Wichi Dude

CSN TONIGHT

In just a little bit, I'll be off for the Crosby, Stills and Nash concert. Should be a good time.

Get a chance to hear a lot of the oldies LIVE for a change. I just hope the sound system is up to the quality everyone will be expecting. It would be a bummer if the harmonies didn't come out right.

On the other hand, tomorrow I will be at the Metallica concert. I doubt if anyone would notice any screw ups on the sound. Could be wrong though. We'll see.

Concerts happen.

THE BILLBOARD SAID "WHAT"!?

Truly, I have to get a picture of the billboard I saw today. I didn't have my camera at the time, and it is a good thing, I would have caused a wreck.

FINALLY MET KINSEY

After reading Kinsey (site not included until it is allowed--long story, don't worry about it) and swapping e-mail and comments for almost a year, we finally met. Quite by accident. I recognized her at a place she was working at, and never got a chance to introduce myself.

Today, out of the blue, we bumped into each other at a store. We have now, all too briefly, met. One of these days, we'll have to get together longer and chat "real time". You would think, living in the same neighborhood for so long, we would have bumped into each other before now. Go figure.

Meetings happen.

UPDATE TO MINI WINE FEST

The Mini Winefest from last Sunday went well. Officially the event was named, "Sip For Sam". The turn out was better than expected with around 130 people showing up and enjoying the event. Sam (whom the event was for and lives in Florida) was blown away by the generosity shown at this event even though only a few people present knew him.

Over $16,000 was raised to help with his expenses. And a couple items on his "make-a-wish list" were covered.

There is still a "MAJOR GARAGE SALE" to take place to finish rounding off the fund raiser. It is hoped that the help being given will make his remaining time a little brighter and easier.

Help happens.

ROCKY CHARACTER

Picked up this quiz from Happy Heathen. Being a "ROCKY HORROR" fan, I couldn't resist.

I know, big surprise.

A LITTLE HELP IS ASKED FOR

For those people that remember Sam from the blog "Cry Me A River", she is trying to reconstruct her blogroll from that site. If you remember anyone from her site, let them know she is now at Poor White Trash.

She's looking for the good folk she used to know. Help her out.

OH, REALLY NOW

Snitched this from Da Goddess. She swiped it from elsewhere. (you know how these things go.)

THOSE CRAZY KIDS

OK. I want most of you to hear it here first. We were a little slow at catching on but, "What the hey!".

To get it started...

MINI-WINE FEST

In just a couple minutes, Dudette and I will be heading out for a Mini-Winefest event. This one was put together kind of quickly. It is a special event for the original Festival Coorinator.

Her brother is between jobs and has been diagnosed with cancer. He has no insurance to cover costs, so the mini event is to help with the expenses. It won't be a major blow-out, but we do hope to help.

More on this later, after the event.

Stuff happens.

PLAYING DOOM 3

So far I have been enjoying DOOM 3. It has a lot of the stuff that makes a game good: action, thought, a need for attention (on the players part), a good sense of direction, and a willingness to get killed and redo an area. It also has a bunch of twists and turns to keep you from getting bored.

One of the features about it is the "surprise" happenings. When you are least expecting it, "things" happen that catch you unawares. Being in an area where you are already absorbed by the action, waiting for the next attack, "stuff" happens that makes you wonder if you just lost your video card, locked up the computer, or ruined some other peice of hardware. Then "WHAM", the surprise will hit you. Sometimes it is a silly thing that you wouldn't even concider happening in a game (no, I won't tell you. You have to play the game to find out. If you're a gamer, you'll appreciate it.).

Other times, the surprise makes total sense in the flow of the game.

Having replayed several areas, mostly from my character getting killed, I've looked for the "trigger" to some events; amount of time, placement in the scene, use of different equipment, stuff like that. So far, I haven't figured out what triggers a lot of the happenings. That is good as it keeps the game fresh.

If you're into games, this is a good one so far.

Suspense happens.