DailyHUD Monday
flour milled: 6 cases of Buckwheat, 2100 lbs Medium-Ground Whole Wheat, 800 lbs of Brown Rice flour
checklist items: 5/16
inbox: 4
postcards sent: 0
budget: black, June 16
debt 1: 4 months
debt 2: approx 1 year
debt 3: approx 4 years
debt 4: 7 months
Seafarer’s of Catan: played #6 w/ Mary, Cameron, Eb. Tied for 2nd. (C won)
A Feast for Crows: pg 557
Doctor Who: s03.ep5 (Evolution of the Daleks)
photos uploaded to Flickr: 0
next Nodeslam: nope, gotta wear my todo list down first
global CO2 level: 392.94
DailyHUD Weekend
flour milled: ~20 cases of unbleached All-Purpose wheat flour, 4 cases of Buckwheat flour
checklist items: 2/9
inbox: 7
postcards sent: 0
budget: black, June 16
debt 1: 4 months
debt 2: approx 1 year
debt 3: approx 4 years
debt 4: 7 months
A Feast for Crows: pg 557
Assassin’s Creed: completed! The quote unquote “ending” was a bit dodgy, but I thoroughly enjoyed the rest
photos uploaded to Flickr: 23
next Nodeslam: nope, still not caught up.
global CO2 level: 392.94
Hobblog? no no *no*
Yesterday… played a game of MtG with Hunter last night. Allies vs Eldrazi… in a flavor-y sense, you’d think that’d be really dramatic. But in fact, it was just a long, dull board-stall of a match, since each of us was playing huge creatures and not enough removal. I eventually won by giving a Pathrazer regen and just dragging everything down into an Annihilator death-spiral. I’m liking the Eldrazi quite a bit, though. (I picked up the Eldrazi Arisen intro pack on Friday… I love intro packs in general.)
The new Lookouts story on Penny Arcade hasn’t really grabbed me. The art is gorgeous, but Tycho’s accompanying verse is waaaaaaaay too obtuse.
A/V: Oblivion, days 3-6
On day 3, I ride out towards Kvatch. I arrive to find the city in flames. The previous night, portals to the hellish plane of Oblivion appeared throughout the city, and demonic creatures called daedra flooded into the city. I learn from the captain of Kvatch’s city guard that Martin is still trapped inside the walls with some other surivors, barricaded within the Chapel of Akatosh. In other to reach them, I most first cross over into the plane of Oblivion and close the gates from within. (WOOT)
In Oblivion, I meet other survivors from the Kvatch guard, who help me assault a tower of black iron and steal the Sigil Stone from the uppermost room, which seals the gate and throws me back into Cyrodiil.
Day 4: I join the Kvatch guards in a street-by-street running battle to retake the city from the daedra. I rescue Martin and convince him to return with me to Weynon Priory.
Day 5: I lead Martin to Weynon Priory, but find it under attack by the red-robed assassins. We fight them off, and Jauffre reveals to Martin that he is the heir to the kingdom, and that the forces of Oblivion– lead by the daedric Prince of Suffering, Lord Dagon (how’s that for a job title?)– will stop at nothing to kill him. He also reveals that the assassins have stolen the Amulet of Kings. In order to stop the daedric invasion, the Amulet must be used to relight the Dragonfires in the Imperial City, and only the Emperor (ie Martin) may wield it.
Jauffre, Martin & I ride onward to a mountain fortress called Cloud Ruler Temple. Martin must remain there under the protection of his bodyguards– the Blades– while I venture on to recover the Amulet.
By this point I have a nice set of chainmail armor given to me by the Kvatch guard, and a bitchin’ katana and heavy shield that Jauffre bestowed upon me as a sworn-brother of the Blades.
Day 6: I decide to stop in the nearby town of Bruma. I figure: in order to fend off the invasion & recover the Amulet, I will need to recruit the help of some powerful allies. Each town has it’s own Mage’s Guild, and in order to gain access to the Arcane University in the Imperial City, I need to gain a recommendation from each town guildmaster. In Bruma, the guildmaster– an inexperienced young lady-wizard– wanted me to locate a missing Khajit mage named J’skar.
After some investigating and other shenanigans, I discovered that the mage was within the Guildhall all along, but had made himself invisible as part of a practical joke. I convinced him to come clean and, in return, got my seal of recommendation from Bruma.
There are still a half-dozen guildhalls to go, but it’s a start.
