Happy Holloween!!

Its that scary night once again!!!


Not much in new stuff, so this will be a shorty...

GAMEDAY: Rocked- we played several hands of BANG!, in which I was the Sheriff and prominately got killed. Vegas showdown was fun; I played banker and helped a few new people get into it. Then we broke out BANG! again and I was handed the Renegade, in which I shot Nicole and killed Trever, but not before Wayne killed the sheriff- Amy. In all it was alot of fun! Look for another gameday in the future!

BF2142- Awesome game. the unlocks, the SG gaming group, everything. I am playing when I can and have unlocked the Support dude (heavy machine gun guy) and working on the Assault kit(regular grunt with the medic bag). Someone forked up some cash to get a server and everyone is pitching in to help. We just up'd the server to a 48 player, so now 24 SG can play 24 non-SGers. I made the graphics for the server as shown here (thanks to Gimp2.0)


I took several screen shots, some web banners and other images, cut out what I needed and stuck it all together using gimp, the free Photoshop program. Let me know what you think :D

SCHOOL: COM310 is boring. I hate the class and dont know WhyTF I need to pay $1000 for this class; Lets see- write your resume, write a memo, write another memo, correct these sentences.. comeon!!
PHL315- MUCH BETTER; We discussed the USS Vincennes case, the Pintos, the DC10 and this week is the Challanger case; we take the disasters of engineers and disect what they did wrong ethically. Its a fun class. Registration is a week and its back to Engineering classes, namly labs and something else.

BEDTIME: WE got a new bed; It was time. Our old bed was over 10 years old and it was showing its age. Nicole couldnt get much rest and the bed was starting to lean over the edge. So we went to JCPennies on my moms suggestion on a sale, and came out $900 less with a Spring Air mattress. $900!! yep! the short story goes like this: We have the wrong bedframe to support a split boxspring, which was required because the movers could not get the original boxspring up the staircase, even though I got the older one up the same staircase. $730 (bed)+ $90 differance for split boxspring + $100 for split bedframe = $925. Fuckers. Im gonna write Pennies a letter and see what they can do. Oh, did I mention that the movers did take the mattress the last week, but refused to take the old boxspring!! What asshats.

In the end, the bed is softer and Nicole and I have been getting better rest, so it was worth it, but not the $900 we paid.

STEELERS: Suckin Ass at 2-5; look for ben to get killed this weekend yet again.

IFL: Im tied with Dave Brussin for the middle places @ 4-3, but he has a better shot at making the playoffs, simply because the rest of the league failed to beat Rick or Carlos Y, making me in 3rd place. Figures. I got another year of this division with the 3 of us killing eachother and the rest of the league.. Thats ok, Il take the 1st round pick again :P

Ok - thats it! Dont eat too much junk and Later I will upload some pics

Sunday in Mecca; Mid October chills

Hey all..

Well, my G-14 Top secret was my sister flying out for our moms 60th Bday. Here is a quick retake:

I dumped my airmiles and got her a round trip 1st class to lovely Philly airport; reminded her to not check bags cause they suck more that donkeyballs there with baggage. She arrived on Friday (6th) and stayed the night at the condo. Saturday we drove up the NJTP to our moms place in Rockland county. We then surprised her by dropping her off at the house first, then parking and going in. Once we were inside with mom and George, I locked the truck with the remote and that was the signal. She came to the door and knocked; mom answered:
"Hello??"
"Hi" says Susan " Im lost- I think this is the wrong place.."
"Oh ok..."
!!!!!!!!!
Mom then looks at me, then looks back..
"Susan?!?!"

Least to say she was well surprised. The rest of the weekend we went to the mall, and later, we went to Patty and Johns house and had a cake n stuff. Of course I got the "Hey Joe, my computer doesnt work..." from Patty, so after an hour of looking it over, it was a bad DVD drive. I sent John a link and he ordered it and installed it- no problems.

This last weekend, I took a trip to Mecca!! Yep! The big jet plane to Steeltown and saw the victorious Steelers blow out the Chiefs. What a game and a trip:
6am- get up; shower and get ready
8am- Walt arrives; we get into my truck and head to lovely PHL airport.
8:40- arrive PHL terminal D, the place still looks like it is under construction, thou it is not...
8:50 get to terminal D and find out that we need to be in Terminal E to get tickets... figures.
9:10- Get to E, get in line
9:15- find out that we need to goto Terminal D to get to the gate... PHL 2- Joe 0.
9:25- TSA line is 20 minutes long...
9:40 get to the gate; board plane
11:30- arrive at Pittsburgh airport - whole crap PHL could learn a few things from this place..like LCDs and other technology that make it a post WW2 airport..
11:45- get car and on the road
12:15 get to Monroeville mall- home of the only Steeler store in a mall; I ask you, dear reader, how many other sports teams have thier own store in a mall??? I have yet to see one.
12:50- leave the store with one #39 Parker jersey, one coach polo and one girly nighty for the 'I got you something..' gift.
1:20- joe, traffic.. traffic joe
1:45- get to the Squirrel tunnel; why a squirrel, who knows..
2pm- get to a garage downtown, pay $5 for an all-day parking and walk across the bridge; I can hear the bands in the background and smell BBQ...
2:01- BEHOLD- MECCA... The promiseland... yep! Heinz Field..
2:20- get to the stadium and into the gate; we make our way to the Great Hall; W O W!!!

