Crazy weather

Today's high was about 78. Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the mid-50s. It would have been nice to have a warm Halloween. Last year it rained, which was sucked. The year before that was on the cold side. I wonder if I could figure out how to walk around wrapped in an electric blanket. Do they make those with batteries now? That would be awesome. Awesomely warm. I hate the cold but I hate it more when the weather can't make up its mind.

Rock Band 3

My husband picked up Rock Band 3 the other day. Unfortunately, I haven't had time to play it much. Not to mention that I've had some throat wackiness for the past week, which makes it very difficult to sing. However, I did manage to croak through a few songs Tuesday night. The character creation is OK, but a lot of the default faces are just plain ugly. You need to do a bit of tweaking on the cheeks and jawline to get any sort of prettiness out of them. (At least for the girls. I didn't try to create a male character.) After you finish making your character, each player gets to make their own band. This gives each individual player goals to reach with their band. It also means that each player gets their own rewards. Instead of needing money to purchase upgrades, you win them by playing various gigs. You also get to pick the "stand in" computer players for your band, if you don't have anyone to play with you. (My husband's favorite is Moosejaw - the homeless man that needs to put down the guitar and find some construction employment or something.) I think this makes the whole band experience a lot better.

I've only played the vocals so far. In my opinion, the vocals have gotten a lot better since RB2. I believe they have keyed some of the songs up a bit so they aren't really low anymore. This is awesome for me because I always have problems hitting the very very low notes. (Yes, you can sing an octave up but that sounds wrong.) They've also changed the way spoken words are handled. Well, it's not a huge change. Mostly a visual one. Instead of "notes" to speak, it just shadows that whole section to give you more time to hit the beat.

My husband picked up the keytar yesterday. I plan on finding some time to play around with that so you'll definitely hear more about the new Rock Band in the future!

So tired

Why is it only Wednesday? And why is today going so slowly? I'm ready for the exit signs pointing to the end of the week. Not that this weekend will be dull. I have to drop my car off for inspection Friday night. They'll work on it Saturday. (Let's all hope everything is fine and it won't cost a ton.) Then Sunday is Trick-or-Treating. As always, it takes forever to get costumes ready. I need a vacation!

Decorating for the holidays

Every year, the former controller at work would put fresh wreathes on the doors around the office. However, she is no longer with the company. Should I take some initiative to make the place look nice for the upcoming holidays? On one hand, they are pretty. On the other hand, I hate doing stuff like that because it is so much clean-up. Especially for the live ones. The pine needles fall all over the place and make such a mess. Do you think the fake ones will look just as nice?

Warm again?

Once again, the weather is getting warm. It's supposed to be around 75 today. Then it'll drop back to the 60s by the end of the week. So that means I'll either have an allergy attack or a cold. Perhaps I should see an allergy doctor austin at some point. From what I heard, I can get a shot that would clear up my allergies for awhile. That would be cool. Though I'm not a big fan of shots. But they would be better if the cold weather would just stay cold until spring. I'm tired of this back and forth.

Body Wraps

Since I've been losing weight recently (without cissus quadrangularis!), I've been thinking about trying a body wrap to help firm up some sagging skin. Has anyone ever tried one? I won't expect any sort of miraculous cure but it would be nice to lose a few inches from my hips. Maybe I could fit into my pants better. I have a smallish waist with a large belly (thanks pregnancy!). If I could get rid of the sag, I would be a lot happier with my body. So, anyone have opinions on body wraps?

BlizzCon

BlizzCon ran on Friday and Saturday. First, let me say how weird it is to see a two-day convention that takes place on Friday and Saturday instead of Saturday and Sunday. My husband signed up for the DirecTV pay per view to partake in the geekiness. And, oh, was it geeky. To be honest, we only watched the interesting parts of the show. The opening ceremonies with Chris Metzen's speech, the costume contest, the dance competition, and the Tenacious D concert. Amazingly, Chris Metzen was extraordinarily entertaining. Most of the time, these speeches are done by boring suits or developers with no social skills. You end up wondering when the pain will end. I was very surprised to see Metzen and, even more surprising, I didn't want his speech to end. I was ready to listen to him all day.

Then we saw some boring panel with PowerPoint slides on the new changes that were added to.....I forget what game....Starcraft 2 maybe. I actually turned to my husband and said "You paid to watch some geeks do a PowerPoint presentation on a game? This is lame."

There was some cool things in the costume and dance contests. (I wonder if there were trophies handed out....) There were a lot of people that stupidly wore stilts. They needed help walking down the ramp to the stage. Overall, I was impressed and I was happy with the winners. As for the dance contest, it was silly and fun but one guy did end up getting injured. (It has been debated whether he broke his leg or just dislocated his knee. Either way it sucks.)

Finally, the Tenacious D concert at the closing ceremonies. Of course, they rocked the house. Dave Grohl (from Foo Fighters and Nirvana) played drums for them. If anything, this was the only thing worth the price of pay per view. I would do it again just for the D. Everything else was dull in comparison.

Exercise is fun?

You know, I never thought I would actually enjoy exercising. The Zumba class is tons of fun. As a matter of fact, it's made exercising so fun that I now spend at least 15 minutes each day walking on the treadmill during my lunch hour. (Fun fact: We had to sign liability forms when we got the exercise room. Watch out personal injury lawyer Tucson AZ...I might trip over my feet and sue someone!) There's a TV in our exercise room so I can watch Maury at the same time. Unfortunately, that means that I haven't had the chance to catch up on my jdoramas. I promise I'll try to find some time to slip some new ones in.

Favorite Friday

Halloween is fast approaching. You'd better get your life insurance quotes to prepare for the zombie invasion! For today's Favorite Friday, I give you the best zombie video of all time. Michael Jackson's Thriller. Back in the 80s, I also had the VHS tape of the "Making of Thriller." It was so awesome to see all the makeup work and how they made the zombie costumes. I even learned the entire dance. To this day, I still remember it! I think this will always hold the title of Best Video Ever.