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Painting with Watercolors

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The kitties watched closely as I painted some with my watercolors.  I decided to do some simple nature scenes, that had a simple beauty.  This led me to a sunset scene and a tree by a waterfall.  They didn’t turn out as nice as I was hoping, but I still enjoy them.  The kitties liked watching the brush and archer batted at the brush twice.  Once he even got a little bit of paint on one of his paws and it ended up on the canvas.  The small sapling next to the big tree in the picture is the result of that paw.  The painting was a great way to relieve some of the stress that has been building up, since I’ve been working so hard.

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New Era

Adam, Dan, and Andrew came over to Beachhead to play New Era with Steph and I.  I got a really good start, and was able to get a lot of point producing buildings out.  The best part was that most of the point buildings were action based, and didn’t actually require I spend resources and men to get the points.  I got a massive score for the game, 46, when only 33 is required to win.  Adam did really well also with a score of 41.

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Ethiopian and Desert in San Jose

We went to a tasty Ethiopian place in San Jose, Rehoboth.  The food was great, and they even gave us an extra portion when we complimented the chef on her cooking.  We then stopped by Chocatoo, and got some desert.  I got a red velvet cupcake, and Steph got chocolate mousse.  Both were very tasty.

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Dinner with the Lees

We met Stephanie’s parents at Panda Dumpling in San Carlos, and the dumplings were pretty good.  The portions were very large, so we got some really good leftovers as well.  They seemed to be doing well, and they are going to be going to Russia soon.

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The Final Empire

This book is quite interesting and I like the world that has been built.  There are a few things that are a little over the top, like the mist, ash rain, and red sun.  There is a lot of mysteriousness that isn’t explained in this first book.  There is a really nice end to the first book, but it leaves things a little open for the next two.  I like the characters and their development, and I also like the story.

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Kingdom Builder and San Juan

San Juan was a good game, I tried to get some good point engines going without a card engine, but it didn’t turn out.  Steph did the card engine and ended up winning with it.  I wasn’t able to build nearly enough.  Michael and Bill were fun to play with.

We also played Kingdom Builder.  This was fun, and I was able to be very mobile with the bonuses.  That kept me moving around and getting the castles, but I spread out too much and missed out on some important bonuses.

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The Silent Blade: Legend of Drizzt: Paths of Darkness

This is set in the D&D universe of Icewind Dale and all that follows from there.  I didn’t much care for the book as the characters are all over the top, and they don’t develop at all.  I was amused by the assassin, but not much more than that.  The story didn’t make up for the lack of character development either.  The one good thing about this book is that it has interesting action sequences, but that is about it.

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Epic Sealed MTG

Adam, Kevin, Andrew, and I played a day of MTG where we took about 15 packs worth each and made a sealed deck with them.  I was able to get a decent control deck going, but didn’t have any way to finish it.  There were a few big hitters, but they weren’t enough typically to do the trick.  I played a black, blue, and then added some green when I played against Andrew.  Andrew took the day like he normally does.  I didn’t have as good a showing as I typically do.  I look forward to next time when we can do a rare and epic draft.  It will be a decent bit harder since there will be many more multicolored, and the mana curve will be very different.

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Squash with Nima

I enjoyed a rousing game of squash with Nima.  He destroyed me badly at the start.  It took me a while to get my placement back, but once I did Nima had a hard time beating me.  It was a really enjoyable game.  I look forward to playing him more, and I expect to have a good deal more time when I have the apps published.

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