2:45- I finish my lunch, which was on infamous Primanti's Sandwich - for a meger $6, you get your entire lunch on a bun - HELLYEA! A coke and 4 napkins later, Im set to watch the game.



3:15- get to the O2 level... whats the O2 level?? Let me show you; Look for the Red Circle..



Its officially
Section 521, Row LL, Seat 3

All I cared was - I AM HERE!! The O2 is just that, its so friking high that you need Oxygen to breathe correctly..and did I mention it was kinda windy up there??
4:14 - watch the ending of the 1pm games on the jumbotron - Bengays lost to the Bucs and the Ravens (Browns 2.0) lost- did I mention that They have no offense??
4:16 kickoff..crowd goes nuts
4:35- Im not sure when we scored the 2nd TD, but it was Parker and it was sweet; 14-0 by the 1st quarter and I was not 100% sold on the special teams..
5 ish- Halftime; pop warner kids come on.. maybe the Chiefs could learn a few things from these kids... or even recruit a few to make this game worth wild.. NAAWWW

6:40- End of the 3rd quarter, blowout is assured; DAvenport scores a TD making it 38-7 - time to go home.
7:20pm- Get to car after a mile walk. Drive down the street and back to the Pitt tunnel to the airport
8pm- Arrive and walk thru security; wow PHL could really REALLY learn a few things from this place..
10pm- Land in PHL; typical hpl style " We will be landing at gate D2, your baggage is in terminal E..." Phl 1, SWA passangers 0.
11pm- Get home; share goodies with wife and get to bed..

I had a blast and hope to do this soon.

Onto other news:

DAD- Nadda new here. I got the permit thru the NJ State police site and filled it out; all I need to do now is to pay the $20 for the fee and wait. WE will see

HOME- Got the winter clothes out and started to make the transition. Also, it was time for a new bed- we got this Spring Air mattress for us. After a meager $700, we will have it this weekend. I just dont know what to do with the current one- a replacement for the bedroom?? Trash?? not too sure yet.

GAMING: BF2142 comes out tomorrow!! I cant wait.

Paintball- Gonna call it a season if this weather doesnt start to get a tad warmer. Nothing better than getting hit with a nice hard paintball that doesnt break.. usually followed by 20 more at 200FPS.. ouch!

MOVIES: Go see Departed. Excellent film. Jack at his best and the cast was amazing.. even thou when I see Matt Damon I say "Matt Damon.." ala Team America..

Thats a good start for now; Look for some pics here soon..

J

October Starts my favorite month

Here is my favorite month of the year- October. Not only is it my birthday this month, but also the NFL is going, NHL starts up and the MLB is in thier playoffs. With the NFL comes the fantasy league we play in- the Ironman Football League. To date, i have one win under my belt.. meanwhile, doug and my father-in-law are 4-0. Go figure.

Nicole and I are about to hit our 3yr mark as husband and wife on the 10th!! YEA!! I got her this coach bag in the silver/black/white combo for $150 when I was up in Maine; she loves it, which is kudo points for me :P She told me today that mine is in the mail, so we will see :D

Anyways, onto events..

Birthday: Woop! Im older now!! First off, Alot of people came over and called - and so for that THANK YOU!!! I am blessed with the amount of family and friends that we have that went out of thier way to make it a special day. This past sunday, we had a good amount of food and people, so we decided to BBQ- too bad I forgot to fill the propane tank up (lol). I cooked burgers and dogs on the griddle, and watch football and played some cards (quick game). One of these days I gotta get a gameday going. Also, I think that I'm too old as noone was able to find anything that I wanted- granted Dave tried to find GUN but Joebuy was out (I got it later this week Dave ;) thank you :) ) Most everyone gave me cash money, which is fine. So far, I purchaced replacement Detents for the Ion, a new board game - Caylus, a new card game called BANG!, and possibly more system memory for the computer. Im gonna wait for the prices to drop down a tad first. Currently 2-512MB paired sticks go for over $110 right now. Oh well... now its Eric's Bday today and we got him Puerto Rico for his Bday - BIG SURPRISE :P Something that we were talking about was using real coins for the gamecoins- a problem that they had recently was that the money is the same look and type as the victory point counters. Someone on boardgamegeek found a silver looking penny for the silver pieces and a gold nickel for the gold piece.

DAD- Is still selling his house, but now it is to another person. The closing date is soon, but none the less he has packed his stuff and is getting ready to go. He sent me my old eagle scout stuff and my navy awards (Crossing the line..) so eventually we will get something on the walls at the house. Also, he is shipping me the Colt ACE, which will eventually get here.

SCHOOL- Started COM 310 and PHL 315; both classes are writing and both seem kinda ok. COM310 is the worse of the two, as the instructor is kinda blunt and not too personnel. Also, his assignments are on colored paper, which I dont like.. PHL 315 will be fun, as he wants discussion groups and class involvment a high priority.

HOME STUFF- fixed the floor boards; I'l get a pic up soon. Also, we almost had a desk out this weekend but Nicoles aunt forgot about it- and now its a big deal to try and get it over there.. whatever. We offered it up to a few people, but if its still around by sunday, its a gonner (unless someone wants us to hold it..)

I do have Exciting news, but cannot reveal my G14 top secret news until this weekend, as someone might catch wind of it :P - Lets just say that there will be alot of Surprises at my moms 60th birthday party this Saturday.

Next update- i will have some more pics of brthday stuff, My moms birthday party and some exciting action pics of boardgame :P

J