I warned you

So Carrie has very politely pointed out that I have neglected posting here as of late. I have no one to blame but myself, I suppose, but there just isn't enough hours in the day to do everything. I've actually been neglecting many things, and this was one of them. I haven't logged in to WoW in over 2 (3?) weeks. I STILL have not finished Twilight Princess, and I've had the game since it came out. My garage is only half clean still. And I'm pretty sure if I were to try any song on Rock Band, it would be a dismal failure. Oh, and my "ark" as not seen very much progress, though I've documented some pretty good ideas within the last few weeks.

So what has been taking up all my time? Well, I'd be lying if I didn't mention Final Fantasy Tactics on my PSP. Thank you very much Kevin, I have been fully addicted to it lately, to the neglect of other free-time activities. I played this game on the PS1 about 12 years ago (!!!), and I didn't even get close to finishing it. The translation was bad, the story was convoluted, and much to my chagrin, I couldn't level-grind my way to superiority. Well I'm older and wiser now, they redid the story parts, and now it's a very entertaining game. And I can take it anywhere and there's multiplayer, so Kev and I can do missions together. Hurrah.

Also, I have been doing lots of reading and studying on Biblical things! I suppose I can hold my head up high, because of all the things I've neglected, God's Word is not one of them. I am preparing to teach about the Catholic church on Sunday, and I have never been more excited to teach before. I think what gets my goat about it is that Catholicism has become the "face" of Christianity in the public eye, and I don't think we could have picked a worse "denomination" to put there. But of course the world will do anything to undermine the gospel, so should we really be surprised? Also, precept will be starting up again soon, so I'll be a studying fiend for several more weeks for that. *phew* Didn't I say I learned my lesson about not posting for a while?

TIMMY!!!!

So I finally passed Timmy on Rock Band. I three starred it. Barely. But it was all I had left on medium solo tour, besides the one song after it. And of course the song after it was Pleasure by Bang Camaro, and I five starred it :). Guess it's time to start practicing hard...

Tonight I will have the joy of organizing my garage. Because I hate Derrel's mini storage, I don't want to give them anymore of my money. And also, we're getting a new washer and dryer on Friday (cheer!), so I need to make room. We'll see if I survive. This is what it looks like right now:

It's 12 o clock somewhere

What is this??? A post on my blog in the middle of the day?? Yes, that's right. The entire County can come to a stand still for 10 minutes while I try to collect the pieces of my brain that just exploded out of my ears. You know, these "desk jobs" are so easy. All you do is sit around all day, right? Well I'm trying to code business rules and systems that are too complex for their own good, and they are giving my head a beat down. It just makes me wanna cry, Jim.

So while I take a breather, I thought I'd share with all 2 of you that read this what I did last night. Guitar on rock band. I played through medium solo tour until I unlocked level 9 (and the Metallica song, woo hoo!). And freaking "vasoline" on MEDIUM can kiss my butt. It's on level 8, but it absolutely stomped on me the first time I tried it. Did I mention on medium? But it was all that stood between me and Metallica, so I did my best and 3 starred it. Barely. Then I tried "enter sandman" and lol'ed at how much I suck. Then I tried expert mode. At half speed. And was a terrible failure. Man I'm telling you, I'm prepping myself for hard right now, I'm holding the frets differently and everything, and I can even play a couple songs on hard with relative success. But expert? Forget it. I have no idea how anyone could do it. It just goes so fast, even if I know what notes are coming, my fingers don't move that fast. I guess it's the same way I thought when I was still on easy and I saw medium or hard, but this just seems more impossible.

Ok, my head feels better. Time to think really hard until lunchtime.