Killin' time before going in to work.

tersa, think Fresh Choice will be open on Monday (since it's a holiday)? I checked their website, but it wasn't very helpful. If you wanted to see something more interesting game-wise you could come by on Sunday instead. We do a little event (group quest) at noon that would give you a better idea of how the game goes. (If all goes well, we'd be able to leave for lunch around 12:30. If things don't, maybe about 1.) Up to you!

And speaking of FFXI, I got RNG up to 13 last night. Woo woo! And recall how yesterday I mentioned that I never really use widescan? I do use it for one thing: Finding Toro for a free ride home once I'm done leveling. While looking for him, I spotted an odd name. Swamfisk! A NM! LS folks reported he was level 10, so I figured I'd kick his ass!

Ranger Thistle vs. the ugly fish of dooooom!

That whole 'thinking I'd kick his ass' thing was sort of funny -- I've played noting but DRK (61) for so long, even when on another job I see the world through level 61 eyes. "A level 10 NM? Ha ha! I'll one-shot it!" (When I was in the Aqueducts as WHM 38 yesterday, I boggled for long moments about my HP not dropping when I entered the level 40 capped area. "Is it broken? Should I submit a bug or take advantage of th... oh, right. Level 38 is lower than 40. Heh.")

Thankfully I hadn't used my 2hr yet, but even with that it was a damned close fight. Luckily he attacked slowly so I was able to get two cures in, and between those and two WSs I just barely won. (At one point my HP fell to single digits, and I ended with just over 40 HP.)

Even though I wasn't /THF, I got the good drop!

The staff does more damage than my current sword, but is a lot slower. However, with its speedy HP recovery I think it'll be handy in party situations (since I won't be meleeing then anyway).

So tonight's plan is to try to take RNG to 14, then I can party with Ai (pomr) and hopefully some other LS people on Saturday. (Ai: Check my CTY post so we can set up a time to do that.)

Killin' time before going in to work.

tersa, think Fresh Choice will be open on Monday (since it's a holiday)? I checked their website, but it wasn't very helpful. If you wanted to see something more interesting game-wise you could come by on Sunday instead. We do a little event (group quest) at noon that would give you a better idea of how the game goes. (If all goes well, we'd be able to leave for lunch around 12:30. If things don't, maybe about 1.) Up to you!

And speaking of FFXI, I got RNG up to 13 last night. Woo woo! And recall how yesterday I mentioned that I never really use widescan? I do use it for one thing: Finding Toro for a free ride home once I'm done leveling. While looking for him, I spotted an odd name. Swamfisk! A NM! LS folks reported he was level 10, so I figured I'd kick his ass!

Ranger Thistle vs. the ugly fish of dooooom!

That whole 'thinking I'd kick his ass' thing was sort of funny -- I've played noting but DRK (61) for so long, even when on another job I see the world through level 61 eyes. "A level 10 NM? Ha ha! I'll one-shot it!" (When I was in the Aqueducts as WHM 38 yesterday, I boggled for long moments about my HP not dropping when I entered the level 40 capped area. "Is it broken? Should I submit a bug or take advantage of th... oh, right. Level 38 is lower than 40. Heh.")

Thankfully I hadn't used my 2hr yet, but even with that it was a damned close fight. Luckily he attacked slowly so I was able to get two cures in, and between those and two WSs I just barely won. (At one point my HP fell to single digits, and I ended with just over 40 HP.)

Even though I wasn't /THF, I got the good drop!

The staff does more damage than my current sword, but is a lot slower. However, with its speedy HP recovery I think it'll be handy in party situations (since I won't be meleeing then anyway).

So tonight's plan is to try to take RNG to 14, then I can party with Ai (pomr) and hopefully some other LS people on Saturday. (Ai: Check my CTY post so we can set up a time to do that.)

Serious RL stuff (and a little FFXI at the end)

I've sort of stayed out of this whole Katarina thing because I have nothing to say that hasn't been said a hundred times already. It's a horrible situation.

