A Great Victory

 Making sure that I post with some kind of frequency. Lets begin this time with:

Other
-Let me begin saying "I HAVE DEFEATED THE OVEN!!!". Now to put that into context. When we cook something, the oven smokes. It sets off the detector, and clouds the kitchen. Finally bought some oven cleaner and cleaned that sucker out. it was kinda gross. The oven cleaner makes the dried stuff into a brown sludge.I was surprised at how much there was. but it's gone now (I think) and we can all rest easy.it's very exciting.
-Now, on to more environmental matters. The weather  here has been insane. There was a good deal of snow and the kids haven't gone to school (the kids I work with, not my kids, I don't have kids) since Monday... I'm not even really sure they'll go to school tomorrow (Monday). Our driveway is kind of long and up a hill to get out. (by kind of long, I mean about 30 feet) We had to shovel for about five hours to get through all of it over a span of two days, and there were to of us working. I was little more than a knot of pain and suffering. But we finished it and went out to dinner to celebrate. This will be elaborated more later.

Entertainment
-Just finished the eleventh Dresden Files book: Turn Coat. There is one more out right now (Changes, I believe). Then I have to wait until June for the thirteenth book. For anyone who hasn't read my other posts. You should. Beyond that, you should read the Dresden Files. The first book is called Storm Front, and the author is Jim Butcher. It's a fantasy/mystery series about Chicago's only advertised wizard for hire, PI Harry Dresden.
-Reading the Percy Jackson series, which is a fun read. It's not mentally taxing and is obviously intended for people under 15, but I am enjoying it so far. I'm on the third book right now and there are five in the series. They're about a young boy (Percy Jackson) who has been the center of strange occurrences for much of his life. Finally when matters become too dire, he finds himself at a camp full of mythical creatures of the ancient Greek origin as well as Half-Bloods, children of the gods (gods, with a lower case 'g', lets not get metaphysical) themselves.
-What should we call this masked villain? The Green Bee? No! The Green Hornet! I saw the Green Hornet (in 2D, thankfully. This whole 3D craze is stupid, but I digress) with Seth Rogen. It was hilarious. Went with a couple of coworkers and the lady. She even enjoyed, despite expecting to be going purely for my benefit. The action sequences were compelling and the jokes were actually pretty funny. all in all I think you should watch it. There was a preview for Thor, which I'm also excited to see.

Food
-Lets begin with food from other places. (restaurants) Ruby Tuesday, always a hit. I had the New Orleans Seafood, which consisted of a breaded fillet of fish, topped with a few shrimp and a parmesan sauce, which was delicious. I always order the white cheddar mashed potatoes, simply because it's the best side they have. I went with the risotto this time time as my second side, which nicely complimented the parmesan sauce.
-The aforementioned Korean place. This time I had some other kind of spicy beef soup (Koreans eat a lot of soup, from what I can tell). The place consistently has good food, so I enjoy going there and there's a good bit to it, so I feel full.
-This may not quite be FOOD per se, but there is this pub two blocks from my house that sells over 60 brews on tap. If you get your card punched with all of them, they make you a plaque to put on the wall with your name on it. I'm pretty excited. One down....
-home food. Breaded and baked chicken. My main advice for that is to use cereal instead of breadcrumbs. Any not super sweet cereal should do (that means special k or chex, not cocoa puffs.... but maybe.... NO, never mind)
-We found this amazing recipe for tortellini soup and it was better than I expected, seeing as how there wasn't any meat in it. but it was quite tasty.
 -Additionally, there was more of the frozen chili and soup. No one ever asks for the recipes to anything....

