Snapshots From My Weekend
Bar scene from Shaft? Hardly.
I had a pretty decent weekend though. You see, I farmed berries in two different Pokémon cartridges simultaneously. After managing to catch Feebas in Pokémon Ruby(1), I started planting and watering berries all over the world in both Ruby and Sapphire. Whenever I was trapped in the car or waiting outside of (for example) TJ Max, I was biking around the little virtual world, watering berry plants as I went. I have essentially tripled—nay, quadrupled—my already substantial berry supply.
I also did an amazingly sexy thing over the Thanksgiving break. I bought Neverwinter Nights for the Mac. Upon getting the box home, I promptly installed it and started a dwarven fighter named Garin Meadhammer(2). Yes, the original campaign sort of sucks, but it just feels wonderful to have D20 goodness in my life again. I need to pick up the two expansion packs when I get paid again.
I started a new knitting project as well. Allyson and I visited Knit ‘n’ Knibble for the first time over the long weekend, and I had a wonderful time. I walked out with some red and blue merino wool(3) (by Debbie Bliss, I believe). I’m making a Spiderman scarf of my own design out it. I’m excited because this is the first knitting project since my sock that I’ve actually been excited about. Don’t get me wrong…I’ve got some fabulous yarn in the house right now. It’s just that I haven’t been inspired to do anything with it. It feels wonderful to have something to knit again.
I have a job description meeting and performance review to attend today. To say that I’m feeling defensively aggressive is probably the understatement of the year.
Footnotes
- If I ever meet the game designer that came up with this Herculean subquest, I’ll punch the living fuck out of him.
- For those who played D&D with me in meatspace, he’s intended to be the father of my now deceased but well-loved dwarven monk of Ilmater, Dagon Meadhammer. This is a spectacular example of why I’m a sad little person. I actually roleplay in single-player RPGs. Pity me.
- If you’ve never touched merino wool, you have the wrong idea in your head about it. It’s not at all scratchy. It’s so soft and wonderful that you could make baby clothes out of it. Seriously, visit a yarn store sometime and fondle a skein of it. It will forever change the way you think about wool.