My Head Hurts

Dun!!!

2008-08-29T14:19:00.001-07:00

I am done with training and I get a 3 day weekend and then I get to be a true member of the Q on Tuesday. I cant wait to get these chats and start working for goal. Its end of month here at work and that means craziness. Its been a tough month for sales and people have been pushing their quotas right to the end. There is a conflicting feel in the air as those who are hitting their quotas begin to celebrate and those that have not hit yet are feeling the stress. It makes for a very lively and positive environment.

I my self am enjoying the energy, there is lots of free food and drinks and people jumping for joy and working to help out others who are close. I'm glad I work here and cant wait to really get to work.

I want to mention that I'm very proud of Poni, she has been doing very well with her home business and is really beginning to make some money. It helps with the bills and really helped us get through the least couple of weeks. Once I get ramped up on the Q I will be bringing home even bigger pay checks. Cant wait.

K

TTFN

Life's Good

2008-08-19T10:58:00.000-07:00

No its not a plug for LG :)

Life is generally good. I have a new job, but your tired of hearing about that. But I'm also almost done with school so I will soon have an associates degree in Web Communications. I'm also completely broke, but that has somehow been liberating, as opposed to deciding what to do with the money I make, I don't have to since I have not been making any money. That will change soon though as I now have a new job that pays well. The kids start school soon and that is a private school that seems to be really amazing. Poni is also working her home business and is making money, not a profit yet, but she is making money. We are pretty sure that she should be profitable by the end of next month. Yay.

So of course part of my happiness is D&D. I'm currently running 2 D&D games a week, and they are both rocking with individual campaigns. Its great.

Well its time to get back to work so, off I go. Shades of Heroes will be updated soon.

So this is fun

2008-08-11T15:06:00.000-07:00

I'm blogging from work. I'm off...thank you for asking. But the novelty of it is just great. Sure I could blog from work before, but somehow its cooler here, 'cus its encouraged. Not blogging specifically, but the idea of multi tasking. They want us to be multi tasking gods. Ultimatly I should be able to handle 3 chats and a phone call at the same time. The phone is what will reall throw me off.

Most of you know that I can jun many chats at once, but if I'm on the phone and a butterfly goes buy I'm distracted. So this will be a major challenge for me. But, I have a head set with noise cancellation, that should help.

Poni's dad took a turn for the worst yesterday, but I have not heard anything for an update, so I'm kinda praying that no news is good news.

So whats with the tuns of chats but no comments... I actually have not really told anyone that I'm blogging again. This has become more of a cathartic exercise and less of a social networking tool for me. I don't plan on sending out a mass e-mail to say, "hey, I'm blogging so look at me and comment."

What is really important to me is the Shades of Heroes Blog. I want people to look at that. Its a place where I can share game information, actual content for 4e or Shades of Heroes. But, this is not a blog for friends, its for other game mechanic geeks like me. What I did was open up the blog to be search-able on Google, and I have asked some other game blogs to link to me to get the traffic I'm looking for. Its also a testbed for my HTML skills.

Speaking of HTML I'm taking a serious web design class now and I have full version of Flash and Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is the Bomb. It really writes very clean code W3C complaint and it is so easy to work with. I recommend downloading the 30 day trial just to try it out. You will be impressed.

Well I'll throw some more love at this blog later.

Weekend Off

2008-08-09T17:56:00.000-07:00

This is my first weekend off that I have not had to request off in... well since high school. I of course spent today doing a great deal of nothing. I did manage to make my way up to Carmax to see if they will by the jalopy and they would but only for 500 bucks. I think I can get 12 or 13 for it on the street.

It has a transmission leak that needs repair, and I just don't want to do it, so I hope there is some car guy out there that does want to do it and wants to buy it.

My brain is officially over flowed, I have more computer stuff in it than I thought was possible. Its crazy ho much I did not know about how the internet works. Thanks to RackSpace I know more than I could ever hop to use and that was just week one, I have three more weeks of training.

Things are going well in family land. Were really short on money right now, but we will hopefully pull out of that soon. Poni has a new project that she is working on, she does at home spas and sells stuff. She also is working as a choreographer for photographer helping pose people and shots.

