I was going to make this post about the Year of BrikWar Award Show we had last night. But I find that I want to wait just a bit to get access to Shaun's presentation slideshow. There's stuff on it I want to reference and I think it'll be worth the wait.

In other news we got new phones. I got a black Razor, and Tine is getting a sliver. It's a wicked step up from my old Nokia, which was kerosene-powered, I believe. Seriously, the old phone feels like it weighs about 4 pounds compared to the new one. Full color, flip screen, camera and all kinds of bells, whistles and Rube Goldberg machines. Nice.

Tomorrow night is the long-awaited Year of BrikWars Award Show. I'm getting a bit antsy. Mostly because I still have a couple of minor things left to do and I'm always afraid I'm going to forget something.

What sucks is that I have to have everything ready-to-go tonight, because once I leave in the morning, I ain't coming back. Whatever makes it to my car in the AM is it.

So, Shaun and I have a running list online that I keep checking. I think it'll be okay. Unlike other things, what I have left is actually minor. But I don't have a container for the awards themselves yet. And I have so much to bring, including a video camera. Because this level of dorkdom requires video proof. 

We've got an opening montage, a slideshow and the awards themselves. I can't believe how all-out we're going for this. I can't believe how like fools we are going to look. I can't believe I thought this was a good idea. I should never have said anything to Shaun. 

Shaun's like that little devil on my shoulder, telling me everything is a good idea. My problem is I have no angel on the other to counter.

Well March is off to a bang, isn't it? I meant to post something on March 1st --anything, really. Because I want to get back into the swing of posting here after a dismal showing in February. I posted 10 times last month. Even being the shortest month of the year, that's less than half. Heck, it's almost a solid third. 

So I'm writing this to force myself to post something today, before things start to get away from me. 

Spring is almost here, although Winter has decided to make an eleventh-hour appearance of late. It has been very cold the last week. I'm sure it's normal for this time of year, but compared to the temperature of the last two months, it's been positively sub-zero. Then it snowed again last night. Nothing major, but enough to be annoying. My car fish-tailed all over the place on the way home, especially on the side-streets off the main roads. Hell, I backed into my driveway, threw the car in park and the car just slid out of the driveway, like a sled being pushed. And the incline of my driveway is probably less than twenty-degrees. I'm not kidding, it took me three tries to get the car to stay put. 

What else... I've been listening to a whole slew of different podcasts. Stuff that's setting off my Dorky Nostalgia Clock early this year. Normally Spring brings it out, but too many RPG podcasts, Dragon's Landing, Roll 2d6, All Games Considered, and a couple of others have me seriously jonesing for some good old, table-top, role playing. I've got more to say on that, but I'm waiting until my ducks are in a row. 

Speaking of podcasts, I'm finally getting my Hometown Tales down to a manageable level. I had stopped listening sometime in November when things started to get hectic and, because it's one of my favs, I couldn't just jump right back in; I had to listen to them in order. But the backlog was getting denser as the weeks dragged on. I finally started in on it last week, I think I had over 25 to get through and now I'm finally down to three. 

Of course, now I feel like I've been living with those guys. 

TheBoy had his birthday last week, but we're really celebrating it this Saturday with the family. He's 4 and all he wants to do is play video games. He really is my kid. 

I bought him the Lego Star Wars game a couple of weeks ago (okay, it wasn't just for him). But it turns out to be a very good game for him. There's only a very few things that are hard for him to do --one of which is keeping us from completing Episode III-- but you can't exactly loose at the game. When characters "die" the fall apart in base Lego parts and then reappear. You are penalized each time in the form of pips that you've collected. But even if you run out, you can still keep coming back. 

There are different minifigs for the characters, the whole thing has a feel like you're playing with Lego out in the backyard. Each level has different characters, all in Lego. Jar-Jar, Anikan, Obi-Wan, and then others, Stormtroopers, Jango Fett, most of the droid army, etc. In fact, there's a ton of characters in the game and most act differently, especially in combat (Yoda being the worst for just walking with a lightsaber --it's more like he's having an epileptic fit). Once you complete a level, you can go back through it using any character you've unlocked, which is pretty cool. Although, I've had enough of the playing the first chapter of the game. 

I read they're making a sequel to encompass the first three --er, Episode IV--VI for later this year. So I'll be picking that up as soon as it comes out, I'm sure.

Well, look at that, tiny post becomes a bloated, rambling essay with little focus.