Shoot The Control Panel!

Hm. I thought of something awesome earlier today.

Something sort of profound. I was like "Yeah! I'm gonna blog about that! It'll be awesome!"

And now I can't remember what it was. Sigh.

Oh well.

So what's up with you guys? Oh wait, this is a blog...I should be talking about what's up with -ME-. Or at least rambling about something random.

So my week was DULL. I didn't do much. My dad had a really sore back, so we accomplished virtually nothing.

Which means I played a lot of World of Warcraft. I'm not level fifty-one! That's a gain from forty-six. Pretty good, in my books, considering Amy was an ever-present distraction, and I've been sharing internet with my brother while I'm in Rockwood.

Eric challenged me in World of Warcraft. He said he'd give me two hundred gold if I could get to level fifty-eight by Sunday night. Which I probably could have done if I'd played it more...And didn't go to youth group...And wasn't going to Burlington tomorrow...And wasn't BLOGGING RIGHT NOW.

But oh well, I still think a level gain like that is pretty damn good!

Plus I got some SWEET new equipment. I found my first epic!

For those of you that don't know World of Warcraft, an epic item is just that. EPIC!

Items in World of Warcraft are divided in rarity by their colour.

Grey is the base colour. These items give no magical boosts, they have no effects, and they are OH SO BORING!

Green items are one step up. Magical items. These items are generally the same as the grey items, but with a neat little magical bonus. They're given names based on the stats they provide bonuses to. Righteous Gloves of Healing, which provides a bonus to healing. Obviously. Or Leather Pants of Stamina. Stamina bonus. Or Sturdy Axe of the Boar. I forget what bonus that gives, but it's better than no bonus! As a hunter, I go for bonuses that grant me higher agility. Makes my bullets hit more often and do more damage. Don't ask me how, but it does!

Then it goes up to blue. Blue items are uniquely named. They're neat little things, but hard to find. Stalvan's Reaper, Dire Nail, Khoo's Point, stuff like that. And yes, those are all weapons. I LOVE blue weapons. They have SWEET little effects on them, and the damage is soooo much nicer than normal weapons.

One step up from that is purple. EPIC! FREAKING hard to find. I have one. In my fifty-one levels, I've found one. It's a world drop, which means that anything, anything, ANYTHING could have dropped it. I found an Icemail Jerkin, freaking NICE little piece of armour. I'm pretty much in love with it.

Then there's another level that goes beyond epic, like orange or something, but they're ridiculous and insanely hard to get, so yeah.

I'm gonna watch a movie now!

Until next time,
Tag line goes here!
Kataron

Elephant Tango

So I met Amy on Sunday.

It was good. It was very good.

She's just as awkward as she said she would be, and I found it cute just like I said I would.

I'll go into more details later, for now I am the tired.

I believe I shall take a nap, then fire the missiles.

I pwn references.

I just thought I'd put that up there to let it be known to anybody that was curious, that it was not a cataclysmic failure as part of me believed it was going to be.

That is all for now.

Until next time,
Abacus? We don't need no stinkin' abacus!
~Kataron

Expiration Date

Hey there folks.

Nate here.

So it's Saturday, and I'm sitting in Chris' house. Chris' mother is doing dishes. Nobody else is anywhere to be found. I've been here since last night. After youth group, I figured I'd come here and mooch internets. My modem kind of died on Wednesday morning, so the only on-line time I get is when I steal a neighbour's wifi, and then the connection is terrible. Just...Terrible. I can sneak on-line for a little bit, and it can sort of run MSN if I don't mind the messages not going through a lot, but it's just really irritating.

It should be fixed as of Monday, but for now I'm at Chris', mooching his internet from him.

Youth group was good. We watched The Game Plan. You know, that one where The Rock is a football player and he finds out he has a daughter or whatever. I wasn't interested in it at all, but it was actually pretty funny.

