Frostfell!

I love Frostfell :) Especially since I don't have to work on anything but the little book for the quest reward, I can relax and enjoy the festivities.

Last year was our first Frostfell and it was a lot of fun. Liz does a fantastic job of coming up with and fleshing out goofy ideas! This year, it seems even more fun and I found myself staying late at the office tonight to get in a few more rounds of harvesting so I can make some fireplaces and stuff for our happy homes. I spent a good couple of days on this activity as well as the McSroogle quest (so I can get a copy of my book again this year) and I haven't even scratched the surface of all the things to do!

Liz also bought us a home to share in Qeynos Harbor so we would could unload our Frostfell goodies closer to the center of activity. Earlier today we snuck in one of her Freeport characters with an inventory of home decor items and I followed her through the area, rezzing her every time a guard killed her. I believe she was down to 20% on her armor before we were safely within the new digs.

Oddly enough, every time she died, she attracted a small crowd of onlookers. These are probably the same folks that slow down when driving past accidents on the freeway. It was kind of funny...and I felt somewhat like a traitor to my city every time I brought her back to life and told her to run for it!

Maybe it was a good thing I was online so late as Matt messaged me from Singapore. We've been kind of wondering where he's gotten to, since he had a pretty aimless vacation plan. Last we'd heard, he'd gotten stranded in Tibet. But no, apparently he's doing fine other than slicing open his big toe and annoying the folks at the hostel as he dripped blood through their common rooms. It was good to hear from him.

Success!

Been trying to post for the past couple of days, but Blogger has insisted my directory doesn't exist. Haven't touched anything that looks like a directory lately, so I suspect it's really that Blogger wants me to switch to their beta release and I am stubbornly refusing to do so.

After searching through various forums about blogger issues, I finally found a post that provided the solution for my ftp issues, though apparently other folks still can't ftp to their external sites. I had to add a period to my ftp pathname. Go figure...it worked without one since 2001, but now apparently wants to go all uterine and require a period. Whatever.

This is a low-key weekend, just hanging out and being quiet. Went to the company party on Friday, mostly to check out the Museum of Natural History. I hate to say I was underwhelmed by it; maybe they'd locked up some of the rooms to keep drunken party-goers from ruining displays. It seemed awfully small and disappointing, though. I had a tonic water, said hello to a couple of other devs and their dates, then left. Never did run into Broos, presuming he was there, so it's a good thing I didn't bring along any chocolate shortbread for him.

Chris is in Hawaii with my sister and niece for U2/Pearl Jam. I have to go swipe Barb's car later to pick them all up at the airport tonight. They'd best all be bringing me napples! =)

Later today I'm going to Solana Beach to visit a shop that I've been curious to see ever since one of our artists mentioned it to me: Leaping Lotus. That will be followed by a date with another internet dude (Project Boyfriend continues) before I pick up the family and return them home.