Wednesday, December 12, 2007 :::
just so much stuff has happened that I'm kind of feeling overwhelmed with having to write all of it.
I'm gonna go with just the highlights.
budd was sick all last week, but we did manage to head to the mall on thursday to buy something for me to wear to the christmas party.
we made it to the airport on time, and security was remarkably un-invasive. aside from having to take off my shoes it didn't seem much different from last time I was at an airport (way back before 9/11). budd got pulled aside for a random pat-me-down, but we were through the checkpoint in under 5 minutes.
the flight wasn't bad, but I forgot to take some gum so I had horrible problems with my ears not popping. ugh it was so painful I was tearing up. I did manage to get most of the god of war demo done, but my eyes were too watery for me to finish.
once we landed we headed to the hotel and then to landry's for a late lunch. now I've gotta say - I love me some landry's! it was soooo good. I had the broiled seafood platter (I think?) with scallops and shrimp and some fish. also had an oyster and various fried things from our amazingly tasty appetizer. when we were walking to our table (we sat on the deck) this bird made off with 3 or 4 packs of sweet and low... and this guy who was fishing caught a pretty big fish. when we were leaving and they were taking out plates away, a whole load of seagulls were dive bombing our leftovers. great fun, imo.
then we stopped by the corporate office for a bit. it was really nice - they've got all their ceiling tiles ~and~ they're all the same color! *gasp* and their tech support techs have offices! nice offices! I feel abused :(
the we went back to the hotel where I spent an hour ironing our clothes, and then we headed to the party. I swear, I've never heard the same thing ("we're SO happy to have you back!") so many times in such a short amount of time. anyhow, it was fairly nice. chino won employee of the year, and received a 7 day cruise for 2 (bet his wife's happy). think the highlight of the evening was when one of the wireless guys (who was ~completely~ trashed) tried to sneak a lit cigarette through the restaurant and fell flat on his face. oh it was funny~
we didn't stay long because budd & I were both still feeling kinda sick (did I mention I was vomiting my guts out wednesday night/thursday morning?) so that's where our evening ends, but apparently the rest of the crew kept partying 'till ~ 04.
we didn't do much but fly back on saturday. I remembered gum, though, so it was gravy. I started playing the original final fantasy (or final fantasy 1?) and have been playing pretty steadily since then.
except last night!
dungeons and dragons night!
I'm an 8 year old female cleric named Queasy StClaire. budd's an elf wizard named Asshole McGee (yes, I named him. and he deserved it!). one of mcrough's friends is playing too - he's a human samurai that I don't think has a name. and of course mcrough - he's our dungeon master :P
I had a surprisingly awesome time last night! it was our first go, and we spent a good portion of the evening filling out our little character sheets. it was disgustingly tedious, so I was settling in for what I expected to be a horrible time.
but it wasn't! once we started it wasn't too bad, but the fun didn't really light up 'till we entered combat! we were attacked by orcs! one threw a javelin at me that barely missed me! so I shot him with my crossbow! in the eye! eventually I killed one of them, budd stunned one, and then the samurai killed the one budd stunned, and then the one eyed fella took off running. eventually he "killed" me and the samurai and escaped, while budd took us back to town to be revived.
I'm still pretty surprised I had such a good time, and my only complaint is that we don't have more people to play with. so if you live in the lubbock area and wanna play d&d with us, LET ME KNOW!!
::: posted by tinafish at 1:56 PM :::