B.G. Willers

01.27.12

FRIDAY, hells yeah.

Finally getting around to blogging again. Work hasn’t been too bad, but I’ve had enough side job stuff to keep me busy at home. I’ve been doing better about getting up earlier in the morning, so that gives me a little time to piddle around and do stuff like this.

I’m excited to see Mom this weekend. Her and Duane are coming up to hang out. At first I thought I was going to be caught working all day Saturday, but now it looks like I’ll at least be getting Saturday afternoon/evening off. So good deal there. I don’t think we have a whole lot planned, but we’ll kick back and relax like we always do. I know Andrea is excited because they’re brining up a Futon for the basement! No more canvas lawn chairs. I’m sure when people see our setup and then see that we’re sitting on canvas lawn chairs they figure we have some priority issues, which might be true anyway. But when we moved into the bigger place and decided to have our living room upstairs and our TV and systems downstairs, we were suddenly short on furniture. They’re also bringing us a bed for the spare bedroom. So that just leaves one room that we’re just using for storage.

I washed the Toronado a day or two ago. Every time I do I think about how I want to get some things on it fixed up. But then I think again that I need to just keep driving it and have a “beater” as they say, that I can drive without care or worry, especially during the winter time. So I think I talked myself out of repainting it again and redoing the vinyl on the roof. The paint isn’t so bad, but I’d have to repaint it to fix the hail dents… and one thing leads to another, and another. But I do want to keep it reliable mechanically, and fairly respectible looking. So my goal is to get the exhaust fixed (hopefully this Sunday) and find something to fix my cracked bumper filler up front without shelling out the $150 for a whole set. I’m thinking I can take some thin gauge sheet metal and bend it into the shape I need. Finding a piece big enough is the challenge for that right now.

Played some more Skyward Sword last night. Still very awesome. The only part that I’m finding annoying is that you can pick up different items throught the game you use to upgrade your gear. Kind of like Final Fantasy or Guild Wars. Well every time you turn the game on, it acts like you’ve never seen these items before. I have 22 blobs of goo, and next time I go to play and find another, it’s going to stop the gameplay the first time I find one and explain to me what it is again, like I haven’t heard it before. So far that’s my ONLY gripe with the game.

Welp, better get ready for work. It’s FRIDAY! So I’m looking forward to a fairly straight forward day! Hope yours is as well!

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01.23.12

Half-Cast

I tried recording on my way to work this morning, but the battery died on me a couple minutes in. So I just got the drive home today.

Retrieve Podcast Here

Podcast Topics:

Luke’s First Word
Skylanders
Car Work
Podcast Music

Can you guess what game the last song is from? (Hint: Not Skylanders)

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01.8.12

Weekend Concluded

Today was much more laid back than yesterday, and that is always a good thing. Even when things are laid back… they could always stand to be more laid back. Part of having a good day is making sure you get a good start. Pancakes and bacon is a good start all right!

My day was mostly highlighted by playing Skyward Sword in between keeping Luke entertained. He’s really starting to develop his personality and become inquisitive. Andrea had a scary moment when we were in the computer room when she looked over at his blanket and he was GONE! Only took a couple seconds to realize that he had rolled his way over to the door. Guess he was trying to make a break for it!

The new Zelda game is pretty darn amazing. I’m about 15 hours in now and I’m still impressed by how well the combat works. There’s puzzles everywhere. You almost never just go from point A to point B anywhere in the game without having to untangle some kind of brain buster. And the story so far is fairly engaging. This is no Final Fantasy here, but the few cutscenes there are tend to be quite powerful. I think the part that ties it all together is the amazing soundtrack. I really think this game has it all. As good as Ocarina of Time? I’ll reserve that judgement for later.

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12.24.11

Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas! It’s 9:30 Christmas Eve and little Lucas just woke up from another nap. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get one in today too. Luke’s first Christmas will be exciting as we’ll be in Wichita for Andrea’s family’s Christmas. I know Santa has some presents waiting for him there!

I’ve played quite a bit of Guild Wars the past couple days. It’s been exclusively the quest Strength of Snow which is only around during the Winter’s Day Festival going on now. It’s pretty mindless, but sure has netted me a whole stash of holiday items. I figure I’ll play some Guild Wars while the festival is around, and once it’s gone, get back to beating Zelda Skyward Sword.

I hope your Christmas is a joyous one. Thank the Lord for his Son born on this day! God Bless!

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11.14.11