(Sigh) Of course I woke up 6pm yesterday. I went to bed at 8am after staying up for two days straight.

I don't think I've ever done that before...but I must have. It's me we're talking about.

Of course, I didn't do anything epic in those 2 days. Yes, I wrote an 8 page paper in 4 hours(including research) which is new. I hope I do alright on it.

Three Exams until the worst semester ever ends. I said the last one was bad, but they're getting worse.

Anything else? Honestly I can't remember the past two days in great detail. Just sort of a coffee haze.  

I work later today and Saturday.

...*edited for Facebook*? No, not really. A little.

-Cleric 

Wow, Friday the 13th. I'm surprised more horror movies aren't being released today. I don't know what to call "Disturbia." More horror thriller than textbook horror.

Yes, I work at four but I've decided to dedicated all time up until 3(I have to get ready) to CoH. More importantly, getting Blizzard Blaster up to at least 37. I got out of debt and up to 36 yesterday/today. So I'm going to make an effort. Why? Because I'll have to spend tonight, tomorrow and Sunday on the Forensic Psych final. Monday too. Tuesday? Working. The Lt. needed it covered last week. Since I couldn't think of a reason why not to ("I'll miss House"* doesn't fly) I took it. I haven't worked a Tuesday in at least four months.

I like working Tuesdays.  

Since the Sarge put that WoW poster up in the back (I think it came with those cards we're selling) I've been tempted to put a CoX one up. At least those maps would be cool. No one else would care besides Mark and Staci.

I should check if there is a hockey game tonight. After the nail biting quadruple overtime win on Wednesday, people will want to stay home, not rent movies and watch the game. Lyon joked we'd end class early to people can get home to watch the 3rd period. Little did he know the game ended at 1. Really? Not like I actually watch hockey anymore, I just keep tabs on it so I know how hectic work will be.  

Man, Pyro was right...That Guitar Hero II Commercial does rock! He tried it today, playing Avenge Sevenfold's "Beast and the Harlot" on easy. Didn't take him too long to put it down in frustration. I'm still doing the "Facemelting Set" in Stonehenge. My wrist needs a break. My left wrist of course is finally getting a workout. My right wrist doesn't need it.

... 

Saint suggests I play with my ol' punk cuff on for effect. It's a great idea; however the bulky cuff keeps hitting the Xbox Dashboard button the guitar. It still looks awesome.

I'm hovering over the CoH server status page...Of course I can't start playing as soon as the system is up. Nope. I have to wait a bit for all the others to come. I guess I'll watch "FurtureWeapons" on Discovery. They're doing the Mp7a1 and other CQB weapons today. Nice. I was mad when I missed the one on the 6.8 SPC round. The host is badass too. Former Navy Seal always gives you mad street cred.

Wurd.

Dani would shoot me for that. 230gr .45 auto at medium distance please. That's the way to go! Dani with a Kimber**? Now I'm all excited! Yes, in that way.

Girls with guns is cliché (Even Amy Acker said it) but I don't care. It combines two of very awesome concepts.

Oh, has anyone seen that CSI style commercial for How I Met Your Mother? Awesome as well.  

I bought "Howl" from the "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club." Same album "Weight of the World" came from.

I should keep a running tab of all the Heroes I play with. I ran into "I FLING POO"***again. Yes, the name is silly but he's a good controller. Nothing better than a mob of fossilized enemies having RoA dropped on them. Did I really hear "Sorry, my poop went crazy" on the chatter? Dang.

Just to clarify for Saint: My thing for Joe Flanigan isn't sexual. I don't know what it is. So that line of questioning is inappropriate.  

Anything else? No.

Thank Goodness.

* Actually, He'd buy that one.
** It’s a brand name. Same company that makes the .45s for the LAPD Swat.
***He was in that "Burning Chicken" Pickup team. (Sigh)

For all the Non COXers. This will make NO sense. At all. Please scroll down to the end...You’ll know it when you see it….

Now, I'm not an expert in CoX. No. I know how to deal ultra mega damage as a blaster. I can scrap with the scrappers and maul the Bosses...and I'm a fair Emp Def because it's simply "shooting at heroes with ultra mega healing." I can't understand any other Def category. I can tank fairly well after watching hundreds of tanks do it well. Monk and Canadian Girl stand out as the better tanks.

I don't get controllers. None of their sets match. I have to get Staci to explain them to me one day.

