The Journal of Mors Indutus

...according to this online poll.

Who You Should Vote For

Ron Paul: 60% Barack Obama: 53% John McCain: 40% Hillary Clinton: 33% Mike Huckabee: 27% Who you agree with on the war in Iraq: Ron Paul Who you agree with on the economy: Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Ron Paul Who you agree with on health care: Barack Obama Who you agree with on taxes: Mike Huckabee Who you agree with on abortion: Ron Paul Who you agree with on gay rights: Ron Paul and John McCain

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I Am A: Chaotic Good Human Wizard (3rd Level)


Ability Scores:

Strength-11

Dexterity-13

Constitution-15

Intelligence-16

Wisdom-11

Charisma-11


Alignment:
Chaotic Good A chaotic good character acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations. He hates it when people try to intimidate others and tell them what to do. He follows his own moral compass, which, although good, may not agree with that of society. Chaotic good is the best alignment you can be because it combines a good heart with a free spirit. However, chaotic good can be a dangerous alignment because it disrupts the order of society and punishes those who do well for themselves.


Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.


Class:
Wizards are arcane spellcasters who depend on intensive study to create their magic. To wizards, magic is not a talent but a difficult, rewarding art. When they are prepared for battle, wizards can use their spells to devastating effect. When caught by surprise, they are vulnerable. The wizard's strength is her spells, everything else is secondary. She learns new spells as she experiments and grows in experience, and she can also learn them from other wizards. In addition, over time a wizard learns to manipulate her spells so they go farther, work better, or are improved in some other way. A wizard can call a familiar- a small, magical, animal companion that serves her. With a high Intelligence, wizards are capable of casting very high levels of spells.


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Want to be a xray technician?

Well, it wasn't the worst birthday I ever had (parts of it were quite pleasant, unlike my birthday in 4th grade where I got sand in my eye...) but having a cold/allergies/whatever caused my throat to feel like I've swallowed steel wool does not make for a pleasant experience. At least my throat is feeling better today, although it's developed into a rather nasty cough and for a while this afternoon my voice sounded like a frog with throat cancer. Thank God I'm not working in Tech Support anymore. Having to talk on the phone with this would have sucked copious amounts of balls. Think when I get home it'll be time to pop a few benedryls and take a nap.

In other news, only about a week and a half till the wedding. Very much looking forward to the wedding, and the subsequent week of vacation which will be the first time I've had an entire week off since the summer of '05.

This is not the greatest car in the world.
This is just a Tribute.

I felt something. Like the voices of millions of dutch genes cried out in panic and were suddenly silenced. I feel spending a ton of money has happened...


In related news, I have the tickets purchased for the honeymoon. That's one big thing checked off the list. Wheeee!

I'd been noticing some squeaking coming from my driver's side the last few weeks, so when I got my oil changed last night, I was hoping it wasn't anything too serious. What with the wedding coming up in under 2 months, any extra expense is not welcome. Turns out it was my brake-pads being worn down to almost nothing. Which unfortunately wouldn't hold out till mid-October, so I had to have them replaced. Thankfully, they gave me a discount. Come November, I'll probably have to replace the tires. The first year I owned the car, I didn't have any problems driving (I bought the car in January) but last year I had a few times where I lost traction and spun out. Probably get a set of snow-tires for the winter. Expensive, but not as expensive as replacing a car.

Anyone who thinks that a car is an asset has never had to pay for repairs. It may be a necessity in this day and age, but it is a definite money-pit. This car has been relatively problem free since it's a Toyota and I bought it new. Even with the few minor things that needed replacing and tuning and balancing, it's definitely in the financial liability column. Thankfully, my car is much less of a liability than some people's cars. (I'm looking at you SUVs.) My car gets great gas mileage and has, all things considered, been relatively problem-free. Investing a bit of money here and there to keep it from becoming a major liability is well worth it.

Maintenance is always cheaper in the long run than major repairs. Of course, most people only look at the short term, and that's why we have Minnesota Bridges Falling down, falling down, falling down... (I'm going to hell for that, aren't I?)

-I'm really starting to loath getting up in the morning. I can't seem to get my ass to bed before midnight, and getting up around 7 every morning means not enough sleep. But I've complained about my tiredness every day for the last week, so I think I'll just leave it to you to assume I'm tired from here on out. Yep, unless I say otherwise, assume I'm exhausted.

-Costco has exactly one (1) pair of black pants in my size. Believe me, I checked through them all. Oh well, they'll do. I'll have something to wear to my sister's wedding on Saturday at least. Have to go pick up the vest and shirt tonight after work. Fun!

-Today is going by way, way too slow.

Ugh. I didn't sleep well last night and with it being so dreary today, I'm having trouble staying awake. I need more upbeat stuff on my ipod. I've been listening to the Chrono Trigger soundtrack most of the day. It's good background music since I don't really have much attention to spare. Need to focus!

This Game isn't helping. Damn you BBrian and your hellishly addicting links!

I am exhausted today. Got back from Traverse City last night, didn't get enough sleep. Traverse City was fun as usual, just not terribly relaxing. I spent the entire trip tired for some reason or other. I think the main reason was the lack of shade in the room. Once the sun is up, so are you. We're a step or two closer to being done with the wedding preparations as well. Invites should be going out very soon.

In other news, being the ball in a game of customer support tennis isn't much fun. 6 volleys and I almost got to the right person. Almost. The ball was out!

"I'll just transfer this call over to that other department and hope like hell they don't transfer it back to me. They might be able to help him ...but I doubt it."

Lately I have taken to throwing up the horns whenever I drive past a local business called "Best Metal Products." I find this endlessly amusing.

I went and got fitted for a tux last night. It was relatively painless. The sales guy was really cool, didn't pressure me into anything, it went far better than I anticipated. I'm not really sure WHAT I was anticipating, but it was better. Turned out to be a bit more expensive than I would have liked, but I think they'll look really good. Plus, everything down to the socks is included, so it's not really that expensive. Just more than what my dutch genes would like.

I'm going to try and update this journal more often. As time allows of course.

To give you an indication of how much I need coffee this morning, I left my coffee in the car and had to go back for it. That's how much I need coffee.

Had this song stuck in my head all this morning. Such a good album. I should check and see if Dave has put out any more Pedro the Lion albums. I have 5 of them and they're all good.

"Are you an angel now? Or a vulture?"

Help save power! Go emo!

Woo hoo! I'm getting upgraded to Minion status! Job comes with a nice raise and I won't have to answer phones anymore! At least not calls from customers! Happy day! I truly have much to be thankful for.

I've been relatively happy lately, but I swear the world around me is getting more and more emo. My ipod has bee choosing almost exclusively indie/emo music while I was driving around last night and again this morning. The word of the day is "Disconsolate" and one of the quotes of the day is from Randy K Millholland (Author of "Something Positive," quite possibly the most cynical and depressing webcomic in existence.)

I think the world needs to cheer the f*ck up!

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Mors' quote of the day:

"I've shoved so much sunshine up my ass in the last 3 months that I've started shitting rainbows."

You Are 89% Burned Out

You are extremely burned out. You work too hard, and you're not getting the results you deserve. It's time for a life change, as soon as you can manage it. You're giving away most of your energy to something you don't even enjoy.

deincarnate asked us to post the happiest and the saddest song we could think of.

Saddest: June 18, 1976 by Pedro the Lion

Happiest: Dandelions by Five Iron Frenzy. (It always brings tears to my eyes when I hear it, it's that happy.)

What's yours?