The Comic
It’s true–it’s been far too long since a new comic has gone up. I hope you all enjoy this return to updating which features a volcano, a UFO which could easily be mistaken for a party balloon, and a suspiciously devilish butcher’s knife.

The Living
The flurry of paperwork I’ve been buried under is starting to dissipate. There will be much rejoicing when it’s finally finished. Within a week of this post I’ll be changing gears from “training for a job” to “looking for a job.”
To all of you engaged in the college lifestyle: Good luck on the final exams and papers which are imminent.
To all of you engaged in the secondary school lifestyle: Enjoy your last months of classes.
To all of you engaged in the work world: Happy Saturday.

The Gaming
I reluctantly beat Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2 this past week. I say reluctantly because I could see the last mission coming and didn’t want the campaign to be over. Overall, I think the game has some incredible strengths and not a lot of weaknesses. What it needs most is some expansion packs to keep people interested, and an ability to bring in your own squads when joining someone else’s co-op game.

I still haven’t gotten around to installing the cable modem, but I did get very distracted trying to convince Starcraft to allow two people (playing from the same router) to play with other people on battle.net without a set and wholly unacceptable amount of lag. I became a detective of sorts in search of the solution to this most heinous crime being committed by Starcraft and its accomplice battle.net. I bought a switch (distinct from my router). I read through pages of internet slag, sifting for tech-support gold. But alas, it’s just as I suspected all along. The case is unsolvable.

The Comic
Facebook serves a useful purpose, but when I read a series of status updates from someone which followed the tale of a lost set of keys over five or six updates I realized that perhaps technological “marvels” like Twitter, Facebook, and AIM, had gone just a tad too far. Telling folks events of great importance is worthwhile communication. Telling them step-by-step about your Bacchanalian revelries as they happen is less worthwhile. If you find yourself doing this, you clearly have a job waiting for you in the broadcast journalism arena.

The Living
I’ve had (and still have) a lot of paperwork this weekend. At the time I’m preparing this post to go up, I’ve still got probably two days worth of paperwork ahead of me. Wish me luck.

The Gaming
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2 is a lot of fun. It’s unlike almost any other game I’ve played and resembles a cross between Myth (not to be confused with Myst) and Warcraft 3. It’s plot looks like Starcraft’s, but there’s no resource gathering and no wave after wave of troops to send at your enemies (though they will send wave after wave of troops at you!). After I’m done with this mess of paperwork I hope to have time to play it for more than 20 minutes. One further development is that in the very near future my domicile will have an increased internet speed (finally). I’ve been waiting for this upgrade for quite some time so that I can return to playing Left 4 Dead, World at War, and Team Fortress 2. When will then be now? Soon.

–Evhelm

The Site
Here we go! For those of you who didn’t read the last post, there’s a new organization at work!

The Comic
English is (as you might suspect) a constant source of intrigue and interest for me. The “bathroom” is one of the last vestiges of formal, polite society left to the language; thank God. I could do with a little more formality on occasion–especially when it saves us from having to go to the urinatorium. Having said that, I wish someone would come up with a traditional-sounding verb for “sexual intercourse” that didn’t need a helper verb (“having sex”) or exist as a blunt, crass curse (the “F” word). Since you cannot “sex” someone it seems as though another verb is needed to convey that particular experience.
The Living
I spent a good deal of time yesterday working with my family and trying to streamline some of their computer needs. I’m not an overly tech-savvy person–which should tell you something about the technical skills of my parents. Alynne, my parents, and I played a game of Settlers of Catan last night as well. It was the first game of Settlers we’ve played in probably four months and we had fun with it.

The Gaming
I beat Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 since the last posting. Once again: impressive and enjoyable. At Frozen and AzureFire’s behests I am looking into the single-player demo of Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2. I’ll give a full report on it once I’ve played it.

–Evhelm