Sunday, July 30, 2006

D&D + Concerts = Fun

Yeah, the blog every Tuesday thing didn't work. On the upside- exciting things have happened since I last wrote.

A few weeks back a bunch of our friends (not including Matt, I-Can't-read-my-work-schedule) got together at Sean M's parent's cabin in the Pocono’s, for a massive three day D&D party. There were twelve of us in all, divided into two parties of five. This weekend's twist was that we were given three pre-rolled sets of stats(in order), and had to choose our character off that. We also didn't know our group composition before we went up, and didn't know if we were going to be placed in the campaign of lawful characters, or chaotic characters. To top it off, we were promised a showdown of group vs. group at the end. The dungeon exploration was great. I played a swashbuckler3/rogue3 chain fighter (something I always told myself I'd never play...), and had a blast. I think everyone's only regret was not getting to go out and do some of the stuff in the area (there was a small fair going on, there's a gigantic general store, the AT is close by).

After playing, those of us able to get off work Monday stayed over Sunday night and went to Dorney park in the morning. It had been a while since I was there last, and it was a good time. Waterpark was blistering hot. I was severely disappointed by the new roller coaster, Hydra - The Revenge (It was built where Hercules was... har har). It's a sitting down in a seat, metal coaster, that focused mainly on low-speed corkscrews. Meh.

This last Friday, Amy and I went to the Giant Center in Hershey to see Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows in concert. It was awesome. GGD played all the important songs, Name, Slide, Iris, Broadway, Black Balloon, with little variation and only some moderately decent stage presence. CC on the other hand, was fantastic. They were in and out of songs doing all sorts of cool changes, and stopping in the middle of some to explain the meanings or tell a story about it.

Giant Center, by the way, is a really nice/clean place to see concerts. I wholeheartedly endorse it.