Local game store Gamer's Haven just re-opened over in Post Falls and we went to check out the new location on Friday. The shop looks great, with a large amount of space for in-store table-top gaming. The official Grand Opening is the first weekend of March, complete with tournaments and events.
Jenny and I have been wanting to get back into miniatures games for a while, and this might be the perfect time to start playing Warhammer again. There's also a new game, Malifaux, from an Italian game company, that looks really intriguing as well.
Saturday we headed over to Coeur d'Alene to have dinner with Jenny's family, to celebrate her sister Patty's birthday. She opened her presents and delicious Mexican food from Rancho Viejo was enjoyed by all.
We had a great turn-out at our monthly meeting of the Spokane Comicsmiths' Guild today, with a record number of attendees and a couple of new people being there for the first time. We're still getting things straightened out for Emerald City ComiCon next month, but I think we'll have all our bases covered.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Local Comics & Games News
Sunday was our monthly meeting of the Spokane Comicsmiths Guild. It was a good time, and fairly productive, with some brainstorming done regarding the upcoming 24 Hour Comic Book Day event and discussion of various projects. Not sure on the exact date of the next SCG meeting - we're going to try to meet more often, so the next meeting may not be at Merlyns or on a Sunday.
The Marvel Birthday event we sketched at did make it into the Coeur d'Alene paper, and one member, my friend Matt Nelson, got his picture and name featured on the front page! That was, of course, incredibly cool, but unfortunately there wasn't any actual mention of the SCG group. Here's the full article: The Coeur d'Alene Press
I've been thinking about working on painting miniatures again - I haven't touched any minis or paints in months, but I've been looking through my gaming books and thinking about working on an army again. I'm sure hanging out at Merlyns and being surrounded by games and gamers probably has something to do with it as well.
Not sure when I'll get back into it, but I have been looking at gaming websites for the first time in ages, trying to catch up on new releases. In my internet browsing I also discovered that Gamer's Haven, the awesome game store in Idaho that tragically burned to the ground, is going to re-open in October! The store was originally in Coeur d'Alene (I even briefly worked there), and the new location will be in neighboring Post Falls (in the Outlet Mall along I-90). The new shop is scheduled to open October 1st, and I'm sure I'll swing by and check it out. :)
In other news, I think I might be coming down with something. My head's hurt pretty much all day (slightly less after some DayQuil and Aspirin), and I've just felt cruddy, like I have no energy. Hopefully I'll shake whatever it is quick, 'cause it's annoying...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Creative Pursuits
I wanted to spread the word that my good buddy Alex is starting up a miniatures design company - The Forge of Ice. He doesn't have a website up for it yet, but you can check out this thread on the Excelsior Entertainment board for info and some sneak peeks of greens: Miniatures by Alex
Just so happens I'm also doing some design work for him - one company logo so far (which you can see on that thread), and I still owe him a couple of alternate logo designs. I'm also hoping to contribute some figure designs for him down the road. The models he's got in the works so far look really great.
NaNoWriMo
November is right around the corner, and with it comes the National Novel Writing Month. This will be the third year of participating for both Jenny and I, and hopefully this year will be somewhat more successful for me. I really have no idea what I'm going to write, and I'm thinking that might be a good thing.
The last two years I had "great ideas", which might actually make good novels, so I kinda sabotaged myself by overthinking them and getting bogged down in too much research and too little writing. This time I'm considering just coming up with a couple of main characters and then free writing and see what happens to them. Guess we'll see on November 1st.
24 Hour Comic Book Day
This is a yearly international event, started by cartoonist Scott McCloud, where artists (with more free time than sense) get together and attempt to write and draw a complete 24 page comic in 24 hours. It's crazy, really, but a great creative exercise. I'm sure I'm not ready for it, especially since I haven't attempted any sequential work in ages, but what better way of kick-starting myself back into it, right?
This year the day is on October 18 (the Saturday after next). Here in Spokane, the 24HCBD will be sponsored by and held at Merlyns (a local comic and game store), and organized by Levi Skeen, a local comic book artist. If you're looking for more info, check out these links:
The 24 Hour Comic Book Day Website
The 24HCBD Spokane MySpace Page
Merlyns' Store Website
Monday, January 14, 2008
And Continuing the Fire Theme....
I got out of work about a half hour early today, since the fire alarms went off in our building around 4:30. It looks like it was a false alarm, although I didn't stick around to find out exactly what happened. My boss let us all go at 5, since we were just standing around in the cold across the street, and the firefighters who were there were talking amongst themselves (inside, where it's warm), and didn't seem in a hurry to let us in. I suppose I'll have to go back in tomorrow, since I haven't heard from her otherwise. :)
The word is that whatever the firefighters were looking for was on the 7th floor (the one above us). That's the allergy treatment center, and I can't imagine what might have set it off, although a couple of the ladies who work on that floor were wondering if someone might have just burnt their popcorn in the microwave.... Regardless, none of us saw any billowing smoke coming from the windows, so I don't think it was anything serious.
As far as Gamer's Haven is concerned, Russ (the owner) has been posting updates on the website's forum - he definately has insurance, and is now going through the oh-so-fun task of dealing with the insurance adjusters and fire department to see where he stands. He did post this evening that there were actually some miniatures in the big display case which somehow (amazingly) survived, and he's now matching up who has what.
Otherwise, not a whole lot else exciting today. We did some much needed grocery shopping after I left work and Jenny got her hair cut before that. Watched the second episode of the new Terminator show, which was awesome and taped the new Prisonbreak. Hopefully we'll be able to catch up on all those by the end of the week. And Jenny's watching Medium right now. So yeah, a whole lot of not a whole lot....
The word is that whatever the firefighters were looking for was on the 7th floor (the one above us). That's the allergy treatment center, and I can't imagine what might have set it off, although a couple of the ladies who work on that floor were wondering if someone might have just burnt their popcorn in the microwave.... Regardless, none of us saw any billowing smoke coming from the windows, so I don't think it was anything serious.
As far as Gamer's Haven is concerned, Russ (the owner) has been posting updates on the website's forum - he definately has insurance, and is now going through the oh-so-fun task of dealing with the insurance adjusters and fire department to see where he stands. He did post this evening that there were actually some miniatures in the big display case which somehow (amazingly) survived, and he's now matching up who has what.
Otherwise, not a whole lot else exciting today. We did some much needed grocery shopping after I left work and Jenny got her hair cut before that. Watched the second episode of the new Terminator show, which was awesome and taped the new Prisonbreak. Hopefully we'll be able to catch up on all those by the end of the week. And Jenny's watching Medium right now. So yeah, a whole lot of not a whole lot....