Summer is winding to a close, so its time the kids started thinkin about going back to school. Which this year is very exciting they will be starting at The Masters school, a private school in nearby San Marcus.

Well, that is all. Hope you all start reading this soon. Laters.

Second Day

2008-08-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

I got my computer. I get my very own computer. Its cool.

I got my own desk, my own phone, my own e-mail (jason.kirby@rackspace.com), met my team. There great.

Not much else to say today. Except that I love this job. I got a break today and just found some time to hang with my team and see what they do. It was pretty cool.

Laters!

First Day of School! First Day of Shcool!!!!

2008-08-04T18:39:00.000-07:00

So today marked my first day at RackSpace. It was great. I cant begin to tell you how awesome it was because I learned so much my head is still reeling. But I can tell you that they fed us well and that I really get the sense of being a part of something with RackSpace. Like were actually trying to build something not just sell something. The team is by far the best part. I must have me 30 some people today, may of then were HR and trainers but many were just people I bumped into. It was amazing how cool they all were. I one point I got lost (easy to do mind you) and just asked someone for direction. It was great, they were like instant friends more than willing to help out and not afraid to welcome me to the team. Pretty awesome culture for 2500 employees.

So this is the new me and its gonna be great. Also, I got home for dinner - that was awesome!

Ahh

2008-08-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

3 weeks off from work, that should just about do it for not working. I begin the new job on Monday. I will once again be gainfully employed and there will be money arriving into bank accounts soon. It turns out that you still have to pay your bills even when you decided to take a non paid leave of absence...well you learn something every day!

So Monday I officially become a Racker! (just added that to the Firefox dictionary) That is what RackSpace calls their employees and I'm proud to bear the title. Better than at Mattress Firm where we jokingly referred to ourselves as MFers.

So RackSpace pays well and they love referrals; so if any of you in Omaha; or elsewhere, want to move to SA; call me I'll get you in touch with a recruiter (plus if you get hired I could win a Mini Cooper).

The fam is well. Poni's dad is still very sick but getting better. If you want updates there is a CarePage so email her and she can add you to the list.

I spent all of yesterday with the kids doing nothing but cleaning Natalie and Summer's room. It looks amazing, they worked really hard and it was worth it. They love it too.

D&D is still great, I run two games a week now, one on Tuesday (but that is having a rocky start) and one on Sunday. Sunday group is taking on The Temple of Elemental Evil; its like the 6th time I've run this adventure, but now its in 4E.

Make sure that you check out my other Blogs: Shades of Heroes and Pirate Ninja's Avast to get the latest on all things D&D

I'm a Racker now

2008-07-26T11:36:00.000-07:00

I have joined the ranks of RackSpace. My first day begins August 4th. RackSpace is one of the best companies in the US to work for, and they primarily are a hosting company, but what sets RackSpace aside is Fanatical Service. Anyone can go to Go Daddy and get treated like crap, but with RackSpace when your business is in the hands of your hosting company, when down time means lost dollars and disappointed customers, you can be assured that you will get fanatical support.

So I'm excited to be joining a team like that and looking forward to achieving great things.

I also get to spend a great deal more time with my family, and that is great, the pay is great and the culture is great. This is truly and answered prayer and a gift from G-d.

What am I doing now

2007-04-13T09:48:00.000-07:00

I'm gong back to school, getting an associated degree in Information Technology and Visual Communications. I will am taking classes on line at Axia College of University of Phoenix.

I am also the new Associate Manager at the Mattress Firm Super Center.

Things are good, so... yea!

On to Christmas and D&D!

2006-11-30T08:23:00.000-08:00

It got wicked cold here over night. Frost on the windows, cars having hard time starting, children frozen in statues trying to walk to school. Its finally winter here in Texas. Okay, its not that bad compared to you northerners, but for us who love the 115 degree summers (not) it is a bit chilly.

I think Christmas arrived extra early this year, or at lest the marketing did. I think there were holiday sales for Christmas before Halloween was over. Its like a never ending money bonanza. Christ would be pleased.

