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Back to Work |
Hard to believe that another month has come and gone!
I had my 4-day weekend this past weekend. Normally, this would have
meant that I would have updated the site several times, but more
important matters have intervened. You see, my parents have been down
visiting and we've been seeing the sights around Charleston and eating
at some very yummy restaurants. They are celebrating their 25th wedding
anniversary today, so congratulations to them!
The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy.
When I haven't been at work trying to get qualified, I've been pushing
to finish up my refit model. I have posted a short update today, but
I've made a lot more progress past what I've put up below. Also, I
picked up the expansion pack for Civilization 4, called
Warlords.
I'm really enjoying it so far, and I'm sure it is going to keep me busy
for a good time to come. |
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PL Refit
Project: The Neck |
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August 06 |
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It's Really Friday! |
Whew, as usual my time off has flown by. I have to go
back to work tomorrow already. Oh well, I got a lot done on the model
the last few days, so I can't complain. Today I've got another update
for you on that. I'm pretty much to the point now where the limiting
component with the model is waiting for paint to dry, which is where I
want to be. At this stage, I can paint a part of the model, leave for
work, and it can be drying while I'm gone.
When I haven't been working on my model, I've been
playing games. Oddly enough, I've been on a Donkey Konga kick lately,
after not having touched it for months. Gwen and I played it a little
bit when she was down last time, and I think that has a bit to do with
it. Anyway, there is this one song on the Japanese version of Donkey
Konga 2 in particular that I've been playing. It is called "Odoru
Ponpokorin," and it is the theme song for a children's anime called
Chibi Maruko-Chan, which is about a small girl growing up in 1970's
Japan. Anyway, you can see and hear it here:
Odoru Ponpokorin
With another busy week of work coming up, I have
no idea when I'll get around to another update. Hopefully I'll be able
to get another update to my Battlefleet Gothic website soon! |
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PL Refit
Project: The Nacelles |
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09
August
06 |
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A Friday by Any Other Name |
Bear with me here, I've been up for almost 24 hours
and as a result I'm in a bit of a goofy mood. Well, goofier than normal
that is. Before I get started, I wanted to tell you all about the new
cat that my family has adopted back home in Indiana. Her name is
Snickers, and she was apparently abandoned at our greenhouse business.
My Mom has been sending me pictures, and she looks to be incredibly
cute. Here are a couple of my favorite shots:
It may be Wednesday, but it feels like a Friday to
me due to the fact that I have just finished mids and I am off work
until Saturday morning. Now that I have a little time to myself (and
need something to do to keep me awake!), I have time to do a proper
update on my Polar Lights Refit project. As I mentioned last time, I've
made quite a bit of headway. It is starting to look more like a model
and less like a box of unassembled parts, which is always a motivating
thing! I plan to work quite a bit on this thing the next couple of days,
so I might get another update posted on it if I have time.
Other than work and modeling, I haven't been
getting much else done. When I have time, I play a little bit of Odama
on my GameCube, or settle back to enjoy some Tetris or MarioKart on my
DS. I haven't been playing a lot of games on my computer since my recent
Civ 4 binge a week or so ago, but I still have yet to finish the Command
& Conquer compilation I bought a while back. Until I get that knocked
out, I'm not likely to get any new computer games. |
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PL
Refit Project: Engineering Section Lighting |
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08
August 06 |
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Tired At 10 AM |
The worst part about mids, I think, is how badly it
messes up the schedule of all your bodily functions. I'm finding it is
hard to completely turn my sleep schedule around in two days, only to
turn it back around a week later. Oh well, that is the job. Lately, I
have been using a lot of my free time to get some work done on my Refit
model. I've made quite a bit of progress since I last wrote about it,
but a proper update will have to wait until tomorrow or the next day
when I have enough time to sort through all the pics I've taken of it
and can put together an article (or two!). In the meantime, I've decided
it is about time to shoot my mouth off again, and so here is another
rant for your consumption! |
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The Nintendo
DS: On A Roll |
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August 06 |
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Mids...Again. |
Wow, hard to believe that it is August already! I
have been so busy at work lately that time seems to fly by. The boat is
back up and operating, meaning that we can finally start standing our
qualification watches. While I am still behind in my quals, I am doing
better after this last shift cycle. I am starting Mids (2000 to 0800)
tomorrow evening, so I've been trying to get my sleep schedule
re-arranged to get ready for it. I think I have mostly succeeded, but I
have to admit that I am feeling a bit lazy and so this won't be a huge
update. Not that I have a lot to report on anyways, seeing as I haven't
been getting a lot of work done on my Refit model or my Battlefleet
Gothic fleet. Lately, what little free time I have had has been
effectively Hoovered up by Civilization 4. I have been getting a little
bit of work done on these projects, but not enough to post about just
yet. Hopefully I will be able to manage a few more updates to the site
than I made last month, but no promises! |
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