Up In Flames....
Gamer's Haven, our favorite game store down here, was destroyed today when the building it shared with some other businesses and apartments was engulfed in flame. No news yet on the cause, but some witnesses suspect that the fire started in the apartments (it's Idaho, so our first thought was a meth lab, unfortunately...).
I actually worked part time at Gamer's Haven for a short while when we lived over in Coeur d'Alene, before I got bumped up to full time at Borders. The owner, Bob, sold the business about 6 months ago to the new owner, Russ - I can't image what's going through either's mind right now.
The shop should be all insured, so hopefully it will return in some form, although that won't replace all of the painted miniatures and terrain - not to mention all the customers' miniatures that were stored there. There's more information regarding the incident in this news article.
I guess that new Lightning Comics store will be doing some more gaming related business than they initally expected in the coming months. Jenny stopped by there today when she went into CdA. Just as I suspected, it reminded her a lot of our shop. It was clean, neat and basically empty (she was one of five people there, and the only customer).
In lighter news, the new Terminator show (The Sarah Connor Chronicles) started tonight on FOX, and exceeded all of our expectations. I'm a big fan of the franchise (T-3 was our first date movie!), and I was pleased to see that the show lived up to the movies, with better action and special effects than are normally seen on a network show. The creators of Bionic Woman should take note - this is how it's done. The "premiere" continues tomorrow, with the show taking over it's normal Monday night slot. It was originally supposed to be on Sunday nights, but with no new Heroes episodes because of the writers' strike, FOX has a good chance of grabbing some of it's wayward viewers looking for a suitable replacement.
Otherwise, there's a new episode of Prisonbreak on tomorrow (but first we have to catch up on the last 3 hours of last season, which we still haven't watched), as well as a new Medium (which returned last week). Oh, and the new American Idol starts this week too (4 hours over Tuesday and Wednesday night). We'll probably have to watch that as well....
I actually worked part time at Gamer's Haven for a short while when we lived over in Coeur d'Alene, before I got bumped up to full time at Borders. The owner, Bob, sold the business about 6 months ago to the new owner, Russ - I can't image what's going through either's mind right now.
The shop should be all insured, so hopefully it will return in some form, although that won't replace all of the painted miniatures and terrain - not to mention all the customers' miniatures that were stored there. There's more information regarding the incident in this news article.
I guess that new Lightning Comics store will be doing some more gaming related business than they initally expected in the coming months. Jenny stopped by there today when she went into CdA. Just as I suspected, it reminded her a lot of our shop. It was clean, neat and basically empty (she was one of five people there, and the only customer).
In lighter news, the new Terminator show (The Sarah Connor Chronicles) started tonight on FOX, and exceeded all of our expectations. I'm a big fan of the franchise (T-3 was our first date movie!), and I was pleased to see that the show lived up to the movies, with better action and special effects than are normally seen on a network show. The creators of Bionic Woman should take note - this is how it's done. The "premiere" continues tomorrow, with the show taking over it's normal Monday night slot. It was originally supposed to be on Sunday nights, but with no new Heroes episodes because of the writers' strike, FOX has a good chance of grabbing some of it's wayward viewers looking for a suitable replacement.
Otherwise, there's a new episode of Prisonbreak on tomorrow (but first we have to catch up on the last 3 hours of last season, which we still haven't watched), as well as a new Medium (which returned last week). Oh, and the new American Idol starts this week too (4 hours over Tuesday and Wednesday night). We'll probably have to watch that as well....
Monday, January 22, 2007
Truck Problems, etc.
The truck is acting really wierd today, and we're afraid it might be the alternator. The battery hasn't gone dead, but everything's running down really quickly. First the wipers went really slow, then the dash lights dimmed, and by the time we got home, we could barely see if the headlights were on. Jenny's folks came over tonight and her dad took a look at the battery and cleaned the leads. They also left her mom's car and one of the cellphones with us, so if the car does die tomorrow we won't be completely helpless. Both of us work dayshifts tomorrow, so hopefully we'll be able to get to work and back.
The weekend went fine - I did get the bathroom cleaned, and the rest of the house was gone over as well. Headed into CdA on Sunday, where we treated to Outback by Jenny's folks! I also picked up the Postal Service CD finally (only took me 2 years) - Atlanta was pleased. Also stopped by Gamers Haven and chatted with Bob for a while and picked up the new Empire book.
Tonight's the big premiere/return of a bunch of our shows: Prison Break, Heroes, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. So that's what we're going to be doing for the next 3 hours....
The weekend went fine - I did get the bathroom cleaned, and the rest of the house was gone over as well. Headed into CdA on Sunday, where we treated to Outback by Jenny's folks! I also picked up the Postal Service CD finally (only took me 2 years) - Atlanta was pleased. Also stopped by Gamers Haven and chatted with Bob for a while and picked up the new Empire book.
Tonight's the big premiere/return of a bunch of our shows: Prison Break, Heroes, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. So that's what we're going to be doing for the next 3 hours....
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Aaarrrrr!!!!!
We went to see Pirates of the Carribean 2 on Saturday, and it was A-Ma-Zing. We were originally supposed to go Friday (opening night), and take Patty (Jenny's sister, who is absolutely obsessed with the movie) to it. However, Patty had to work Friday night so that was a no-go. That was just as well, since we would have had to rush over there after I got off work, and stay in CdA late (it's a long movie), and we also wanted to see our friends and go to Gamer's Haven. Besides, I was really tired when I finally got out of work.
So, anyway, Pirates rocked! If you enjoyed the first, you won't be disappointed. Be forewarned however - it is definately a "middle movie", and ends as a cliffhanger/set up for the third one. Luckily they're already almost finished with the third one, so it should be released within the year.
We did get to Gamer's Haven, and picked up the Hordes starter box that Jenny had on order, as well as a random Confrontation mini for her, and a couple of packs of Warmachine/Hordes sized bases. She got the starter for the Circle of Orboros, and is in the midst of putting it together currently (there are some major gaps that need to be filled with green stuff). She's also planning on doing another Egyptian/cat themed Circle army, using mainly Reaper and Crocodile Games minis as proxies. That was the main reason we needed the empty bases.
I'm also thinking of doing something similar, using the Blighted rules for a gobber army with the Confrontation goblins (which are super cute!). I love the models for Confrontation, but I doubt if we'll ever get around to learning the rules, so we might as well use them for something, and their "look" fits in quite well with the Privateer Press range.
Work continues. I actually had a pretty good day today - I got my "to do" box cleared out, after getting a really good night sleep last night.