Needless to say, after work....which was alright, I watched "The Last King of Scotland." I logged on to CoH for a while. I ran with a great little team and one of the best Emp Defs I have ever seen. Ever see Fortitude with a blaster? The other blaster was shocked that I was RoA Nuking entire mobs of minions. It was awesome.

I took a break and came back to play with Staci with our new dual: Jackson Azzurro and Mary Reckham. A controller/Tanker combo isn't the most damage dealing team but we survive and get the job done. I love to watch Staci turns Bosses/Lt's against the minions while I mop up the rest.

Long story short, we ended up on this fairly large team doing scanner mishs in KR. Staci and I spent the night with 2 others, a southern gentleman Emp/Energy Def and an Earth/Storm controller who was a little bossy at times. She was alright compared to the next group we teamed up with....2 matching Fire/Fire blasters and a Fire Tank who was the most shit tank I have seen in my 2 weeks of tanking. One fire blaster would charge into the mix, fire off a round and get mauled. Chaos would ensure. If it wasn't for our gentleman Def(and some impressive debuffing/holding from the bossy earth controller) we'd all be doomed.

While it was somewhat fun(I enjoy being the best of my archetype on big teams) and I shouldn't complain how people spend their 15 bucks a month, but learn to play the fuckin' game so the others can enjoy it. No one enjoys Leroy Jenkins'. Yes, it's a WoW thing, but CoX doesn't have that culture behind it yet.

Oh, playing CoH with parts of the Spiderman II Soundtrack? Awesome. Especially those instrumental bits.

I'll tag this with Staci so she can add her slant on the night.

*edited for Facebook* and it seemed like a good idea, but it was a moment where I almost began to consider the idea. Like I've said before, that's at least 10 steps away from actually doing anything.

END

Yes, I am a nerd. Sue me.

Anything else? Today is just...ugh. Monday Exam Prep. Tuesday Exam Prep/Work. Wednesday Exam. Thursday? I'll get back to you on that.

-Cleric

Oh, if it would make me stop I would, but *edited for facebook* and yeah. It gets a little creepy.

Those are so vague I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore.

I didn't want to wake up today. I fought it for as long as I could. I got up at 7 PM. You heard me. O1900 hours. Yep.

I played some CoH with Mark and Staci. I don't seem to do anything else these days. I just can't play with Blizz Exemplared so far down. I can't do anything and I get frustrated. I'll bring out one of many other characters to tear it up with. I'll make one of each Archetype.

Tanker: Jackson Azzurro*: Invul/Energy
Scrapper: The Daeva Diva and Arthur X: Dark/Dark and Katana/Invul respectively. Controller: I'll get back to you on that one
Defender: Madison Cross and KidHotShot: Emp/Sonic and Trick Arrow/Arch
Blaster: Blizzard Blaster: Arch/Ice
Peacebringer: I've been thinking of calling her "Celestial Celene" or "Constellation Girl." Most PBs I've see have astronomy related names. I have some time to think about it.

I don't have any pictures of the defenders yet, but Cross is a female Cat demon in a trench coat and HotShotKid is a catholic schoolgirl sidekick for Blizz. Whoa, what have I been smoking? Whatever it is, I should sell it and make millions. It's tripping me right out.

We also BPed today and poorly think-tanked Mark's new Fiction idea. I know the point of a think-tank is to collaborate with others, but you can't have Staci and me in the same room and expect organized and relevant feedback...Unless we're working. Even then it's suspect.

But to sum up what I thought about it so Mark might be able to use it in the future.

1. You need projectile weapons, no lasers...but worrying about restocking in another galaxy might be a problem. You won't be able to get 155mm AP/Incendiary MRS guns and MK VIII LYCAT missiles** in the Andromeda galaxy. The solution would be having the Spartan be retrofitted to a more common caliber, perhaps the widely known and used 145mm AP Sparks-Arbiter cannon with an Incendiary options package and UC V2.3 Saber Missiles

2. Create a good slang dialect, especially if you are in a military setting. Think of new derogatory nicknames the Navy personnel can call the Marines and vice versa. Also create nicknames for the weapon system that correspond to a proper military designation. Marines must each have a somewhat insulting, if not fitting nickname for each other. Watch "Band of Brothers" to get a sense of this.

3. The second in command MUST sacrifice himself for the leading Lt… MUST!

4. Power Relays MUST explode in series.  

5. Fighter ships aren't mandatory, but that doesn't mean you can't refer to them.

That's all I can remember. The only thing I'm good at writing are weapon systems.  