Gaming has been going well. Chad's campaign has been very fun and he s a very competent DM. Its nice to have a break from DMing and to get a chance to explore a unique character concept. My character is Kurloch the Surly and he has a 5 in Charisma. This is excellent, he is so rude and crass, and smelly, and eats rats, and says the most inappropriate things. He is a very liberating character to play. He has a little bit of Larry the Cable Guy in him. I have on several occasions managed to do something so off (or stunning) that everybody looks at me so I just say "What." Its beautiful 'cus he is not even close to being stupid or unlearned he just doesn't care about social norms.

So now I have some special time to devote to my campaign and to my next campaign. Thats right running one campaign is not enough for me, I'm also planning my next one. Its going to be an experiment in super low level adventure. It is gonna be based off The Caves of Chaos and The Keep on the Borderlands from basic D&D. Even though I love to play I love DMing even more. For us DMs, running the game is a narcotic and impossible to shake. Now Chad has been bitten and will most likely never put down the title. More power to him.

Hey all you out there, have a great day an play some D&D!

mmmmmmmm.... Turkey

2006-11-23T08:54:00.000-08:00

So... I am cooking a turkey. Tonight were gonna eat it. My brother and mom will be here soon. Its gonna be a great day.

Hey everyone, have a great Thanksgiving!!!

Fever

2006-11-19T05:25:00.000-08:00

Yup, were all getting sick here. Hows it where you are? Seems like every one I know is slowly Succumbing to the Phage. Shiree started it. Now Nat and I are slowly getting it. The guy who is supposed to DM tonight has it, so... crap maybe no D&D. The idea makes me whimper.

My mom is also feeling sick, which sucks 'cus my Brother is coming to town to for Turkey Day (we don't give thanks any more, we just eat turkey) so this might be a mildly sick holiday. I'm also hoping that my Bro and I can play some Disc Golf (thats what the pros call Frizbee Golf) but, its become freekin cold here. Okay I know that 50 degs is not freekin cold to you northerners, but I can't help it if you live in the wrong state.

I find now that I have been typing for a bit that I'm feeling better. Maybe I'm not getting that sick, that would be cool. Time for a hot shower and dayquill.

Everyone enjoy the turkey and I'll babel at you all again soon.

Yea, Wurstfest

2006-11-13T09:40:00.000-08:00

I got way drunk thanks to Shiree and my dad. I also ate some great sausage, like really great sausage. Next year everyone should come down for Wurstfest. There is nothing like a chill in the air, great German beer and great sausage.

My dad was in town for Wurstfest, that is becoming a tradition and its nice to see him. The kids of course love to see him. I wish that he could spend more time with them. Of course I wish that I had gotten to spend more time with him, but that is all water under the bridge now.

We also discovered that the San Antonio train museum is not so great. Its okay, and its cheep, but there is not much to see or do there. They have some model trains which is nice, Jaden really loved that. Natalie and Summer had a good time also, so it was definitely worth the journey.

Well I'm at work today, but I'm off Tues and Wed so I will probably not blog again till
Thursday.

Quick note on D&D, Chad is starting his campaign soon. We made characters last night. I made a Ranger (archer build) with a 5 in Charisma. I'm gonna play him as a smelly, rude, loud, womanizing, cad who has a twisted sense of morality. His name is Kurloch the Surly. I was really impressed with the party we created. No cleric but we have a Druid. No Wiz or Sor, but we have a Beguiler. We have a rogue and a Gnome Monk.

Should be fun!

See you all thursday

Big Sale Big Money

2006-11-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

...goes around the world.

So I thnk the MOD stuff is agreeing with me. I have had some really great days. Today I had a $4800.00 sale, that is big here are the firm. If we get $1500 were usually happy. Getting paid commission is so much better when you have no worries about anything else at work. The only thing I have to do today is talk to customers...assuming they even come in here.

Did I mention I have a laptop and love it?

I have also been working on some D&D stuff, chatting with Shiree and Dave on Google chat. Dave is all busy though, so he only talks a little.

I have Fri, Sat, Sun, Tues, and Wed off; sweet its kinda like a vacation. My dad is coming into town for Wurstfest (12 days of sausage and beer) and we are going to go and drink new beers and watch the kids go on those cheepy amusement park rides. I don't get to see my dad all that often and it is never for very long. Like this weekend he is in town for 48 hours, that is like forever for him. So let see how many steak dinners I can mooch out of him.