We finally tried out the (relatively) new Mexican place in the old Los Sanchez building, La Milpa, and it was delicious. We'll definately be going back there, and telling as many people as we can about it.
So, anyway, Pirates rocked! If you enjoyed the first, you won't be disappointed. Be forewarned however - it is definately a "middle movie", and ends as a cliffhanger/set up for the third one. Luckily they're already almost finished with the third one, so it should be released within the year.
We did get to Gamer's Haven, and picked up the Hordes starter box that Jenny had on order, as well as a random Confrontation mini for her, and a couple of packs of Warmachine/Hordes sized bases. She got the starter for the Circle of Orboros, and is in the midst of putting it together currently (there are some major gaps that need to be filled with green stuff). She's also planning on doing another Egyptian/cat themed Circle army, using mainly Reaper and Crocodile Games minis as proxies. That was the main reason we needed the empty bases.
I'm also thinking of doing something similar, using the Blighted rules for a gobber army with the Confrontation goblins (which are super cute!). I love the models for Confrontation, but I doubt if we'll ever get around to learning the rules, so we might as well use them for something, and their "look" fits in quite well with the Privateer Press range.
Work continues. I actually had a pretty good day today - I got my "to do" box cleared out, after getting a really good night sleep last night.
We finally tried out the (relatively) new Mexican place in the old Los Sanchez building, La Milpa, and it was delicious. We'll definately be going back there, and telling as many people as we can about it.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
And So, Another Lazy Weekend Begins....
Slept in and watched cartoons, per usual this morning, and then caught up on the TV shows that we'd taped over the past week and hadn't got around to watching yet: Scrubs and Teachers plus Criminal Minds and CSI:NY last night.
We walked outside around noon so that Jenny could take some pictures of the tree in bloom in the back yard, and found a cute little dachschund running around in front of the apartment. He was a cute little guy, and he had a leash so we figured he must belong to somebody. We went to the apt. office first, but of course it was closed for lunch, so I made up some flyers really quick and stuck them up and Jenny walked around the complex looking for a lost owner. She did finally come to claim him around 1:30 or so, turns out her son was walking him and he (the dog) ran off and the son didn't do anything.... But, regardless, the dog is safe and home now. Turns out there are quite a few dachschunds in our complex, but I guess they probably make pretty good apartment dogs, being so tiny.
The new Privateer Press game Hordes is due to be released today, so we're thinking about running to the game store (either Merlyns or House of Games) to check it out. Not that we really have a $100 to drop on a new game right now, so maybe we'll just wait till the tax refund gets here.
Jenny doesn't work tomorrow either, and we might get together with Jamie some time. Jenny gave him a call and he's working, so we're supposed to call him back tomorrow. We were supposed to hang out with Tigger and Lincoln Thursday or Friday, but Thursday Lincoln started throwing up and was sick, and then Friday Tigger got sick. One of these days we'll actually get Lincoln over so he can see the apartment.... :)
We walked outside around noon so that Jenny could take some pictures of the tree in bloom in the back yard, and found a cute little dachschund running around in front of the apartment. He was a cute little guy, and he had a leash so we figured he must belong to somebody. We went to the apt. office first, but of course it was closed for lunch, so I made up some flyers really quick and stuck them up and Jenny walked around the complex looking for a lost owner. She did finally come to claim him around 1:30 or so, turns out her son was walking him and he (the dog) ran off and the son didn't do anything.... But, regardless, the dog is safe and home now. Turns out there are quite a few dachschunds in our complex, but I guess they probably make pretty good apartment dogs, being so tiny.
The new Privateer Press game Hordes is due to be released today, so we're thinking about running to the game store (either Merlyns or House of Games) to check it out. Not that we really have a $100 to drop on a new game right now, so maybe we'll just wait till the tax refund gets here.
Jenny doesn't work tomorrow either, and we might get together with Jamie some time. Jenny gave him a call and he's working, so we're supposed to call him back tomorrow. We were supposed to hang out with Tigger and Lincoln Thursday or Friday, but Thursday Lincoln started throwing up and was sick, and then Friday Tigger got sick. One of these days we'll actually get Lincoln over so he can see the apartment.... :)
Monday, April 17, 2006
The Tax Man Cometh, etc.
Well, nothing near as exciting to report as the last couple of posts....
We did get our taxes done and in the mail on time (a little before in fact), and it looks like we should be getting some money back this year, assuming all of our math was right. Jenny's only getting about $11 back, but it looks like I might be getting as much as a few hundred, although the IRS usually "fixes" your "mistakes" and that number will probably get knocked down a little.
Work continues to... continue. Jenny's getting a few more hours, although that includes hours on register, so it's not all great but we need the money. My job is still going OK, but I've accepted that it really isn't what I'm looking for in a job and I don't expect to stay there for too long of an extended stay. I'm not planning on jumping ship anytime soon, but let's just say we're both keeping our options open.
I'm still looking at getting a tablet for the computer, and with some money coming back from taxes, that's definately high up on the list of things to buy. I've also had my eye on a new PDA and I'd really like to get an iPod, but that's a $400 toy I really don't need....
Did some major spring cleaning this last weekend, so the apartment is back to livable condition again. Still need to vacuum and mop, but otherwise the place looks pretty good. If I can get the digital camera up and running, maybe I'll take some new pics of the apartment, so we can compare them to the pics I took when we moved in. Has it really been 6 months?
Entertainment
I'm reading my way through my William Gibson collection; currently I'm on Mona Lisa Overdrive for probably the 30th time or so. I'm working up to finally finishing his 2nd trilogy (I've had All Tomorrow's Parties for a couple of years now and still haven't read it), and eventually read his most recent effort, Pattern Recognition.
Jenny's currently hooked on Summoner, a PS2 game I got ages ago and never really started. It's an RPG, similar to Dungeon Siege, but in an insanely detailed world with a lot more more options available to you.
We still haven't seen V For Vendetta yet (or any new movie for that matter), but I'm sure we'll get a round to it eventually. Probably end up seeing it in the bargain theatre at this rate. Chronicles of Narnia just came out on DVD, and we borrowed that from Jenny's parents, but we'll definately end up buying that one. And they're finally releasing American Dad on DVD as well (April 25th), so there's another box set to add to the list. And new episodes start this Sunday!
In miniature news, Hordes is set for release on the 22nd, so we want to scrape up enough money to buy a couple of starter boxes. Hopefully that'll be enough motivation to get back into playing again.
We did get our taxes done and in the mail on time (a little before in fact), and it looks like we should be getting some money back this year, assuming all of our math was right. Jenny's only getting about $11 back, but it looks like I might be getting as much as a few hundred, although the IRS usually "fixes" your "mistakes" and that number will probably get knocked down a little.
