We decided to post together and try to conquer them all....

Bold the establishments you've been to. Underline your favorites. Strikethrough the ones you don't like. Italize the ones you have never even heard of

1. Arby's
2. Beefeater
3. Benihana
4. Black Angus
5. Buffalo Grill
6. Burger King
7. California Pizza Kitchen
8. Carl's Jr.
9. Chick-fil-A
10. Chipotle
11. Chuck E. Cheese's
12. Claim Jumper
13. Cluck-U-Chicken
14. Del Taco (my favorite not Beez's)
15. Denny's
16. El Pollo Loco
17. Fatburger
18. Hard Rock Cafe (for the music memorabilia not the food)
19. Hardee's
20. Harvey's
21. HomeTown Buffet
22. Hooters
23. In-n-Out
24. Jack in the Box (again, my favorite not beez's)
25. Johnny Rocket's
26. Kelsey's
27. KFC
28. Krispy Kreme
29. Long John Silver's
30. McDonald's
31. Oporto
32. Outback Steakhouse
33. Planet Hollywood
34. Quizno's
35. Rainforest Cafe
36. Red Lobster (except for cheddar biscuits, they rock!!!)
37. Red Robin
38. Red Rooster
39. Señor Frog's
40. Skyline Chili
41. Sonic
42. Subway
43. Sweet Tomatoes
44. T.G.I. Fridays
45. Taco Bell
46. TCBY
47. The Old Spaghetti Factory
48. Tim Horton's
49. Wendy's
50. White Castle (I know she wouldn't, but I would underline this more than once, hell more than twice even!!!!)

WTF NO DAIRY QUEEN OR SHONEYS?!?!?

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! CAN'T WAIT TO GO SEE IT AGAIN, AND TALK ABOUT IT WITH EVERYONE!!!

Well first off "hi everybody!" i'm not dead or fallen off the face of the earth.

Yesterday Brittney took everything to California to get packed into the truck for Pennsic, so thank god that part of the trip is over. Unfortunately we realize that night that Beez's rapier didn't get packed so we're going to have to ship that.

Now all we have to do is get a little bit of new garb sewn, a new Midlands fighting tunic made for me, get me new boots in town (or we're gonna have to buy some ASAP on site at Pennsic), and then get Beez packed and ready to leave on the 26th and then me leave on August 2nd.

BTW who all is going??

We're off to see the Sex Pistols tonight!!!!

This might even get a follow up post tomorrow so be on the look out.

I'm hijacking adam/fagan's livejoural, because we had a technology crisis last night...we had to set the iphone to factory settings...therefore all photos, songs, luckily not phone numbers. were erased.

So if you have a minute send him a message so he feels better!

Thanks

Well here it is folks. My semi-annual posting when I feel like my life really is really interesting and worth reading. As many of you know Estrella War was this weekend in Florence, AZ. I have decided after going there for the 2nd time that is truly a fighters war. Over the course of two days there were 4 field battles (with subtle differences), and castle battle, a 1 hour resurrection town battle, an awesome one hour resurrection bridge battle, and a 45 minute resurrection battle which we have aptly named the "Death Star trench battle"

All the scenarios were fought hard by everyone, and our barony led the charge almost every time, providing some of the hardest fighting from anyone on the field. This however came at a cost. On Friday during the final battle, the town battle, the Barony of Starkhafn (my home and the newest part of my family) lost one of our newest fighters on the field of combat. His name was just simply Al, he had only been playing in the SCA for a few months and therefor had not picked out a name or persona, or anything really. He knew he liked to fight and that the SCA was a fun place to be. He was in his early 40s and unfortunately his body felt that it was his time to go. Al unfortunately passed from this earth after a heart attack, most likely caused by an unknown heart condition that was aggravated by the stress of SCA combat. It was great loss to us all, some felt it much more than others. I personally had just met him that day on the field, so while I was saddened by the loss I felt more pain for the hurt that was being felt by those that knew him.

In memory of him the entire Caidan army wore a black armband in his honor, and his Majesty Edric took the field in not only a shroud of black as a sign of mourning but also proudly wore the Starkhafn tabard into battle along side us. While we grieved our loss, we used that day to not feel sadness or dispair, but instead used it as a day of honor and commemoration. It was a honorable way to go for such a brave new warrior. So, do not let this post bring you a heavy heart for there were much more positive things that took place on the field.

As some of you know our roomate is also in the SCA, Sir Tearloch from Artemesia. He has a reputation as being one of the best spearman in this part of the known world, if not in the entire SCA. He also traditionally runs with one the best spear units in this half of the world. Since we have become great friends that trust each other greatly on the field I was honored to run spear next to him almost the entire day, and every time we took the field we were sent up against the best spearman at Estrella War. On my way to war I was told by Vargas that I was to kill a total of 45 people that day, 10 for him, 20 for his lady, and 5 for each of my squire brothers and sister, and on top of that one duke for his neice. This seemed like a lofty goal that as the battles progressed seemed out of reach. Coming into the last battle I was only at 12 kills, but I did have my one duke, His Grace Rothgar (sp?) from the Outlands. The last battle of the day we faced of the Spartan Warband that Sir Tearloch usually fights with, but because of this years treaty we fought against them.

