card group having its own slot. Mind you, there's like 66 different card groups. Thankfully, they're all rectangular, so it should be easy to design for those. What I'm not sure how to handle is creating storage for the various little tokens. They're a pain in the ass to hold, move around, and keep contained, so that part's going to be fun.
I'd like to thank Waldo_Jeffers for reminding me I had it. It was his Cthulu Carols which brought Arkham to mind. I'd also like to thank him for the birthday wishes.