What a dreary morning. Oh, and happy Unabashed Domestic Spying And Curtailed Freedoms Rationalization Day. Definitely never forgetting... how the poor and middle classes got stuck with the bill for 2 oil-baron wars and a more militarized police state. Triple Coin Tuesday evening guild battle was not what I'd hoped for. Our opponents refused to waltz, so battle was over in about 2.5 hours instead of stretched to 5. I'd hoped that a near-optimal triple collect would afford me my final Evade upgrade. 9040/... (...more)

Skipped my customary glass of wine, also skipped dinner and went straight to dessert. Might have been cheese its if they weren't close to $5/box. You, alright! I learned it by watching you! Lol. Need chicken next time I get groceries. Park Place ("Casa Cucaracha") was when my credit really imploded. I think the inflection point was early 2010. Then Waterways late 2010, all of 2011, I moved here right after my new year vaycay in 2012. Somehow I've actually been at Casa Cascade longer than any address sin... (...more)

The sliced black olives really made dinner last night. Tried a couple SMAC/AXF game starts as the Gaian/Green faction, but other factions kept beating me to the "Secrets of the Human Brain" first-discoverer bonus - first Aki and then Morgan - and that made me mad. Started my second Ambrosia kill with SlowPokes with the stamina refill from my level-up to 600. We had some guild conquest monsters fall down as well. I was invested in an Aurora for 3 epic drops worth of stam (from working on hunter conquest ... (...more)

Went to bed shortly after 12, woke fairly well-rested, could have done PB for breakfast except not enough PB for a breakfast, and not enough time to make a scramble wrap. Dallied on interwebs long enough before shaving and showering that I didn't leave myself time for mcmuffins either. I would have been to church just about on time, except for having to vacuum up a couple of jumping spiders stationed around the door outside. Gave a jar of PB to the food drive. I got very spoiled with summer parking at c... (...more)

First Ambrosia with SlowPokes gave me a Tempest Might and 2x Empowered Arcane for 34M damage. Neither of those is what I need for my Helm of Arcane Energies, so I'm still at 0/8 Arcane Energy and 3/10 Crystallized Arcane. Pretty disheartening for a week's wait.

I was also in on a Kessaran summoned by one of my guildmates. No Flasks of Undeath there either, still 15/17 for my second Living Death.