 I'll probably study for Forensic Psych Today.

Saint is over. I think she just watched "The Last King of Scotland" upstairs. Of course, I played CoH for a few hours.

 (Sigh)

Blizz is pushing 37. Getting to 40 will take a while, but once you're there...it's only TEN lvls to 50!   

Anything else?

*edited for facebook* but it will be a while before I can come to terms with it. Oh, speaking of *edited for facebook*...Britany is a psychic and I'm sorry she saw that coming. Saint is more in The Firm loop than I am some days.

-Cleric-  

*Azzurro is blue in Italian. That’ll explain the look.
** MRS= Magnetic Rail Shells
     LYCAT=Low yield concussive/atomic tactical. When I say low yield, it simply means the radiation will not linger around a target site.
     UC=Unified Colonies…feel free to use any of these acronyms.

(sigh) What am I doing up? I should be studying for the forensic psych final and getting ready for work. Well, maybe not the second one at this hour, but I should be doing something else than planning my PB.

You heard me.

Planning my PB.

You don't have to know what that means. All you need to know it's a gigantic waste of my time. I have to type up notes for other courses and send those off to people. I don't really care, they simply assumed I would and never really asked.

Hmmm.

FYI, I'm doing Human/Dwarf form simply because I think the Nova is a waste of slots if I have enough blasting moves in my human form. I also want to explore the tanking side of PBs. I didn't ask which way Mark was going. He already took Nova last time I checked. I want Dwarf because I know how hard it is to find tankers and it would be nice to be able to tank for myself...

I need to get a life.

*edited for facebook* isn't really a way out of what I'm doing now, but it's a side-road...that leads back here. Damn. You know there was a moment where I considered *Oh snap edit* with *edited for facebook* but I gave my standard answer...the one I've been giving for years. I could do it now, I just don't want to. Saint hasn't said which side of the debate she's on. Sure, Saint will agree with whatever I say in regards to *Edited for facebook* and has been a great source of information, but she never said what my final goal is. I know what my final goal should be. It's pretty stupid and fairly long term, but it would be cool. I think I'm doing this just because nothing happened with Dani. Speaking of Dani, 63:23 in the Sun Run...that's awesome...she must have ran the whole thing. Or at least, that's what I gained from reading the paper and knowing an average of Sun Run times, not like the girl talks to me anymore. 

Good Ol' Cognitive dissonance: When what happens/happened doesn't match with what you thought would happen/happened.

That's what messed me up in high school with the Skankasaurous(i'm feeling mean today) and I think that's what happened this time. I should go to the clinic, but I don't want a new dealer. My other one is out of the game...and I wouldn't mind to talk to a professional everynow and then. No, not one of those "Pay a hooker to talk" professionals, but an actual Ph.D. I'll stay way from the M.Ds. Way too eager to take the pharmaceutical route. Just the drugs and no talking. I like talking. I like hearing myself say witty things.

*edited for facebook* a couple days ago. I even think it could have been yesterday, like I can remember when I'm in that mood.  

I'm looking at all the research and I can't tell if a human PB with all of them nifty toggle shields on will maintain those toggle shields on when he/she jumps into that oh-so-awesome Dwarf form...wouldn't that be awesome? A hulking juggernaut of hurt with 3+ def toggles maxed out. Yum, I don't tank that much but I enjoy it. Not as much as blasting, but with a PB you can do both. I think you can have all those toggles on...but things like fitness don't stick. I'll play my PB in human to blast (just like Blizz) and change it up to the dwarf if I need to tank in a pinch.

Done and Done. I'm going to go rethink my existence. Too bad I can't give this *edited for facebook* thing a week long ultimatum like I've done with other problems. This is long term.

-Cleric 

I should ask Staci what the exact Heroes Count is at. She's on CoH right now anyway. I'm taking a break. Blizz is three bubs into 37 and Daeva Diva can fly now. I can't wait until Issue Nine where you can choose different flying poses.

One thing I'm good at is learning as I go. If I attend a class I will take at least 80% of the information which I can recall after a two to three hours study period. This is why I don't really need to study hard. Of course, this skill only applies to interesting courses. (sigh)

So Forensic Psych exam is done. Police Deviance is next on the block this Tuesday back to back with Abnormal Psych on Wednesday.  