There's an enormous black guy, and 90% of his lines seem to consist of "hmmm" and "Joe" but in an enormous black man style voice. So really low. It was pretty great.

Then we got Chinese food, and came here to play WoW. Andrew and Chris ran Rick and I through a dungeon called The Sunken Temple. It was pretty sweet. Tons of dragon-type-enemies that I skinned and stole their skin and then made their skin into armour and then sold the armour because I didn't need it and just wanted to get my leatherworking up but that's not the point because I got a ton of scales and I can use that for recipes I get soon where I can make much much much better armour than I have now yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Um. there may be a lot of energy drinks here.

So I'm pretty much insanely nervous right now. I'm meeting Amy for the first time tomorrow.

*deep breath*

I'm nervous.

What if I do something stupid? What if I say something stupid?

What if I spontaneously combust? How awkward would THAT be?

Dramatization:

Me: Hello, Amy

Amy: Hello...*is all cute and shy and awkward*

Me: How are you d0----*BURSTS INTO FLAMES!!!!*

And then there would be either screams or awkward silence.

Maybe both.

Awkward screaming silence.

So I picked up a new DS game. Only to remember that Rebecca has my DS charger. Oh wells, no Advance Wars: Days of Ruin for me right now. I'll play it later. I guess I own it now, so whatevs.

Ummm...Yeah.

Apparently, when Rick moves in with Jared and I, he won't be paying any rent. His dad's going to pay his rent. And give him like a hundred bucks a month for food (probably more than Jared and I spend combined), and his mom is paying for his schoolin' with some kind of fund that was set for it. So he's not going to have to pay a damn thing! And he's got a TON of money saved up from working, because he thought he'd have to pay for this stuff! Lucky bastard.

So I had to fight a lion today. Nobody else saw it. The lion was giving me some serious sass. Eric and I were at the mall, we'd just bought some stuff at Cinema 1, and then he was like "I have to go to the bathroom". So we were by the foodcourt, and he went to that lavatory. I'm standing there waiting for him to finish his business, then this lion comes up to me.

And the lion's all like "Scratch behind my ears, bitch".

I thought he was talking to somebody else. I mean, who expects a lion to approach you and ask you to scratch it, right?

So I ignored it. That was a mistake. The lion growled at me, and then head-butted me.

I was like "What the hell, man?!" and it growled at me again. I looked around, and nobody was paying any attention to it.

Come on, people! Giant, man-eating beast in the food court of a mall! THAT SHIT IS NOT NORMAL. Not to mention the fact that it was fucking -talking- to me.

It was glaring at me, so I reached down to scratch it behind the ears. I mean, why not? If it'll make the thing go away, then sure, I'll spend a few seconds scratching a cat. Big deal.

So I do that for about five seconds, and then the lion bites my fucking hand! So I've got blood pouring out of these big teeth marks in my hand, and the lion's all "Why did you stop?". I went fucking BERSERK.

I grabbed some napkins and a single straw, and wrapped them around my hand to stop the blood from pouring out so much, and the lion's all "Keep scratching, bitch". So I punched him in his stupid lion face.

He didn't like that.

He didn't like that at all.

So he pounces on me and tries to maul me, and I hell "Aw, HELL NO", and roll off to the side. The lion slips on some nearby recently mopped floor, and I jump on him. I pull a small dagger out of my shirt and stab that little bastard in the back. Mind you, that was a tiny dagger. And this is a large angry lion. So it didn't really do much.

Now people are starting to notice. Well, one guy noticed. Some foreign guy. I was like "HELP!" and he was like "Ci?" and I was like "FUCK YOU!", and then I had a fist-fight with the lion. It stood up on its back two legs and we were like...boxing or some shit. I only had one good hand, so I had to fight dirty. I kicked that fucker right in its stupid lion balls the moment it tried to swipe at me.

And then Bob Barker came out of nowhere, and was like "Have your pets spayed or neutered!" and then left. I know, wtf, right?

