{"id":667,"date":"2011-09-15T14:35:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/?p=667"},"modified":"2011-09-15T14:35:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:35:03","slug":"nothing-day-ndk-beta-long-hours-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/?p=667","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Day! (NDK, Beta, Long Hours Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spiff and I went to an anime convention, Nan Desu Kan (NDK), last weekend, and it was a LOT of fun.\u00a0 I posted some pictures from it on Tuesday.\u00a0 Sadly, my stoopid camera screwed up and failed to take some pictures I thought I took.\u00a0 Before that, I<\/strong><\/em> screwed up and failed to charge up my new camera.\u00a0 I got the notion in my head I just had to plug the camera in, but that does nothing for the battery.\u00a0 Since plugging it in turns on the screen, the battery drained rather than charge.\u00a0 It was only when the thing was empty I remembered it had a separate battery charger which I could not locate.\u00a0 So I have one in my Amazon cart along with two spare batteries waiting for my next paycheck.<\/p>\n

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I went to a Q&A panel with some voice over actors which was really interesting.\u00a0 Mike and I went to a voice over thing where people were picked to read lines and “audition” for parts.\u00a0 (I don’t know if anybody was really being recruited, although the person running the panel was, in fact, a casting person for an anime voice over company.)\u00a0 There was a cool “late night” thing (in the style of David Letterman or something like that) and some awesome music videos and a “Masquerave” (rave with lots of people in costume) with great music and amazing artists and dealers selling neat stuff and lots and lots of people in fantastic costumes.\u00a0 I got to take pictures of cute girls in hot costumes.\u00a0 It’s great asking a girl to pose for a picture and getting a smile and a “sure” in reply.\u00a0 We will be pre-registering for next year’s NDK con soon.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, SOE finally opened up Beta registration for their next expansion, Veils of Alaris.\u00a0 I registered and got my invitation, times three.\u00a0 I loaded the beta onto my laptop yesterday and (after some difficulty I brought upon myself) got it to run.\u00a0 I have now visited four of the new zones.\u00a0 Two of them were truly awesome-looking.\u00a0 One was okay to really nice looking, and the last had some interesting mobs but I was a little disappointed in the look of the place.\u00a0 In its defense, it is supposed to be a windy place, so there’s not a lot of color and cool stuff expected, I guess.\u00a0 I can’t say much more–I am under an NDA–so you won’t hear much more from me in the next few weeks other than generic stuff like I completed a task or a mission or something.<\/p>\n

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At work, I am on long hours again.\u00a0 Call volume has gotten high and we are not likely to hire anyone anytime soon as we have no place to put them.\u00a0 So I am doing ten hour days four days a week and working Thursdays (normally a day off) for eight hours.\u00a0 The four days includes Saturdays for the next two Saturdays, but that may or may not continue.\u00a0 The main overtime during the week looks likely to continue for awhile.\u00a0 Eventually, we’ll move into a larger space and hire more people.\u00a0 We’ll also be supporting a larger area, so it may be an uphill fight to keep good coverage.<\/p>\n

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One last bit:\u00a0 I have, thus far, posted every day this week.\u00a0 Monday’s rant wasn’t very rant-ish, but it was there.\u00a0 Hopefully I can maintain the daily posting thing again.\u00a0 See you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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