Nov 282017
Carja
Nov 272017
Greeting Programs! Time for another blog!
I won my first Star Wars Destiny tournament on Saturday! Granted there were only five players and one was a beginner, but it still counts! I rolled out a Sabine/Rebel Commando deck that was able to generate huge damage rolls. The first game was pretty decisive. The second was tighter and I barely squeaked out the third against the beginner (which is why my tournament win counts). He was using one of the extra decks I brought with me which featured Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos. Ironically, it was the deck I thought was the weakest, but it’s the one he wanted to play. The most important is he had fun and wants to get into the game. So yeah bay-bee!
I went from the tournament to an evening of gaming with some friends from work. We played until past two in the morning and had a really good time. Surprisingly in all that time, we only managed to play three games: Sheriff of Nottingham, Tournament at Camelot and Pina Pirata. It was my first time playing Tournament at Camelot and I don’t think I did a great job of explaining and I know I got things wrong, but I know enough to say that it’s an interesting game that I’ll need to try again, playing correctly.
Sunday was Imperial Assault day. I won the first mission and lost the second by a pretty slim margin. That’s two losses now, which I’m okay with. I’ve been waiting for it to happen and now it’s happened. I’m actually really surprised by how well I’ve done. The day continued with some Hero Realms before moving to Lords of Waterdeep and Dragonfire, so all in all another charged weekend of gaming.
On the heels of a weekend with little sleep, I was paying for it today at work. But I regret nothing!
Whoops! Got distracted by a notification of the Sesame Street Stranger Things parody and now it’s time for Raw. I’ll probably feel asleep before the main event as usual. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.
Nov 252017
Not forgetting today. Nope! I’m posting this on time! Yay!
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper is my all-time favorite wrestler. The first time I saw him was upon his return from hiatus following Wrestlemania 2. He promised to defeat a journeyman wrestler (polite way of describing one of the wrestlers who always loses) with one hand tied behind his back. And then he did it. He was being solidly cheered. I had no idea that a year earlier he was one of the most hated men in wrestling. However, as is so often the case, eventually you just get so good at being bad that people start to cheer for you and they had to turn Roddy from heel to face. Looking back, I believe that his heel work was stronger than his work as a face, but people loved him too much to ever really turn him back. One of my best memories is going to Montreal for a wrestling card at the Forum (when there was still a Forum) to see Piper wrestle live. It was a special “one-time-only” appearance after he had “retired” so I assumed it would be my only chance to ever see him. He unretired a year or so later but it did ultimately end up being the only time I saw him live. I’m sad that I’ll never get to see him in person again. RIP Hot Rod!
Here’s Todrick as “Rowdy” Toddy Piper. Colouring and shading the kilt was the least fun part as I don’t use masks so I had to carefully erase the white lines after each step. Although it occurs to me now I could have simply redrawn the white lines overtop the shading. Ha! Live and learn!
Here’s a comparison to the original piece. The proportions of the original piece are off, but I feel I really captured Roddy’s pose from the picture I was using as a model. It doesn’t come through quite as strongly in the new piece, though overall it’s a stronger picture.
That’s all for this week. I don’t know that I saved the best for last (I’m torn between Deema as Hawk or Sass as Warrior for that honor), but I wanted to close out this portion with my favorite wrestler so there you have it. Next Friday is the first of December and I’ll be stepping away from the wrestling theme until after Christmas. You’ll get to see who Skitter and Chae dress up as in January. Next week, we start some Christmas flashbacks!
Nov 242017
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