So the lion's on the ground, and I start kicking him. They say you shouldn't kick a man when he's down, but they didn't say ANYTHING about lions. So I was in the clear. Then he got up and started limping away.

He was like "Geez man, I just wanted you to scratch me behind my ears".

Then the foreign guy was like "Dude, that was intense!" and I was like "wtf, you speak english?" and he's like "Yeah man, I just didn't want to piss off that lion". So I murdered him and dumped his corpse in a dumpster outside, after using a combination of necromancy and acupuncture to heal my hand.

Then Eric got out of the bathroom. Apparently he didn't even USE the washroom. There was a fucking line. I thought he said lion for a second. I was like "bwuh?" and then he bought me some food, and I came back here.

Good times.

That's what is up with Nate.

Until next time,
I'm the most epic person on the internet.
~Kataron

Drink Your Gravy Down

Hey guys.

The weekend is now officially over, and I am the sad for it to be gone.

I had a good one, though.

Friday night had a rather dull drop-in. It was just me, and Andrew. And then Bobby and Tony showed up. We played Settlers of Catan, and I was kicking ass and taking names until Andrew came in and started pwning. I would have stood more of a chance if he didn't have the victory points for the longest road.

Stupid fucking road.

Stupid Romans and their stupid roads. Oh, look at us, we kicked ass at making roads and some of them still stand today.

Big fucking deal.

It's a road.

Get over it.

*deep breath*

After that, we played some serious Uno. I got my ass kicked a lot, and then I won the last couple of games. My last victory was pretty sweet. I had four cards left. Three skips, and a yellow eight. Somebody played a red, and I was about to just set down my three skips in the order they were in my hand, but then I realized that was stupid. So I set them down in a different order, and ka-bam, yellow was on top, it was my turn again, and the game was over. Sweet, lemony-fresh victory was mine.

Then we went for Chinese food. I won't lie, I wanted to get down there, get some delicious food in me, and then get home to talk to Amy. I missed her, and she'd been asleep when we were supposed to talk when I got home. But yeah. Got Chinese food, came home, and talked to Amy while playing some World of Warcraft. That always makes for a good time.

Then Saturday, I got up and played some more World of Warcraft with Amy while trying to figure out what was going on that day. I saw Dave and Rebecca briefly to get a book from Dave and to lend Rebecca a bunch of my DS games and stuff. She'd "procured" a DS the evening before, and didn't have much to do with it.

When I got back from that, Kate was at my door. She was picking me up to go hang out, and she was a little earlier than I'd hoped she would be. I wanted to be back before she got there. So she came in and saw the puppy for a minute, and then we were off like a herd of turtles towards Guelph. I don't know why I say that like that, we didn't go slow or anything. It just...seemed like the thing to say.

Anyways, we went to Food Basics and picked up some essential supplies. Brownie mix, chocolate chip cookie mix, chocolate chips, and two bags of chips. We were all set for a good time.

We got back to her house and got ready to start baking some delicious brownies, but then we had to wait for Jared and girlJared. girlJared was not originally a part of the plan, but she ended up being included anyway. Which wasn't a bad thing. I don't want her to be set on fire or anything. Or...do I?

*ahem*

So we started the brownies, got them a-bakin', and then played some Baulderdash. Turns out? I SUCK at that game. I knew that from last time.

I was too wired to play. Everything was hilarious. And I used my trademark definition that I used at least twice in the previous game.

"A type of cactus found only in the Nevada desert"

It's a good definition. But they remembered it. Bastards.

At four thirty, Jared got a call. He was supposed to be in at work at four. Oops!

So then they rushed out, having eaten only a small amount of delicious mega-chocolatey brownie. Then Kate and I hung out for a bit more, watched some tv and ate some more brownies, then she drove me home. She also gave me a neat little leprechaun pen she bought for me in Ireland. I like it when people get me souvenirs of places. Just the thought that it occurred to them to buy me something pleases me. My dad wants the pen though. I told him he can't have it.

