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Today was one of my rare clear days -- no meetings or any pending urgent projects, so I could (theoretically) get a lot of stuff done. Instead, while I did get a lot done, it was largely stuff that wasn't actually related to what I planned to get done. So it goes.

I rounded out the day with a half game of Blood Bowl with the matt, in which his halfling team managed to score a point on my orc team (the Orcland Goffs). This proves that a) I still can't roll for shit, b) I'm really rusty on BB orc strategy (which is really a very nuanced version of "hit it until it falls down, and then hit it again"), c) orcs can have a passing game, in the right circumstances, and d) I need to buy more rerolls. We're actually going to start an office league next week, so it's a great reason to play a game I've loved for years, as well as maybe painting (or, more likely, getting someone else to paint) some of my miniatures. I found an orc rock band packed with my team (which I now think are 40k miniatures, although previously I thought they were a variation of the orc cheerleaders). I'm hoping to start using them as my cheerleaders -- specifically, as the half-time band. I also have an orc apothecary and two assistant coaches I need to get painted.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to get some more redlining done, and then we're all going to see Carlos Mencia live in concert. Sunday is the first session of oakthorne's Victorian Age Mage: The Awakening game, Divine Thread. That's some good nerding, right there.

Went to see Jon Stewart live tonight with David and Michelle. The theatre originally gave us seats that were in the front row close to the wall of a VERY high section (about 50-60 feet off the ground). While I was trying to be good, my fear of heights kept kicking in every time I had to stand up to let someone into the row, because my sinus infection is playing hell with my inner ears (which, as long-time readers know, ain't in the best working order to begin with). David talked to the usher, and she was nice enough to talk to her manager and get us seats in the lower section a few rows back, which was just fine with me, and allowed us to have a row together.

Jon was utterly hysterical. He blended a bit of his political Daily-Show-style humor with jokes about religion, his kids and dick jokes. He also improvised well, including an entire bit on pinata fucking and a story about him, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails and a local Atlanta bar. I was still laughing so hard that I nearly fell out of my seat a few times, which made me even more secure in the decision to change seats.

All in all, a wonderful night out.