Return to WoW
by Systemdown on Dec.19, 2008, under World of Warcraft
I have took up the reins again. In a moment of boredom I reactivated my WoW account. I started a new character about two weeks ago and now I am at level 21. This has to be the fastest I have leveled a character on any MMO. There is a goal in my mind of getting a raid level character within a month. This is a really short time frame for me as I am not a dedicated gamer and will get board soon unless I get to an interesting part in the game soon. At the same time I am trying to get my girlfriends computer to keep WoW working but it seems to freeze up and once it does it will not let her reload her account. So that is a big headache that I have to work on. I will figure it out though, just going to take time to do so.
Crash
by Systemdown on Dec.19, 2008, under Chronicles
Oh the fun I have had this week. Lets start with the good points. I had a wonderful week and weekend with my new girlfriend. We spent the entire weekend at home alone with each other. I will leave it at that. As for the rest of the week, I was not so lucky. I had to return to Portland on Monday afternoon in the snow, rain and ice. I got into Portland around 7:00 pm but ended up feeling sick from the sudden cold weather. So I decided to turn in early for the evening so i could get over the sickness as fast as possible. When I awoke in the morning on Tuesday I was not feeling my best at all and decided that I should call in to work that day and get over this as soon as possible. This momentary retreat from work was later shatter by a phone call from my boss asking me if i could make it in for the night shift. At this point I was feeling up to making the trip to work and got dressed and took off for work. Everything was going fine at work up until lunch. I took off from work to head to Uncle Vinne’s for some pizza, as I was heading back I turned left from sandy onto the 122nd on ramp and I was struck on the passenger side behind the rear door. I spun almost 180 degrees around. Everyone was alright at the time of the crash but I do know now that I am a little sore from the whole ordeal. My insurance is covering everything other than the first $500.00. So now i have to scrape together the money needed to get my car fixed. My girlfriend has been staying with me since Tuesday night after I got home from work at nine o’clock and letting me barrow her car for the rest of the week to get to work. I appreciate all the help she is giving me and I wish she was not stuck in my house all day with nothing but video games to hold her over. But now its Friday and we can get out and do somethings together tomorrow. So thats my fun filled week.
The Chronicles Return
by Systemdown on Sep.30, 2008, under Chronicles
Yup, I’m back. Its been a long summer, and a busy one to boot. So once pirate season started I became so overwhelmed with things I just did not have the time to update this page. So some big changes in my life are about to happen. I am excited and scared. I have a new girlfriend, but that’s currently personal so I wont go into that. I am looking for work in a new town, away from this vortex of hell. So the biggest challenge is finding a job that will pay me enough to move. Once I land this job I will be staying with some of my friends in this new city for awhile till I get a place of my own. So hopefully I can land one this month. I don’t think my current job will last that long.
You are a Pirate!
by Systemdown on May.22, 2008, under Pirates
Oh its that time of year again. I leave tomorrow for The Gathering. Oh happy day. I can’t wait for a fun pirate filled weekend. Hope to see you there. That is all. See you later.
Fermentation Chamber
by Systemdown on Apr.14, 2008, under Chronicles
So I got my fermentation chamber built today. Its completely insulated and has an Air Conditioner installed. It took the better part of Saturday and some of Sunday to get it made. The only things it need are, the Temperature controller, some hasps to hold the door shut and some black spray paint. I will order the temperature controller this Thursday.
I also did some research on brewing this week and found out that the old keg i have had in my attic since forever ago, can be converted into a brewing pot, hot liquid tun or a mash tun. So I am going to try and secure 2 more of these kegs from scrape metal yards and get a real brewery setup. More pictures are on my flicker account.
Bleach 166
by Systemdown on Apr.10, 2008, under Bleach
Looks like it wont be long before the bleach anime catches up with the manga. They may need to draw out the fights a little longer. Todays episode was very action packed. I was really impressed with the visuals of this fight. It really got my blood pumping.
Busy Busy
by Systemdown on Apr.09, 2008, under Chronicles, Washed Ashore
I have been on a roll lately. Things are starting to move faster for me again. I have been working hard on so many things I can’t seem to make enough time to do them all. Firstly I have been working for Kumoricon the majority of the time. With tier 1 and tier 2 already ended we are about to mail out both at the same time. The reason for the delay is do to many factors, the major one being free time. The little bit of free time I get I try to dedicate to getting things done.
The next thing occupying my time is looking for a new job elsewhere. I have reached the point were I do not want to work for my current employer anymore. So this means looking for work anywhere in the state. This could be a good thing for me. I am truly tired of the city I live in. There is no real culture here. When I say culture, I am referring to things such as unique restaurants, niche business, etc. So needless to say I have been on the look out for a new place to live.
I am also working hard on getting my online business up and running. This is a slow process as it seems to have been place in queue behind the other things on my plate. I still have a large amount of data entry to do on the site before its ready for full release.
And one of the other things I have been doing is trying to reduce the amount of things I own. I am Craig’s Listing a lot of the bigger things and then later this summer I plan to have a garage sale to get rid of the rest.
Also one of the back burner things on my list is getting the Washed Ashore website updated. I need to add the preregistration page to it soon.
Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~ – 01
by Systemdown on Feb.23, 2008, under Anime
So I just finished watching Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr.~ episode one. Right out
in the opening of this OVA we get some nice action. After watching
Zwei, I was not expecting much out of the Mai-Otome franchise, but I
was very excited to watch this episode. With all the jumping around and flashbacks of the episode, now I have many more questions about the back story of this universe. I look forward to seeing more from this series, even 
if it will be only 3 episodes long and take 3 months for each to come out. If you have not done so already go and check this one out. The Mai-Otome series is a lot of fun to watch. The characters are cute and entertaining. And in this 
episode especially there is a yuri undertone that is implied. And we all love yuri.
Anime-Fanatic Official Blog
by Systemdown on Feb.23, 2008, under Chronicles, Otaku
Just a quick update. I have added the Anime-Fanatic Official Blog over at Blog.Anime-Fanatic.com. This blog will track the changes and updates to Anime-Fanatic.com.
AHHH!!
by Systemdown on Feb.22, 2008, under Chronicles
Oh god I want to yell at the top of my lungs and beat the living hell out of some people. I just got a quality monitor that was so low that I don’t even belive it. I become a different person once Im on the phones. I become this vile person that just wants to make other people miserble. This has got to stop if I want to keep my job. I really need a vacation soon. Only one more month to go. Well thats all for now.