So then I played World of Warcraft and talked to Amy all night. lol. Are you sensing a pattern here?

Eric and Andrew, and a few others from the guild had a good time sitting around at a bar in Stormwind for a while, doing a bit of RP'ing. I made two gold by flirting with a random Night Elf. She was kind of a bitch though. All I did was wink at her, and she got all uppity. But then, I think she would have been uppity anyway. The point is, two gold. Just about covered my bar tab for the night.

Then Eric and Andrew, and a character I think was the alt of somebody we were drinking with, decided to run through a dungeon I hadn't been on yet. I got a bunch of SWEET equipment. I'm level forty-three, and when I hit forty I was able to use the next type of armour. I moved up from leather armour to mail.

For those of you that don't know, there are four tiers of armour in World of Warcraft.

Cloth is for pussies. Mages, Clerics, and Warlocks and other such smelly bitches. Smelly smelly bitches. It's made of threads and other such things that will not stop a dagger.

Leather is for Hunters, Druids, and Rogues. Made from the corpses of butchered animals. It's pretty manly, and provides okay protection.

Mail is for Paladins, Warriors, and Hunters when they reach level forty. It's very nice. Hardened metal is sure to protect you from any number of attacks.

Plate is for Paladins and Warriors, I think, when they hit level forty. It's their step up. It's just gorgeous armour, the best you can get.

So I got a bunch of mail, and I was pretty happy about that. It was a major defense boost from my leather.

Then I went to bed.

Today I got up, played a bit of WoW (while NOT talking to Amy. She was gone.), and then Rebecca called. So we hung out, rented a couple movies. We watched The Last Legion, which was pretty good. It had a lot of really cheesy parts that sucked, and a completely pointless relationship between two of the characters that was just thrown in there as an afterthought, I'm guessing, but aside from that it was good. We also watched Walk Hard. I laughed a lot, but I also saw a penis. A very tiny penis. It came back like three times. It was pretty gross.

So we had fun doing that, then I came back here and (guess) talked to Amy while playing World of Warcraft. That was pretty much my night, and now it's two thirty. I get to sleep in a bit tomorrow 'cause we start later than usual, so that's why I'm still awake.

I just wanted to come in here and do a quick blog post.

Did you guys know I have NINE blogs? Weird. I should delete a bunch of them. For tax benefits or something.

Yep!

Okay, sleep time is the now.

Until next time,
I wish I knew somebody named Oliver. That would fucking PWN.
~Kataron

Waffles

Hey there bitches.

It's Nate.

I'm still in Rockwood, and I'm pretty bored all the time.

I've been spending most of my time out and about in the world.

And then sitting around the house at night. It's pretty dull, but I'm hopefully going to be seeing people this weekend. Youth group is always a good thing, and I think I'm hanging out with Jared and Kate on Saturday afternoon.

Also there's a chance that James may secretly be a rapist.

We've been doing some work on a house, and we needed a set of keys to get in, so we borrowed the daughter's keys. On them was a whistle. It was commented on that this could be a rape whistle, and James responded with "Now's my chance!".

So James...Secretly a Rockwood Rapist?

WHO KNOWS?!

Aside from that, my life has been painfully dull. I'm hoping for a bit of excitement to shake me out of it.

I spend as much time as possible on-line, but with other stuff to do and a brother to share the internet with, I'm on a lot less than I was before. And it's kind of sad. But oh well.

Also, Rebecca's birthday party was on Saturday. It was pretty awesome. We watched the new Johnny Depp movie, Sweeney Todd. It was good. It was surprisingly good. I mean, I love the man, but the movie just didn't look that great to me until I actually watched it. We also watched The Land Before Time, and some weird comedian thing. Also there was cake. It was a lot of fun.

I'm heading off now though, I want to watch an episode of Supernatural, then play some World of Warcraft.

