Rockstar Supernova: Vegas Style

If I'm gonna wait 6+ months to post, I better have a great story to offer you....

And I do!!!

I went to Vegas last week on vacation. Halfway through the week The Wife and I decided to get some dinner at the Hard Rock cafe and look through the casino. Rockstar Supernova is the current fave reality show of The Wife and just happened to feature Dave Navarro (another of the Wife's faves.) She was kidding around, as we left the casino, that maybe we'd see Dave at the casino, since celebs liked to hang out there at times. I told her Dave was probably busy filming the next episode of RS (I assumed that they were live shows - stupid me.) As we exited the casino The Wife stops to sit on a railing off to the side. I stop and ask her "what's up? why did she stop without telling me?" It was hot and I was irritable. She asked me, "who do you see over there?" I follow her nod and scan the growing crowd. It was Ryan Star from RS. I looked closer and saw that all of the contestants are there. They are getting mic'd up for something. I saw Toby Rand (being my favorite RS right now) and waved him over. I shook his hand and told him that I was rooting for him (that earned me a strange look for the other contestants...Oops.)

Toby talked with us for quite a while before inviting us to a party that they were throwing later that night. He says that he'd be able to "sign us in." All we had to do was knock on the door and ask for him. The RS group had to go do something on the strip so The Wife and I said goodbye and watched them all pile into two black Blazers and head for the strip. The Wife adn I headed back to the Aladdin to catch the show and clean up.

Since we didn't pack any "special" clothes, we had to shop at the stores in our casino to get some dress clothes. After frantically running through the shops (we ended up buying "worn" jeans at the Gap) we headed back to catch the show where ultimately Josh and Jill were given the boot and the other contestants learned that they were going to Vegas with Tommy Lee and Co. (It certainly felt weird watching the show knowing Jill and Josh were getting kicked off and would not be able to go to the Vegas party but I was.) We showered and head back to the Hard Rock. Funny enough we ran into another celeb at the front doors - Mike Tyson!

Ok, so how do we find "the door" Toby was talking about. The Wife flagged down a man (who ended up being the"operations manager" of the hotel - who was extremely friendly and helpful,) and found out that the party was in the penthouse suite. He pointed us in the right direction. Up the elevator, to the 11th floor and to the end of the hall. Turns out we didn't need Toby to sign us in as two security guards had the releases for us to sign. After putting our John Handcocks on the forms The Wife and I were in.

The atmosphere was just what you would expect for a rockstar party, dimly lit, yet gorgeous room complete with a huge hot tub, a built in bar, a bowling lane and the best view of the strip in Vegas. The first RS we ran into was Toby. He was happy to see us, gave both a hug. I asked him if he followed boxing and he said "yes." I then told him that Mike Tyson was in the lobby. He stared at me with a blank look before announcing that he was "so fricken drunk!" We didn't get to talk with him much after that as he was carried away to sleep it off. To bad for me! I didn't get to talk with Lukas much either as the shots he was pounding caught up with him. The rest of the RS crew lasted longer. Dilana was the only other one to be carried off, halfway through a set with Tommy Lee, but she looked more tired than drunk.

Some highlights of the night for me included Tommy Lee spinning records at the DJ booth, playing some pool with Jason, watching the RS crew bowl, meeting all of the contestants, having time to talk to Ryan Star about things other than RS and catching Storm flash Zayra. I especially like Storm's reaction when The Wife told her that she had storms RS version of "Changes" on her ipod. It was a total blast with too many events to write here (this is already getting long.)

But like all rock n roll parties, it got a little out of hand and had to be shut down prematurely aroung half past midnight. I won't say why, but I think you can use your imagination.

It was the highlight of my trip to Vegas and I am still excited about it. Especially after going to www.rockstar.msn.com to watch the webisode of the week and seeing the Wife and I on the video clips (episode 7 part 2).

I didn't win any money in Vegas but I got to go to a party of a lifetime.

Sometimes karma is good!

WarCrack: Chronicles Of An Addict

My name is Craedus and I am an addict.

Of World of Warcraft that is. Move over Evercrack, here comes Warcrack. I was told last night by The Wife that I am a video game addict. I'd rather stay up late playing online games that to go to bed with her at 9 p.m.

What can I say? WoW is a month old for me. The Wife and I have been together for 6 years. i remember how exciting our relationship was the first few months. The wanting to be together, the butterflies, the lust...ah the good old days*. That's how I feel about WoW. I just can't get enough of it right now.

I'm blazing through a level a day and hope to be level 40 by the end of next week. I want to be able to wear plate armor and ride a mount by then. Hopefully I'll be level 60 by the time I go to Mexico.

I guy can dream can't he? Well, back to the game. I haven't played in the last 8 hours and I feel the withdrawls coming.

Craedus Stonebeard - Level 32 Dwarven Warrior


(*Just for the record I still feel that way about The Wife, but for the sake of comedy I had to write it ;)

Hot Cat On A Tin Roof

"The cat, the cat, the cat is on fire!"

Yep. It was bound to happen. A household of five cats and a wife with a candle fetish.

