I am delighted to announce that the negotiations between the Bloggers Guild of America (BGA) the Alliance of Web Log Producers (AWLP) have been successful and we have reached an agreement which I believe will be mutually beneficial. Both sides have made compromises so that this agreement could be reached as soon as possible, so that I might continue writing this blog for your enjoyment.
Obviously that is all a big fat lie. In truth, I got distracted by World of Warcraft.
So let's see. What's new? Well, there was Christmas. That was pretty cool. We actually only had two Christmas meal obligations this year and they both happened at our house, which was a new thing. We had a Christmas lunch thingie on the Saturday before Christmas with my mom, my brother Adam, his wife Tasha, and their daughter Mia. It went pretty smoothly. The next day we had our usual Christmas dinner with Debbie's family, but this time, due to some animosity amongst the extended family (long story), it was just her immediate family that attended.
And that left us to enjoy Christmas day at our own pace, which was nice. In years past, we've opened the gifts from Santa on Christmas morning, then we've had to get the kids dressed and out the door for some event or another. This year we all got to stay in our pajamas and play with toys all day long.
The kids got lots and lots of stuff. Debbie usually shops all year long and, I'm not sure how, but she manages to keep track of everything that she gets so that all the kids enjoy fair and equal representation come Christmas morning. The end result is that I'm usually just as surprised at the sight of the presents under the tree as the kids are. I'm left looking at the mountain of gifts, scratching my head, thinking Santa? Is it really you?
The big gift from me to Debbie was a mother's necklace. It's got three little gold kid figures, each representing one of our offspring. They each have a corresponding birthstone in the belly of the charm. It wasn't easy to find all of the pieces and they weren't cheap, but she's wanted that necklace for years. And she is a pretty good mom, so she deserved it.
Yours truly got the PS2 version of Guitar Hero III with two guitars, a badass new gaming keyboard, and a wireless router. Now I can browse the internet or play WoW anywhere in the house! I used to be pissed that The Jetsons promised that we'd have flying cars by now and the world didn't deliver, but the ability to play WoW while I'm on the can is even better!
I'm back in school now after a short break. I have no idea how, but I actually pulled a B out of that jackass macroeco-suck-ics class. I can honestly say that the class taught me two things: supply and demand are related (duh), and people should never study economics. Now I'm taking English 101, a history of Europe class, a geogrophy class, and something called Strategies for Academic Success, which is basically an intro to college class that is required by my school.
I met the requirements for a leadership certificate and I should receive the certificate in the spring. I can't wait. I'm gonna hang it on the wall of my office and it will give me license to boss people around. And if they give me any guff, I'll just point to Mr. Leadership Certificate and that'll be the end of it.
Work is just as annoying as usual. Got a new boss, which is pretty cool. She wants to start grooming me for her position, which means, for the time being, I have more responsibilities and more work, but interestingly, no more money. Funny how that works.
And then there's World of Warcraft. At one time I said I'd never pay a monthly fee to play a game, but after hearing Jason rave about it, I decided to take advantage of the free trial ... and he was never heard from again. I figured it up and, if you consider the number of games that I usually buy in a given year, it's more money than if I were just paying the monthly fee for WoW. And with the amount of time that WoW eats up, I don't have time to play other games anyway. Jason is on there with me and Adam is too, so we're able to coordinate on a lot of things in the game. Hell, even Debbie has been playing a bit. I've gone through a few characters, but right now I've got two active characters: a level 47 night elf druid named Nannar, and a level 10 undead priest named Yoreck.
OK, gotta go. All this talk about WoW makes me wanna play.
