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A Small Problem
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Sadly, I despise most thanksgiving foods. I hate turkey and stuffing, find
cranberry sauce revolting, and for health reasons can not eat luscious
buttery...
6 hours ago
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
AION: Brilliance
Got my Cleric to level 20. Man, this game has a lot of time sinks and money sinks. It is definately not a casual game. At least, not in my opinion.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Back To Gaming
I have been obsessed with a new MMO: Aion! Yeah, yeah, Japanapornamation games FTL. Not really. This game is time consuming, crafting takes up hours of my free time. Grinding is not only tough (as a cleric) but its dangerous as well for when you die you lose experience! There are big questing gaps that force you to either grind or group up for quests. OMG Becky!
Anyhow, on to the bad stuff. The game is beautiful, alien and, strangely, immersive. From the bunny rabbitesque squiggs and the giant elephant creatures that look like that keyboard player in Return of the Jedi (you know the one in Jabba's palace?) to the massive -whatever- bohemoths that float through the sky off in the distance. If you like fantasy and want to explore a world that is unlike any MMO (at least that I have played) Aion is a great game for you.
The combat system is, in itself, very basic, but I could see how that my become necessary as -at level 25- your going to enter the abyss and engagein arial PvP combat! More to Follow.
Anyhow, on to the bad stuff. The game is beautiful, alien and, strangely, immersive. From the bunny rabbitesque squiggs and the giant elephant creatures that look like that keyboard player in Return of the Jedi (you know the one in Jabba's palace?) to the massive -whatever- bohemoths that float through the sky off in the distance. If you like fantasy and want to explore a world that is unlike any MMO (at least that I have played) Aion is a great game for you.
The combat system is, in itself, very basic, but I could see how that my become necessary as -at level 25- your going to enter the abyss and engagein arial PvP combat! More to Follow.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Captain's Log: Star Date 082009
Dear Goal,
Happiness is in the journey not the destination.
I like to set unreachable goals. That way I'll always have something to look forward to.
Another word for goal is 'purpose' and without purpose we have nothing.
We like people who have completed goals because they motivate us to continue reaching for our own goals. What we don't see is how miserable those people are because they have no purpose and have tried so hard to complete their goal that they are too burnt out to strive for another. Then they die and we mourn their loss.
When I reach my unreachable goals I would like to be cremated and my ashes spread across the Bearing Sea. (Thats the body of water between Alaska and Providenia, Russia)
Anyhow. -Nosmo
Dear Goal,
Happiness is in the journey not the destination.
I like to set unreachable goals. That way I'll always have something to look forward to.
Another word for goal is 'purpose' and without purpose we have nothing.
We like people who have completed goals because they motivate us to continue reaching for our own goals. What we don't see is how miserable those people are because they have no purpose and have tried so hard to complete their goal that they are too burnt out to strive for another. Then they die and we mourn their loss.
When I reach my unreachable goals I would like to be cremated and my ashes spread across the Bearing Sea. (Thats the body of water between Alaska and Providenia, Russia)
Anyhow. -Nosmo
Friday, June 26, 2009
6 Unimportant/ Important Things That Make Me Happy: I'll give this a shot.
6: Excedrin Migraine Medicine (it's only important when you don't have it)
5: White Chocolate Mochas (the nectar of the gods) maybe Thai Ice Coffee if I'm in the mood.
4: Naps (the older I get the more important these become)
3: The First Cigarette After Sex (any form of sexual activity will do)
2: Having Sex (I should do this more often but naps get in the way)
1: The Smell of My Dog's Feet after she wakes up from a nap (smells like corn chips)
7 Important Lessons You're Glad You Learned (maybe)
7: Don't eat yellow snow (oldie but a goodie)
6: Don't kick Lawn Gnomes with your bare feet (those bastards are tough!)
5: Don't smoke in bed (unless you sleep on a park bench then fire it up!)
4: Don't give Block Buster your real phone number (this is borderline harassment)
3: Don't create lists that have 7 lessons when 6 lessons will do (duh!)
2: Don't piss off the people at the drive thru until after you get your order (ancient wisdom here)
1: Don't see how deep you can sink a staple into your leg when you're bored at work
-NK
6: Excedrin Migraine Medicine (it's only important when you don't have it)
5: White Chocolate Mochas (the nectar of the gods) maybe Thai Ice Coffee if I'm in the mood.