Like the vast majority of my flist, the actions of "our" president during this time make me sick to my stomach. Facts, links, and photos borrowed from stories and links in alchemia's, icarusancalion's, and other LJs: Where was Bush the night of the hurricane? At a Republican fundraiser (giving Medicare speeches to handpicked audiences), then had photo-op birthday cake with John McCain the next day. Look! Bush is fiddling while Rome burns playing the guitar during the storm!

While I never heard of him before this week, I find I really like Nagin (the mayor of former New Orleans). Bush said he needed "proper authorization" before he could send help. Nagin's reply:

Well, did the tsunami victims request? Did it go through a formal process to request?

You know, did the Iraqi people request that we go in there? Did they ask us to go in there? What is more important?

And I'll tell you, man, I'm probably going get in a whole bunch of trouble. I'm probably going to get in so much trouble it ain't even funny. You probably won't even want to deal with me after this interview is over.

But we authorized $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick. After 9/11, we gave the president unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places.

Now, you mean to tell me that a place where most of your oil is coming through, a place that is so unique when you mention New Orleans anywhere around the world, everybody's eyes light up -- you mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can't figure out a way to authorize the resources that we need? Come on, man.


The "funny" thing about all this is that I've found it's impossible for my opinion of Bush to fall any further. A while back there was a Sirius Black/George W. Bush post on ithurtsmybrain (story here), and while the story was done in humor, that's really the intelligence level I see Bush as having. I'm surprised his handlers don't keep someone standing next to him to wipe the drool off his chin.

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FFXI: And since no LJ post of mine would be complete without a mention of FFXI, here's a little thing. Since I can't concentrate on anything (is it the long weekend yet?) I decided to sit down and figure out just how many NMs I've seen/battled. The list is surprisingly short! I think I must have forgotten some, but I combed through NM lists and I think maybe this is all of them...

Who, what, when, where, why...

Serious RL stuff (and a little FFXI at the end)

I've sort of stayed out of this whole Katarina thing because I have nothing to say that hasn't been said a hundred times already. It's a horrible situation.

Like the vast majority of my flist, the actions of "our" president during this time make me sick to my stomach. Facts, links, and photos borrowed from stories and links in alchemia's, icarusancalion's, and other LJs: Where was Bush the night of the hurricane? At a Republican fundraiser (giving Medicare speeches to handpicked audiences), then had photo-op birthday cake with John McCain the next day. Look! Bush is fiddling while Rome burns playing the guitar during the storm!

While I never heard of him before this week, I find I really like Nagin (the mayor of former New Orleans). Bush said he needed "proper authorization" before he could send help. Nagin's reply:

Well, did the tsunami victims request? Did it go through a formal process to request?

You know, did the Iraqi people request that we go in there? Did they ask us to go in there? What is more important?

And I'll tell you, man, I'm probably going get in a whole bunch of trouble. I'm probably going to get in so much trouble it ain't even funny. You probably won't even want to deal with me after this interview is over.

But we authorized $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick. After 9/11, we gave the president unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places.

Now, you mean to tell me that a place where most of your oil is coming through, a place that is so unique when you mention New Orleans anywhere around the world, everybody's eyes light up -- you mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can't figure out a way to authorize the resources that we need? Come on, man.


The "funny" thing about all this is that I've found it's impossible for my opinion of Bush to fall any further. A while back there was a Sirius Black/George W. Bush post on ithurtsmybrain (story here), and while the story was done in humor, that's really the intelligence level I see Bush as having. I'm surprised his handlers don't keep someone standing next to him to wipe the drool off his chin.

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FFXI: And since no LJ post of mine would be complete without a mention of FFXI, here's a little thing. Since I can't concentrate on anything (is it the long weekend yet?) I decided to sit down and figure out just how many NMs I've seen/battled. The list is surprisingly short! I think I must have forgotten some, but I combed through NM lists and I think maybe this is all of them...

Who, what, when, where, why...