It's the culmination of a few.  Basically, since I returned from Christmas break when I fell off the video game wagon.  I got addicted to Candy Crush.  Then I licked Candy Crush.  Then I got stuck in it again.  Through it all, I've got a family that I love to death and am happy to spend almost all my waking moments with... only problem is, I'm shit ( Read more... )

I'm apparently not so good on challenges ( Read more... )

I'm feeling much better now.  Though my ridiculous obsession with computer games is once again wasting way too much of my life.  It's time to resume challenge.  No more solitary games (computer/video or card).  If I'm going to waste time on idle pursuits, they should be social ones.  Better yet, I shouldn't waste time.  I've got a beautiful son and ( Read more... )

I'm exhausted: emotionally, physically and mentally ( Read more... )

In September, I challenged myself to cut out video games.  Thank goodness.  I've been extremely busy since, but have been surviving because I don't have that procrastination option on my plate (the LJ option I've chosen this evening is largely because I'm pretty close to caught up on school stuff).  It's good not to have the guilt of wasted hours ( Read more... )

I haven't got time for this shit.  Catan is once again proving to be an addiction.  I have stuff I need to do that I can't do with its constant siren song.  Once again, I issue myself the challenge: no (solo) electronic games ( Read more... )

LJ increasingly seems a thing of the past.

But I figured I'd post here, since this is where sagaciouslu  originally challenged me to a month without television.  It was a great month, and so I have now challenged myself to repeat the experience, though somewhat altered.  I will only forgo solo TV.  Thus, I can watch Christmas movies and such with Krista if we' ( Read more... )

T minus 4 days ( Read more... )

So I know, I'm supposed to be disappointed.  The hailstorm at the beginning of July resulted in over $12K in damages to Marty.  Luckily, he was insured comprehensively.  They wrote Marty off as a total loss.  I was prepared to be disappointed by an insurance check that wouldn't really cover the replacement cost ( Read more... )

Magic Eye pictures used to fascinate me.  Seeing the embedded image was fairly easy, it required "relaxing" the eyes and tricking the brain into thinking that you were focused on one column of repeating images, when in reality, each eye focused on adjacent columns ( Read more... )