4: Naps (the older I get the more important these become)
3: The First Cigarette After Sex (any form of sexual activity will do)
2: Having Sex (I should do this more often but naps get in the way)
1: The Smell of My Dog's Feet after she wakes up from a nap (smells like corn chips)
7 Important Lessons You're Glad You Learned (maybe)
7: Don't eat yellow snow (oldie but a goodie)
6: Don't kick Lawn Gnomes with your bare feet (those bastards are tough!)
5: Don't smoke in bed (unless you sleep on a park bench then fire it up!)
4: Don't give Block Buster your real phone number (this is borderline harassment)
3: Don't create lists that have 7 lessons when 6 lessons will do (duh!)
2: Don't piss off the people at the drive thru until after you get your order (ancient wisdom here)
1: Don't see how deep you can sink a staple into your leg when you're bored at work
-NK
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Cookin' Up Happy
Is there a recipe for happiness? I think there is. I think the reason were not happy in our day to day lives is because we fail to see the simplicity of the answer that is right in front of us.
I ask again, is the recipe for happiness right in front of us and is it so simple we don't see it? I think so. Go with me on this one and you determine whether I'm on target or way off in left field.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that every person alive was born with a hole in their soul. And lets say that we need something to fill that hole. Scientifically it could be a natural mechanism that drives us to move; food, sex, sunlight, recreation, habitat, water, ect..
Being the evolved creatures that we are this mechanism has evolved to a point where, even though we may have met all the requirements that nature asks of us, we still need to do something else. That something else has led us to create skyscrapers, masterful works of art and even war.
Something in us has given us a need to be creators. Whatever your faith or lack there of it cannot be denied that man desires to create and will even go so far as to deny himself the basic necessities of life in order to create.
So, the first part of the recipe could be creation whether it's art, music, writing or just raising your kids to be brain surgeons, we need to feel like we are creating or at least feel as if we are part of it all. This helps to fill the void.
Hope. Hope is a funny concept. My wife and I had a little bit of trouble when we first got married and we joked about being afraid of being in love. Perhaps, but I think now, looking back on it, that we weren't afraid but we had hoped to find love one day and when we did the hope we had been clinging to was no longer necessary and we found an empty hole that hope once filled. Where am I going with this? You need hope, even if that hope never comes to fruition, even if it's a silly dream to become a rock star one day or an astronaut. Hope is one of the most important ingredients to happiness.
Lastly, but not un-importantly so, is the need for completion of obligations. I think a lot of this falls into the category of fulfilling your basic needs but society complicates things to the point where you have to do things and regardless of how far they may stray they will break down into survival and fulfilling your basic needs. 'I gotta fill the gas tank. To get to work. To pay the bills and buy the food and bottled water and...' you get my point.
The other aspect of obligations is that they hang over your head and though you may try to ignore them they will eat at your subconscious, irritating that pesky hole in your soul. So, get done what you need to get done and see how you feel. Hey, you could even get ahead of the game and feel that much better. Get your debt paid off, get your kids a check up at the doctors, get that work done that's due in three days, today. One step closer to happiness.
Parting words
Remember what I always say, 'The worst they can do is kill me and then I wouldn't have anything to worry about.'
My father always said, 'If you don't have any money you don't have to worry about what to spend it on.'
-NK (peace, love and hairgrease)
I ask again, is the recipe for happiness right in front of us and is it so simple we don't see it? I think so. Go with me on this one and you determine whether I'm on target or way off in left field.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that every person alive was born with a hole in their soul. And lets say that we need something to fill that hole. Scientifically it could be a natural mechanism that drives us to move; food, sex, sunlight, recreation, habitat, water, ect..
Being the evolved creatures that we are this mechanism has evolved to a point where, even though we may have met all the requirements that nature asks of us, we still need to do something else. That something else has led us to create skyscrapers, masterful works of art and even war.
Something in us has given us a need to be creators. Whatever your faith or lack there of it cannot be denied that man desires to create and will even go so far as to deny himself the basic necessities of life in order to create.
