Work is kicking my ass today. Seriously. Anyways, have an update on the Cas. Note that there’s mention of poop from here on. (WoW players, this shouldn’t faze you, given how many quests revolve around the stuff. God.)
Pets
Eris was bunged up again, hence the puking. She had x-rays an enema done, producing the desired results that one expects out of the latter. What worries me is that ONE of the cats puked this morning, but I can’t tell who…
Reese is also better, and he’s currently Captain Destructobun with his new grass house. He’s on Oxbow food now (Bunny Basics) and he doesn’t have the poopybutt issue he had before. Just to give you an idea, I used to have to change his litter once every week and a half, and now I need to change it every two days. I think I have a healthy bun.
House
I’m slowly in the process of bringing the books downstairs. The library’s looking pathetic and I want that fixed.
We bought a nice cushy red rug for the library that is easily vaccuumable. My plan is to take out the coffee table (anyone want a coffee table?) and put in a table where we can play board games, tabletop RP, card games, etc. I’ve got my eye on this table in brown (hoping it’s not too big), but ironically, it expands to be bigger than my kitchen table, so my library might turn into a dining room when we have company over. We’re definitely keeping the couch, though, and I want a big cushy chair in the corner, so we’ll see how things go.
We should hopefully have the baseboards done the weekend of May 1st, come hell or high water. I can borrow an air compressor and I’m going to buy a nail gun (instead of renting) so that we’re not zomg stressing over returning it on time.
Health and Exercise
I had a… “condition” last week that forced me to take antibiotics. (It’s a sulfa med, so astute Googlers can figure out what it is if they so choose.) I’m allergic to both penicillin and Tetracyclin, so that pretty much was my only option.
Hoo.
If it’s listed as a side effect, I got it. Nausea, lethargy, stomach cramps, rash, the runs, lack of appetite… the list goes on and on. It also causes ANOTHER condition in me (that’s thankfully treated with OTC meds), and it was that time, too. So yeah, not a happy camper, but I took my last dose today.
Other Video Games
I got Pokemon HeartGold… and haven’t played much of it yet. I’m serious, I have a Chikorita and a Pidgey and that’s it. I think it’s because I’ve already gone through Crystal…
I’m enjoying watching Sky play through Disgaea 3, though. Damn, the music’s good in that game!
FFXI
The above and other things resulted in my not giving a flying crap about FFXI last week. As most of you know, I’d been going a little crazy trying to get Seveneyes, and this resulted in me staying logged into the game practically 24/7 with a thing that would send a very loud sound through my speakers if certain people sent me a tell. It’s a little nuts, but with all the maintenance going on, and the fact that the NM pops every 48-72 hours, I kinda wanted to get this over with.
I had no luck, but by Wednesday, I was sick of the whole thing and stopped trying. I had Myrna sign me in on Thursday night and I went to sleep.
When I woke up, I saw I had three messages from her: one saying that the NM popped, one saying simply “…” and the last saying “Check Dar in the morning 
”
And sure enough… (Click to make bigger.)
What you’re seeing there is actually my “town” gear (as in, the gear I run around in when I’m not getting killed by stuff). Not a lot of people wear town gear, and it’s often the subject of ridicule since people thing I fight in that stuff full-time, whereas the reality is that I fight wearing bits and pieces of that stuff and look like a mismatched buffoon.
I know it’s really weird and narcissistic to say this, but I really think I look awesome in this stuff. I also look great (in a nerdtastic way) in my Scholar AF and Relic attire. I idle (as in, when I’m in battle but just standing there) in my SCH Relic (except for the hat); people look at me funny, but I gear switch so often that they really can’t complain.
So anyways, how does Seveneyes perform? Well, it’s an interesting weapon in that it has a chance to reduce the cost of my spells. I’m swapping it in for my spells that don’t require any particular stats from a weapon (e.g Storms, Protect, Shell, Raise, Regen, etc.) and… I’m not seeing a noticeable difference, mostly because I don’t know how much MP all my spells cost, and I can’t do math in my head. Oh well. However, the weapon is ACE in Campaign. It’s a very fast wand, so add an en-spell and I’m doing damage like it’s no one’s business. I’ve only done a couple of Campaign Battles with it so far, but I like what I’m seeing!
Aside from that, I got 5k to DRG 69 (from 67), and Ithan-Yuran from SCH 37 to 42 in one night. That’s 30,000 exp in 4 hours. I love East Ronfaure. I love it so much. I’m really, REALLY behind on Ithan-Yuran’s spells, though, including Aspir. (I have all the bits and pieces I need to get that, it’s finding the time…)
We also did the Viridian Urushi onry Hagun ENM… and actually got a Hagun. Woot! We’ve been lucky lately with the two Toreador’s Rings and Hagun we got. I used the money to pay off part of my debts. Now I technically owe Myrna 2 million (1 million for Seveneyes, 1 million for my Ebon Frock), but I think it’ll be a challenge to get her to accept the money. >.>
Okay, back to work for me.
Current Mood:
Sleepy
