Yesterday was such a bad day. Work has been really busy, and I had finally devised a great solution out of a sticky situation. Then, I was informed of some kind of obscure rule, and everything fell apart. This was compounded by me returning home to find that both the cable TV and the cable internet were kaput. As busy as I am, I now have to spend part of my day today waiting for the cable guy. He better show up on time, because we scheduled him right before the cat therapist (yeah… I know…). To make the day that much better, Bunky’s extended family crammed into our small 1BR condo to celebrate her birthday. And by celebrate her birthday, I mean have tons of little cousins scream and run around while hogging the Wii.
However, today, I was able to catch a break and get a loophole out of my work situation. Somehow, the new solution ended up with better results than my original plan. Spectacular. Hopefully I won’t find out tomorrow that everything broke down again.
With continued luck the internet/cable will be fixed today, and Sydney’s therapist will figure out a plan to allow him and Bunky to resolve their differences. I also want to know what exactly a pet therapist does. Thankfully, Bunky did not decide to book a session with the pet psychic.
Random Bus Boy On Street:
I’m walking to go to lunch and I notice there is a guy with his head completely and tightly covered with tinfoil, with holes for the mouth, nose, and eyes (think a lucha libre mask). To add to the effect, he also has a funnel that has been tightly covered in tinfoil on his head. He looks like the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz. I wanted to hit him with a frost spell. He was talking to his friend like nothing was wrong. At least the government can’t track him now.
Me:
Not paying attention, and eager to grab something off the printer, I start walking out the door to my office (so door opens towards me) and get the door caught on my foot. Not realizing this, I keep moving forward, and proceed to slam my face into the side of the door. I feel like I have a welt on my left cheekbone now, and my office mate tried hard not to laugh while assuring me she wouldn’t tell anyone about the incident. Yeah, I don’t believe her either.
Although Bunky did not pay the extra $8 for special shipping, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows showed up in the mailroom Saturday afternoon, in a special box (there were two waiting here). Bunky had to take over my computer for much of the weekend, so I ended up finishing the book Sunday night. There’s more after the cut, and I’ve activated the spoiler tags. With that said, if you have not finished reading the book yet, do not read further, since the comments are sure to be chock full of spoilers.
Also, I added this picture from the Goblet of Fire premiere, just because it is hilarious.
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This website “Chore Wars” really has to be seen. The orc with the phat lewt bag of recyclables is my favorite (although the fairy with a toothbrush is close behind). The idea is that you claim XP whenever you finish a chore.
Experience points are tracked both as weekly high-score charts, and as ongoing character sheets - every time you rack up 200XP of chores, your character gains a “level”, and their class changes to match the type of chores that they’ve been doing.
Initial thought: this sounds like the worst game ever. Basically, it is like damage meters for chores…
The character classes are simply derived from these stats - a high intelligence will make you a wizard, a high strength will make you a fighter, and so on. Your character class will probably change a bit as you level up.
LOL the possibilities of this statement make me roffle my waffles. Look at all the innovative quests.
While WoW racial characteristics tended to be weak and esoteric abilities like “Treasure Hunter” or “Escape Artist,” the Natural Talents of Chore Wars include such imba-esque abilities like “making phonecalls” and “paying bills.” Who knows how long it will be before “cleaning surfaces” gets hit by the nerf bat.
You better believe I created a character, although it won’t be long before I have billions of alts. I went with the portrait of Ninja 3, of course. It’s too bad that you get pre-allocated stats, because I would have loved to roll-reset my stat allocation. Check me out and PST, Kabitzin L1 RNG LFG.
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