Dolphin's Den: October 2004

Thursday, October 28, 2004

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Wow. Today has been so boring as to numb my mind. Despite the multiple network outages at the various schools we do, as well as one of our own here at work, it has been dull. Dull. Dull. The height of my day has been talking to my Phoenix on the phone.

The election is finally almost here, and since I have voted, the news in connection with the election is irritating. I just want it all to be over, but I doubt my wish will be fulfilled Tuesday night. Unless one side or the other has an overwhelming amount of votes, its going to be a long drawn out battle.

Last night we went over to Martin and Elizabeth’s to hang out with Elizabeth while Martin is out and about up north. Got a lot of good chatting in.

Bought a dozen of coolmax long sleeve t-shirts 2nds on ebay today… all for $25 after shipping. Not a bad deal if I say so myself. Hopefully the faults in the shirts will be small.
They will come in handy in Hawaii I thinks. Not to mention fighting.

*sigh*

Tonight, we carve the pumpkins!

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

A song for today

I will go
Traditional probably middle or late 18th C

I will go, I will go,
When the fighting is over
To the land of MacCloud
That I left to be a soldier
I will go, I will go

When the King's son came along
He called us all together
Sayin' brave Highland man
Will you fight for my father?
I will go, I will go

I've a buckle on my belt
A sword in my scabbard
A red coat on my back
And a shilling in my pocket
I will go, I will go

When they got us all on board
The lassies were signing
But the tears came to their eyes
When the bell started ringin'
I will go, I will go

When we landed on the shore
And saw the foreign heather
We knew that some would fall
And would stay there forever
I will go, I will go

When we got back to the glen
The winter was turning
And our goods lay in the snow
And our houses were burnin'
I will go...... I will go......

Monday, October 25, 2004

Well, today I had the awesome pleasure of meeting a wonderful woman online by the name of Danielle Kukich. Now before you get your green machine hackles up my dearest Phoenix, she is my brothers girlfriend, and she seems quite the bomb *grin*. My brother is one lucky man! well, despite the fact being deployed in the middle of nowhere in the Middle East fighting the heathens. I hope to see them both after he comes back from crusade and all.
Speaking of my brother, I hope you are not letting the conditions drive you nuts, and I am certainly proud to have a hero for a brother. All I have done is play one on the weekends, while you actually are one. btw, if you need anything stateside sent to you, let me know!

Damn bird...

Oh! I forgot to put in the part of Sunday that sucked! Addicus (the umbrella cockatoo) decided that he did not like me wearing anything on my head. So much so that he made a lunge for the cap I was wearing and almost pierced my ear… Grrrrr… Was about to change dinner plans for that night to Cockatoo on a spit, but instead I just put him in time out. *sigh*… At least when Buddy (one of the greys) bites me, he never breaks skin.

Wierd weekend

This last weekend was a weekend of contrasts. In some ways it amazingly sucked, and in others it was pretty nice…

It all started this weekend with going to Baronial Bash, and Phoenix didn’t want to go. Well, to make a long story short, we argued, she came to the event, we argued some more, we said some pretty hurtful things to each other, and she stomped off. Causing much stress and worry for all.

Well for everyone who was worried about her, she is ok, and will be making subsequent apologies for worrying folks, and has promised never to do it again.

Otherwise the event was pretty cool. We started off with melees, which was much fun. They put non belts in command of the sides, and Arsalon (ya, my spelling sucks) was in charge of ours for the first four, and I was in charge for the next three. It was 11 folks per side, and I think we lost once out of seven rounds. I think it was more that we were more out to kill folks then the other side then anything else. The bad part was that I really spent my load, and consequently didn’t come in %100 for the bear pits afterwards. The first three rounds in, I got killed right off, almost one shots (I just couldn’t focus without my Phoenix being there)… Then I got in and got to business, and had two rounds of killing about 5 folks each, including a knight or two, but by then it was far too late. Did some pickups, went out and looked for my wayward bird again, and went with Martin and Elizabeth for dinner.

Coming home was not pleasant, but we worked it out.

Sunday was great. We went to the bird show, and looked at all the pretty birds, dreaming of breeding some… Finally got to see these finches that Phoenix wanted to breed, and they are quite pretty. We almost bought a proven pair of Quaker Parrots, but decided we could not yet afford it. After Hawaii…

And last night we curled up in each others arms and went to sleep (well tried… I couldn’t sleep well last night, but that’s another story)

In other news, My brother is in Falluja. I hope he is having fun and will come home safe.

Friday, October 22, 2004

I am an illiterate boob

Wow, I read the post I put up about being upset about work, and have come to the conclusion that I am an illiterate boob. If you read it again, it should be in a little better English now. I guess the burn out applies to my language skill as well.

I am not sure why people have been reading my blog in such numbers; my life really has been very uninteresting lately. But hey, if you’re going to read my drivel, I will be happy to keep putting it up.

Ok on to more interesting things…

Phoenix was mad at me this morning, and probably rightfully so. She has made three appointments with her hair dresser for me, and the last one that was made, conflicts with coronation. The other two were crown and another tournament. I have to mention that the only time I can make an appointment with this lady is on Saturdays. Sooooo Phoenix was mad at me for not keeping commitments (which I admit, I feel somewhat bad about). I didn’t have the heart to tell her that we had both made a commitment to go to coronation already. It would only have fueled her hatred of the SCA more. *Sigh*

It sucks having your lover hate one of the things that brings you happiness. I may just have to go to the cheap haircut places and get it done and over with.