The Wife was lying on the couch nursing her bad knee, (she had it scoped 2 weeks ago,) when her "son" Morris came to visit. He jumped onto the coffee table (also home to a large 3 wick Partylite candle) and began to purr and meow to get The Wife's attention. It worked. As she is praising the spoiled brat, he began to wag his tail. Right across the lit candle. Poof!

I tell ya, hair burns fast.....and smelly. The Wife jumped up screaming that the cat was on fire. (yeah I know how that sounds :) She grabbed him by the base of the tail and ran her hand down its length. The flames (and I mean FLAMES) were put out quickly and everything ended without tragedy but Morris lost a big patch of hair and had his pride wounded. And boy did he pout for awhile. Of course in his mind the incident was all my fault (like everything else in the house. He sure hates his Dad.

But I guess he hasn't learned you don't mess with karma. Every hiss, every bite, every time he has attacked me while I've slept at night has added up to the Cat-Who-Started-Himself-On-Fire DAY.

"The cat, the cat, the cat is on fire! We don't have no water, let the MF burn!"

(disclaimer: no animals were harmed during the making of this blog entry)

The Twentieth And Half Again

Eldre Thalas and Mal'Ganis

I had time to play nboth servers last night. "Care Bear" and "PVP" goodness. I leveled Karianna to 10 and Craedus to 20. I found someone to enchant Craedus' Blackrock Axe to give it blue glow and a higher damage rating. It looks awesome!!!! At level 12 Karianna can get the next teir armor and at level 25 Craedus can begin wearing helmets!

I'll be on either server tonight after 10pm if anyone wants to hook up. Both chaacters are currently in the Stormwind area.

Craedus Stonebeard - Level 20 Dwarven Warrior.

I've Passed The Trial! On With The Quest!!

My World of Warcraft trial has expired.

I bought myself a retail copy of WoW and now pay a month's subscription fee. And is it worth it. WoW is by far the best Morg I've played to date. Beautiful graphics, engaging storylines and lots of items and quests to keep me busy. You can think of Wow as one part Morg, one part Diablo 2 and one part Plastation2 RPG all rolled into one. Fast paced yet enjoyable.

I currently play a 19th level Dwarven Warrior named Craedus (but of course) on the Eldre Thalas server. It's not a PVP server and, as I was told today, I've been "care bear'd" by playing a nromal BLUE server so not I am also playing one of my back-up characters Karianna, a 10th level Human Paladin on the Mal'Ganis server, which IS a PVP server!

This game is so engrossing that in the last 2 weeks I've poured a large portion of my life into both characters (in comparison to cleaning, working, eating, etc.) WoW is so much fun that I've been neglected my Xbox 360 and Quake 4.

I'm guessing that tis iwll be the best $14.95 a month that I've spent in a long time!

See you in the game!

My New Passion

WoW rox!!!!

I'm glad I let Mutt talk me into trying World of Warcraft. This s one of the best MMORGs I've played to date. Its beautiful to look at, easy to pick up and fast paced. No more hours of power leveling. There is always a new item, skill or level just around the corner to discver or earn.

If yo haven't tried WoW out yet, download the 10 day trial at Fileplanet for yourself. You'll be glad you did!

Sorry so short but I'm off to kill some more Windingos.

Craedus Stonebeard
Level 10 Dwarven Warrior

The Woes of World Of Warcraft - part 2

Ugh...

So I get the game installed. It has to patch itself. I have to download the patch (auto updater) then install it (also auto.) Then I have to create my account on the WOW website. Then when I finally log into the game I find out that at 5a.m. PST the servers will go down for 6 hours. That's about 1pm Central. Guess what? I have to work at 1pm.

Sigh.

I day of the 10 day free trial down the drain.....

The Woes Of World Of Warcraft

Ok, now I'm ready.

Mutt finally talked me into trying out World of Warcraft (and it helped that Fileplanet is offering 10 days of free trial :)
So I go to download the file. At noon I get in line (number 85) and wait. by 1pm I'm downloading...and downloading..and downloading. I have a fast connection but by 6pm I decide to play Dragon Quest 8. I went to bed at midnight accepting the fact that I'd play WoW in the morning.

I wake up early to find a 2.8 gig installer file. WOW! Anyways I go to install but find I need to unzip it first. That takes a half an hour. Then I need to install it. ANother 20 minutes there (at least I have time to read soem of the FAQ files so I don't act like a total NOOB.)

The computer is rebooting right now and I hope to finally play soon. I'll give you a little review once I get into the meat of the game.

Happy gaming!

Ho Ho Holy Crap

Christmas is over.

I pulled in a lot of loot this year. Santa Claus (a.k.a. Mom) bought me Dungeon Seige 2, Sacred Gold, Sid Meier's Pirates! (for the PC), Radiata Stories (for PS2 and Fire Emblem (for Game Cube). The rest of the family gave me $600+ in gift cards (with almost $500 for Electronic Botique.)

Once I finish Dragon Quest 8 (which is an awesome game) I'll be heading out to spend those gift cards. Yep, they are burning a hole in my pocket.

Merry Christmas to me!