Work continues to... continue. Jenny's getting a few more hours, although that includes hours on register, so it's not all great but we need the money. My job is still going OK, but I've accepted that it really isn't what I'm looking for in a job and I don't expect to stay there for too long of an extended stay. I'm not planning on jumping ship anytime soon, but let's just say we're both keeping our options open.
I'm still looking at getting a tablet for the computer, and with some money coming back from taxes, that's definately high up on the list of things to buy. I've also had my eye on a new PDA and I'd really like to get an iPod, but that's a $400 toy I really don't need....
Did some major spring cleaning this last weekend, so the apartment is back to livable condition again. Still need to vacuum and mop, but otherwise the place looks pretty good. If I can get the digital camera up and running, maybe I'll take some new pics of the apartment, so we can compare them to the pics I took when we moved in. Has it really been 6 months?
Entertainment
I'm reading my way through my William Gibson collection; currently I'm on Mona Lisa Overdrive for probably the 30th time or so. I'm working up to finally finishing his 2nd trilogy (I've had All Tomorrow's Parties for a couple of years now and still haven't read it), and eventually read his most recent effort, Pattern Recognition.
Jenny's currently hooked on Summoner, a PS2 game I got ages ago and never really started. It's an RPG, similar to Dungeon Siege, but in an insanely detailed world with a lot more more options available to you.
We still haven't seen V For Vendetta yet (or any new movie for that matter), but I'm sure we'll get a round to it eventually. Probably end up seeing it in the bargain theatre at this rate. Chronicles of Narnia just came out on DVD, and we borrowed that from Jenny's parents, but we'll definately end up buying that one. And they're finally releasing American Dad on DVD as well (April 25th), so there's another box set to add to the list. And new episodes start this Sunday!
In miniature news, Hordes is set for release on the 22nd, so we want to scrape up enough money to buy a couple of starter boxes. Hopefully that'll be enough motivation to get back into playing again.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Hmmm... I Think I Just Saw A Pig Fly By.
The Seahawks are going to the Superbowl?!!! How awesome is that!!! I never thought I'd see the day come. I'm thinking I might have to actually watch the Superbowl this year. Wow.
So, the NW Andrology interview went great, and the guy even told me I interviewed really well! But he still has a few more people to see this week, so it's not a sure thing yet. I really hope I get it though - I wouldn't get any benefits, but the pay is decent, it's an 8 to 5 M-F week, and it's not retail....
Today was a very lazy Sunday. We slept in till almost 1pm, and have just been lounging around all day - me on the computer and drawing, and Jenny's been reading and playing videogames. We had thought about going into CdA, but we decided to put it off till tomorrow, so we can maybe get some Mexican food at Cafe Chulo and swing by Borders and see some peoples. We'll also pick up the Sunday classifieds and the dresser from Jenny's parents.
Arts & Crafts
There are all of these memes floating around Livejournal right now; it started with an Andi Watson Batgirl that got really huge, but I found out about that pretty late and didn't get in on that one. There are now (atleast) 3 - Superboy, Green Lantern and Warwolf, and I'm expecting more Titans to follow Superboy, and they give me something to draw, and I was particularly inspired with the Superboy one...
The current Superboy, Conner, came into being in the early/mid 90s, and bore all the horrible fashion scars of that period - so I thought "what if Conner had been created during the 80s instead, maybe even in 1986 following (or during) the original Crisis (Superboy Prime, anyone?).
Anyway, this is what came out of that idea. I just realized I should maybe redraw his clenched-fist hand holding a Rubiks Cube.....
The Odin contest ended today, and obviously I didn't get that done. I saw some of the entries that they've received so far, and they're really impressive - I'm glad I didn't rush mine and mess it up. I think it's going to be one of my many perpetual works-in-progress for a while....
So now I've got a couple more memes to scribble up, an Illustration Friday piece to do, and a couple of Draw-Offs (Juggernaut/Thing & Ultimate Iron Man/Iron Maiden), plus whatever else I can come up with. Should be kept busy for a while....
Fun & Games
I've (re-)started working on a Warhammer 40K army again, but this time I realized two things:
- I don't have any money to spend on a new army.
- I will probably never finish this army (maybe by the time the next edition of the game is released).
So, I should just take my time on this, making it the way I want and having fun converting and painting it one model at a time. I'm going to (strip & re-) paint my Sisters of Battle, adding in my Valhallans (converted into Stormtroopers), plus lots of other Inquisitorial stuff converted out of minis I already have. When I'm getting paid again, then I'll (maybe) buy some more. But not until everything else is painted, or I've played with it and atleast decided on an army list....
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Burning the Midnight Oil
Well, I did get the cover letters I was writing finished last night, or should I say this morning.... I dropped the two I needed to mail in the outgoing mail slot around 4:30 am this morning before I went to bed, so I'd be sure they went out today. I've also got 3 to fax and 2 more to email, but I'm going to wait until Monday morning to take care of those so I'll be reasonably sure there's someone at the offices to receive them. And tomorrow's Sunday, so there's another stack of Classifieds to go through.
We played a small (500) point game of Warhammer tonight - Chaos (Beasts) vs. Chaos (Mortals). It was... interesting. I have never seen such horrible dice rolling as I beheld tonight. Jenny's forces inflicted 6 (unsaved) wounds on my army. Total. Although she made my unit of Flesh Hounds disappear back into the warp from beating them in combat. So, yes I did win, and it was probably technically a massacre, but it still wasn't what I'd call a "solid victory." But it was still lots of fun (although I'm not sure if Jenny would echo my opinion....).
Anyway, hopefully this will be the start of us getting back into playing regularly. I want to get back in the habit of painting as well, so maybe I'll find the time to get some work done on my figures tomorrow.
No real art to speak of today. I sketched a bit in my little sketchbook when we were at the parents' house today, but that's it. Although I did think of something to do for the newest Draw Off over at Digital Webbing. It's not due till the end of the month though, so expect to wait to see that one.
Tomorrow (technically today, the 15th) is our 2 1/2 year anniversary. We don't really have anything planned, other than probably go out for lunch. There's supposed to be a Thai place on Pines somewhere that we might try to find. Otherwise, we'll probably just stay in and work on art and watch cable - Happy Anniversary to Us!
We played a small (500) point game of Warhammer tonight - Chaos (Beasts) vs. Chaos (Mortals). It was... interesting. I have never seen such horrible dice rolling as I beheld tonight. Jenny's forces inflicted 6 (unsaved) wounds on my army. Total. Although she made my unit of Flesh Hounds disappear back into the warp from beating them in combat. So, yes I did win, and it was probably technically a massacre, but it still wasn't what I'd call a "solid victory." But it was still lots of fun (although I'm not sure if Jenny would echo my opinion....).
