Back again

I've been really slack updating this thing again.

Played alot of EQ2 and then Oblivion.

I really enjoyed Oblivion. I finished the main, thief and assassin quest lines with my first character (an assassin). I've started a crusader to go back through and just explore the dungeons. There are an amazing amount of dungeons in the game, but my first time through I focused on the quests and did not explore the wilderness, and therefore didn't discover and explore most of the dungeons.

At the moment, though, I'm not doing much gaming. I am getting back into A Tale in the Desert but I plan to play it casually. My hope is to base my character in one of the remote regions that progresses more slowly so I don't constantly feel that I'm being left behind in the tech. I also hope to join a large research guild and contribute to the region through them. ATitD is fairly unique among MMO's in that even if you only have the skills of a brand-spankin-newbie you are still usefull. The most basic materials are always in demand.

Lately, though, what I've been doing is 'spring cleaning', yard-work and playin' with my puppy. I really need to get some pictures of him up on here. Looking back, I'm kind of surprised I haven't mentioned him before. He is a 100lb, 10 1/2 month old rottweiller puppy. His name is Kodo and he is named after these guys.

One of my cleaning projects is to get my painting area back in order so I can finish that Tyranid and start on other minis. My husband got me Games Workshop's 'Mega Paint Set' for my birthday earlier this month and I'm anxious to get back to painting.

I'm also going to be cleaning up my computer desk and I hope to find a way to arrange it so I can use my old Wacom Intuos graphics tablet. I still want the Cintiq 21UX, but unfortunately, plans to get it had to be put on hold. Either way, I want to get back into using ZBrush. I really love that program, but I find using a mouse with it to be a bit awkward. Unfortunatly, I've also always found using a regular graphics tablet to be a bit awkward too. It's that whole 'working on one surface but looking at another' thing that I have never been able to quite adjust to.