So we’re (finally) engaged.  I popped the question about a month ago and Mara said yes.  Might still need to get a ring for her (and one for myself as well to buck some trends), but the fact that intent is stated is the most important aspect of it all.

Been super busy - our roommates finally got married at a gorgeous weekend in Montana, big project at work has been sucking up all my time, and the final planning for the wedding was taking up an inordinate amount of Mara’s time.  So we haven’t been up to much of anything relevant for this site.  Though we do keep thinking about it and trying to come up some plans and steps to actually get something done.

Not sure if we’re going to hop into Warhammer before the new WoW expansion due to both time constraints and Mara’s aged computer.  We’re interested in hopping in pretty early in the game but it’s looking like we may not play WAR until later on, sadly.

Rock Band 2 is awesome, however.   The new drums are an order of magnitude better than the first kit, the game interface is tighter, the music is very, very fun.  I’m on board with just about everything positive that’s been said about the game everywhere else.  One of the things I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen much commenting on is that Harmonix really keeps the song charting fresh - I’ve been playing on expert drums and they keep throwing new patterns and ideas at me.  The game seems so simple and I have a hard time imagining what else they can fit into 4 drum pads and a bass pedal, but they keep surprising me and making me learn new patterns with the new songs and new downloadable content.  Overall, super awesome.  We do need a new guitar/bass, so we’re trying to figure out if we spring for the new RB2 guitar or bass, get a second wireless Guitar Hero 3 guitar, or wait to try out the Guitar Hero: World Tour guitars - in general, we both like the guitars made by Red Octane for the Guitar Hero franchise, but we have been hearing a lot of good things about the new Rock Band 2 guitar, so we may give it a shot.  I think it often comes down to personal preference, so we’re hoping to get a chance to play around a display kit at a Best Buy or somewhere at some point.

Also, things are maybe looking like they may slow down a little bit in our lives, so we’re tentatively and cautiously approaching the idea of a podcast again (oh noes I spilled the beans on our project).  I think it’s best if we sneak around the peripheral vision of the podcast so it doesn’t see us and run away like it did last time, so that’s all I’ll say for now.