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San Antonio Shopping Center Run

On Friday I biked over to the San Antonio Shopping Center to get the boots for motorcycle riding class.  I was able to get some cheap ones that were comfortable, along with a new set of sneakers.  The old set of sneakers were falling apart and I could start to see my socks through the holes in the top of the shoe.  They lasted a long time for $15 used shoes.

I met up with Steph outside of Milk Pail and we went inside for some tasty foods.  We went back to my place after that and had some dinner of cheese and crackers with fruit.

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Kitties get a Bath!

I gave the kitties their first bath today and I’d say they took it rather well.  I did Lana first as I was pretty sure she would be the easier one.   She hissed as I lowered her into the water the first time and jumped out immediately afterwards.  I gave her tons of treats and eventually was able to keep her in the water and shampoo her down.  I dried her off a good bit and then put her on the heated blanket while I washed Archer.  He wasn’t too bad and was much easier to distract with the food.  Once I got them both washed and mostly dried, I alternated rubbing them down with the microfiber cloths.  They got mostly dry and really enjoyed being on the heated blanket.  They are both so incredibly soft right now, and Lana’s belly is one of the softest things I’ve ever felt.  I’m really glad she likes to come sit in my lap and get belly rubs!

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Motorcycle Class and BJ’s

Thursday night instead of going to games 6 of us went to a motorcycle class in Santa Clara from BikeSmart.  It was Tina, Adam, Amit, Steph, Jeremy, and myself; mainly the group that is going to Thailand in November.  The class was pretty slow and the instructor slowed things down even more.  It probably would have take us about 1 hour to go through the book alone and then 1 hour to watch all the videos.  Instead we slowly went through and took about 5 hours for the whole process.  We all either missed 1 question or none on the test.

After the class we all went to BJ’s for some buffalo wings and dessert.   It was all very tasty despite the service being terrible and the place being incredibly cold.  Had it been full the amount of AC might have been appropriate.

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Race for the Galaxy

Tina, Steph, and I played a couple games of Race for the Galaxy after Acquire.  The first game I went military and dominated.  The game ended before either Steph or Tina could get their engine going well, so I took it away with only a few points.  The second game we all went military at the start, but Tina focussed a lot on economy.  She didn’t get it going in time and Steph was able to outpace me in the large planets.  She overtook me near the end.

BGG Link

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Acquire

Since a lot of people were going to the Thursday motorcycle class we did a Wednesday games night.  I ended up playing some Aquire.  In the end I just barely won over Tina.  I had taken a large share of one of the major companies in the beginning and tied Nick on the largest company.  I also was able to found a good number of companies and control when they got acquired.  A lot of people were playing for the first time including Candice and Michael.  Nick was able to join in and was doing decently well, but stagnated a little in the middle.

BGG LInk

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Tuesday in Seattle

The last day in Seattle Wit, Brian, Candice, and I went to breakfast at a waffle place.  The waffles were soooo tasty, and I got the bacon maple syrup one.  We then went to Pike’s Place Market and looked at all the various and odd things.  There were a few fish stalls, flower stalls, and bakeries, but most of the rest of the places were knick-knack places.  There was a really tasty chocolate pasta, but I would never want to cook with it since it would make a gigantic dessert.

We went to Yard house after the market and said goodbye to Wit along the way.  At yardhouse we just relaxed and played a few games on Brian’s iPad.  After a drink and some appetizers I hopped on the train for the airport and showed up a good number of hours early.  Since I was flying through LAX I happened to be on the same flight as Ash so I talked to her and gave her Stephanie’s feedback on the video.  The flights were non-eventful, and I was barely able to catch the connecting flight.  It was on a twin turbo prop, which is something I wasn’t expecting.  The plane still got me to SJC quickly.  Steph was nice enough to pick me up from the airport, and we went back to my place.  The kitties were happy to see me and I did a thorough cleaning of the bathroom before going to bed.

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Monday at PAX

This morning Steph and I went to a Russian bakery called Piroshky Piroshky.  It was really tasty, and we grabbed some for lunch.  I went to the panels that Steph liked today, and I had a pretty good time about it.  The Hey Ash panel was hilarious, and we got to see some pre-released footage.  I really like how they have a group of friends that just started making a web series.  It makes me want to have a web series.  I said by to Steph and walked her to the train station.   Brian and I played some Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time, and it was really fun.  I look forward to being able to play it with Steph.  I think they’ll be releasing on Mac based on what their website says, but you never know.  A group of us went to dinner at Palomino, and it was very tasty.  Afterwards we spent a while just hanging out.—–

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Sunday at PAX

Sunday Steph and I took a relaxed approach to the conference.  We went to a few panels, stopped by a few booths, and nothing really stood about about Sunday.  We had a tasty lunch, but long wait at the Pho place.  Later, we went to the Double Fine party, and had a drink.  We had a relaxed evening, with dinner on our own at a really cute little hole-in-the-wall called zig-zag cafe.  It was fantastic, but Steph ran off early to go to a panel.  I really enjoyed the quite time with her.

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Saturday at PAX

We had a late start to the day since we wanted to go to the Glass Gardens and let Andrew go around the convention for a while.

Steph was nice enough to help me out with handing out the flyers for Apocalypse Overload.  She was looking good in her Faith costume.  I was in my Dr. Horrible costume, and it made a huge difference.  I really don’t like random outreach, in person or online, but that is what I’m doing for now.

We went into the convention and saw some more of the indie mega booth.  I really like that corner of the expo.  We ran into David and Candice there and went to watch David battle it out in an Assassin’s Creed 4 multiplayer competition.  He got 2nd by 7 seconds.

Steph and I went to a Pho place for lunch, which was delicious.  The service was slow, but they were so overcrowded that wasn’t surprising.  We went to two panels on gender and gaming together, which was cool to hear about.  Most of it was saying that people should be respected in the way that they want to be respected, and that the system is broken in favor of specific groups.

I stayed behind to work, while Steph, Candice, and David went to a Geeky Burlesque show, and Brian and Nick went QR code hunting.

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