@Cae, again my usual comment super hero film? meh!  same old same old. I'm actually at thepoint now where I think it's more interesting if people save the world without! special powers, and even more without the host of usual cliches. Then again I've had this rant before so will stop.

Ironically there is an awesome bridging quote for the subjects of super heroes and babies from the old comedy series third rock from the sun, which was about a few aliens living on earth (not that good a series but I saw an episode or two at one point).

"There is a new command structure now. Rank baby, powers infinite, orders, to be obeyed as soon as understood" .

Ironically, babies I find easier to deal with than older kids because babies I can relate to as animals, and having looked after a four week pup who eventually became a fourteen year old bull terrier with a mind of her own, it's amazing how similar the principle is .

Then again I find  animals tend to like me, which is an advantage. Still, in a way I'm relieved Mrs. Dark and I won't have all of that.
I won't dane to try advice other than what Cae has already said really .

Well today we had another fun family affair, buying wedding dress and accompanying items for myself! Surprisingly this went smoothly, we ended up with something lovely in purple and silver complete with silver shoes and pearls and such. I'd already bought my rather fun silk brocade cream tux, so it was just a question for me of buying shirt, and other bits like collar studs and cufflinks.

Unfortunately then we had a slight ding dong with the inlaws about what cash they're paying for and us having the temerity to hold the wedding reception in somewhere they! hadn't chosen and even worse, somewhere that Serves! alcohol! oh horrors! btw, Mrs. Dark is certainly a long way from being an arch conservative, ----- her parents on the other hand (or at least her mother), might be a slightly different story.

Still it'll work out, apparently Mother in lawis prone to the odd hissyfit on occasion, and after all I suppose it wouldn't be a wedding if there wasn't at least some in law trouble .

Youch, that doesn't sound fun, though I'm a little confused at your "dealing with your wife or daughter is the worst part of getting married" statement, since pretty much being married is! by definition dealing with your husband or wife, and if that is the worst bit, what is the good bit? 
Fortunately for Mrs. Dark and I dealing with each other is! the good bit, it's just all the other bits that are occasionally problematic, or at least trying to stop Mrs. Dark's parents from either running the wedding, or treating my lady as though she's five, or driving her up the wall, or probably all of the above .

This afternoon we have the rather fun task of trying to explain that we don't want a hole bunch of random strangers from their church turning up to the wedding, on the basis that the groom's party pretty much just involves the groom (due to a small thing like the Atlantic ocean being between myself and everyone who would want to come), while even the bride's side is pretty much just family and friends. Given our last conference it's not something I'm looking forward to.

At least we have managed to avoid the mother in law's suggestion of having a wedding reception at their house where all the guests eat frozen lasagnee (yes, this was a serious suggestion, for a wedding! ).

Then when all this is done we have to finish the visa application, go back to Britain, and then start everything up again .

Fortunately I have managed to persuade the jewelers to replace my engagement ring, considering they didn't actually down size the thing and it slipped off on a train and is likely in a pawn shop in the north of Scotland right now. Actually I'm a bit ashamed of myself since I played the Doctor card which is worryingly effective sometimes.

Well other than those sorts of hangups, things are obviously good. yesterday I played through a bit more of one button travel which was fun. I think I'm coming to the end of the story on Ios. I did get a ways through and slightly forget the thing due to other stuff happening, but I do find the intermitant playing in installments is a rather addictive way to play an interactive story, I'll probably do a b page today if I can, though since Mrs. Dark is going for the dress fitting I likely will have time. 

I also am continuing playing through bits of crazy party, which I'm finding the perfect game for right now. I'll certainly be getting back to Alter, but things are so tangled in rl at the moment something arcady or something I can at least sit down for a quick blast on is just about right, thoughme being me I like the progressive aspect of crazy party with the unlockables and such so that when i play my eforts aren't wasted. Actually that is one aspect of arcade gaming which has really been progressed by online capability and more time taken in the processing.

I'm also continuing with the Scar by China Mievelle which is of course awesome! and to say the first half wasa little slow in terms of pace, albeit I found the descriptions and style very compelling, things are definitely heating up hugely.

i think once I'm finished I'll go streight on to the Iron council, the third in the series, particularly since I suspect the ending to this is going to be pretty major.

My only disappointment thus far is that we've not run in to anyone from the first volume at all, and I really wanted to see what happened to Isaac and co, though hopefully they'll show up later.

Ah Nocturnus, that makes a bit more sence. In fairness Mrs. Dark has a little mother in law experience since her previous mother in law was pretty dreadful, even down to wearing black on the day of the wedding and telling everyone she wore black because she was in mourning for losing her son .

In comparison to that relations between my lady and my mum are really rather good.
As to my lady's parents, ---- well I like her dad, her mother is a bit more problematic due to aforesaid issues, though we were around there the other day and things were comparatively amicable other than my lady's extreme exhaustion due to dress fitting and her tendency to get somewhat ditsy when tired, (she passed out on my lap making  cat noises).

As to the rest of issues, arguements? A few heated debates about books such as game of thrones (she says it is too dark, I like the fact nobody is safe), and mutual swaring sessions at her computer which seems to have more goblins than usual (bloody windows 7), other than that nothing, indeed we've frequently been described as somewhere between beautiful and nauseating.

Mrs. Dark also interestingly complains about her weight, which is sort of amusing given that she is extremely tiny, both short and very slight, indeed I've pointed out to her that if anyone! would notice were her weight a problem it'd be me given how often I pick her up and carry her around, but she remains unconvinced.