Anyway, hopefully this will be the start of us getting back into playing regularly. I want to get back in the habit of painting as well, so maybe I'll find the time to get some work done on my figures tomorrow.
No real art to speak of today. I sketched a bit in my little sketchbook when we were at the parents' house today, but that's it. Although I did think of something to do for the newest Draw Off over at Digital Webbing. It's not due till the end of the month though, so expect to wait to see that one.
Tomorrow (technically today, the 15th) is our 2 1/2 year anniversary. We don't really have anything planned, other than probably go out for lunch. There's supposed to be a Thai place on Pines somewhere that we might try to find. Otherwise, we'll probably just stay in and work on art and watch cable - Happy Anniversary to Us!
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Happy New Year
Well, we're sitting at home this New Years; how exciting.... Jenny's in the living room playing Spyro the Dragon (which she's now totally addicted to) and I'm ripping a ton of CDs from my collection to the computer and attempting to revise my resume.
We're going into CDA tomorrow to meet Sean & Lisa to see King Kong at Noon, and then go see the folks. Our Christmas present from Jenny's mom arrived and is waiting for us (we don't know what it is yet), and the +/- CD that I ordered from Borders is supposed to be in, so we'll be stopping by there as well. Monday we'll be going back into CDA, since the truck has an oil change appointment at Parker Toyota.
The PS2 is working out great; it's nice being able to watch movies in the living room. I went ahead and moved the DVD rack in there, and we picked up a normal PS memory card so we could play all my old games ($3 used at EB Games). Like I said before, Jenny's been playing Spyro non-stop, and I finally started Silent Hill 2 (I've only had it for, what, 4 years?). We'll probably be picking up the other 2 Spyro games for the PS when Jenny finishes this one....
Verizon online sent us a bill for the modem and router we were using in CDA. We do still have it, but we were waiting for them to send the pre-labeled sticker to slap on it and send it back to them, just like it says in our contract. So, Monday we'll also be calling up Verizon and having words with them.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Years, and here's looking forward to a great 2006!
We're going into CDA tomorrow to meet Sean & Lisa to see King Kong at Noon, and then go see the folks. Our Christmas present from Jenny's mom arrived and is waiting for us (we don't know what it is yet), and the +/- CD that I ordered from Borders is supposed to be in, so we'll be stopping by there as well. Monday we'll be going back into CDA, since the truck has an oil change appointment at Parker Toyota.
The PS2 is working out great; it's nice being able to watch movies in the living room. I went ahead and moved the DVD rack in there, and we picked up a normal PS memory card so we could play all my old games ($3 used at EB Games). Like I said before, Jenny's been playing Spyro non-stop, and I finally started Silent Hill 2 (I've only had it for, what, 4 years?). We'll probably be picking up the other 2 Spyro games for the PS when Jenny finishes this one....
Verizon online sent us a bill for the modem and router we were using in CDA. We do still have it, but we were waiting for them to send the pre-labeled sticker to slap on it and send it back to them, just like it says in our contract. So, Monday we'll also be calling up Verizon and having words with them.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Years, and here's looking forward to a great 2006!
Saturday, December 10, 2005
TGIF?
Jamie came over today and we watched the rest of League of Gentlemen, except for the Christmas special. But he left it with us so we could watch it whenever (plus 5 hours of special features!). He also typed up his resume while he was here.
I got a hold of Josh and Sean, and we'll probably be hooking up with them next weekend to see Aeon Flux and King Kong, although chances are we'll be in Coeur d'Alene tomorrow, so we'll more than likely drop by Borders and see if Sean's in so we can bug him.
Narnia came out today, so I suppose we might go see that tomorrow, plus we'll be working out in the morning. We're going to try to get to there earlier than last Saturday so we can avoid any one else being there. There was this old couple there last week who totally monopolized the exercise bike and treadmill, and with the treadmill out of order, we both want to get some bike time. Besides, we really just prefer working out without other people there....
Tried out a new Chinese place tonight, which was pretty good (and cheap) and delivers. After getting dinner and groceries we came home and watched some Friday night TV (and Smackdown!) while playing a raging game of Warhammer. Us crazy kids!
I got a hold of Josh and Sean, and we'll probably be hooking up with them next weekend to see Aeon Flux and King Kong, although chances are we'll be in Coeur d'Alene tomorrow, so we'll more than likely drop by Borders and see if Sean's in so we can bug him.
Narnia came out today, so I suppose we might go see that tomorrow, plus we'll be working out in the morning. We're going to try to get to there earlier than last Saturday so we can avoid any one else being there. There was this old couple there last week who totally monopolized the exercise bike and treadmill, and with the treadmill out of order, we both want to get some bike time. Besides, we really just prefer working out without other people there....
Tried out a new Chinese place tonight, which was pretty good (and cheap) and delivers. After getting dinner and groceries we came home and watched some Friday night TV (and Smackdown!) while playing a raging game of Warhammer. Us crazy kids!
Monday, November 14, 2005
Por Que, Eddie?!!
I found out yesterday that Eddie Guererro was found dead in his hotel room. Cause of death has yet to be determined, although the autopsy has supposedly ruled out suicide and foul play, and he has been clean and sober for 4 years. My best guess is his previous drug use, combined with the abuse he's put his body through over the years, set something off inside him that finally broke down - they'll probably determine it to be an aneurysm or freak heart problem or something.
It's really sad, regardless of the cause. He was a great performer and athlete and, from everything I've read and heard about him, a really great guy and a terrific family man (once he cleaned himself up). I'm just glad I got to see him perform live once, at the house show in Fairbanks. Funny enough, Chris called me last night after he read the news report on Yahoo; he said the first thing he thought after reading it was "I've got to tell Peter!"
It was good talking to Chris again; I've been meaning to call him since we got a phone and I just hadn't gotten around to it for some reason. I also still need to call Alex, maybe I'll do that tomorrow some time. Oh, and Bill - I haven't talked to him in forever. I'll probably call him on the weekend sometime. Chris caught me up on the going-ons in Fairbanks, with the new stores opening, and the people marrying, and the wonderments and atrocities of The Comic Shop. We'd really like to go back to visit - just visit - next summer, if we have the time and the extra money. We figure as long as we buy a round trip ticket, there will be no chance of us getting trapped there again....