I picked up a shift today. If I can't think of a good reason I say no I don't. I could have gotten away with "exam prep" but like I'd study for it anyway. At least it's an easy close with Britany on a playoff night. :D

Speaking of work. I do enjoy working Tuesday nights. I arrived 1.5 hours early for two reasons. I wanted to get out of the house and *edited for facebook.* Yes, Laugh at me for that one. I deserve it. If there's anything I know, its Weapons...especially Sci-Fi Marine units. You have to go back to WWII to write Future marines. I don't know why, its cooler that way I suppose. So apparently I'm in control of Mark's Marine Platoon aboard the Spartan.

NICE!

I KNOW!

Man, I wrote a banger of an entry yesterday but I refreshed the page near the end. I was quite upset. This one has some of the same elements, but the rest are lost in time and space.

I rented LA Confidential on Tuesday. I saw 1/3 of it on TV and picked up the rest. Awesome. I enjoy Russell Crowe beating people up. I don't think he's acting. They just let him go to work on everyone around him. Poor Danny Devito. Poor Guy Pearce. At least that's not the worst thing to happen to the man. How about anterograde amnesia. I might rent that tomorrow. Or "Usual Suspects." We'll see.

Oh, the cause of my depression(yes, I know it doesn't need a cause, but this is the diathesis) my good friend Cognitive Dissonance. I haven't read the journals and it probably doesn't read directly to depression, but it's probably the final stressor that triggers it.  That's what happened in High school anyway. I have a feeling it was probably Dani...because what I thought would happen didn't happen.  I think it was explained to me back in the day with a photo album analogy. I'm probably using Cognitive Dissonance wrong anyway. It's not a Crim term. Pure Psych.

I have to stop taking Psych courses. They’re not as fun as they used to be.

*edited for facebook* It wavers. Sometimes it's "Alright, awesome" others it's "Oh, Fuck Off!" I'm somewhere in between right now. It's because I'm tired and I don't want to stay up. Maybe here is where the dissonance lies. I know I can't do anything about *edited for facebook* and if I did it would like to dire consequences, but I want to in the worst way. I have to rethink the cognition so they sync up. Oh, I don't think you want me to do that.

I have a sweet PB/WS Arc once I hit 50. Ready? I'll use my two mains: Blizzard Blaster who is inside "Melissa Reiss'" body. Nick Copelin (my villain and main protagonist in everything else I write) goes off after her with a stolen Longbow rifle (for those who don't know: BIG GUN) and a Dark Magic charm he received from a source. He starts hearing Melissa's voice telling him to do whatever he can to get her back. He kills, he maims and he corrupts. Tear Assing across Paragon, one night he corners Blizz who he proceeds to systematically destroy with a flurry of bullets, choking Dark Magic and his bare fists. Blizz is battered and bruised. Her back up (Scarlett Sun and Standup Demon) are stuck in a black hole (Dark Miasma set people…look it up!).

Nick raises his rifle for a headshot as she pleads for forgiveness (come on, he's a villain! he's suppose to be evil!) Nick is interrupted by a Kheldian who says it can bring Melissa back to him, Blizz must give up the body. Tired of all the pain she caused Nick and everyone else, she relents. The Kheldian merges with the body and pulls Melissa's essence back from the "void." She awakes in Nick's arms. They smile for a moment and all the dark magic disappears. Scarlett and Hurricane are released from the blackhole and they proceed to pummel and burn Nick. Nick explodes in a dark magic rage and directs all the charm's power towards the two heroes. With the Charm powers depleted and the heroes subdued (come on, it's hard to beat those two) Nick's body begins to break down. The months using such power magic has been rotting him from the inside. He passes out in Melissa's arms.

They bring him to the hospital where it is discovered the charm is of Circle of Thorns origin. It is not a dark magic charm, but a mind control one. The CoT were controlling Nick the entire time feeding on his need for revenge causing him to do terrible things. Paragon Courts rule Nick NCRDMI (Not Criminally Responsible Due to Magical Influence) and let him go. Still, close to death, Duncan Frasier, a friend from Nick's past visits him and says he can help. Duncan was transferred from the Vancouver Undercover unit to Paragon and is now part of the Awakened Division of the PPD. Nick becomes a host to a Nictus. Nick gets on the PPD payroll as a Warshade.

On the flip side, Melissa still retains some of Iona's memories of being a hero and is compelled to continue the fight. Melissa joins the ranks of the Peacebringers.  Neither of them tells the other, but each can sense a difference. They live a happy life together until one night they stumble upon each other. BTW, Nick is usually a Nova Warshade and Melissa is a Dwarf PB. Pause of the irony if you get it.

