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Once a year, Everquest II devotees like myself look forward to the release of a new expansion. This year, it happens next Tuesday… or maybe Wednesday. G and I went in to Game Stop to pre-order two copies and they told us to pick it up on the 19th. Officially, however, the game was supposed to come out on the 18th. So… it comes out on one or the other. Anyway, the expansion is the fourth for EQ2 and is called “The Shadow Odyssey”. For the first time, there is no character level increase included with the expansion and I…

I totally overslept today. Not only did I turn off the alarm this morning instead of snoozing, causing my fiance to get up late, but I also went back to sleep when he left and didn’t get up until 9:45. That means I missed Jazzercise. I’ve got so much to do today, so on top of that now I feel guilty that I slept in when G had to go to work. Everything would be so much simpler if I could just sell a novel and then get a movie deal and make millions of dollars. That way, I could…

NaNo WriMo is officially one week in, and I have really enjoyed it. Right now, I am sitting at around 9,000 words, which means that I am a little bit behind. In truth, I had more written, but then I deleted half a chapter. I know that is against the rules because we aren’t supposed to be editing ourselves just yet, but honestly… that half a chapter was complete crap. And once I cut it out, the writing came much easier. By midnight tonight I need to have 11,669 words. If I do, then I get a little reward I…

Well, as of Halloween, it is apparently now Christmas Holiday Shopping time. All of the commercials are starting to have that little holiday theme or the little message thrown in that “This is a great gift for the Holidays!!”. Just thinking about spending all that money makes me nauseated. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas. I love the music and the beautiful decorations. I love Christmas trees and putting up lights and ornaments. I love seeing my family and eating great food. It’s just that this year, somehow, it seems cumbersome. There’s so much expectation involved, and now that…

This weekend we went to G’s ten year High School Reunion. We didn’t have to drive too far, only about an hour from home, and we had a really nice hotel room for the night. The event itself was fun, even if the food was a little bit disappointing, but the best part was just being with G. We had quite a bit to drink, but not so much that we were sick (not that night anyway), and we got dressed up. After staying in most nights or only dressing in casual clothes for a long stretch of time, it…

I read about NaNo WriMo last year, but it was already over at that point. Well, this year, I am signed up early and ready to go. In case you are wondering, NaNo WriMo stands for “National Novel Writing Month”. For 10 years now, people all over the states have been getting together online and in person every November to work on the goal of writing one 50,000 word novel in just 30 days. That means writing an average of 1667 words every single day. Including weekends. Including Thanksgiving Holidays. On the sidebar here, I have put a participant badge…