This warband is comprised of several knights, counts, and dukes. 99% of everyone we saw that day was at least a knight or higher in rank. This battle was also filled the hardest and most brutal fighting of the war, and I found myself surrounded by various knights and at one time His Majesty of Atenveldt. This of course made me seem like a lesser target/threat to everyone at first. That is until I began picking off the enemies ranks one by one, working in tandem with Sir Tearloch. Several of my kills included those warriors of the Spartan Warband that I had been hearing such great stories of. Unfortunately at the end of the battle my total had only gone from 12 up to 40, leaving me 5 short of my given total. At first I felt that I had failed, and then I look back at the quality of fighters that I had been up against, and felt that 40 was an ample number considering that 75% were at least a member of the Chivalry.

That knight Sir Tearloch and myself went out to find these legends that we'd fought against, and it turns out that they were all highly impressed with my spear work. I had managed to get on the radar of about a dozen of the best spearman as an honest threat and became one of their top targets during the day, especially when Tearloch was off resurrecting. I felt overwhelmed and shocked that such great men had so many things to say about me,and I felt that I represented my knight, his lady, my household, and my kingdom well.

That night we celebrated our victories and we packed up to make the early trip home. We were on the road by 8:30AM and home by around 2:00PM or 2:30PM, just in enough time to unload, shower and get dressed for the pro-wrestling pay-per-view that was in town. Yes Tearloch and I went and watched a WWE pay-per-view live and in person. It was a very awesome experience and we got every pennies worth out of it. If any wrestling fans are out there and want to hear more, let me know and I will share. But for now my body is telling me its been a LONG weekend, and I should rest my aching body before work at 4:45AM tomorrow. Goodnight and much love to all.

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Everyone needs to go see this movie. Brittney and I saw it at midnight and I loved every minute of it. Go see it and tell me your opinions!!!

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Well I had a blast at Great Western War.  I'll post more probably tomorrow .  Today is a busy day with work and then what I hope will be the single greatest concert of the year.  That's right for all you crazy die hard music fans that love theatrics and sci-fi I have the privilige of seeing GWAR tonight!!!!! Cradle of Filth, GWAR, CKY, and Vains of Jenna are in town tonight and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

That's right folks, its time for me to actually post something to read instead of another random quiz.  So here it goes.

First of all I'd like to thank everyone that sent me birthday messages and wishes.  It was a surprise and it really made my super long day at work go by quickly that day.  I got to go out after work and buy a Wii for my brithday present from my dad, which was a big surprise, so that's been my new toy to play with in the little free time I have.  That night was fun because we went out with a handful of friends to a mediteranean restaurant and hookah lounge which is tons of fun, and the food was great.

Sunday we had fighter practice and our End of Month tournament, which has become lots of fun for everyone there.   It was fought in a 30 minute bear pit style, so lots of good fighting.  After the tournament was over I announced that in honor of my 22nd birthday I wanted to hold the field for 22 fights and that everyone that wanted to could come and fight.  LOTS of good fights in the begining and middle but by about 16 or 17 I was really dragging.  It was nice at the end though because during fight 21 I had two people come onto the list wanting to fight a 2-on-1 which was going to be fun for me, but before we started a good friend of mine joined the field and took my side making it 2-on-2.  Then the final round ended up a small 6-on-6 ( I think) melee with me being the main target of the other side.  It was an exhausting experience but something that I am very glad I did and will continue doing each year.

Oh then Sunday night Brittney and I went to see Underoath, Poison the Well, and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster for my birthday present.  When we got there we noticed that the merchandise booth also had stuff set up for a band called Every Time I Die (a favorite of mine) so when I found out they were there I was even more excited.  Maylene was great live (they are a cross between southern rock and metal).  Poison the Well wasn't as good as they were the first time I saw them, but the lead singer was obviously pretty sick so its all good.  Every Time I Die was AMAZING, the mosh pit was crazy and my young brain and body wanted to get in there but the security was being way too uptight and kicking out way too many people for me to actually get in there and enjoy myself.  Underoath was disappointing.  They started out really good, but then the leader started bitching and some guy and got all preachy.  One cool thing is his openness (sp?) about his Christian faith, which is all good and I have no complaints there, but I paid for a rock show, not a trip to Church.  After this and the constant badgering of this one guy in the crowd we left early which was fine with me by that time.  We got a new sweatshirt from Every Time I Die's merchandise and got out of there before traffic was crazy, so that was a nice ending to my night.

Now this week I'm just trying to get packed and get armor and weapons repaired for Great Western War this weekend.  Right now the plan is ride out with 2 friends and be there for all the fighting on Friday-Sunday (that's when all the fighting will be done).  I might try to jump into a tourney or two depending on when they are and what the formats are.

That's all I have for now, and I might even post again when I get home from Great West.