What makes things ever cooler, despite the fact Melissa and Nick are in love, the Kheldian and Nictus each are bonded with used to be mortal enemies....

Man, I need a break. Yes, I know the Kheldian coming from nowhere is a little Deus Es Machina, but I don’t care. I’ll probably hit 50 by June.

Done and Done.

-Cleric 

You know, when you work 2 weekday playoff shifts a "slow" friday seems completely hectic. I managed. Yay for me.

Britany is right. I have a psychological need to have a crush a someone at all times. High school was the skansaurous. Post High School was Jenny. Post Anthro was Dani. Post Anthro lasted through an actual relationship and now we're in the Post Dani phase which is *edited for facebook* That is so logical I wish I came up with it. Very few people have that insight like Britany. Here's hoping I get off the crush wagon so we don't have a post *edited for facebook* phase. *edited for facebook*

How did that not made me? I have the undercover syndrome where I want to get made just end it all.

I got onto a couple pretty cool teams on Thursday night. The first being a mini Respec Team which did very well. Not like the lower lvl skyraiders were difficult, but the number did overwhelm us once.

Controller, tanker, scrapper and me with Bliz.

I used the respec and ditched frozen fists + chilling embrace for Aim and frozen touch. Now with an array of ice moves, I'm almost a Blastroller. I can slow down the mobs of minions, nuke them, then attempt to freeze the Lt./Boss so the others can bring him down.

The second team was running my Crey Mishes. 2 scrappers, 2 blasters and a sonic Def. When the broadsword scrapper shouted "FOR SPARTA" I had to follow with "my arrows will blot out the sun!" I should keybind that to RoA for kicks.

Well. A Canuck loss in the playoff is bittersweet for me. If they get out now, then I'll never have a playoff shift again until next year. If they win, it's settled in 3 or so game and I have fewer playoff shifts between the rounds.

Yesterday. A Loss. Monday? I'm not working.

But today. I don't know what today is going to bring. I'm going to dwell on yesterday with a bit of today. Notice that I am up at four. I actually have a good reason this time.

Brett called a party and as of hour 4 or so of my shift I wasn't too eager to go. A DLK can do that. I ended up going with some prompting. Ha, some prompting. I picked up a six pack of Sleeman which I shared but I somehow ended up having three and one of Mike's. Count that out now, Four Beers. Now I've been able to build up a slight resistance to the beers, so unlike the Christmas Party I will not mention I can remember what happened. However, for my own safety and that of my fellow co-workers/friends I'm not going to say much except: 

PANDA PANDA AWESOME POSSUM!  

Except some crazy drunken *cleric* videos and slideshows on Youtube. There are so many things to posts, it's the perfect time.

Really, you guys suck sometimes. Can't a drunk *cleric* do hilarious things without it being filmed.

No? Damn.  

Saint rode shotgun on the party. I showed her a cool "mind movie" trick with my Ipod and it worked out well.

Oh Jonathan Coulton, is there anything you can't do? The amount of facial hair the man has reminds me of the Lt. By concentrated power of will alone they could grow a full beard in a matter of moments.  

I hope the Lt. is having fun in Disneyland with his....XO? I wouldn't know how to refer to her in code. I'll work on it. Rank speaking, they're both Lt.s of different Firm Cells. Note, in my view we're becoming less and less like cells. We had a ringer today and he was awesome compared to every other ringer I've ever worked with. The total must be three in my career though.

Career? Ugh. Nope.

*edited for facebook*? I'll throw it in here just to make sure it gets mentioned in case I need to refer to the night together later on. Even Saint thought it was obvious and I need a better text messaging plan if we're ever going to run a covert op in the middle of a party. At least I've learned how to text way faster. Of course, I'm not Jack Bauer who can type 90WPM on his phone.

Whoa.

Saint is spending the night again. She's upstairs watching "Deja-vu." We're planning to catch a late showing of “Hot Fuzz.”

Unless. Staci did say Heroes is on Tonight. This is odd. I think she has some cable box that gets a satellite feed. I think Saint will understand.

....

It IS Heroes we're talking about here. Saint and I can watch it Monday with my mum like we always do. I'll just stick by my phone today and hope Staci recovers better than I do from the party.

What? What did you think I was going to say?

 Seriously. What?

Done? Done. CoH + Sandwich and I'll see if I want to go to bed.

-Cleric