soma,

i play oblivion on the PC. the problem is that although my daughter, my b/f and i all have laptops, we only have one desktop and that is the only computer that has high enough specs to play the game. so i have not been able to put in as many hours as i'd like b/c i have to take turns with both my daughter and my b/f who are both lame and just get in the way of my oblivion domination.

i started a new character because i didn't like what i picked for my first one. i was an imperial, because i thought i just wanted to fight my way through the game. but after playing for a while, i decided that i wanted to be better at magic and thievery so i restarted as a dark elf and i made my own custom class.

also this might be kind of rediculous, but i plan on joining all of the guilds, including the dark brotherhood, and doing all of the quests and exploring all of the ruins and caves. i found a map online showing ALL of the structures, caves, mines, ruins, etc and there are so fucking many that it's mind blowing. when i was an imperial i was in the theives guild and the dark brotherhood. This time around, so far, i have joined the theives guild, but have not completed all of the quests yet, and joined the mages guild, again not completed all of the quests yet.

at the rate i'm going it looks like its going to take me months and months to get through the game. i am taking my time to build my skills, and explore the world around me. i especially like making my own potions out of just about everything and anything i find. i have moved on from novice to journeyman in alchemy.

i still have not started the main quest. i did when i was an imperial, but decided this time around to wait until i gained some items (wishing for the skeleton key) and experience (although i know that the enemys get more difficult as you gain experience). I'll keep you posted on my progress if you care to know.

2nd entry of the day.

jury duty for today is over. I really wish the jurors could stop the lawyers and ask question. for example when they are cross examining witnesses who testify that the bullet casings had not prints on them, I wanted to ask whether shells usually don't have prints when they come from a semi-automatic gun? I mean if they usually don't then its no big deal. if they do, then that may be significant. also when the witness says he examined a bullet hole in the rear bumper of the car, but did not find a casing anywhere near by, I wanted to ask if he could tell what type of weapon was the bullet from. why didn't the lawers think of this?

anyways,
mike here are the pictures of the ornaments.

guess what yall, I've been selected to sit as an alternate juror on a double attempted murder trial. the jury selection was yesterday and part of this morning. the trial began this afternoon. its so exciting. I sit right in the front row next to the witness stand. its like a real life law and order episode. I love this kind of stuff. I feel so important and its like a min vacation from work. (roswell pays me my full salary while sitting on a jury)

I went to the main place mall today, I wouldn't call that dump a mall at all, but I did find the buffalo store and it did have buffalo ornaments. so mike you need worry not. I took some pictures. ill post them as soon as I get out of the trial.

so its my first jury duty experience. I am sitting here along with 500 other people trying to figure out what to do with myself. luckily I have this handy dandy phone onwhich I can do just about anything. for all you PPC6700 nerds, did you know that you can make you phone a universal remote control?

I wish I could sit here and play oblivion. unfortunately that is one of the few things my phone can't do. although, they do have a mobile version but its not anything close to the real thing.

here is a pic of the jury room. I'm not sure if this is legal but who cares! I'm a rebel!





and here is our christmas tree decorating experience we didn't get to finish because our lights went off but ill post a finished pic in the coming days.

ohhh! looks like I'm being called into a court room.

Anyone who wants to see National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, let me know.

I have two "admit two" tickets for Thursday, November 30th @7:pm at Elmwood Regal.


First two to contact me get the tix.

Here's a doggy love fest for you all....