Its odd, my dad and I have a pretend close relationship. Like, we pretend were close. When we talk on the phone or if were together you would think that we were the best father and son there is. But normally we leave each other alone. No fighting ever, just a lot of ignoring. Weird.

So just sold another $1800.00, doing good. This one does not go out till December, so I have to wait till them to get paid on it.

I want to thank 1031 for commenting, at least someone is still blogging. I'm trying to re-build the trend. Jump back on the band wagon everybody.

Oh yeah, yea Democrats! I'm sure they will do a great job leading us down a road paved with good intentions. At least Rumsfeld got fired...there is a God. With the Dems picking up 6 seats in the senate and 32 seats in the house the American people sent a strong message to Washington saying "we kinda want a change."

Good evening to all of ya. See you again prolly on Thursday of next week.

Some times things come full circle

2006-11-07T14:36:00.000-08:00

So I'm not a manager any more. I got tired of the responsibility and I wanted a pay raise so I stepped down to an MOD which means "manager on duty", but I have no responsibility at all. I'm sitting at San Pedro where I started my career as a blogger and it was leaving San Pedro that ended my blogging fun. But, now I have a laptop and pirated internet access and I am able to blog again. That is nice.

I miss the world of blogging. It is a nice way to keep in touch with everyone and I felt like I was part of my friends lives even though we be scattered across the US. So I'm going to keep it up and tell you all about my life as it progresses. This morning I skipped breakfast - okay not that detailed. But, you will get the relevant stuff, like Poni bought me a laptop and I'm not a manager any more and it feels great. Its not that I don't like the responsibility, its just if I'm gonna put that much effort into something I want it to be something I love. Right now that is my family.

I often feel like an absent father, since I work 55+ hours a week from 10am to 9pm. I leave for work just as the little ones are getting up and get back after they have gone to bed. Grrrr that is frustrating. So this month I'm kinda telling work to shove it. I have 4 days off this week, 3 days off last week and have 4 days off for thanksgiving. And to add insult to injury I will prolly make more money this month than last. What the hell was I doing?

I want to talk about D&D for a bit, 'cus thats me. I have the greatest D&D guild on earth. Sure I'm a bit biased 'cus their my friends, but these guys are dedicated, and some of them are girls, and they do some wicked good role playing. We do so much D&D that with 7 players we have so many people beating down our door to get involved. I ran a game day here on the 4th (many of you played in it in Omaha) but we had a turn out of 9 players and that was with 4 people not able to make it for really good reasons also.

So this is a good time for me to explain that our guild is the Pirate Ninjas. I'm trying to make the Pirate Ninjas more than just a group of friends that get together and play D&D but a true guild that has several groups telling stories and sharing ideas. As of now, anyone who has ever paid dues is a Pirate Ninja and there is still open enrollment. What does it mean to be a pirate Ninja, well now it means your on my group list and get all my e-mails. So even if you don't play on a regular basis, you still have some idea of what the Guild is doing and what adventures the characters are on. Your also welcome to pop in at any time and join the game. So even though there are 7 around our table, a Pirate Ninjas is always welcome.

Well that otta do it for now. More later. Good to see you all again.

Awe Hell, I'm back again!

2006-11-07T08:09:00.000-08:00

I might even stay for a while. Thanks to Poni I have a brand new kick ass laptop that I love. And that means internet access at work.

Quick aside...Firefox 2 has a built in spell checker - God that helps me so much. Yes make the upgrade!!!

So of course no one ever checks this sight anymore, so that means that I will have to e-mail everyone to let them know that I'm back.

World wide game day was a hit here in Texas, we had 10 playas show up. And it ran in Omaha courtsey of Squire Dave. And it seems that was a hit since immediately following TJ announced the return of weekly gaming night (GO TJ). That reminds me, Dave I need to get your reporting info from you ASAP.

More to come soon. Remember I will also be updating Shades of Heroes blog a bit, so if you wanna see new gaming material check it out.

Awe hell, I'm back

2006-04-06T19:03:00.000-07:00

Well work might be slowing back down a litte bit and I have access to a lop top at work now almost every day (thank you Waylon), so you might see some of these post start appearing more and more often. Not prommising a weekly post or anything like that yet, but some loving once in a while is gonna be yours for the taking.