So, the first part of the recipe could be creation whether it's art, music, writing or just raising your kids to be brain surgeons, we need to feel like we are creating or at least feel as if we are part of it all. This helps to fill the void.
Hope. Hope is a funny concept. My wife and I had a little bit of trouble when we first got married and we joked about being afraid of being in love. Perhaps, but I think now, looking back on it, that we weren't afraid but we had hoped to find love one day and when we did the hope we had been clinging to was no longer necessary and we found an empty hole that hope once filled. Where am I going with this? You need hope, even if that hope never comes to fruition, even if it's a silly dream to become a rock star one day or an astronaut. Hope is one of the most important ingredients to happiness.
Lastly, but not un-importantly so, is the need for completion of obligations. I think a lot of this falls into the category of fulfilling your basic needs but society complicates things to the point where you have to do things and regardless of how far they may stray they will break down into survival and fulfilling your basic needs. 'I gotta fill the gas tank. To get to work. To pay the bills and buy the food and bottled water and...' you get my point.
The other aspect of obligations is that they hang over your head and though you may try to ignore them they will eat at your subconscious, irritating that pesky hole in your soul. So, get done what you need to get done and see how you feel. Hey, you could even get ahead of the game and feel that much better. Get your debt paid off, get your kids a check up at the doctors, get that work done that's due in three days, today. One step closer to happiness.
Parting words
Remember what I always say, 'The worst they can do is kill me and then I wouldn't have anything to worry about.'
My father always said, 'If you don't have any money you don't have to worry about what to spend it on.'
-NK (peace, love and hairgrease)
Monday, June 22, 2009
Quiet Week Ends and Violent Dreams
The wife had a bad cold this weekend and so the house remained quiet. Which meant no guitar playing. I did however spend some time writing. I also bought Neverwinter Nights 2 and played that for a while. I read for a while and took a lot of naps.
During one particular nap I had a strange dream. I was sleeping in the living room of a house that was mine though I didn't recognize it. My ex-girlfriend was there as well as three other people, one of them being my ex-girlfriend's boyfriend (who I have never met and is a fictional character in this dream).
I must have left the room for a little while because when I came back they had stolen all the furniture in the living room. Fearing they would come back, I locked the doors. Then another thought came to me... revenge.
I proceeded to build a flame thrower from a lighter and a can of lighter fluid, I also borrowed a nail gun from my neighbor. When I returned to the house they were back and they saw that I had weapons. They began to flee. The boyfriend was closest. I shot him with the nail gun, which did no damage but distracted him long enough that I could catch up. I slammed three nails into his spine, one that paralyzed him.
Running out of the house I saw that my ex had doubled back when she noticed her boyfriend was still inside. I caught her half way across the lawn and fired off the flame thrower which ignited her head in flames. The other two hoodlums got away with the rest of my stuff.
This dream seems a bit violent and I'm not sure why I dreamed it. I haven't seen my ex in over 9 years. I'm not a violent person. Maybe it was just a fluke.
-NK
During one particular nap I had a strange dream. I was sleeping in the living room of a house that was mine though I didn't recognize it. My ex-girlfriend was there as well as three other people, one of them being my ex-girlfriend's boyfriend (who I have never met and is a fictional character in this dream).
I must have left the room for a little while because when I came back they had stolen all the furniture in the living room. Fearing they would come back, I locked the doors. Then another thought came to me... revenge.
I proceeded to build a flame thrower from a lighter and a can of lighter fluid, I also borrowed a nail gun from my neighbor. When I returned to the house they were back and they saw that I had weapons. They began to flee. The boyfriend was closest. I shot him with the nail gun, which did no damage but distracted him long enough that I could catch up. I slammed three nails into his spine, one that paralyzed him.
Running out of the house I saw that my ex had doubled back when she noticed her boyfriend was still inside. I caught her half way across the lawn and fired off the flame thrower which ignited her head in flames. The other two hoodlums got away with the rest of my stuff.
This dream seems a bit violent and I'm not sure why I dreamed it. I haven't seen my ex in over 9 years. I'm not a violent person. Maybe it was just a fluke.
