Daily Archives: January 6, 2002

Good: FFX, twelve hours in, Djose temple
Bad: Work tomorrow after being away for two weeks
Ugly: Disrupted sleep schedule due to vacation

Katsucon. Now the question remains:

Am I going to cosplay this year, or am I going to say I am, and then not cosplay, as I do every year, for each and every con that I go to. Ota, Shoujo, Katsu, Animeoosa, etc. I’m taking cosplay suggestions. Please something cool, and no, I’m not dressing up in drag.

I don’t care if I would be cute.

In any case, I have to get some bottled water for this “Winter Snowstorm” that’s headed over to the DC area. Can’t be without tea, after all. After water acquisition, I think it’s time for FFX. I have to catch up with Ashe–I don’t know how much of a head start she’s got on me, but when I last spoke to her, she’d just won the blitzball game that I didn’t. I’m not meant for blitzball. Sports tactical simulation aside, it could have been a little more fun. Then again, I’m only ten hours into the experience. Maybe it’ll grow on me.

Wet, cold, rainy outside. Don’t think I’ll be making it over to White Flint and the Pump It Up machine. I’ll save that for the usual Thursday night routine. Reading friend’s livejournals. I don’t know who else is out there, but I’ll have to ask and see what they’re up to.

I definitely do not feel like going to work tomorrow. Ah well. That and I haven’t gotten paid yet. That somewhat worries me. Moving over to new HR systems bothers me. I’ve gotten the deposit advice, but so far, no deposit. I’m going to give them a call tomorrow, I think.

That's no moon

Ah. . . Fear the power of this fully operational website.

Also, just thinking about LOTR. Although I really enjoyed the film, I felt a bit unfulfilled. I guess that’s what I get from watching the first part of a trilogy. From the movie, I have concluded one thing: Legolas is a complete and utter badass. When you think Legolas, think badass. That’s the elven archer for you.

Also, thinking about how all stories grow from one another.

Episode IV: The Fellowship of the Ring

ELROND: Mordor is heavily guarded and houses armies far numerous than our own. It’s defenses are designed around a direct large-scale assault. A small group composed of one dwarf, a ranger, an elven archer, a wizard, one expendable human, and about four hobbits should be able to penetrate the outer defense

GIMLI: Pardon me for asking, sir, but what good is a fellowship of nine fighters going to be against that?

ELROND: Well, Mordor doesn’t consider a small party of fighters to be any threat, or they’d have a tighter defense. An analysis of the ring provided by Gandalf the Gray has demonstrated a weakness in the Dark Lord Sauron.

SAMWISE stands next to another hobbit, makes beeping sounds, and turns his head from right to left.

ELROND: The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It’s a small volcanic shaft, right below the peak of Mount Doom. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the ring, and Sauron.

A murmur of disbelief runs through the room.

ELROND: Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you’ll have to use proton torpedoes.

Of course, I could just be smoking crack. You tell me.

A new year. A new weblog. A new home for this particular website. Server maintenance was pretty much a bitch, so I canceled the static ip portion of our DSL, and just started using your-site.com. Nisa turned me on to this particular hosting solution, and so far, it does everything I need it to do. I’m happy, we’ll see how the service continues as the quarter goes on. Then I’ll have them host lotsofmonkeys.org and lotsofmonkeys.net.

Yes, I bought those also. Gotta cover the bases. I hope to have some sort of website with a purpose. If nothing else, then my own brand of humor.

And, of course, this particular weblog. That’s all for now. Go ahead and drop me a line over at my email address, you know the location.