I bought a Sisters of Battle army.

Bad ass!

After months of teasing my coworkers (many of whom are avid Warhammer tabletop players), I finally broke down and bought my own set. I blame Baltimore Games Day. Walking around there, and looking at everyone's fully painted sets, I was deluded into thinking that I, too, could have a whole bunch of awesome looking figurines within a moment's notice.

I officially spent one night (many many hours) painting, and have two half-painted models. That painting is hard work! And as a former smoker, I still have me some shaky hands.

Still, it was a strong enough pull that I almost canceled a planned trip to NYC this weekend in order to go out to Comic Con and nerd out some more. But I resisted, and can happily say that I will be attending the hip-hop festival Rock the Bells in my beloved Manhattan (that I haven't visited in quite a few years) and eating very many Magnolia cupcakes.

And at the risk of derailing into another musical-based post (I can't help myself, I've been going to shows nearly every weekend), I wanted to mention The Decemberists concert that I attended two weeks ago. They played with The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I stand by my previous post that they're a band to see live, but I double that recommendation if you can catch them play with a full orchestra backing them up.

Here are a few videos that don't do the performance justice.