My little dark jedi of a daughter had her 2nd birthday over the weekend. Katie got to eat a lot of cupcake and ran around in a sugar infused frenzy. We had more than enough relatives to fill her grandparents house, so much so that she played shy for quite a while when we first arrived.
Tomorrow she’s in for a bigger shock. If all goes as planned she’s becoming a big sister. Bridget is scheduled to be induced tomorrow at 7am… well that’s when we’re supposed to get there at any rate. We’ll see how long it takes for the boy to come out… took Katie all day but 2nd babies come out faster… so THEY say.
Keep an eye on the family blog at http://www.greatwhitepaw.com for news and pictures. I’ll be posting them directly from my fancy pants cellphone. Everyone send the happy vibes so that every thing will go wonderfully!
Oh, and I just found out that my cousin Brad and his wife Bri are pregnant. The family tree just keep getting bigger!
Not long ago my main character in Guild Wars, Satine the Necromancer, had no titles… and I hadn’t really even bothered with it. Then I noticed how close I was to getting the Protector of Tyria title, and I decided to give it a go. Now I’m all about the titles… well at least the ones I think are accomplish-able.
I have to say the Cartographer title has been the biggest pain so far. I wouldn’t have even bothered if I hadn’t come across a texture replacement utility that makes it easier to see what parts of the map haven’t been explored yet. I’ll move on to mapping the other two continents once I’m done capping elite skills.
I’ve got all the Elonian elites and am almost done with Prophesies. Next will come the elites from Factions, which I already have quite a few of… but the biggies (Assassin and Ritualist) have barely been touched. It is so much fun capping, because you get a feeling of accomplishment checking another item off the list.
Granted I’m fully aware that all my time spent on this game is like working in a factory that produces products that will never be sold. One day the game servers will be turned off and what will I have to show for the time lost. Still it serves as a nice distraction to throw my excess energy or frustrations at, which keeps me happy productive member of my family. Better I’m playing this game once everyone’s asleep that getting into trouble somewhere, right?
Well with the new kid about to come into our world demanding feedings and diaper changes… the game is going on backseat duty. I bet I’ll squeeze in some time though… probably when I should be taking a nap. Crazy time, here we come!
I am really waffling on giving this a 2 or 3 out of 5. I’d give it a 2 just cause I was glad when it was done, and parts of it I little said (out loud even) “now this is just dumb.” I’ll give it a 3 though just out of charity. I’m amazed that the movie Blade Runner came out of this book, though now I have a greater understanding of why the films script was a tad muddled.
While I understand what the author was going for with the whole future folks’ obsession with living animals, it just seemed so silly to me. The whole android psychology aspect was fairly interesting, but Mercerism didn’t do anything for me at all. In the end it was hard to care about any of the books characters, and I always see that as the worst mark any story can have against it.
Oh and one final thing that bugged me the entire time. Why would the android producing corporation be hell bent on making replicants that are indistinguishable from normal humans? Would it be so much easier to just make all androids so they have an easily distinguishable feature to show they aren’t a normal human? I’m thinking no belly button.
Then instead of making everyone take a stupid question and answer game, the cops just say show me the belly button. Quick, simple, and there ya go. Besides I never really got the point of hunting down the androids in the first place. Not like they’re going to live very long anyway, just leave them be. Granted if they killed someone you’d just treat them like any normal crook.
The daughter of one of my best-est friends in the whole wide world came for a quick visit yesterday. Honestly I had completely forgotten when they were going to visit. I knew they where coming, but when was just a vague tickle in the back of my brain.
I’m glad I answered my cellphone, since I don’t alway answer numbers I don’t recognize. The last time I saw Lily, she wasn’t all that much bigger that Katie. She’s a darling young lady now, and looks just like her Mom did way back when.
Lily was quite impressed with Katie’s smartness, calling her “quite advanced”. Katie was rattling off the ABC song most of the time and counted her numbers up to around 7. For an almost 2 year old, I guess that’s pretty good.
The next time we see Lily and her Grandma Marion will probably be in October 2009, and I can’t wait!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer saved the world and the sanity of NPR’s Jamie Tarabay while she was in Baghdad. Tarabay explores why she needed the slayer during her time in Iraq.