So... On work. My new Job at the (thats right count them...1...) number one store in the nation (two months in a row now) is sweet. There is a lot of work involved but the pay is kick butt, plus Greg my DM has taken me under his wing and is grooming me for an Area Manager position wich would be very cool...and more money (gosh I'm sooooo american - damn it I want cheeper gass and don't want to cooporate with arabs either).

D&D - ahhhh, D&D. Were playing weekly as poni has been telling you all. To me its like heroin, the high when I'm getting some is soo good. I'm even a better husband and father when I get good D&D. Our players are phenominal (wholly shite I thank I speelid that properdly). Shiree has also been DMing, (chick DMs rule). Her adventure is very strait forward dungeon crawl, but we have had tuns of fun and huge heaping spoonfuls of good role playing.

Paintball - wholly shit I'm hooked. 14 of us from mattress firm went last monday and played for 4 and a half hours. I killed shit loads of people. I owned as we would say in nerdom. pwnt. I was last man standing on two occasions, damn that feels good. Some how your whole team is dead and its just you and the terrorist, and one by one you take them out. One game I was last standing and I took out 5 people on a 7 man team after my team was decimated. So next week while were up there, who ever is up for it were gonna go paint balling, I don't care if there is snow on the ground or not. Blood makes the grass grow.

Well that otta be it for now.

Cus now I have Firefox!!!!

2005-10-19T19:17:00.000-07:00

The operation was a complete success...

2005-10-08T12:51:00.000-07:00

...Unfortunately the patient died.

As is so true with just about everything in life there is an up and a down. Currently I am more up than normal and though this is good, it also places me on the "waiting for the other shoe to drop" list. What am I talking about you wonder. Why D&D of course. Last week we played two game sessions (count them, 1...2). It was amazing. Poni and Kyle each made 2 4th level characters using a 28 point buy. The party consists of a Monk/Cleric (Humar); a Spellthief (Loche); a Ranger (Kaywyn); and a Bard (Tong). The lower point buy is highly recommended by this DM. The characters have been forced to rely on creativity not simply bashing through a problem. There even being a bit cautious and thinking about their actions.

The plot is simple so far: A couple of Noble brats have gone missing; find them. The party has been required to navigate a nasty political situation and tread lightly while doing their investigation. They have managed to loosen a few tongues (one by an exceptional use of the intimidate skill) and get the information they needed. They have so far discovered that the kids decided they were wanna be adventurers and hooked up with an experienced adventurer and headed into parts unknown. The trouble is it seems they have done this from time to time, but they are always back with in 36 to 48 hours. Now it has been 6 days since anyone has seen them.

The heroes have got an idea of were they went, so it seems that they will be following their trail into parts unknown to discover what happened to them, and bring them back (forcibly if needed) if they are even still alive....bum...bum...bum...

So what do I fear from another shoe? I don't know exactly but I have this nagging that my group will implode once again. How is this possible, seeing I have only 2 players and I'm married to one of them. Well...poni is very busy, and if she adds anything to her plate I fear that gaming will not survive the cut. I would love to add two more players, but that just means a greater chance that someone will not make their commitment. How frustrating this is.

Segway >

Last night Kid 1 celebrated here 8th birthday. She invited 12 of her friends over (yes twelve, count them 1...2...3... you get the idea). It was chaos from the beginning, thank god it only lasted 2 hours. The girls for the most part were well behaved (could you imagine thirteen 8 year old boys) but just a few were surprisingly loud. Small humans with the vocal cord of ogres. Well they had an all around good time. They beat a pinnate to death, then rushed in and scooped up its precious innards into baggies, then began to gorge themselves on the entirely.

Who came up with the idea of the pinnate (don't say the Spanish), I'm looking for a smoking gun here. Was it some kind of effigy ceremony or a cry out by enlightened children against paper mache art. I was surprised (but should not have been) to find that is pinnate was not made of paper mache, but cardboard. What has this world come to. I can't imagine that flour, water and old news print could be more expensive than carport. The thing was already constructed in some south Asian country, it could not be a labor cost issue. The truth is that the creators just did not care for tradition.

