My first blog, titled Bright Green Gaijin Pants, was a chronicle of my time as an exchange student in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. I’ve decided to repost its contents on this blog. For a full list of all these posts, check out the Bright Green Gaijin Pants category. The first blog post of any real worth…
Author: Lena
The Problem with Modern Television
I’ve watched the first few episodes of the remake of V (Not for Vendetta! V, a different sci-fi show.) showing on ABC. I don’t think I will be watching any more. This is not because it’s bad. On the contrary, I think they’ve done an excellent job of updating the story to account for today’s…
Showing Up to a Raid is Good Etiquette
Some World of Warcraft players have a chronic problem with accepting raid invitations and failing to show up to them. It’s a problem I’ve seen before in Dungeons & Dragons, as well. The player is of the “it’s only a game” mentality — since it’s only a game, it doesn’t matter if he shows up…
Work in Progress: My First Quilt (Top)
I have completed my first patchwork quilt top! It’s actually been completed for a couple of weeks, but I didn’t get around to taking pictures of it quickly. I cut three 2.5″ squares from each of 40 different fabrics, which I put in a bag. After shaking the bag until they were thoroughly mixed, I…
Bright Green Gaijin Pants, Post 3-4
My first blog, titled Bright Green Gaijin Pants, was a chronicle of my time as an exchange student in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. I’ve decided to repost its contents on this blog. For a full list of all these posts, check out the Bright Green Gaijin Pants category. The first blog post of any real worth…
Making the Best Use of Recount, Part 5: Damage Taken and Friendly Fire
This is the fifth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. The next two reports I cover, again clicking to the right in Recount, are not complicated. Their formats are similar to those of reports covered previously. The Damage Taken…
Netflix — On Mah PS3!
I first took up Netflix eons ago, when there was no service hub in Anchorage, Alaska. Turn around time on my new rentals, from the day I dropped a DVD in the mail for return to Netflix, was about a week. I was thinking it wasn’t really worth it when Netflix produced the ability to…
Bright Green Gaijin Pants, Post 3-3
My first blog, titled Bright Green Gaijin Pants, was a chronicle of my time as an exchange student in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. I’ve decided to repost its contents on this blog. For a full list of all these posts, check out the Bright Green Gaijin Pants category. The first blog post of any real worth…
The Birth of a Quilt Log
I went to the Loussac Library fall book sale last weekend. I was hoping to find good Japanese reading material, but they were pretty much cleaned out on that. I did find some quilt books, though. I only ended up with one because this one lady snapped up every quilt book but the one I…
Making the Best Use of Recount, Part 4: The DPS Report
This is the fourth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. A Quick Note In my last installment I overlooked the most obvious part of the Damage Done window, which is the summary chart. It’s fairly straightforward, but I still…