We went out to the mall with Jamie and Maria on Saturday and saw the Wallace & Grommit movie. HI-larious! Definately worth seeing in the theatre (although I love W&G, so I knew I'd like this). Sunday was our normal trip out to see the parents in CDA. We stopped by Gamer's Haven briefly, but Bob wasn't there and the new guy behind the counter never even acknowledged we were there so we just looked around a bit and left. Plus, they didn't even have the one thing I was looking for: the new sculpt of Vlad where all the proceeds go to the Red Cross to help the Katrina relief effort. I figure I'll just pop down to House of Games on Wednesday and if they don't have it, I can ask Andrew to order it for me. Last night was normal Sunday night cartoons, except Jamie and Maria came over to see the new place (and use our internet) and then Chris called later on.
Well, Jenny finally got the word today from her boss: she is going to be let go on the 1st of December when they change over to a franchise store, and she has to train her replacement before she goes. Yay. Atleast she can look for a job closer to home now, so we can save on gas (trying to look at the "bright" side). We did finally open up a new bank account today. We decided on Washington Mutual since both Lisa and Jennie have accounts there and have nothing but good things to say about them. They also have free everything (no hidden fees, let's hope) and it was really easy to sign up; we could've even done it on-line apparently. But atleast now we've got a local checking account to pay our bills from, and we finally got those checks from Sonnie deposited.
I still really need to find a job, pronto. And now I need to keep an eye out for jobs for Jenny as well. More looking in the paper and online tomorrow. Yippee. Fun. Gah, I just want a paycheck again, I really don't care if it's from the "perfect job" or not at this point...although I do still have standards. Returning to McDonalds is still not an option....
It's really sad, regardless of the cause. He was a great performer and athlete and, from everything I've read and heard about him, a really great guy and a terrific family man (once he cleaned himself up). I'm just glad I got to see him perform live once, at the house show in Fairbanks. Funny enough, Chris called me last night after he read the news report on Yahoo; he said the first thing he thought after reading it was "I've got to tell Peter!"
It was good talking to Chris again; I've been meaning to call him since we got a phone and I just hadn't gotten around to it for some reason. I also still need to call Alex, maybe I'll do that tomorrow some time. Oh, and Bill - I haven't talked to him in forever. I'll probably call him on the weekend sometime. Chris caught me up on the going-ons in Fairbanks, with the new stores opening, and the people marrying, and the wonderments and atrocities of The Comic Shop. We'd really like to go back to visit - just visit - next summer, if we have the time and the extra money. We figure as long as we buy a round trip ticket, there will be no chance of us getting trapped there again....
We went out to the mall with Jamie and Maria on Saturday and saw the Wallace & Grommit movie. HI-larious! Definately worth seeing in the theatre (although I love W&G, so I knew I'd like this). Sunday was our normal trip out to see the parents in CDA. We stopped by Gamer's Haven briefly, but Bob wasn't there and the new guy behind the counter never even acknowledged we were there so we just looked around a bit and left. Plus, they didn't even have the one thing I was looking for: the new sculpt of Vlad where all the proceeds go to the Red Cross to help the Katrina relief effort. I figure I'll just pop down to House of Games on Wednesday and if they don't have it, I can ask Andrew to order it for me. Last night was normal Sunday night cartoons, except Jamie and Maria came over to see the new place (and use our internet) and then Chris called later on.
Well, Jenny finally got the word today from her boss: she is going to be let go on the 1st of December when they change over to a franchise store, and she has to train her replacement before she goes. Yay. Atleast she can look for a job closer to home now, so we can save on gas (trying to look at the "bright" side). We did finally open up a new bank account today. We decided on Washington Mutual since both Lisa and Jennie have accounts there and have nothing but good things to say about them. They also have free everything (no hidden fees, let's hope) and it was really easy to sign up; we could've even done it on-line apparently. But atleast now we've got a local checking account to pay our bills from, and we finally got those checks from Sonnie deposited.
I still really need to find a job, pronto. And now I need to keep an eye out for jobs for Jenny as well. More looking in the paper and online tomorrow. Yippee. Fun. Gah, I just want a paycheck again, I really don't care if it's from the "perfect job" or not at this point...although I do still have standards. Returning to McDonalds is still not an option....
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Foiled Again
I had my first job interview yesterday, for an assistant manager position at The Cash Store (one of those payday cash advance places). The interview went great, I think; I even prepared for it by figuring out answers to possible questions before hand and it seemed like I had a really a good shot at the job. Except later that day she calls me to say that corporate said no becaue of my credit check! What, am I "high risk" or something? Do they expect me to start stealing money from the safe or what? Aarrgghh.... Back to looking, I guess.
I spent an hour hanging out the game store after my interview (it's just up the street from The Cash Store), which was fun. I don't think I ever really hung out at The Comic Shop or anywhere else I frequented. The Andrew guy that runs the place seems really normal. He used to work for Merlyns (the big game store downtown) and his store's been open for two years. He mentioned that he's got a year left on his lease, and he really doesn't know what he's going to do afterwards (since it really doesn't pay the bills).
I look at his store and see a place that looks really good, and could be a great shop, but I think that he's burned himself out (much like us at the end). he doesn't really play much any more, misses having freetime (although he has started taking Mondays and Tuesdays off), and the store is cluttered and really needs to be cleaned up, and I think he realizes this. It took every bit of self control to not go around and start fixing things when I was there. But I figure I might start hanging out there more often and "help out" some without becoming a real employee. Might actually be fun for a change. But I still need to find a real job....
Tonight's another retro-movie at the Valley theatre - this time it's Nightmare Before Christmas, and we're planning on meeting Tigger and Lincoln over there again. We'll probably get together before hand, maybe do dinner again. And Saturday we're supposed to get together with Jamie, either to watch the 3rd season of The League of Gentlemen, or go see Serenity (again).
Gah! I just got off the phone with a solicitor from the fire department asking for money again. I realize it's for a good cause and all, but they get these guys to do these totally pre-scripted shpiels that sound horribly forced and stilted (and don't let you get a word in). And the worst part of it is that it's for the Olympia fire department! That's on the other side of Washington! I really doubt if they're gonna run all the way across the state when my apartment bursts into flame. We've got a fire department just down the street, why don't those people give us a call?
Anyway, guess I'd better get moving. I've got laundry to do, and classifieds to peruse, and I need to give Tigger a call (although it might be a little early in the morning for that).
I spent an hour hanging out the game store after my interview (it's just up the street from The Cash Store), which was fun. I don't think I ever really hung out at The Comic Shop or anywhere else I frequented. The Andrew guy that runs the place seems really normal. He used to work for Merlyns (the big game store downtown) and his store's been open for two years. He mentioned that he's got a year left on his lease, and he really doesn't know what he's going to do afterwards (since it really doesn't pay the bills).
