It looks like the wireless part of the wireless router here has died. It still operates as the pass-through for the hardwired 'net stuff, but I can't connect wirelessly with the laptop at all anymore. I'll talk to mirrdae when he gets home. :P

Got back from the con last night at about 11 PM. The trip was uneventful, aside from the idiot taxi driver dropping me at the wrong station (the Amtrak/Metra station is in Glenview, and the station he dropped me at, just a Metra station, was down the track in the VILLAGE of Glenview). Fortunately, it was right on the line and taking a single stop trip on the Metra fixed things. It was STILL stupid. For future reference: Get the cab number, the driver's name, and note pickup/dropoff times so that they can track the mistake and not do it again!

Anyway, I got home. Cleaned up the mess of dishes in the kitchen, refilled the dry food bowls and water for the cats, and relaxed. Whuf. The con was a lot of fun, but I'm glad to be home.

Which brings us to today.

The house is now using Comcast for phone, internet and cable! Qworst has been told to fuck off with details why, and all that's left is sending the modem back and switching my Visi account (my former provider) to a basic dialup account to maintain my email and (horribly out of date) website.

WE KAN HAZ INTERNETZ! :)

Other than that, I have a headache. I'll live, and things seem generally good. I go back to work tonight, whoopie, but I only work two nights this week.

We'll start with the good. Last night we had a small movie party, watching one truly atrocious film called Vampires Vs. Zombies, followed by the short feature on the same disc called 'Heads Are Gonna Roll', and rounded out by the palate-cleansing Dr. Horrible's Musical Blog. Attending were myself, zxizaraxii, joshuwain, khirsahdrgn, mirrdae and feezlekahn. ataramos joined in on the food but didn't watch the show.

joshuwain made spaghetti sauce, which was combined with the requisite pasta and browned cubed sirloin to round out the meal, mozzarella and parmesan cheese being available as well as good chewy french bread. I made the sirloin, which was simply cubed, breaded with seasoned flour and fried.

It was a good evening, and at this point the cleanup is pretty much done. The plan is to do this more often, whether with a meal or just snackage.

Other than that, I got the tree down and packed away.

Now, the bad. At work we've been til now able to 'cheat' and bring in computers and such, and we abused the privilege by connecting to the internet. Now this would have been tolerable IF my coworkers had a single clue as to what they were doing. Apparently, someone managed to knock the entire net-connection for the Comm Center off line for the entire day today. So, the bosses know of the misdeeds of the guards now, and ALL privileges have been revoked. No computers in the office, no books, no nothing. Which means people falling asleep is going to increase exponentially. It also means that I'm going to start looking for another account, as without at least something vaguely 'nice' available, it's a hellhole.

I admit that this is partially my fault. I was stupid enough to listen to coworkers, INCLUDING one of the supervisors, who said that 'as long as we're surreptitious, no problem'. Well, now its a problem. At least I can honestly say that I wasn't a cause of the disaster, just a participant in misdeeds.

So this means I'll not be online for the foreseeable future from work, and it also means I'll likely not be doing much in terms of writing either, at least til I work out how to focus on it here at home with all the distractions here.

Am I complaining? Nope. We fucked up. No doubt. But I'm also not staying at Baker if I can help it. I've worked night shift long enough to KNOW you have to have something to keep you going. Even if its just a little music or a magazine or whatever. Maybe I'll try to get back in at Riverplace- no internet, but I'd be able to have the laptop. And tunes for that matter. I'll check into it on Monday after my shift. I may call Riverplace and talk to the supervisor there and see if they need someone too, today. We'll see what happens.

I'm on the Net from work! ...For this week and next at least.

Whee?

Well, last night as usual I tried to get on line. No dice. Apparently the wireless router that I've been sponging off of was interfered with just enough by the weather that I could FIND the signal, but I couldn't actually connect. I tried multiple times, but it just wasn't enough. O well. So, I cleaned out some of the crap on my hard drive like duplicate files, rearranged some folder-contents, and looked back at my old Levin's Realm campaign-world.

I'd forgotten I'd done a synopsis of the first run! I'd also forgotten that in the first run there were only two players present. Its got me thinking about restarting the campaign from ground zero, as a 'run-whenever' campaign with players from the household and local area, as opposed to the Sunday group who've already played through the stuff I'll likely begin with.

I've never finished the maps that I wanted to have for the world, and there are still some countries on the main landmass to define, but that I can work on. I especially want to map out, at least in basic, the city of Vinvale and the Keep; its where the campaign is at least initially centered, and I really should have an idea of where things are located. I'll prolly post some of the world-backgrund and such here later, if I decide to go forward with this.

In any event, for those who are interested, here is the synopsis of the first run. Fortunately, it shouldn't significantly impact anything if the new players read it- it was almost all roleplay and social actions. Our Heroes are Jothan (Played by Mike M.), A human bard seeking the world for his words, and Galin, a warrior Dwarf who follows a path which perhaps leads to his serving as a cleric of Moradin. :)

( New Beginnings )

I just got a call from my new Area Manager. I'll be working next week and thereafter. :) Next week is just a filler-shift tho, and will be on 2nd shift- the regular guard there has to go to California on a family emergency, so they need me there to cover. That'll be Monday training, and Wednesday to Sunday, 2nd shift. After that, I'll be on an overnight at River Place, which is a retail area.

Both are a LOT closer to home, and I can have my laptop at both, too! Yay!

The bad part is it messes up Christmas at mom and dads. O well. At least I'll be paid for working the holiday. I think the permanent shift at River Place is a Midnight to 8, which will be nice. Don't know the days, tho. And its a lot of walking, like at the old account. feh.

I'm off til Monday next week. Long Weekend!

I'm going back to bed now.