After the pinnate we did presents. By far the scariest part of the night. All these girls sat around kid 1 and as she opened the presents asks the giver where they had purchased it and if they had gotten it on sale. And of course many of them had. Target and walmart seem to be the new gap! At least most of the gifts were not toys. Girls give more thoughtful gifts. I never once gave Dean a set of stationary, though I'm sure he would have appreciated it. In truth the only practical gift I ever gave Dean was after I was married. We gave him toilet paper, a shit load. Sorry but you can't pass that pun up. And he liked it and used it. For over a year he was reminded of me every time he wiped his ass. Kinda touching isn't it.

The whole party ended with cake. Good cake. Triple chocolate fudge cake, with powdered sugar on top. It is a moist gooey cake. Any of you who have been to my birthday parties back when I lived with mother might remember that cake. Delicious! The kids even thought so. We hardly have any left.

Kid 1 then had a small sleep over, 3 of her friends stayed on late and may even still be there. I was blessed and had to go to an early meeting this morning then to work.

I memorized Explosive Runes today

2005-10-05T07:25:00.000-07:00

Kaboom...you take 4d8 fire damage, no save!

With tears in my eyes

2005-10-03T14:06:00.000-07:00

Well I'm gonna try it again. Poni and Kyle are going to make new characters. We are praying for 2 other players. I recently picked up Sons of Gruumsh by WOTC. This adventure was only 10 dollars. Can you belive that a WOTC product for $10, new even. I bet you could ebay it for 7 with shipping. Ithiel, I highly recomend scrounging around for spare change and taking donations to run this adventure. It is excellent. If you don't I will run it when poni and I return to the sacred land of Omaha.

I also picked up Fane of the Drow for only US$15.00. Also a steal. 2 full color fold out maps for use with mini's. A 25 dollar purchase that will last for months, I love it.

This new adventure is designed for 4th level characters. We will be making new characters with 28 point buy, to limit their power. We usualy use 40 point buy for uber characters. But no more uber. I want to focus on the role playing and have the combats be serious challenges without having to go way above the CR. I realy wish I could go into the plot and what I'm planning to do for the adventure, but poni and kyle will surely read this and I hate to spoil the adventure for them.

Brief mattress firm news. Brian and I are at 120% to budget. Our DM is on his way over here now. On wednesday we have inventory and several big wigs will be in town. Should be exciting.

Funny not funny

2005-10-01T14:47:00.000-07:00

I find it odd that when you make a joke in a blog, that not every one gets it. I have a rather acerbic and surreal humor that is weak in person, but I guess fall dead on its face in written form. So I guess this is a disclaimer.

While other peoples blogs are deep and introspective and filled with emotion, mine is not. I blog cus I find in fun and it satisfies a weird masochistic craving that I did not know I had. The problem with a blog is that it is in writing. And though the context can change from minute to minute in everybody’s lives the text remains the same. So what if funny to one reader at one moment might feel like a rude attack by another reader. I of course am new to blogging so this is all...new to me. I have lots to learn about blog ettiquite and what not, or if there is even etiquette.
I guess on one level this is my blog and my outlet and my place to rant so why do I care if you read it or not. But the truth is (Dean will roll in his grave [just and expression, he is still living to my knowledge]) but I do want you to read it. This is a form of art, and in order for me to truly consider it art it has to have an audience. {Dean is ripping his computer screen to bits now; if he checks this. I should also note that every artist out there is mildly to very upset...I will probably have to sleep on the couch tonight.} Does anyone remember what I was talking about?

Oh yea, I do. I want you to tune in and read my blog and enjoy my rants {I hate that word}. I wonder if there is a sweeps week for blogs. A week were I can put the most retarded yet entertaining stuff on my blog in order to get ratings. Has anyone signed up for those add that you put on your blog that "pays you" for people coming and viewing your missives.

I would love to have missives so entertaining and captivating that everyone and their dog tuned in weekly to see what I had to say, like latigo flint {oh I should make that a link}.

Look Everyone, I answed 20 questions on a quiz.

2005-09-30T11:15:00.000-07:00

Yea pleasure. I type the word "yea" a lot. Is that odd?

You scored as Hedonism. Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life's pleasures as much as you can.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!

