…I haven’t updated my blog in a long time. Too much crap going on. My weekends are totally down the toilet thanks to Outpost Doom . It’s been fun, but it’s a lot of work. I promise to get my act together once that slows down. In the meantime, you can get your Jeff fix on the DeadLantern Forums and on the Splattercast .
I haven’t played a TCG (trading card game) in several years but some of my Dead Lantern pals are getting together tomorrow to play a few rounds before we record our 75th episode of the Splattercast.
I know I have a box full of Magic: The Gathering cards somewhere in the storage garage, but for the life of me I could not find them. I did find a few MTG preconstructed decks, including this insane red-artifact thing from the 1999 world championships, so I can at least play with those. I can tear up the storage garage to find my other cards when we move next month (oh yeah, we found a house - I’ll post more about that when we’re actually in it 
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We’re also going to try playing the World of Warcraft TCG. Our pal Spooky McPhee is getting us into it. He told us about a really curious market dynamic surrounding the WoW TCG. Apparently there are certain cards that the players of the WoW MMORPG can use to get special junk in the PC game. We all know MMORPG players are psycho. Compared to them, I feel downright normal playing a TCG. So, anyway, these WoW MMORPG dudes buy lots of the cards looking for those few specific ones, and then they sell the cards on eBay for peanuts. Spooky bought a few thousand cards to start us out.
So yup, it’s a total nerd relapse. I even dug out my polyhedral dice!
Tina and Genny are in Illinois for a few day to visit Tina’s sister, so I’ve been left to my own devices over the weekend. I’ve gone to Knickerbockers two days in a row to see The Favors; I think that technically qualifies me as a groupie. The fellas are going to the Zoo Bar for a 40/20 show tonight but I pussied out because I’m supposed to record an episode of Dead Politics with Mat & Deejay later tonight. Maybe I’ll swing in there if I’m done with the podcast early enough.
I’ve just started playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village on my DS. It’s a really cool game, a perfect fit for the system. I love the comic Penny Arcade did on Layton. Play the game for a few minutes, you’ll get it.
Shout-outs to our pals who came over last night for my birthday. We drank a lot of beer and hung out into the wee hours, having some of those deeply philosophical discussions that always crop up when copious amounts of booze are being imbibed.
I had a blast, guys; thanks for coming!
Even though he’s not really eligible due to certain Constitutional restrictions, I’d still vote for Deejay.