Enter the Zombie

With the start of September, I am going to start working on my zombies. So, here's the deal. If anyone has any suggestions on what would make a good zombie, let me know and I'll try it out. Since I like zombie pirates, it can be a pirate-y thing too. So. Let me know. I'll be building the hordes through Halloween.

Woo! Even on a Tuesday

Today is Tuesday, Theory day, destined to be a crappy day. Or is it?

Theory does suck. We have 9 problems and are going to get more on Thursday. All due next Tuesday (which is better than 9 due on Thursday). One of our homework problems that was due today was the following:

There are n couple seated randmonly around a round table at a party. What is the probablity that at least one husband in next to his wife?

She gave us a hint. Molly and I still couldn't get it. Turns out, the hint was wrong. Wonderful.

But there is some good.

Last night I crafted a new apron. Groovy. Shannon assisted a great deal in turning the straps. Thanks Shann.

Today I got two good things in the mail. One...my Snotvia stickers!! Woo! I am putting them on my laptop. Well, at least one of them. By drinking enough Coke this summer I earned enough rewards to get me the free stickers. Sweet.
And lastly, most unlikely to be a happy event. Our student loans are consolidated! I was so sad that the interset rate jumped about 200 million percent. Shannon and I have enough loans that it would really hurt us. But alas, they are consolidated at a rate lower than I had before. Fabulous.

Mr. and Mrs. Fick

Steffanie and Ryan got married on August 12th, in Maui. Today we went to Topeka for their party. The guys wore their shirts from Chris and Jenette's wedding. That was neat.
The place was by Lake Shawnee and they had a lot of flowers and gardens. It was a nice time.
After the party we went to Olive Garden with Newgen, the newlyweds, and one of Steffanie's friends. That was fun too.

I can't a-bweive it.

Shannon, Aaron, and I were walking home from our late class on Tuesday this past week. We were just about to the sun dial in the quad and happened to notice some disc golfers on that hole. A disc came flying, and we heard them call to us to watch out. We saw the disc, subconsciously realizing we were not in harms way, we watched to see how he would do.

Really good. The disc came down about 6" away from the pole and on the bounce, it hit the pole. A hole in one. We told him it was a hit and then clapped for him. Pretty neat.

That is Shannon, Aaron, and I by the post and the one with the red arrow was the one he had to hit. If you were taking the picture, you would have to back up about 10 yards to be where you throw the discs from.

NICOLE

Would you look at this.


www.NICOLE.org


I don't really want to say much about it. But it does give you information on how to "Join a NICOLE Working group." Don't miss out on this.

I tried

I tried to find a good title for a post. Any post. But no. Nothing.

I've been pretty much consumed by the depression and frustration that is Theory. It is very hard. I do not like it.

On other subjects. My fantasy football team, the Snotvia Snotknockers, is coming along rather nicely in the draft. I am quite pleased. Hopefully I start of with a winning season (which I am not too bad at) and finish off with a winning season (which I really suck at).
Shannon and I made some fish tacos. They weren't bad. But the best fish taco award still goes to Wahoo's.

A New Bad Word

Theory.

Theory of Statistics I is my other class. That class is gonna be really hard. Hopefully my math-proof mode willl turn back on so I can comprehend and create these statistical proofs. Hopefully.

As I Make My Return

Today I went back to college. Real college. None of that "pay 1700$ for an A" type college. This is where I pay 0$ and have to work really, really hard for an A. The good ol' college. It is also my return to teaching for the time being. Teaching college students, 6-7 older than the average 8th grader (but I did have some old 8th graders). Yes. I went back. In style may I add.

Explain.

Well, I wore my new black t-shirt. Complete with hole in upper right shoulder and all. Great! Should have check that shirt out better. Then, I chose to enhance my pants and my smell by spilling 4 rather large orbs of tea onto my pants to start of the day. Ah, spendid. The tea did dry, and the hole didn't change. But it's over now. And I'm glad at that.

My Goal

Well. It is sad to say that I was 3 models short of meeting my goal. But I feel I made a valient effort. It may not be the 70 it needed to be. But here are the 67 models I did paint. I made links to the pictures instead of loading all of them again. So if you want to see them, they're just a click away.

5/29 - Screamer
6/1 - Glade Gaurd Champion, 2 Wood Elf Scouts
6/7 - Glade Rider Champion, Glade Rider Standard Bearer, Oceanbone
6/9 - Wood Elf Spites
6/12 - Wood Elf Spellsinger, 2 Dryads, 2 Trees
6/13 - Mounted Blood Knight
6/14 - Dryad, Dryad Champion
6/27 - Van Saar Juve, Van Saar Ganger, Wood Elf Noble
7/9 - 4 Human Linemen, Human Blitzer
7/12 - Orc Lineman, Orc Thrower, Orc Blitzer, 2 Black Orcs
7/17 - Kehmri Thro-Ra, 2 Kehmri Skeletons, Kehmri Mummy
7/19 - 2 Kehmri Blitz-Ras
7/20 - Amazon #1
7/23 - Amazon #2-3
7/24 - Amazon #4-6
*7/25 - Amazon #7-9
7/29 - 3 Trees
8/7 - Undead Wraith, 4 Beastmen
8/8 - 4 Halflings
8/12 - 5 Beastmen
8/17 - Space Marine, Space Marine with Missle Launcher, Veteran Sergant, Commander
8/18 - 4 Halflings
8/19 - Black Knight Musician

*These three Amazons were not recorded in my book. That means I made it! I painted one model for each day I was home this summer since I set my goal! 70 models! Yay!

Almost There

I have one day left to paint 3 models and my goal of one model a day will have been achieved. What have I been painting lately? These.

Some more halflings. Ah. Don't look too close...they are a quick paint, almost all 4 done in the time it took Shannon and company to see Snakes on a Plane.


Some mor beastmen for the Chaos team. These are the last of the them. Now I just have to do the Chaos warriors and the Chaos team is complete. As for the matter of their field...that'll be a while. Still under construction.

I finally finished my Black Knight musicain. I moded him a while ago and started painting him before summer even. But I finally got him done. I still need to make and paint 3 more to be able to even play with them. Sheesh. If you have any advice on how to make the dead horse actually look dead, let me know.


Lastly, some 40K thrown in the Warhammer fantasy era models. Some Space Marines. My chapter is called the Steel Cross Marines (possibly Iron, I don't really remember). Complete with Commander and Veteran Sergant.

I'm not sure what I will paint to fill my goal, but I'll let you know when it's done. Oh, and mucho thanks to Shannon for helping take better pictures!