I look at his store and see a place that looks really good, and could be a great shop, but I think that he's burned himself out (much like us at the end). he doesn't really play much any more, misses having freetime (although he has started taking Mondays and Tuesdays off), and the store is cluttered and really needs to be cleaned up, and I think he realizes this. It took every bit of self control to not go around and start fixing things when I was there. But I figure I might start hanging out there more often and "help out" some without becoming a real employee. Might actually be fun for a change. But I still need to find a real job....
Tonight's another retro-movie at the Valley theatre - this time it's Nightmare Before Christmas, and we're planning on meeting Tigger and Lincoln over there again. We'll probably get together before hand, maybe do dinner again. And Saturday we're supposed to get together with Jamie, either to watch the 3rd season of The League of Gentlemen, or go see Serenity (again).
Gah! I just got off the phone with a solicitor from the fire department asking for money again. I realize it's for a good cause and all, but they get these guys to do these totally pre-scripted shpiels that sound horribly forced and stilted (and don't let you get a word in). And the worst part of it is that it's for the Olympia fire department! That's on the other side of Washington! I really doubt if they're gonna run all the way across the state when my apartment bursts into flame. We've got a fire department just down the street, why don't those people give us a call?
Anyway, guess I'd better get moving. I've got laundry to do, and classifieds to peruse, and I need to give Tigger a call (although it might be a little early in the morning for that).
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Weekend Update
This weekend was actually very relaxing and enjoyable. We made a point to spent the whole weekend together and I'd call it a success.
After Jenny got home from work on Friday, we decided we had to get groceries, since there was basically no real food in the house. We did some hard-core grocery shopping at Safeway, and also stopped at The House of Games while we were there. This place is like a mini-Revolution! It's just a game store, so it doesn't sell comics like our store did, but the feel and look of the place is so similar. It's brightly lit, clean but cluttered (lots of empty candy boxes behind the counter), there's slatwall on every wall, even the the tables are the same white ones we got from Sam's Club.
There's a back gaming area that's seperate from the retail area like Revolution had, and there were customers at the tables in front just hanging out and painting minis (just like Revolution). It was kind of surreal actually. The owner said his name was Andrew, and he seemed to be a real nice, normal guy, who greeted us as soon as we came in and was super-professional. His stock was not very impressive, but then that kind of reminded me of our store at times. Regardless, I did go ahead and pick up the Necron Codex, which he charged me less than cover price for, so that's always good....
After we got home it was lounging around eating turkey and soup and watching Friday night television, per usual. I'm not even sure when we finally got to bed, although I think Jenny turned in before I did.
Saturday was spent basically doing nothing. We never even left the house on Saturday, and spent most of the day on the couch watching movies we've seen a hundred times already but never get old (Comfort Movies?). Jenny cut my hair, so I look respectable again, and I'm going to try and keep clean shaven, atleast during the week. Jenny got some work done on the blanket she's making and I spent some time priming and rebasing some minis. Saturday was just relaxing.
Today was our weekly jaunt over to Coeur d'Alene to see Jenny's folks and our friends at Borders. We try to go over on Sundays so we can go through the last week's worth of papers (mostly to read the funnies), although Sean, Josh and Jeff never work on Sundays, so we never get to see them, which is unfortunate.
The normal Sunday crowd was at Borders, and we actually bought something; Jenny has this idea for a story that's based in roughly the same time period as Beowulf, so she picked up Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, and The 13th Warrior (the movie based on it). She already has a copy of Beowulf, but there's just not a lot of books out there written about that time period.
We had to pick up something for Jenny's mom at Michael's, and found a couple of other things there as well, including a giant sketchbook for Jenny and another penguin to add to my collection. We also stopped by Hastings before we left so Jenny could see her friends who are still there. I found a Dummy's Guide to Poker for $3 and Jenny bought the first Prince of Persia game for $10. Score!
Jenny knows that she needs a new graphics card before she can install Fable, and we're pretty sure it'll be necessary for Prince of Persia and the new Adobe software I got as well. So pretty soon we'll have to go brave Circuit City (or the equivilent) and figure out exactly what we need. We're thinking we should probably need some more RAM while we're at it. We've been talking about getting another computer, but we should probably hold off for the moment.
As much as I'd like to have my own computer, and Jenny thinks I should get one, we don't really need another computer. Although the idea of having a seperate uber-game computer just to run games on would be kind of cool. But then we couldn't run games on both computers and network them together.... Well, it's on the list.
I grabbed the classifieds when we were at the parents' house, so tomorrow will be more job hunting. But I'm also going to spend some time e-mailing and perhaps calling people I haven't talked to in a while. We got a card from Steve and Ally today announcing the birth of their new baby girl, Kate Alexa, so mucho congratulations to you guys and I hope the Benton family is doing well. I definately need to send a note out to them.
I also got it in my head today to send out postcards to those folks that I have an address for, but haven't talked to in ages. Jenny and I were talking about Glen, and wondering what he might be up to, but I don't have an e-mail or phone number for him. But I do have his last known address, and it wouldn't hurt to try to track him down. I hope his quest for S.W.A.T.-hood was successful.
Well, it's almost Midnight, so I'd better wrap this up while it's still technically the weekend.
After Jenny got home from work on Friday, we decided we had to get groceries, since there was basically no real food in the house. We did some hard-core grocery shopping at Safeway, and also stopped at The House of Games while we were there. This place is like a mini-Revolution! It's just a game store, so it doesn't sell comics like our store did, but the feel and look of the place is so similar. It's brightly lit, clean but cluttered (lots of empty candy boxes behind the counter), there's slatwall on every wall, even the the tables are the same white ones we got from Sam's Club.
There's a back gaming area that's seperate from the retail area like Revolution had, and there were customers at the tables in front just hanging out and painting minis (just like Revolution). It was kind of surreal actually. The owner said his name was Andrew, and he seemed to be a real nice, normal guy, who greeted us as soon as we came in and was super-professional. His stock was not very impressive, but then that kind of reminded me of our store at times. Regardless, I did go ahead and pick up the Necron Codex, which he charged me less than cover price for, so that's always good....
After we got home it was lounging around eating turkey and soup and watching Friday night television, per usual. I'm not even sure when we finally got to bed, although I think Jenny turned in before I did.
Saturday was spent basically doing nothing. We never even left the house on Saturday, and spent most of the day on the couch watching movies we've seen a hundred times already but never get old (Comfort Movies?). Jenny cut my hair, so I look respectable again, and I'm going to try and keep clean shaven, atleast during the week. Jenny got some work done on the blanket she's making and I spent some time priming and rebasing some minis. Saturday was just relaxing.
