Frak, Frel and Other "F" Words

Aliens? I hope so.

I am trying very, very hard not to lose my freaking temper with work. As the only actual QA person, that means I am persistently overloaded with crap that has to be done RIGHT NOW!!!!! but it just gets worse as a project nears completion. Right now, I feel like the guy in Office Space who has three bosses. Normally, I'm okay with this, but ugh ... today ... today, I just want to start hitting people with shovels because they keep freaking out over their pet project not being done, even though the bottleneck is generally on their end. And don't get me started on the ones that are using incomplete enhancements to the software and then are surprised when it doesn't work. "What? This project that you failed for not actually working and sent back to development that I delivered to my client is broken? I don't understand!" Ugh. I need a long, long vacation. Preferably someplace with a beach and plenty of beautiful women in skimpy bikinis.

Managed 26 miles on the bike yesterday and, if I'd really wanted to, I think I could have managed 30. Will probably try for that this coming weekend. Of course, with September coming up, I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do once winter arrives ... guess I will have to stop with the procrastination and join a gym. Related, my weight is currently down 27 lbs following said ride (so how much of that is lost water due to sweating, I can't quite say) which is pretty good since today is Day 78 of the "eat less, exercise more" regimen that has been paying off at least a few dividends. I don't personally think I look thinner but I am having to tighten my belt on my pants, so I guess I have lost a bit, On Saturday, I ran the ninth installment of "Casus Belli" season 2, which is two more than I ran last time we played this campaign. Recap is here . I'd planned for 12 sessions but right now, I'm thinking we may go a little longer, in which

Used my insurance's "roadside assistance" for the first time today. Didn't even realize I was paying for that. Had a flat tire and could NOT break one of the lug nuts free. The dude who showed up had trouble himself. Considering my car will be paid off in December and I've had this insurance for the entire time, I'd say that State Farm has still made money on this. Of course, I'm about to drop $300+ to replace three of my tires, so ...

I've needed to get my front driver side tire replaced for like 3 weeks now due to a slow leak and have kept putting it off or forgetting about it. Today, as I was leaving work, I heard a loud hiss and, by the time I'd backed into a decent spot, not only was the tire already flat, but I was grinding concrete. Fucking awesome. And then, of course, one of the damned lug nuts would not come off because my pseudo-lug wrench blows chunks. So tomorrow, I get to ride the bike into work, then borrow a co-workers lug wrench and change the tire. I have a terrible feeling this is going to cost me a lot of money.

What have I done today? Nothing. Well, nothing except watch football all day on the NFL channel. Am hoping this is the season where I can come back to the game instead of wanting to just turn off the tube. I still maintain that my idea for a football channel where all you hear is the sounds from the game and none of the irritating talking heads would make bonkers money...

Man, I am really looking forward to this.

Rewatched this movie last night and ... yeah. Still rather enjoyed it. The soundtrack by Daft Punk definitely helps as does how unbelievably gorgeous Olivia Wilde is as Quorra.

Yeah, that 21 & half miles on the bike yesterday is definitely kicking my butt today. Yowch.

Just shy of 22 miles on the bike this a.m. Woke up at 6 fully awake so I decided to make good use of it. Discovered that, theoretically, I could do 20 miles on the bike every day before work and still get in on time ... providing I wake up at 0600 every morning which ... pffft. I left the Army cause I hate that...

Am down just under 24 lbs today, so that's definitely progress. Huzzah!

Have been fairly quiet with regards to this - the last couple of weeks have been terrible for me in regards to actually getting up on time and I haven't done much biking, which freaking needs to change, dammit. Granted, I live in Oklahoma and we've been in the high nineties all this week, but still! On the bright side, my food plan appears to be working: I am officially down 21 point something pounds, so that's good news. And I still haven't actually pulled the trigger on joining the gym yet...

Kind of difficult to identify the era - it looks kitbashed from multiple different eras...

Recap for this session is up at the Portals site I spun up for this campaign . The next installment coming this week is going to start out with a 4 month time-jump and will involve the aftermath of the Battle of Crecganford ("Creeksford"), which took place in 457 and is a major defeat for the Welsh. Originally, I was worried about this since the problem with PCs is that they could drastically change the outcome, so instead, I'm going to kick off in the aftermath, following the defeat. That way, I can just say "The Saecsens (Saxons) kicked your ass and sent you packing." Skipping forward four months is also going to be interesting with regards to one of the PCs in the group as that character is pregnant. Honestly, never had a PC give birth in a game...