( An essay dealing with rejection and criticism, now preserved on this blog for the next decade or so... )

Yesterday was an anniversary -- my gym membership expired and thus needed renewing. At the same time, it was also the day I met with my trainer so I stepped on the bathroom scale. 207 -- a great number to see ( Read more... )

2010 is dead. Long live 2011 ( Read more... )

I picked up Red Dead Redemption a few days ago upon the recommendation of a few friends. Although our tastes vary in different ways, both pointed out nuances that they knew would be essential for me, so I figured I'd give it a shot ( Read more... )

On the night before Halloween, I went with some friends to The Scarehouse. It was a fun evening, topped off with some really tasty frozen yogurt at a shop in Squirrel Hill, and then we watched The Grudge (good film, by the way). A good time was had by all, myself included, even though the haunted house didn't exactly scare me ( Read more... )

Goodness it's been a while. The past two weeks have been a little nuts on the social scale. I've been working on a special project (not writing, but writing related) and celebrating my aging multiple times with family and friends. My Stepfather also celebrated his aging Thursday night, where we went out for Ethiopian food (very tasty). It's a ( Read more... )

A while back I gave my take on Dragon Age and how it compared to Mass Effect. After playing Lair of the Shadow Broker, I was given the opportunity to rekindle Shepard's relationship with Liara T'Soni. It left me thinking about the nature of relationships and sexuality as presented in both Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

When it came out, Mass Effect ( Read more... )

God knows I've talked enough about Mass Effect 2 and my love for the series. Recently I picked up the latest DLC for the game Lair of the Shadow Broker and I just finished playing through it.

And at the end it left me with some uncertainties.

It's not in the game play, that's for sure. The whole module is a roller coaster ride, starting with an ( Read more... )

Okay, I know, it's a day late, but hey, you're not paying for this.  Anyway, I wanted to talk about music for a bit...

It wasn't until college that I got into Metallica, and metal in general.  I was an odd duck in grade school, dodging the rock trends -- or trying to be adamant fan of more "classical" music.  Of course, I have to admit, one music ( Read more... )

Erin Palette made a very interesting comment on her blog, which you can read here. She's been talking about the D&D setting she's been developing/running and it's been an interesting read (along with the rest of her blog), but this bit got a bug in my ear:

"Sensible people do not take unnecessary risks. They stay at home and live boring lives where ( Read more... )