Well anyway, Hawaii plans are going quite well. Phoenix and I are very excited about the whole thing, and the incredible news is that Aunt Dean and Uncle Jack will be hosting us in their condo for the trip. This saves us an amazing amount of trouble and expense and will make our trip to Hawaii that much more special. I am glad also that Dean and Jack will get to meet Phoenix before we get married. I just wish my Dad could as well. It will happen soon enough. I think Phoenix would just be happy if we put up a tent at the edge of the volcano where lava was pouring out. I on the other hand would rather put the tent on the beach so I can see the Dolphins every morning. We now have a 256meg card for the camera, so we have room for 700 pictures without having to dump them on a computer somewhere. I cant wait to post them.

Our bird empire plans are changing a little bit. Instead of waiting for a female African Grey Congo to show up spontaneously in our hands, we may get some rare finches to breed. It seems that there is a species that we can sell to the stores for at least $50 a piece, and the birds have a clutch once every month or two… Use that money to get our female grey, and the birdie empire will be finally founded! We shall see after the Hawaii trip.

We are going to Baronial Bash this weekend, and I hope to get Phoenix to use her mastery of photography to take all sorts of pictures of everything. Sunday there is a bird show to go to (and we’ll get some pictures of that too).

Thursday, October 21, 2004

From grand ol Eire

Hey! Cool! Who out there was looking for me from Dublin? Found it in one of the hits on the blog… Hmm… They even did a yahoo search for me first…

Get up stand up! Get off your ass and vote!

This job is driving me completely out of my gourd.

I am in full burn out mode, and I need a vacation before I go postal.

Lately it has been two things driving me nuts. The first is that we are a little understaffed due to folks being out for one reason or another, and I am taking one call after another with no break for extended periods of time. The other is when people are just plain stupid. Someone with a near or far eastern accent calling me because they don’t know how to send an email. Then they get mad at me because I cant understand a word they are saying. Or how about the PhD who cant remember their password for getting into their computer, and accuses me of changing it. Or how about the 18 year old who calls in complaining that their computer is slow and says it’s the internet connection, when its actually the fact they have loaded too many file sharing programs and surfed to so many porn sites that their machine has more spyware and virii on it then a 2 bit whore.

*sigh*

Hawaii, here I come. You are far too far away.

In other news, Phoenix and I voted yesterday! This is her first time voting, and I was quite proud of her! The lines were short, but there certainly was a constant flow of folks going in and out of the voting room. Besides voting for people, the vote also called on constitutional amendments. The three that stand out in my mind were to allow slot machines at racetracks (something very silly to have in a constitution, but I voted for it none the less), Parental notification of abortions for underage women (which I voted against, its just the foot in the door for making more anti-abortion legislation) and last to repeal the high speed train project, which I voted against since I think it’s a spiff idea.

I voted, now it’s your turn. If you read this and don’t go out and vote, then no griping when decisions are made in government that you don’t like. There is early voting in this state and maybe in yours too, so GET OFF YOUR ASS AND VOTE!

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Went to practice yesterday, and was highly disappointed in the fact that we did not fight. But we did talk about what we were going to do for Gulf Wars both camp wise and fighting wise. It looks like we will have about a 10 man unit or so, and about 25 people camping. Does anyone know where to buy a 20x30 tent for under $1400? Also anyone have a good SCA Ballista pattern?

Monday, October 18, 2004

Boy my desk looks so much better with Phoenix on the screen!

Sorry about the slow week in writing, not much to say really.

Fighter practice last Tuesday was a blast, but I hurt my wrist in a fall and managed to scrape the heck out of my elbow. Had to work Sat. and went and saw “A Shark’s Tale” With Martin, Elizabeth and the kids last night… Cute movie. I am going to a tournament this next weekend (gotta fight!). Hawaii tickets are bought, and rental car reserved.
That’s about it really. More later.

This is my Fiancée Phoenix. Hottie aint she?
I cannot wait to go to Hawaii and marry this woman!
I do love her so!

Monday, October 11, 2004

Crown Tourney was a blast.

I must say. A little disappointed that Martin didn’t win crown, but that’s ok. Bytor is a good man.

Crown itself didn’t last all that long, and was busy at the time crown ended, so I missed the finals. Only 11 participants this time, but, should be bigger next crown.
Champions went fine. I was fairly satisfied with my performance in it. I realize I got to go and travel and fight more folks. Martin has taught me a lot, but I need more time fighting other people.

One of the best birthday presents I got this weekend was to finally have a talk with Forgal. We are no longer on hostile terms, and that makes me happier then I can say.

Didn’t do much Sat. night, except go home. After pickups after the tournament, I was exhausted, and getting home to sleep in our own bed was worth coming home after midnight.
Sunday, I got my best present, and that was Phoenix… ahhrrmm.. and that is all the detail you will get *grin*…

Today, I feel like a truck hit me. Allergies attacked me last night just before bed, and I am miserable, trying to catch my running nose every other minute…

I need a nap!