How are we going to do that Kai-Lan?

Amanda and I took Miranda to get her Christmas portraits done this morning. Despite having been woken up from a nap and being in unfimiliar environs and being jostled this way and that by a complete stranger she was a real trooper and some real gems came out of the session. Additionally, the total for the portraits came out to less that$5o with a fancy coupon from their website.

We then went to IHOP and I got a Bacon Temptation Omelet... I am forever tempted by bacon, and IHOP had the panache to call me on it. I also had three glasses of iced coffee because it's so fucking good.

I've been playing a "free" FPS called Combat Arms on my PC. First and foremost it falls under my blanket belief that RPG elements make anything better. For example, I enjoy parenting and being a parent, but I can't say I don't feel the lack of a defined leveling system, or balanced character classes. To be fair, Miranda simply doesn't have the hit points to last in combat. Not to say that I want or need her to tank for me, but I'd rather not have to rez her every 15minutes either.

So, Combat Arms should be an excellent diversion and sometimes it is. The problem is is that glitches, exploits, and hacks run rampant so the guy in the lead is more likely to be using a hack of the game than using legitimate skills. On the other hand, it's really hard to give good players thier props because you don't know if they're legit. It's sad and more than a little irritating. But I can gain experience and points to purchase weapons and modification therefore.

I've finally got a character into the 70s in Diablo 2. I can't tell you when that last time that happened. Everyone should be playing it. Seriously.

Bahie, Shea and I got in a game of Arkham Horror last night, which went better than we forsaw, which is an easy statement to make about any game of AH. We had 3 of the 6 gate goal sealed, and were doing well as far as clue collection. But we just couldn't stay on top of the monsters on the board and the King in Yellow just made a quickly woken Shudde'Mel awaken even faster. Luckily Bahie finished a task making the Great Old One weaker in combat and we were just equipped enough to make a strong showing in the battle and we got the win, saving Arkham from being destroyed by a terrible earthquake.

If none of that made any sense to you, then you need to drop me a line and we'll get our game on. In a proper way of course.

I'm still waiting for my Xbox. It just got to TX to be repaired on the 13th. It'll probably be New Years before I see it again.