Yes, as the heading says "new to rpgs" and no, not rocket propelled grenades (insert joke).  I am giving a stab at Dragon Quest VIII.  The last time I played an rpg, was when I was in 6th maybe 7th grade, and I haven't actually taken on as the player in some time.  Mainly, my attention span is not conducent (sp) to most video games for long periods ( Read more... )

Just some advice: when using a grill, make sure you don't leave the brush on the grill.  It is not flame resistant.  It does melt and it does not add "flavor" to the meat.  Enjoy. 

Test scores should never take more than a month to reach you.  Ever.  After taking Praxis 2 in early June, the first weekend BJ and Lora came up to visit, I left Southern feeling rather crappy.  I thought I had really screwed up big time, and felt rather lacking.  Afterall, all of my friends had recently passed their exams in one go.  One of my ( Read more... )

One more day of summer school!!  This year was defenitely a whole lot different than it was last year...new program, new building, new students (sort of) and some new staff.  Overall, it wasn't bad.  Technically, after 12 PM tomorrow my summer vacation starts until student teaching on the 28th, maybe.  Summer 7s have ended, and the season starts ( Read more... )

Anyone want to do something?

When the State Health Dept. said I didn't have rabies.  Well, not me, but my sister anyways.  And it was pretty much a good day for all of us.  Sucks for the bat.  In the end, things turned out well and this place is a lot easier to live in.  That's all for now.

WARNING: Rambling is rampant at times.

This past weekend was spent hunting down a rogue bat that somehow trapped itself on our 3rd floor.  At first, it was kinda amusing to see the little piece of shit flying around aimlessly, but soon after I realized that it needed to leave and that my sister and I were going to have to assist* it out.  Crap.  ( Read more... )

In the last week and a half or so I have learned that I NEED to go to sleep at a reasonable hour.  When I don't only bad things happen.  For example, I thought it would be ok if I stayed up till 5AM this morning and then sleep during the day, wake up midafternoon and feel completely refreshed.  Nope.  We'll just say my sleep system not only denied ( Read more... )

So, the other night I was in a deep sleep and I suddenly woke feeling really uneasy and nervous.  I checked the alarm clock ... 3:34 and I checked out the window.  No one was there obviously, but still I felt really uneasy.  It was at about this time I realized I was in my room and not hiding in a hotel.  I aslo realized I was not covered in blood  ( Read more... )

So, last night I went out with my old roommate and some friends who I hadn't seen in a few years. Amazing how people grow up. He's a teacher at Westbrook High, and I gotta say, he def. has his stuff together. On top of regular teaching, he is the advisor of mutiple seniors and coaches a bunch of sports. I was perplexed considering, we used to ( Read more... )