Until next time,
Dammit, Fargo.
~Kataron

Mail

Hey folks.

I know I keep meaning to post in here more, but my life is just SO DAMN BORING. It's the same thing, day in and day out. The fact that I'm still sick certainly doesn't help.

What?! Still sick?! Nate, you should see a doctor! No. No I should not. Doctors are all plotting against me to make me give up the lifestyle I've grown so fond it. I won't do it! They can't make me! I'LL KILL THEM ALL!

No. I was getting better. And then the other day I took a turn for the worse, with some vomiting and my head being all weird and me almost falling down a bunch. It wasn't fun. I'm feeling a bit better now.

So I'm back in Rockwood, as of tomorrow HOPEFULLY. I dunno how long I'll be around, my dad might need a hang with something, so it could apparently be as much as a couple of weeks. Which should be fun. I'll be around people, I'll be eating good food. And I'll be closer to where Amy lives, although I still doubt if we'll get a chance to hang out at all. Which sucks, because I still haven't met her in person, despite the countless hours I spend talking to her on-line, and I'd like to meet her. I dunno. I'll try for something, and probably fail. At this point I'd settle for phone conversation. I'd like that. But I'll stop talking about her now, otherwise...well, otherwise I won't stop.

Yes.

So I've been playing WoW a lot lately. I got my hunter up to level forty, as of today. That might sound lame to a lot of you, but I've never had a character in that game get that far, and I am excited. I got my first mount. I'm a Dwarf, so I got the racial mount of the dwarven ram. I picked a white one. It's awesome. I rode it around for a while, then watched Fight Club with Amy.

Yesssss. I also rolled a Druid today for some reason. Got her to level nine. I don't have bear form yet though. And I just realized that both of my character have something to do with bears. Kataron has Bear, his mighty pet. And the other one whose name I cannot recall (I think it's like Cereana or something) can BECOME a bear. I'm not obsessed...Not at all...

Yeah, I don't really know what else to say. I haven't accomplished much aside from watching tv and playing video games for the past little while.

Oh, I got my tax return thingy! It was for like six hundred bucks, which is a hundred and fifty more than I thought it would be. I am pleased by this turn of events. I bought a victory sub to celebrate. A victory sub being, of course, a meatball sub from Subway.

You know what commercials I always liked? The Sugar Crisp ones. With that little bear thing?

Can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp, whoa-whoa.

Holy shit, I AM obsessed with Bears.

Well. I guess that's a problem. Maybe I'll start seeing people as bears. That would become an issue. Then maybe I'd see a real bear, but I'd think it was a person. Then I'd be FUCKED.

That would suck.

But I should probably head off.

Oh, and btw, for those of you wondering about the last post and the mystery person that was in my room, it was my landlord. My landlord went into my fucking room. He came up into our part of the house while both Jared and I were gone, and he went into our bedrooms and opened our windows. I knew because the blinds were half-up, and I never open them under any circumstance. I thought Jared might have done it, which I would have been fine with, but it was my landlord instead.

I haven't spoken to him about it, but I have refused to open the windows since, although I've been using my sickness as an excuse. I'm still extremely pissed off about it though. And the fact that he changes his work schedule without telling us, then stays up until three in the morning watching television very loudly just below my room, and he appears to be going deaf. Last night was the most irritating, with the tv going at three in the morning while I'd been trying to sleep for a while.

So yeah. When I leave, I'm putting a sign on my door telling him to stay the fuck out. Normally I wouldn't use such harsh language to somebody that's in a position of authority, but I figure if he's close enough to read it, he's already intruding on our personal space, and I'll already be pissed off about it. So yeah, that's the basic plan.

I'm off now though, might post on another blog or two, then go to bed.

Until next time,
I just heard in my head the "African Lion Safari", but instead of those words it was "Let's go to Alpha Centauri!". That shit is FUCKED.
~Kataron