Episode 25 (S2E1): FUS RO DAH!

Back again for another round! Ron, Nick, and I kick off this season of Downloadable Content with an episode completely devoted to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. What's made the game so good? What's the appeal that's caused people to be engrossed in Skyrim for days and weeks? Hear what we think in this season opener. All music used belongs to their respective composers/games/studios/developers, etc.

With the exception of the intro music and exit, all other music is from the Skyrim soundtrack. As always, you can download the episode directly, or get it from iTunes and subscribe for automatic download whenever a new episode is posted.

Length: 77:52
Size: 143 MB
Panel: myself, Nick Whitford, Ron Goldie

Download links:
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Enjoy!

Chew, sir!!!! Now, fluid, sir!!!!

Well, now.

So April and I have been in this new house for a little over a month, and with it, we've had two Januarymas parties, had the awesome Danielle (speccygeekgrrl) stay with us for 3 weeks, I'm back in school (albeit, taking only 1 class), Downloadable Content has started up again, and my wife has been on a writing spree, which is always a good sign.

That's basically the short version of the goings-on in the last month.

However, I find myself a bit annoyed, and a bit irritated. All of it stemming from between my legs. Since dropping Danielle back off at school, the surgery area has decided to act up again, but this time, with a vengeance, so it would seem. There is no problem with the wound itself--the wound continues to close up slowly, mind you, but the surrounding skin seems to be taking umbrage with me. Between the horrible chafing that comes and goes from having to wear a surgical dressing (read: a pad, just without the wings and blue water) daily, a new phenomena is occurring--the formation of scar tissue. I mean, yes, it's a good thing in one way, since it means that yes, the wound's closing up once and for all, but new scar tissue is unwieldy. It doesn't like to bend and conform to the body's motions, especially when it's new.

Especially when it begins just millimeters away from your asshole.

Imagine, if you will, trying to take a shit, and your asshole decides that it doesn't want to stretch to allow you to do so. It will, but then the pain afterwards...ow. Luckily, this pain only exists on the right side, where the surgery was. Still...ow.

So a bit graphic, I know, but, you'll have to deal with it, I'm afraid. Crohn's disease and all of its "fun" is not pretty, and I'm long past the point where I feel embarrassed about talking about it.

So for now, I'm trying to keep off my ass as much as possible, taking painkillers if I absolutely have to. I would LOVE to be able to work from home--and you know, it IS possible. The Lottery does have the means to do so, and some people do that. Unfortunately, I'm too low on the pole--I'm not important enough to have that ability, which is sad. Nearly everything I do at work could be done at home.

Speaking of work, my boss is FINALLY taking action against one of my co-workers, who, in short, is a bully. I've never worked in an office where you could almost literally feel the tension when she's there, and then once she leaves for the day, feel the office breath a sigh of relief. You may have seen me rant about her before--she's 66, very set in her ways, and goes apeshit over nothing. She does NOT work well with others. Even though I don't work with her directly, she still manages to get on my nerves. I lodged a formal complaint against her months ago, both to HR and my boss, in which I told my boss that I felt she was doing nothing to remedy the problem.

It took another co-worker, one who works directly with this brusque woman, to demand a transfer to another state agency, before anything started. And herein lies the problem with working for the State.

One of the best things about working for NY is that it's very hard to be fired--it's not like private industry or retail where they really don't need an excuse to get rid of you, which is nice. I like that job security. One of the worst things about working for NY is that it's very hard to be fired, because the process goes through about 400 miles of red tape and bureaucracy, and then, of course, having to deal with the employee unions.

While I don't think this co-worker is going to be fired (even though I think she should be), disciplinary action is finally being taken.

Now for something completely different--video games. I did get an Xbox 360 for Christmas, and with it, some games. I decided to start my Xbox playing with two epic games that I really should spend more time with--Skyrim and Mass Effect. Both are great games thus far, and I think I will be more than satisfied with them once I'm done. Problem is, work and school keep cutting into my game time. Grr.

And there we are, really...aside from work, school, and trying to keep my ass from pain, I don't have a whole lot coming up. Once in school, you see, my social life takes a bit of hit until May, when the semester ends. However, Carolyn will be coming up in a week, and I am certainly looking forward to that.

For now, though, food and laundry await me.