There, I said it. I know that, especially in the indie gaming community, this is tantamount to sacrilege. But…I dunno, I just don’t like it. Whether it’s traditional gamers and their “let me tell you about my character” fervor or indie kids and their “let’s discuss this game mechanic (or whatever piece of minutiae) until our ears bleed” tendencies ( Read more... )

I took a sick day today. More mental health than anything, considering I was so sick last week but it was one of the busiest weeks ever. Disease, tons of work, choir, business trip, socializing, more choir. The business trip didn’t go terribly well, but in the long term it’ll be fine. Choir left me with pretty much no voice, but the retreat was a ( Read more... )

I got some sort of cold/flu/manflu just before Christmas. Salmonella or something in Thailand. Then a cold after we got back from Thailand. Yesterday was a hangover, which was my own fault, but still not fun. And today I have a cold again. This is getting really, really, supremely old.

While normally it’s not a big deal for me to take some time off ( Read more... )

I don’t know why. I have multiple hobbies, a good social life, and a full-time job. But between choir, business trips & other work madness, plus hanging out and trying to actually enjoy life in my free time, February’s going to be a bit of a crazy time. Before it starts, I have an all-day rehearsal, a party to go to, dr’s appointment, and a ( Read more... )

I thought it was just a cough because my lungs panicked when I went from 2 weeks of 90 degree humid weather and loads of AC to snow. But no, it’s a cold. I’m actually feeling…well, I was going to say “energetic” but I’ll have to amend it to “pretty perky for a still-jet-lagged person with a cold who just got over serious food poisoning.” It’s ( Read more... )

For almost two months now, we haven’t been able to get Fox in HD. It hasn’t been that big a deal, I can watch Glee on Hulu and I don’t really need Family Guy in my life, but mostly I was tired of deleting basically blank recordings from the DVR, so I called the cable company. They sent someone out, nice guy, good lookin’. He fidgets around with the ( Read more... )

I thought I did very well with the jet lag. Thailand is 15 hours ahead of Seattle. We arrived home in the middle of the day, but managed to stay up until midnight and then pass out in a heap. Sunday night I got optimistically 2 hours of sleep, I was just not tired and even when I was tired I felt rather unwell. But yesterday I was reasonably ( Read more... )

We made it home. Thailand was amazing…for the first half of the trip. We saw amazing sights, ate amazing food, and rode on an elephant. Even the weird/bad parts of that part of the trip were still hilarious and amazing, or at least great stories: getting tit-punched by an elephant, an Asian band covering Sweet Home Alabama at a zoo, a monkey giving ( Read more... )

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now
Day Two: Nine things about yourself
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never doneDay Six: Five people who mean a lot to you

Day Seven: Four turn-offs

Day Eight: Three turn-ons

Day Nine: ( Read more... )

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now
Day Two: Nine things about yourself
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done

Day Six: Five people who mean a lot to you

Day Seven: Four turn-offs

I don’t know whether to take this as ( Read more... )