Hedonism

80%

Utilitarianism

65%

Apathy

60%

Existentialism

50%

Justice (Fairness)

50%

Kantianism

45%

Strong Egoism

40%

Nihilism

40%

Divine Command

What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)
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A clarification of Playing Favorites

2005-09-30T08:22:00.000-07:00

First off...Comic we never lived in Tucson, we lived in Phoenix. And that was so long ago I can hardly remember. If it was past breakfast it was beyond my scope of memory.

1031 - No offense intended. I have a special ranking system and you fall under the greatest of Jews (next to Moses) and for simplicity sake there is no overlap aloud.

On an odd note, I also consider Dean to be one of the greatest of Jews, and he's not Jewish; but 1031 back me up here, he really looks Jewish doesn’t he?

I would also like to make amends in advance for having a chauvinist link section. Give me time and I will add Delicious, Pummela, and 1031. I think having this crazy link fest on everybody’s blog will make it easy for us to read everybody's blog in a shot and efficient amount of time.

Brian (my assistant manager at Mattress Firm) and I are spending the next week partying. We are well over budget wich means big bonus and lots of commission. Poni and I are going to have lots of fun paying bills next month, yeah. Brian and I are at work, but we are hardly working. We even have a third person here today (Carrie) so we might just get the hell out of Dodge and get some lunch and fart around for a little bit, then like last night I might leave early. I hope we get some customers; there is nothing like making more money on top of more money. I would really like to sell another 5k in beds. That would make this an off the hook month.

Not many people are interested in this, but this is my blog so "f" everyone who dosen't care, but D&D is very important to me. I have no gaming group to speak of. One dedicated player and my wife do not a good gaming group make. This last week having the Daves in town was great. We played a few D&D sessions that were not miraculous, but they were D&D. There is just something special about sitting around a table with your friends and having a shared imagination experience. So this of course brings up the idea of how to get more players. This is never easy, cus there is nothing fun about sitting around a table with people you don't like. So new players is like making new friends, and they have to be special friends that have the same free time I do (which is very little) and like sitting around a table with people and sharing an imagination experience. I hate nothing more than players who say they will come, but then feel they have more important things going on in their life than playing D&D. When you put it that way it makes sense, but that is not how I want my players to view playing D&D. Playing D&D is getting together with friends and sharing an experience. So when players say that they have more important things to do than play D&D they mean that skipping out on a prior commitment is not very bothersome to them. I get it...playing a game is low priority, but being there when you say you will be (especially if you tell your friends that you will be there) is very high priority.

So thank you Dave and Dave for comming and playing D&D, it was fun and now I cry cus I got no game!

Wow...A big change

2005-09-29T09:18:00.000-07:00

Shades of Heroes has moved from user name Argogames to Argokirby. Not a big deal, but all the old info is under this link. I have grander ideas planned for Shades of Heroes. Dave and Mick - I apologize for not consulting you on this change, but I will get together with you soon and we can change the old Shades blog to a pure forum for sharing campaign journals.

Yea, my first post

2005-09-28T11:56:00.000-07:00

I'm very excited...I now have an outlet for posting my nerd score, my political leanings, the type of pagan I am and soooo many more random survey results.

Hmmm. Looking around the Mattress Firm. Its been slow, I've already take one nap today. I am surrounded by beds, expensive beds, comfy beds. Sleep number, and tepurpedic and latex oh my! There is horrible music playing, as always. I'm tuned into the crappiest Muzak station you could ever imagine. Good news though. We have officially hit budget...that means a big bonus on top of commission, so yea we can pay off some bills. There is even a week left in this period, so that means lots of money!

The greatest of Daves (Lord and Squire) came to visit us this weekend (poni goes into depths, so I will not). We had lots of fun...So much in fact that I'm having withdrawals. It is actually a pleasure waking up to see dave and dave every morning. We got to play some D&D and they met my one friend down here Kyle; who would fit in perfect in Omaha 'cus he is big and has red hair so he is called Big Red. They killed some monsters and freed some archons babes, now they have to recover a missing gem in order for the archons to return them to their world, were they still have to find one more monster summoning portal and help destroy it.

Well that’s all for now, I think I will take a nap now!