Real Life tagged posts

PROLOGUE

Sometimes you have to stop, look around, and reassess the whole scene. Sometimes, it’s time for an UPGRAYEDD. My time is now…

SUSPENDED ANIMATION

Recently I decided to take a break from the models, I know – heresy! The reason for the break? My office looked like the environs immediately outside the apartment of Frito Pendejo from Idiocracy. When my wife and I moved to this house, I had originally planned to share the office space with my wife. It wasn’t long however before we decided that just wasn’t necessary, or even a good idea – probably. The computer was moved into the corner in the living room, and I began spreading out in the room I had claimed as my Fortress of Solitude. Therein lies the problem, the room was first intended to be split...

PROLOGUE

Normally I would talk about my hobby today, but in light of recent events I would like to take the opportunity to talk about one of my favorite cities, Boston…

A CITY BY THE SEA

When I was a boy, my father married a woman from Massachusetts. We took several trips to Boston to visit her parents and the rest of her family, and I will always remember the place and the company fondly. When you mention Boston, or even just Massachusetts there’s usually an unflattering preconception of potato eating drunkards, of bad accents, and violent behavior. For most of the people I’ve known throughout my life, their only connection to the city was through school books, television, and movies. The city features prominently in action movies and dramas like Boondock Saints and Goodwill Hunting...

99 PROBLEMS (Maybe More)

I have a few issues to work out with my software and database, unfortunately that might take a while. That said, don’t expect any new posts until the problem(s) are resolved. Meanwhile, I’m going to continue working on my projects and I’ll have some very big updates in the future. If you want to keep tabs on what I’m working on you can always check my Twitter and Facebook for regular updates, the information for each is provided below…

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Welcome to Idle Hands, my weekly segment where I discuss conversions, painting, and strategy for the Warhammer tabletop game…

THIS WEEK

To say life has been interesting in recent weeks would be a massive understatement, my son was born as I mentioned last week. Both he and my wife are both still at the hospital, he was a month early so an extended stay wasn’t exactly a surprise. Eventually, things settled into a routine and it was apparent that my wife would be staying and that I was going to go back home. I’d like to mention also, my son is doing quite well. They’ve taken him off of the IV, he’s eating well and improving daily. He’s off of phototherapy and digesting fine on his own, he’s shaping up to come home before long, and I’ll be happy to have him and his mom here finally.

While ...

It’s no secret that my wife has been pregnant, in recent months it’s definitely become nigh impossible to hide really. A couple of weeks ago (the 9th) I got a call from my wife, she’d been feeling bad and decided to go to the doctor. She was admitted to the hospital and before long we had an understanding, my wife was going to be relegated to bed rest until the baby was born. Over the weekend she was released to go home under strict orders for bed rest, then Tuesday happened (again)…

I’d been monitoring her vitals per the doctors instructions, and that day everything started to look a little rough. She had a borderline fever, her extremities and face were swollen, and her blood pressure was hypertension level...

Welcome to Idle Hands, my weekly segment where I discuss conversions, painting, and strategy for the Warhammer tabletop game…

THIS WEEK

So, things are getting exciting around my house pretty quickly. I’ve been exhausted mentally and physically, and I know it’s got to be about ten times worse than I actually think it is for my wife. My little lady is getting ready to pop, the baby is 4lbs 9oz according to Thursday’s ultrasound. My step mom is throwing a baby shower on the 6th, so I’ll be taking the wife there. I’m not sure what my dad has planned for the guys, but I’m sure there will be a handful there. A bit of the three Bs would be fine by me (Beer, Burgers, and Bowling).

In other news, a new gaming store opened in the area and I’ve been tapped to do some commission work for them...

A Year of Change…

MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Ten years ago I started blogging, and three years ago on June 2nd I started SRS Business. This year, things were hectic to say the least and I missed the chance to celebrate the anniversary properly. A lot has happened in the past year, and the new year is shaping up to be just as big. So what have I been up to?

LAST YEAR

The first change? I quit World of Warcraft. I quit all Blizzard games, and I haven’t picked up a new MMO. I don’t even have my account anymore, I let a hunter friend from my guild take it over. So, I’m out the only way you can ever really get out by getting rid of the account entirely...

THE EXODUS

So, the move was a success, it actually didn’t take as long as I thought it would to get moved and unpacked. What did take time however was getting out internet up and running, we’ve used AT&T DSL since we moved here and I’ve had nothing but problems every time I’ve had to call them. This time however was something special. We officially moved on the 14th of of June, our DSL was not working until July 10th. I made repeated calls trying to deal with the situation, the last call however seemed to do the trick…

Thank you for calling AT&T Customer Service, this is Laura how can I help you?
Me: Good morning Laura, I need to speak to a supervisor please.
Laura: I’m sorry?
Me: So am I, don’t let it ruin your day.
Laura: One moment please sir.
Muzak version of “We’ve Only Just Begun” by...