Balloon Fiesta day 2 pt 1

well... the title is actually misleading...

the balloon fiesta was cancelled late friday night and all of saturday was cancelled.

instead of doing that on sat we went to eat brunch with my girlfriends family

we went to a place called golden pride.

apparently all they do is breakfast burritos, fried chicken and ribs lol.

the chicken was good though.

so after brunch there we decided to check out and head home early.

so here we are, about 2 hours into the 4 hour journey back home!

hope yall missed me!

cause momma.. momma im comin home!

Balloon Fiesta day 1 pt 3

incredible event.... not untouched by tragedy though

unfortunatly during the launch of the special shapes one of the balloons, shaped like a triangle hit a power line and the 2 pilots caught fire as their gondola caught fire and fell from the balloon.

sucks to think of something like that happening

a florida news crew apparently got video of it but it wasnt shown in its entirety for fairly obvious reasons.

after balloon fiesta we went back to the hotel

after all that it was naptime.

jesus was it nap time.

after that a trip to the mall where i browsed as my brother spent his whole check

i saw a master chief hoodie ive totally got my eye on now, and a cd of famous artists re recording the entire soundtrack from the nightmare before christmas.

and that is so win!

thankfully thats all for day 1.

stay tuned for day 2 happenings!

Balloon Fiesta day 1 pt 2

yes.

thats Darth Vader.

fucking win.

that was only one of the totally awesome special shapes balloons they had at the field. 

they had nearly 100 that all started to inflate and take off at daybreak.

they had cows, pirates, bees, cathedrals, haunted houses, and dragons just to name a few

dont worry ill hook you up with a slide show once i get back into town!

but yeah it was pretty incredible.

Juli and i ran around getting as many pictures as we could before settling down on a bench with my parents and brother.

and just when we thought it was over... several hundred balloons all came over from a field further down for a contest

the picture from the first post is of not even a tenth of the balloons we saw.

they all dipped and dove to try to snatch an item from one of 4 poles

one of which was a grand prize of a new car

the other 3 were generators and such (for balloons im sure)

they could also try and drop things into buckets as they passed

tough stuff!

Balloon Fiesta day 1 pt 1

now now, im updating from my phone again so this will look weird until i can fix it monday

that having been said this is the scoop, skinny, lowdown, story... you get the idea!

thursday night... had to miss Einherjar... but we left at about 4 o clock.

traffic sucked.

but doesnt traffic always suck?

my dad drove the first half of the 4 hr journey until my brother, recently having aquirred his liscence, begged him to take over.

it was as eventful as you would think a 4 hour drive through nowhere would be.

pretty uneventful

well at least thats over with.

and aside from getting up at 4:30 in the morning

(oh my god)

the day has been quite awesome

we got up and made our way to the local mall, hopped on a bus that took us to the field, slobbingly dragged our asses around the kiosks for breakfast and finally settled as the balloons began to launch.

it was the "special shapes rodeo"

which if you alow me a minute... i will show you what that means!

Maritime (-or- Merit Time!)

Maritime - Adjective - IPA: /'mærɪtaɪm/ 

1. Related to the sea or sailing

2. Of or relating to a mariner or sailor

Now your wondering.... why the definition?

well im sure you all could use a little learnin'.... but mostly its to get my pun of a title.

you see im a Corsair in FFXI.... what... you knew that already?

so yeah... Maritime... "of or relating to a mariner or sailor"... check. 

Maritime sounds like Merit Time... check.

ive been meriting the last couple weeks... oh, now we get the pun! (hey i didnt say it was a good one ok?)

basically its been like this: i know exactly what im going to merit for my COR, and for most of my other jobs to boot.

afterall the goal is to be badass... like this:

Oh yeah... thats so gonna be me! anyways heres the plan:

Attributes:

max combo:5

max per item:5

meriting: 

STR (5/5) 3>6>9>9>9 

total: 36 merits needed

Combat Skills:

max combo: 20

max per item: 8

meriting:

Marksmanship Skill (8/8) 1>2>3>3>3>3>3>3

Dagger Skill (6/8) 1>2>3>3>3>3 

Sword Skill (6/8) 1>2>3>3>3>3 

total: 51 merits needed

Others:

max combo: 8

max per item: 4

meriting:

Critical Hit Rate (4/4) 1>2>3>4

total: 10 merits needed

Corsair Group 1:

max combo: 10

max per item: 5

meriting:

Quick Draw Recast (5/5) 1>2>3>4>5

Quick Draw Accuracy (5/5) 1>2>3>4>5

total: 30 merits needed

Corsair Group 2:

max combo: 10

max per item: 5

meriting:

Snake Eye (3/5) 3>4>5

Fold (3/5) 3>4>5

Winning Streak (3/5) 3>4>5

Loaded Deck (1/5) 3

total: 39 merits needed

....thats 166 merits needed total.... which is 1,660,000 limit points to gain.

wait... i already have 1 in Marksmanship, Crit rate, Quick Draw recast, Fold, Snake Eye, and Loaded deck... so 12 total merits earned

well thats 120,000 limit points

yay! only 1,540,000 to go!!!

/wrists

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! -or- Sleepless in San d'Oria

Ok both titles are lame... i know.

but this is indeed overdue... ive been too busy with work and trolling the Pocket Aces forums in my spare time to post... forgive me!

in any case this past sunday was Dynamis - San d'Oria.

not usually my favorite pre-update because its the only zone no THF relic dropped in.

but of course post update... COR relic!!

and last sunday.... COR relic!!

yep yep... awesome i know.

in fact they are so awesome because they also have:

so in case you lost count... (how could you!) thats 3/5.

and with any luck.... i have 2 chances to get the Tricorne this month. got xarc runs on 10/19 and 10/26.

if i get it then ill only need the Commodore Bottes (Dynamis - Bastok) before im totally pimpin' a 5/5 relic armor COR.

and you can't help but Gyar at that idea... least i cant haha. (gyar)

and in case youre wondering exactly why my title is so lame... we ended up getting 16 relic drops in that San d'Oria run.

yeah no joke!

List of winners:
1.Absolutezero - COR
2.Deliata - RNG
3.Lostris - WHM
4.Omegaguardian - MNK
5.Arkain - PLD
6.Flameon - MNK
7.Snicky - DRG
8.Darksaphyr - NIN
9.Flameon - RDM
10.Flameon - PLD
11.Skulloneix - RDM
12.Mysticrain - PLD
13.Mageofphantasy - SMN
14.Ailden - MNK
15.Flameon - WAR
16.Seyomeyo - COR

So yeah, great run. 2 big money drops and 247 small currency too.

i am totally loving this last update shit

My GF is an AWESOME GF!

lol excuse the title's... lack of wittyness

im pretty ecstatic atm.

well ya see.... my GF got me Force Unleashed. 

if you dont know what that is... well wow... i really cant help you. 

go get help.

professional help.

anyways so yes. im over here totally happy

don't believe me?

Yep.

thats it there

its love... shrink wrapped in a green clamshell :)

honey i love you!!