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Dec. 9th, 2008 | 11:48 am
location: Work
mood: cheerful cheerful

This past weekend was pretty good--got a chance to see some friends of ours get married. Congratulations, Will and Caley!

Saturday night, Kimberly and I took the kids out to Corona to see my great Aunt and Uncle, Sally and Keith. Sally is my grandmother's little sister. Well, to put things in perspective, my grandmother passed away back in 1991, and Sally is still going strong (she's 91, while Keith is 94). We don't know how much longer Sally and Keith will be with us, but for their age, they are remarkably healthy! Walking around just fine, no problems communicating, Sally doesn't even wear glasses, and Keith is still driving a car.

We had a great evening as they took us to Mimi's Cafe for dinner, and then we went back to their place to chat for a while. We had some great conversation while the boys played outside in the backyard. I was amused at what happened when they found out that there was a bowl of chocolate-covered raisins on the coffee table--every few minutes or so, one of them would come back in, take a handful, and go right back out to play.

Sally and Keith are such sweet, humble, friendly people. They're the kind of couple that I hope Kimberly and I can become when we get into our twilight years.

Yesterday (monday) was a day off from work, because our company had their annual Christmas party on sunday night. The bosses knew that the guys would be up late (and some would likely get drunk), so they told everybody to take a breather on monday. Even though I didn't attend, I was given monday off along with everyone else.

I spent most of yesterday playing World of Warcraft, getting my hunter up to level 73. I'm really liking the Wrath of the Lich King expansion! The quests are varied and interesting (I was using a hunting hawk to nab turkeys yesterday), and the new continent is rich with story, characters, and plot. For those of you who may not know, I'm a sucker for a good story, especially in a video game, so I'm having a ball. :)

Also, my birthday present arrived yesterday--bought 'Advance Wars: Dual Strike' for the Nintendo DS. :D

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kathrishali

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from: [info]kathrishali
date: Dec. 9th, 2008 10:54 pm (UTC)
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Story is very important to me too. Playing Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance had me jonesing to see the first movie again, god that was awesome. :)

Though it does sadden me that far too often video games will skimp on the story when it's a fighting game, and not make it really involving, choosing instead to add three new characters and recycle the 'generic reason for fighting' excuse of the series.

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Teric

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from: [info]teric
date: Dec. 9th, 2008 11:15 pm (UTC)
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It's unfortunate, really, that a good story can suffer in the name of 'bigger and better'. New characters, new fancy-schmancy graphics and effects, but no plot? Blech. I'll play a different game, thanks. Pretty graphics impress me for about the first hour or so.

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kathrishali

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from: [info]kathrishali
date: Dec. 10th, 2008 01:19 am (UTC)
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Yeah, I'd rather go for replay value. Give me a reason to play your fighting game 34 times with all the shiny new characters beyond that fact that 'oh, it's that time of year again, let's fight'. ;P

Come on, people, you can do better. ;P

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richard_renard

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from: [info]richard_renard
date: Dec. 10th, 2008 10:11 am (UTC)
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Warth of Lich King is not that bad, I like it.

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