As to not liking being apart, ----  yes, I completely sympathize, indeed my lady has said she's worried even if I go shopping, which is sort of amusing, yet at the same time there is never a problem with actually having own space to do things, indeed she's asleep and/or reading at the moment while I'm awake and enjoying morning coffee while forum browsing .

As rregards time etc, well hopefully that is most of the running around done, though we still need to get a carriage (and not a bicycle built for two), as well as arrange the service if we can. This sunday we're off to new york to see the Lion King which should be amazing! INdeed for me, seeing a show on broadway is sort of a big deal, indeed I do hope we'll have time to get at least a quick look at some of the touristy bits of New York such as the statue of liberty, since it'd be nice to see in person.

Hopefully today will be some down time, which I think we're both in need of, indeed I might get on alter for a bit if I can.

Hi  to all moderatees audio gamees
well well?
last two days were very fortunate because as I told you that I am at my trip.
we saw mysore palace and ooty hills and tea garden.
though the crap came when we just forget the way of my uncle's home.
also all the batteries of our phone got dead and it was very problematic to find a way of our home.
conversation is too difficult in Karnataka and tamilnadu.
So this is for the two days and now it is the time to return Dehradun back from koyambatoor.
Thanks
write your messages here please
Ishan.

Hi dark sir!
this is a really good news that you and Mrs  dark have an enjoyable time.
Well I don't have any right for saying this but can you please send your videos privately to me.
Why just for casual.
Thanks
Ishan

@Ishen, I'm not really sure what you mean about "private videos" if you mean of the wedding, well we don't have any, indeed I will say that saying "will you send private videos to me" combined with  your statement about "enjoyable time with mrs. Dark" could give people something of the wrong idea that you are looking for something rather dodgy, hence Cae's words about culture clash.

Well again not much today, though mrs. Dark's wedding ring is finished which is nice. We're going with white gold so if either of us gets stuck in a fantasy kingdom we won't have a problem, ---- actually we're going with white gold since it goes with our silver engagement rings but there you go.
Also I was sent a game to beta test which I think the community will very much enjoy, so I gave that a try, which is good.

I now intend to play alteraeon for a bit and see how I can do with the castle and the drakke keeper before I say goodnight and go to sleep.

So, not much major, though a really rewarding day none the less. The only miner irritation is we still! are running into problems trying to get a horse drawn cariage for our wedding since the one person of the several we tried who called us back had a highly ridiculous! fee compared to the others. Hopefully we'll find somewhere since it's something we'd really like.

I do believe that could be misunderstood as an invasion of privacy; while I can't speak for my wife, I know I would certainly not want to send videos of ourselves to anyone, not even our closest friends.

I would tend to agree. Even making allowances for the language barrier, I have to admit I found that request to be pretty icky.

Hi dark sir!
sorry for that.
well well? for today is a world yoga day
you all know that?
why not.
reading wise I am not reading anything
but I started the far from the madding croud.
by Thomas hardy.
Thanks
Ishan

Stomach bugs are a pain, you know?  My wife and I started out with one yesterday morning, which ended up with our daughter getting it, obviously.  At 6 months old, spewing everything and with a 103 degree temperature, life, I can only imagine, must be miserable, and yet, all she wants to do is eat... Bless her poor little heart... Er, stomach.
Otherwise, it feels great to be back on the moderation team, gaming when I get the chance to do so and writing idiotic things for the sake of writing idiotic things and hopefully educating people who are absolutely not, idiotic!  Now, the paradox arises, however, on how an idiot educates anyone... Don't dwell on it too much!  Don't do it, I say!
Our modem has started doing this funky business where, for whatever odd reason, it disconnects on the hour, every hour, or at least, the wifi network is dropping out... I'm not sure what to attribute that to.  We called our internet service provider and all they could apparently do was give us some suckage about how the modem's channel configuration needed to be... Well, reconfigured.  they set it to autoconnect to less congested channels, or so I was told, but it's dropping stupidly nonetheless.
The house is more or less ready, save for smoke alarms, which we intend to get as soon as possible, along with some bushes out in the backyard that have thorns that are almost impossible to see, which we need to get rid of before any children go and play out there.  It'll be nice to not live in an apartment with paper-thin walls anymore.

Hi dark sir!
me and my friend discussed about music and have an idea of covering a song.
though it is a hindi song a romantic one.
yesterday we went to the studio 6 productions and we fixed the charges.
I hope in few days the song at least ready for singing.
If you want then I will paste the link.
Thanks
Ishan

Well today was fun.
Went for one of these american Gril,le and pool parties people in this part of the world are so fond of with some of my lady's sister's friends. I've not swum for years, and since in Britain outdoor pools are very much a luxury thing it was great as a novelty, they also did some amazing bbq briskit plus had my very favourite brand of rum, The Kracken!

A good time in general, albeit it left me a little shattered so I literally collapsed.

i did finish Jago and lightfoot, and am debating what to read next. Things did pick up once the master got involved, and once the sixth doctor turned up,but in general I was disappointed with this season, it just seemed not to have as much attention spent on it, indeed with the final episode being both jago and lightfoot running out of energy it felt almost a little too apt.
There was some setup for season 12 with Elly Higson's vampire thing coming back which sounds fun, though I actually hope they are working to a conclusion. There was some implications of this when Jago and Lightfoot ended up in the sixties, and it was said that their deaths weren't mentioned.
It's odd, much as I love some characters, I often feel I wish they'd have a final good end, either their deaths or just something that concludes things, rather than simply bimbling on until the quality drops and the writers run out of ideas.