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[AndrewisFTTW]

V/la for a couple days, going to a wedding.

[Eevee]

V/la for a couple days, going to a wedding.

Is it dothraki?

[Axxle]

V/la for a couple days, going to a wedding.

Is it dothraki?

If it was he'd say vla for a couple days/forever.

[ashersky]

V/la for a couple days, going to a wedding.

Is it dothraki?

If it was he'd say vla for a couple days/forever.

If they offer you a crown, don't take it.

[Archetype]

I'll be going on a fishing trip in Oregon from the 19th to the 21st. I'll be 100 miles off shore, so I'll likely have no access.

[Galzria]

Update!

Training is going swimmingly (har). I've done my first 1/4 distance swim (6.2 miles / 10k) in lake water (warm compared to either channel - about 68 degrees) - and I made it through quite easily. I've done a 5k swim down in LA at Seal Beach - which is the same area that the Catalina Island Channel swim finishes. Again, the water felt warm, at a balmy 63 degrees. The water at that venue was really, really choppy (swells up to 5 feet), so even though it was short, it was a good experience.

For those of you familiar with the San Fransisco area, I'll be swimming my first 1/4 distance ocean water swim on August 9th, with the water closer to 58 degrees (similar to English Channel temperature) - when I jump off a boat at 7:30 AM under the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, and swim around San Fransisco to the Bay Bridge. Fun times!

After that, I am hoping to get down to San Diego in late September, to do the La Jolla 10-mile relay (as a solo swimmer), and by years end, I hope to do a width crossing of Lake Tahoe (12 miles), which is 1/2 distance, at altitude, in semi-chilly water (high 50's, low 60's).

Aaaand, that's pretty much it. I hope to do Catalina next summer, and the English Channel in 2016 - so things are looking good right now. I miss playing all my forum games with you guys though! I see the Forum Game community has passed the 2 year mark - so there's hope yet that in another 2, I'll be finished with all my adventures, and I'll find myself some time to relax once more!

Update again!

The Bridge to Bridge swim went wonderfully. I finished the 10k swim in 1 Hour, 22 minutes - which is blisteringly fast. I was swimming at about 2.5mph, and the currents were pushing me another 2mph.

Still, I didn't swim a great line, and was probably 5 minutes off where I should've been. 1:13:00  was the fastest male finisher, and two time Olympian Golda Marcus finished in 1:09:00.

I also met the co-owner of the La Jolla swim, and he informed me that it (sadly) will not be running this year. Ah well. 77 degree water sounded fabulous.

In other swimming news, I will be swimming across lake Tahoe in less than a month! September 15th to be exact. I still need to book a boat (unless any of you happen to know an owner on the lake?), but I've got a pilot, nutritionist and observer. I'm on the fence at the moment on doing a width crossing (11.5 miles) vs a length crossing (21.5 miles)... I -know- that I can complete the former, but I'm a little terrified of the latter.

So... That's what's going on. I've been playing some Dominion recently with my box sets, but that's about it for my gaming life. Some Pandemic + Expansions as well. Nothing too exciting. If there's ever a meetup here on the West Coast, someone send me a PM so that I don't miss it! I'm sure I could schedule some time away to meet all my favorite peoples.

[Eevee]

Cool! Cool cool cool. Best of luck. That's so intense.

[Dsell]

That's awesome, Galz.

I have limited availability until next Thursday. I'll be mostly on mobile, which should only really affect Apprentice; it's a bit harder to update the spreadsheet but I'll try to stay on top of it.

[Jimmmmm]

Going away for the weekend. I'll have my computer on me, but I'm not sure if I'll have internet access.

[Robz888]

I'm headed to DC for work next week. I'll be posting less frequently.

[Archetype]

With school starting back up again I probably won't join any new games for...awhile. I may play or mod a Drunk Mafia game over the weekend or a Blitz game during Winter break, but I'll generally be around far less often than I normally am.

[jotheonah]

I am moving to a new place Saturday and I don't know how long it will take to set up Internet there.

[mail-mi]

Storytelling Festival this weekend.

[scott_pilgrim]

Travelling Wed. (9/3) so probably no internet all day, and then I'm not sure what my internet situation will be like for the next week or so after that but I should be able to post at least once a day during that time.

[Teproc]

I'll have Limited Acess this week-end (starting tonight).

[Jimmmmm]

I'd like to apologise for the limited contribution I've made to the games that I'm currently in. I've been working full-time hours, which is relatively uncommon for me, and at the same time had some personal issues that, while nothing too serious, have demanded a lot of my time and emotional energy. This has resulted in me, for example, not making it to bed one night in between two work days, and only getting a few hours' sleep on other nights.

So I feel like I've let people down in not living up to commitments I've made, and again I'm sorry. Things seem to be settling down a bit now and hopefully I can force myself to make the effort required to catch myself up in the games I'm in enough to make valuable contributions to the games.

[Ichimaru Gin]

I will likely have sporadic participation due to me being sick. I've been ill with flu-like symptoms for 12 days now--which is not a regular occurrence for me at all. If I haven't improved much by tomorrow, I'm going to a clinic and may be more V/LA after that.

[pacovf]

Definitely go see a doctor. Good recovery !

[Ichimaru Gin]

Ok. Update. And thanks pacovf for your well wishes.
So I ended up going to ER last night since I felt absolutely horrible and couldn't really get out of bed even because I felt so nauseous--and this was about the 4th night in a row feeling this bad.
They checked me out gave me some Zofran and steroids for my cough.
I'm on antibiotics now and taking Motrin as well--and feeling significantly better all things considered.
I don't feel like shit anymore, so that's something.

[Voltaire]

I will be 100% V/LA from Friday-Saturday this weekend (going to a wedding, not my own).

[liopoil]

I will also be 100% VLA, thursday, friday, and much of saturday.

[pacovf]

Unavailable from very early Sunday to Wednesday afternoon or so.

[pacovf]

Wifi in guest house, so I can phone post occasionally.

[AHoppy]

I broke a USB port on my school issued computer and need to get that fixed along with some other things on my computer.  So I won't have a PC for a few days and will be limited to just phone access.  This really only effects Survivor and Dominion League.  Thanks!

[Robz888]

In the next two weeks I am moving to a new house, getting married, and going on a short trip. Expect me to post much less frequently during that time.