Today was our weekly jaunt over to Coeur d'Alene to see Jenny's folks and our friends at Borders. We try to go over on Sundays so we can go through the last week's worth of papers (mostly to read the funnies), although Sean, Josh and Jeff never work on Sundays, so we never get to see them, which is unfortunate.
The normal Sunday crowd was at Borders, and we actually bought something; Jenny has this idea for a story that's based in roughly the same time period as Beowulf, so she picked up Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, and The 13th Warrior (the movie based on it). She already has a copy of Beowulf, but there's just not a lot of books out there written about that time period.
We had to pick up something for Jenny's mom at Michael's, and found a couple of other things there as well, including a giant sketchbook for Jenny and another penguin to add to my collection. We also stopped by Hastings before we left so Jenny could see her friends who are still there. I found a Dummy's Guide to Poker for $3 and Jenny bought the first Prince of Persia game for $10. Score!
Jenny knows that she needs a new graphics card before she can install Fable, and we're pretty sure it'll be necessary for Prince of Persia and the new Adobe software I got as well. So pretty soon we'll have to go brave Circuit City (or the equivilent) and figure out exactly what we need. We're thinking we should probably need some more RAM while we're at it. We've been talking about getting another computer, but we should probably hold off for the moment.
As much as I'd like to have my own computer, and Jenny thinks I should get one, we don't really need another computer. Although the idea of having a seperate uber-game computer just to run games on would be kind of cool. But then we couldn't run games on both computers and network them together.... Well, it's on the list.
I grabbed the classifieds when we were at the parents' house, so tomorrow will be more job hunting. But I'm also going to spend some time e-mailing and perhaps calling people I haven't talked to in a while. We got a card from Steve and Ally today announcing the birth of their new baby girl, Kate Alexa, so mucho congratulations to you guys and I hope the Benton family is doing well. I definately need to send a note out to them.
I also got it in my head today to send out postcards to those folks that I have an address for, but haven't talked to in ages. Jenny and I were talking about Glen, and wondering what he might be up to, but I don't have an e-mail or phone number for him. But I do have his last known address, and it wouldn't hurt to try to track him down. I hope his quest for S.W.A.T.-hood was successful.
Well, it's almost Midnight, so I'd better wrap this up while it's still technically the weekend.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Geek Geek Geek
Had another retro-movie night last night -- we went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark with Tigger and Lincoln. It's nice being able to actually hang out with our friends again; heck, it's nice having one of our friends in the same area code again! The Raiders print was alot better than the last couple of retro-movies we saw. They said it was a new print straight from Paramount, but it didn't look exactly new.... But I did notice a couple of little details that I've apparently missed on the small screen, so that was cool. I'm 99% certain that I went to see Raiders in the theatre when I was a kid, but I really don't remember the experience either. It came out the same year as Empire Strikes Back (I think), and I know I didn't see that on the big screen.
No word yet on Jenny's job situation. Her boss was supposed to give her an answer by the end of this week, and we're almost there. I haven't found anything interesting either, but I guess I really don't know exactly what I'm looking for either. I suppose the optimist in me says "well, you'll know it when you find it!". Yeah, right...
Looks like we might be lucky enough to have a game store near by. We've passed a place called House of Games on Pines; at first I assumed it was just another video game store, but I'm pretty sure I saw Games Workshop racks thru the window as we zoomed by. I did a search on-line for them, and they don't have a web site, but they've hosted tournys for WizKids and the Warlord CCG, so my guess is they're a "real" game store.
That'll be really convenient, even more so if it's a cool shop. We love Bob's shop (Gamer's Haven), but it's in CDA, so it's a pain to get to. And Merlyns has lots of stuff, and a good space for gaming, but it's got that whole grimy comic shop permeated with gamer funk thing going on, which isn't very inviting to us somewhat normal folks.
I'm really psyched about getting back into gaming again, and have finally figured out what armies I need to focus on (me being Easily-Distracted-Lad). I've got my Chaos marines to work on, but I really want a Necron army, since I realized I actually enjoyed playing Chris's Necrons. However, Jenny doesn't play 40K, and I need to get a job before I start collecting another army, so for now I'll just concentrate on Warmachine and Warhammer Fantasy. I've got plenty of stuff to paint for my Khador, and I've put my Empire on the back burner (too much to paint/don't really know what I want to do with them/not a good enough player to win with them) in favor of a Khorne infantry army. Much less to paint, more opportunities to convert, and much more forgiving play wise. The Necron army is gnawing at my brain, however; I've already made up some viable army lists on Army Builder and figured out how to build a 2000 pt army, entirely from plastics, that will fit in two trays of a GW figure case...
I'm thinking I might want to start a seperate Blog just for gaming, to document my progress with army building and for battle reports and the like.
No word yet on Jenny's job situation. Her boss was supposed to give her an answer by the end of this week, and we're almost there. I haven't found anything interesting either, but I guess I really don't know exactly what I'm looking for either. I suppose the optimist in me says "well, you'll know it when you find it!". Yeah, right...
Looks like we might be lucky enough to have a game store near by. We've passed a place called House of Games on Pines; at first I assumed it was just another video game store, but I'm pretty sure I saw Games Workshop racks thru the window as we zoomed by. I did a search on-line for them, and they don't have a web site, but they've hosted tournys for WizKids and the Warlord CCG, so my guess is they're a "real" game store.
That'll be really convenient, even more so if it's a cool shop. We love Bob's shop (Gamer's Haven), but it's in CDA, so it's a pain to get to. And Merlyns has lots of stuff, and a good space for gaming, but it's got that whole grimy comic shop permeated with gamer funk thing going on, which isn't very inviting to us somewhat normal folks.
I'm really psyched about getting back into gaming again, and have finally figured out what armies I need to focus on (me being Easily-Distracted-Lad). I've got my Chaos marines to work on, but I really want a Necron army, since I realized I actually enjoyed playing Chris's Necrons. However, Jenny doesn't play 40K, and I need to get a job before I start collecting another army, so for now I'll just concentrate on Warmachine and Warhammer Fantasy. I've got plenty of stuff to paint for my Khador, and I've put my Empire on the back burner (too much to paint/don't really know what I want to do with them/not a good enough player to win with them) in favor of a Khorne infantry army. Much less to paint, more opportunities to convert, and much more forgiving play wise. The Necron army is gnawing at my brain, however; I've already made up some viable army lists on Army Builder and figured out how to build a 2000 pt army, entirely from plastics, that will fit in two trays of a GW figure case...
I'm thinking I might want to start a seperate Blog just for gaming, to document my progress with army building and for battle reports and the like.
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