Pathfinder
-Last night, we encountered the fiend-lord Arkas, in his castle. We had ascended his many traps and puzzles and found ourselves face to face with the man who's actions needed to be accounted for. As we pressed forward past his henchmen and guards, we lost one of our new party members. Their death was retributed for in folds. Also, unfortunately, the rogue was turned into a bunny. There was a significant worry that she would get trampled while a bunny. We finally managed to bludgeon the bastard to death and save the day. Hurray!
-After we defeated the dark figure, we found evidence that there may something of merit in the cellar. As we arrive, we find a giant living robot, imprisoned. He warns us of a proficey and escorts us outside so that we may see proof of what he says. As we emerge from the castle, we can say a large red ball above the horizon, slowly growing in size (getting closer). dun Dun DUN! Until next time for that.

Call of Duty
Two of my friends who I don't get to talk to very much got the new Call of Duty game. I was quite excited, I have now had significantly more conversations with them then I did last week. That's about it, folks. have a good time. =]

Everybody Loves a Comeback

Due to popular demand, I have decided to return to blogging regularly. I had a long break, then my computer stopped working and I've had way too many days off from work due to "snow".

FOOD
-Ruby Tuesday has some awesome ribs, which I've said before, but still. Additionally, if you go to a Ruby Tuesday, you should try out one of the Pear Lavender Martinis.
-There's is this amazing Korean place near where we live that has amazing kim-chi and bulgogi. Granted, it's no China House, from home. I guess it'll do.
-Home Cooked: The lady made this awesome Chinese lo-mein type food with "San-J Sweet and Tangy Polynesian Glazing & Dipping". It's also really good for fish, as I found out today. Mashed potatoes; my special mashed potatoes (is there really any other kind?). Additionally: Chili. Fortunately for me, She makes the best effing chili ever. mmm... and use tortilla chips instead of a spoon... so good. I'm struggling to think of anything else that I ate because the thoughts of chili are clouding my judgment. COOKIES. Molasses cookies. That's about all of the delicious edibles that my brain can handle thinking before I die of desire to eat more.

Entertainment
-I saw Tangled in theater (IN 2D! I'm so sick of the 3D movement.) It was childish and cute and endearing, everything I want from a Disney movie. Additionally, if you have  DVR or free time and AREN'T watching Monk, you should be. I'd forgotten how funny the show was.
-I'm STILL reading the Dresden Files. They're still good. I'm on book ten now. If you haven't been paying attention, the first book is call Storm Front and it's about Chicago's only resident wizard for hire, Harry Dresden. He super sleuths around, saving the day through a little skill, a little work and a lot of luck... also magic. Lots of magic.

Pathfinder
-There are several sessions for me to catch up on.
-We explored a lead to find a lost holy artifact at the bottom of a mile deep quarry and defeated some kind of polymorphing dragon wizard thing who summoned stone elementals to do his bidding, the jerk. We fought all of them and found ourselves allied with some captured monk, who seemed to stick with us so far. After passing THAT trial, we entered what I can only think to refer to as a cathedral, albeit without the influence of The Almighty. In said location was a giant golem who enslaved a fire spirit to power his ... I don't even know, really. But that's what happened.
-Next .... I'm sorry buddy, I can't recall. I tried and I tried, but I can't remember the next session.
-this PAST session was mine. We were residing in the ocean front fortress of Azgar. After some reports of craziness, advice from a witch, and a missing Mayor's daughter, we were on our way. On route, we found a giant spire guarded by a dragon. It housed... you guessed it, the lost daughter. But the day wasn't up. We kept going until we found a bunch of beings working outside of a cave. We began to fight them and then showed up a giant of another realm. One of our genius party members rushed him and set off a trap that transported us to his realm. We fought, we bled, etc.

Call of Duty
-There now that I've gotten all of that crap out of the way, it's time for CoD news. I prestiged again, putting me on my 5th. One particular match that comes to mind was in a mode that I don't really enjoy playing: Capture the Flag. The game type is pretty self explanatory, you run, grab the enemy flag, run back and repeat without dying in the process. One of my "teammates" was friends with the other team and I caught him purposely not shooting at them or hindering them from grabbing our flag. There are two rounds (and a bonus final death round if there's a tie). both rounds the score was 2 - 2 (out of three points to win) but I managed to thwart my conniving team mate, his friends and sink the final point in both rounds.