So, a personal update – I just finished my vacation! I was off for 10 days and I went… nowhere! I didn’t even get to go camping, which is very sad. Normally, I go to the beach with four or five dozen people I know, but this year Annette couldn’t take any vacation, so I stayed at home.

Here’s what I did on my vacation this year:

• Watched the first three seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. I had seen most of them already. I love the Robert Goren character, and I’m sad Vincent D’onofrio isn’t on the show anymore. I mostly watched while working on minis, so it served as a nice distraction.
• Built a ton of minis. I built something like 25 new Chaos Space Marines, including Terminators and one loyal Space Marine Chaplain. Some of my work has been posted to Save Vs Blog, but not all of it yet.
• Tried to finish video games. At this, I failed. I tried to finish out Dragon Age, but as I do with Bioware games so often, I just made two new characters and played with them. I like making characters too much. I am still amazed I finished Mass Effect 2 on my first try. I didn’t make a dozen new characters or anything! So, I still have Assassin’s Creed 2 and Fallout 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4 to finish. And soon, I’ll have Transformers: War for Cybertron, so I am still way behind.
• Failed to finish out The Insane in World of Warcraft. I knew I probably wouldn’t finish last week, but I got so into minis that I didn’t gather up the stuff I needed to finish Shen’dralar and Ravenholdt. The stuff I need for Darkmoon Faire still looms over me… so many plants, so many cards, so many decks.
• Decked out my Mini-ManCave. My computer desk has been decked out with new shelves, drawers and sundry items, turning it from mild desk into Mighty Mini-ManCave! I’ve got easy access to the internet, minis, tools and all the stuff I need to work on almost all of my hobbies at once!

Overall, it was fun. I think I would’ve had a lot of fun at the beach, but I wouldn’t have a bunch of minis, so… all in all, it was still a good vacation.