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| Session Start (Succubus Club IRC Chat:#thesuccubusclub): Wed Mar 16 17:09:02 2005 |
| *** Mode change "+nt" for channel #thesuccubusclub by vendetta.fef.net. |
| *** #thesuccubusclub: @MattH |
| *** #thesuccubusclub was created on Wed Mar 16 17:13:53 2005. |
| *** Elais has joined #thesuccubusclub. |
| MattH | Hiya CM |
| Elais | heyas Matt |
| Elais | good ep of Smallville tonight |
| MattH | New one or rereun? |
| MattH | Ok - I checked ...this was a good episode |
| Elais | rerun |
| MattH | I don't much watch Smallville in reruns, though.... |
| MattH | I just hope the season doesn't end in another cliffhanger... (fat chance, I know) |
| Elais | yup, very fat chance |
| Elais | how's work? |
| MattH | Good...I am officially being hired (no more temp/contract work) |
| Elais | that's good news |
| MattH | Yep...much better pay also. |
| Elais | my boring job just got more boring |
| MattH | How? |
| Elais | down to taking online learning courses again |
| MattH | That slow? |
| Elais | yup |
| Elais | a lot of it is management's fault |
| Elais | we spent about a week learning a new system and worked with for about a month |
| MattH | Heh...it is *always* management's fault |
| Elais | now we find out that we are going to be switching to another new system |
| Elais | so, work is on a holding pattern right now |
| MattH | When does the new system get in? |
| Elais | no clue |
| MattH | So you aren't using the system you just put in until then? |
| Elais | guess we have to wait until management decides |
| Elais | yeah |
| Elais | there is somewhat of a workaround |
| Elais | I'm pretty much scraping the bottom of the learning course barrel |
| MattH | Hmmm...if you use microsoft office, you could take up programming ;-) |
| Elais | nah |
| Elais | I think most of the technical computer courses are out of date |
| Elais | most of the stuff I've been taking are like 'customer service', self-motivation, leadership |
| MattH | Well, that is what I do during slow periods...guess I am fresh out of ideas. |
| MattH | Ah...the meaningless courses designed by HR types. |
| Elais | yup |
| Elais | thank god I have internet access |
| MattH | Yeah...the internet is a godsaver for those dead days... |
| Elais | of course, I try to limit the sites I go too |
| Elais | I don't know how much 'big brother' is watching |
| Elais | I know to avoid the porn sites. *g* |
| MattH | Yeah...most porn sites are blocked by our work firewall, as are gambling sites, etc. |
| Elais | I tend to stick with news sites or yahoo |
| MattH | I generally check out programming sites ;-) |
| MattH | Though some of those are blocked too.... |
| Elais | I tend to hit the yahoo news site a lot |
| Elais | I don't go to cnn.com much anymore |
| MattH | I haven't been to cnn in ages... |
| Elais | it doesn't seem to have much content for me anymore |
| Elais | I guess because yahoo collects so many articles from a variety of sources |
| MattH | For straight news, I use google news. Most of the time, I just check instapundit.com, though |
| Elais | google news doesn't seem quite as friendly |
| MattH | Friendly? How so? |
| Elais | i guess the format at yahoo is easier for me than google |
| Elais | I also hit, reuters...dailykos.....a canadian news site and a UK news site |
| Elais | oh, and drudgereport.com |
| MattH | Drudge is on my blogroll - I check him at least once a day. |
| Elais | same here |
| MattH | Heh...just came across this...http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=5349989821747660792 |
| MattH | The Zombie Scenario Survivor test ;-) |
| Elais | heh |
| Elais | find any new people for your D&D games? |
| MattH | Not yet...haven't really started looking yet...one guy did contact me, but haven't heard back from him yet. |
| Elais | bummer |
| MattH | I am taking a brief hiatus anyway...I got to do more work on my dungeon. |
| Elais | sometimes you do need a break |
| MattH | Yeah...I wasn't happy with some of the material I had created so I am redoing it. Freaked out my players when some of the area they had explorered wasn't there anymore ;-) |
| Elais | LOL |
| Elais | what areas are you redoing? |
| MattH | The areas below the cellars, which are basically the 2nd and 3rd level as well as a large cavern in between. They are being totally replaced. |
| Elais | what are you replacing them with? |
| Elais | sorry for the delayed response.. I'm doing some damage control here *g* |
| *** victoriawinters has joined #thesuccubusclub. |
| victoriawinters | hi there! |
| MattH | There is a game called Advanced Heroquest...I am converting some of the monsters to D&D rules and then doing a randomly generated dungeon (Advanced Heroquest has some rules for that). I am thinking it will give the thing a slighly different feel |
| MattH | Hiya Victoria |
| victoriawinters | sounds fun matt |
| MattH | We were just discussing my D&D campaign...It is on hiatus while I look for a couple of new victims, ahem, I mean players and renovate a dungeon. |
| MattH | CM - What damage control? |
| victoriawinters | yes i've played that game before |
| Elais | oh, I think I screwed up some airline tickets I bought for the Houston Vulkon |
| victoriawinters | the one time it makes sense to go to texas too |
| Elais | as it stands, I won't be able to make in time to get my badge before some of the events start |
| MattH | We had a brief discussion of Smallville earlier |
| Elais | and you need a badge to get into those events |
| victoriawinters | yes i would imagine so |
| MattH | CM - That sucks.... |
| victoriawinters | don't the same people that run grand slam sci-fi run Vulkon too |
| victoriawinters | if so yes that will be a pain |
| victoriawinters | unless you get your tickets in the mail ahead of time |
| Elais | think they are different people, victoria |
| Elais | Vulkon doesn't send tickets ahead of time |
| victoriawinters | could be |
| victoriawinters | ds fest is sort of similar in that everyone has a cattle call and waits in an impossibly long line |
| Elais | so I'm emailing the vulkon organizers, asking if my ticket receipt will be sufficient to get into the events |
| MattH | All reasons I avoid conventions.... |
| Elais | or, as an alternative..have a friend get the my badge beforehand |
| victoriawinters | still they are fun and it's worth seeing all your friends |
| victoriawinters | then there is james |
| victoriawinters | he would be totally worth the pain |
| victoriawinters | drat the dinner bell |
| victoriawinters | well it was worth chatting for a brief period |
| Elais | if neither of those things work...I'm stuck with either missing some events or shelling out extra money to change my airline tickets |
| victoriawinters | good luck to you matt on your game |
| MattH | We are here every week |
| MattH | Thanks |
| victoriawinters | and you elais on your ticket situation |
| victoriawinters | i just work on the late side and then have exercise |
| Elais | thanks, victoria |
| victoriawinters | it's rare i get here |
| victoriawinters | but read everyone's posts and stuff |
| Elais | can't believe how stupid I was when booking the airline tickets |
| victoriawinters | it happens to the best of us so don't beat yourself up too much |
| Elais | i should have actually read the schedule for the houston convention |
| victoriawinters | chow! |
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| Elais | hopefully, it won't be an expensive lesson *g* |
| MattH | CM - Everyone makes mistakes...it is not necessarily a sign of stupidity |
| Elais | okay, better get going |
| Elais | I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be able to arrange things with the Vulkon organizers |
| MattH | Ok - see you next week. Good luck on the convention situation. |
| Session Close (#thesuccubusclub): Wed Mar 16 20:08:09 2005 |