-NK
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Captain's Log, Star Date 6/18/09
So, right now this is what is going on. I have been spending my days on hulu.com watching episodes of shows that I missed on scifi channel. I liked the show Firefly, a story of a smuggler's ship and their crew in 2500 AD with a western twist. The character's were well written and so was the show overall. I was a little disappointed that it had been cancelled -I am definitely out of the loop when it comes to television shows- and I hoped to continue my journey with the crew of the Serenity but, alas, I cannot. I have also been catching up on my Family Guy episodes that I missed. Good stuff. The Family Guy has to be the funniest comedy on T.V. today. My opinion, of course.
I got some new strings for the old guitar and a tab book of Dave Matthew's 'Some Devil' album which I might be digging into this weekend. Maybe, maybe not. This album remind me of the first few years of my marriage. Those days were wonderful and I wish things were like that again.
Writing. It's been off and on the past week as I struggled through my identity crisis in an attempt to find peace, peace of mind or at least some belonging. But my spiritual search for self is, I believe, a lot like love: You can't find it, it finds you and having it isn't always what you thought it was going to be and may not always make you happy. These ups and downs, this search for life is what life is. I guess what I'm saying is that, 'as you search for a better life you're -unknowingly- living the life you were meant to and that even though one day you may find a better life you cannot discount the process of getting there and the fact that the past was part of your life as much as the present and even more so then your future. Fortunately, this concept was simplified by someone much smarter than me when they said, "Life is a journey."
The Weigh In? Well, that is a struggle. Dieting isn't easy because it's not something that you can just force yourself to do for an hour a day. It's something you have to force yourself to do all day long. The same can be said about sustaining from any evil or addiction. Anyhow, my goal is to hit 200lbs by October and I believe I can do it. At 5'11" 200lbs ain't too shabby -I'm big boned LOL.
Peace, love and hair grease and don't forget to pick up a book and do some reading. It's good for the brain and the soul. -But you knew that already, you smarty.-
-Nosmo
I got some new strings for the old guitar and a tab book of Dave Matthew's 'Some Devil' album which I might be digging into this weekend. Maybe, maybe not. This album remind me of the first few years of my marriage. Those days were wonderful and I wish things were like that again.
Writing. It's been off and on the past week as I struggled through my identity crisis in an attempt to find peace, peace of mind or at least some belonging. But my spiritual search for self is, I believe, a lot like love: You can't find it, it finds you and having it isn't always what you thought it was going to be and may not always make you happy. These ups and downs, this search for life is what life is. I guess what I'm saying is that, 'as you search for a better life you're -unknowingly- living the life you were meant to and that even though one day you may find a better life you cannot discount the process of getting there and the fact that the past was part of your life as much as the present and even more so then your future. Fortunately, this concept was simplified by someone much smarter than me when they said, "Life is a journey."
The Weigh In? Well, that is a struggle. Dieting isn't easy because it's not something that you can just force yourself to do for an hour a day. It's something you have to force yourself to do all day long. The same can be said about sustaining from any evil or addiction. Anyhow, my goal is to hit 200lbs by October and I believe I can do it. At 5'11" 200lbs ain't too shabby -I'm big boned LOL.
Peace, love and hair grease and don't forget to pick up a book and do some reading. It's good for the brain and the soul. -But you knew that already, you smarty.-
-Nosmo
Monday, June 15, 2009
Don't You Just Love Mondays?
Do you know what's worse than Mondays? Mondays after a bad or boring weekend, when your best memory of the weekend was how good it felt leaving work on Friday afternoon and thinking, 'I'm gonna have a great weekend!' God, that was a great time.
I was visited by three evil spirits this weekend. Evil spirits? Frightening, yes I know. The first called himself Taco Bell. He was a spicy, cheesy demon of lust. The second night I was visited by the spirit of Panda Express. Ching chong, the door bell rang and I shuttered in fear. And the third night I was visited by an evil banshee they call Taco Bell Again? Well, I suppose I have some calories to burn off this week. :)
The fight goes on.
-Nosmo King
I was visited by three evil spirits this weekend. Evil spirits? Frightening, yes I know. The first called himself Taco Bell. He was a spicy, cheesy demon of lust. The second night I was visited by the spirit of Panda Express. Ching chong, the door bell rang and I shuttered in fear. And the third night I was visited by an evil banshee they call Taco Bell Again? Well, I suppose I have some calories to burn off this week. :)
The fight goes on.
-Nosmo King
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