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Archive for September, 2007

So last night, I find out that my World of Warcraft guild is merging with another one… next Tuesday.

The guild is going to refocus on raiding, supposedly still stay family friendly. BUT… the words “auto-boot if not on for a month” are in the initial guild rules.

I *really* don’t like this. Auto-boot does not equal anything REMOTELY family-friendly to me. Even when I’m getting assured that there are no attendance rules for raiding. But until now, there weren’t any for the guild at large.

All alts lower than lvl 19 are going to be removed. So… I guess I’ll be looking into a new alt guild – probably self-started, so I don’t have to deal with any attendance issues for them.

Add to that that the merge is with a guild who has had some people who I’ve had some really obnoxious run-ins with over my 18 months of playing, so I’m not thrilled about THAT.

Then add to it that Erich posts on our guild website that he’s pulling back from playing WoW until after the new expansion.

I’m feeling more than a little upset right now. And I shouldn’t. It’s a fucking game. But yeah, tad upset.

OMG TEH WOW DRAMAZ!!!!???!!!!!!11111

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions.
4. Post the top ten results.

1. Anthropologist
2. Archivist
3. Taxidermist
4. Historian
5. Editor
6. Computer Programmer
7. Marine Biologist
8. Criminologist
9. Sign Maker
10. Cabinetmaker

I should note that “Writer” was #21. And “Print Journalist,” which was my major in college, was #28.

*snicker*

So…

Ten days out now.

My mom will be here in less than a week.

Things are moving along quite well, actually. It’s been weird to see things falling into place after months of frustration, freaking out, and stress. Barring any last minute complete panic issues, I think we’re in relatively good shape.

I’ve made my final order to the caterer. Dropped my dress off at David’s to be pressed/steamed and made sure to make the pick-up appointment for when ‘s dress is ready next Wednesday. Contacted the local Maids office for Rhode Island to see about having them come out to do a final cleaning of our house. Erich contacted the guys who came out to prune trees earlier this year regarding yard cleanup. And we’ve just been doing some bits and bobs that need to be done.

Things that have kind of fallen by the wayside:
- a garter. I’m not tossing one, so really I don’t need one. David’s doesn’t carry plus-sized ones. If I find one at Michael’s or JoAnns, great. Otherwise, eh.
- a memory box/letter box for cards. It’s my mom’s new fixation point that she keeps asking about. So… fine. When she’s up next week, we’ll go get one at Michaels or JoAnns.

I’m still waiting on my dad to get back to me with our father-daughter song (I’ll be calling him tonight if I don’t hear from him). Erich and I need to get in touch with our friend who’s marrying us so we can review what we’re doing. Our actual vows ARE written, but the ceremony isn’t quite hashed out. Not that it’s going to be long, of course. But we definitely will need to discuss it with the rest of the wedding party, too.

And we need to get the rest of the upstairs cleaned up – get rid of the stuff in boxes and put my bookshelves back together. I need Erich’s help on this solely because I have absolutely no spacial relations ability at all, and he seems to get bookshelves whipped into shape very quickly.

But yeah… almost there.

*crosses fingers*

My biggest worry at this point is just fatigue. It’s not really the insanity of getting things done, but how I’ll hold up over days of celebrations:

Thursday, all day – “The Old Lady Day” (coined by my mom, not me). Spending time with Mom & my adopted aunts, doing the lingerie shopping, hopefully having some good, strong drinks.

Friday, all day – “The Girly Day” Spending the day with my bridesmaids doing spa stuff and getting spoiled, followed by my bachelorette party in the evening.

Saturday – Unrehearsal BBQ dinner at the house, 4 p.m. “until”

Sunday – The wedding

I’m very glad we’re taking the full week off afterward. I imagine it’ll be Thursday the 27th before I feel like myself again.

14 days. Eep!

The bachelor party was easily survived. I, as planned, spent most of my evening on the couch. I did not, as planned, get anything else done. My brain needed a complete break from all things wedding last night, and so that’s what I did. I just shut off the phone, took a break, and had a very needed evening to myself.

The unedited Graham Norton episode had me laughing so hard that I went into a coughing fit (and had to stop watching it for a while). Funny stuff. Sometime around 11:30 or so, I threw in my Blackpool DVD and settled down, fell asleep somewhere into episode 1, and woke up when the guys came home – right as the scene in Funny Girls starts.

Erich and the guys returned just a bit after 2 a.m., and amazingly, the party broke up immediately- apparently the guys were just exhausted on the bus on the way back from Foxwoods (and most had sobered up by that time). I guess this is the sign of a bachelor party when the guys are mostly in their 30s! Most of the guys went home. I ended up with only Matt, Jason, and Erich’s Dad crashing out at our house.

Got up this morning, had coffee and breakfast, and then just relaxed for a while. Some of the guys came back over to watch the Pats game, play board games, and just hang out and plan out characters for Erich’s new d20 game he’ll be kicking off at some point.

The last folks left around 7:30. Erich and I have just been relaxing since then – I have some laundry going, but otherwise, we’re chilling out. We got a LOT of housework done. Other than the kitchen, the entire downstairs is put together and ready for family to see it. The upstairs just needs some work done in my office, and then we’ll be good to go.

One very productive thing for today? We bought our full membership to the Royal Shakespeare Company. So as soon as tickets go on sale online? Oh yes, we shall purchase.

14 days. Eep!

The bachelor party was easily survived. I, as planned, spent most of my evening on the couch. I did not, as planned, get anything else done. My brain needed a complete break from all things wedding last night, and so that’s what I did. I just shut off the phone, took a break, and had a very needed evening to myself.

The unedited Graham Norton episode had me laughing so hard that I went into a coughing fit (and had to stop watching it for a while). Funny stuff. Sometime around 11:30 or so, I threw in my Blackpool DVD and settled down, fell asleep somewhere into episode 1, and woke up when the guys came home – right as the scene in Funny Girls starts.

Erich and the guys returned just a bit after 2 a.m., and amazingly, the party broke up immediately- apparently the guys were just exhausted on the bus on the way back from Foxwoods (and most had sobered up by that time). I guess this is the sign of a bachelor party when the guys are mostly in their 30s! Most of the guys went home. I ended up with only Matt, Jason, and Erich’s Dad crashing out at our house.

Got up this morning, had coffee and breakfast, and then just relaxed for a while. Some of the guys came back over to watch the Pats game, play board games, and just hang out and plan out characters for Erich’s new d20 game he’ll be kicking off at some point.

The last folks left around 7:30. Erich and I have just been relaxing since then – I have some laundry going, but otherwise, we’re chilling out. We got a LOT of housework done. Other than the kitchen, the entire downstairs is put together and ready for family to see it. The upstairs just needs some work done in my office, and then we’ll be good to go.

One very productive thing for today? We bought our full membership to the Royal Shakespeare Company. So as soon as tickets go on sale online for Hamlet? Oh yes, we shall purchase.