I've been feeling kind of empty lately. I've got most of what I want -- some time to myself, some time with friends, no "serious" problems hanging over my head -- but there's no direction to anything. I feel like I should be able to step back and enjoy what I've got, but I never really get a chance ( Read more... )

I just made Cake in a Mug.

I didn't believe it would work when I read about it, but it seemed simple enough, and I already had everything I needed in the apartment. It was really good! You wouldn't even know it was baked in a microwave. My only advice to those of you who try this: use the biggest mug you have around. I started in a little one and ( Read more... )

Gears of War 2: Completed wave 50 horde mode today with swissninja, littleandangry, rmalena, and potrashkin. It's been a long time since I had that much fun in a multiplayer video game. I hope the neighbors didn't get sick of us yelling 'OH FUCK OH FUCK RIDERS!", and "I'M DOWN! I'M DOWN! I'M DOWN!" It's hard to keep your voices down when wave upon wave of Locust are tearing you apart ( Read more... )

Okay, so the guy is multi-racial. Sweet. He seems to genuinely want to change the direction this country was headed in, which is fantastic.

Y'know what? I'm gonna be happy for the small stuff right now: he can pronounce big words. And he's sincere, and he doesn't get a shit-eating, condescending grin on his face when he's giving speeches ( Read more... )

My Xbox red-ringed today. This will make THREE Xbox 360's I've had to send back for repair ( Read more... )

I believe in Marti.

I've started a new writing exercise. I wanted to start writing more regularly, so over the last couple of weeks, I've developed this idea that I'd start a new livejournal and write a little micro-story as often as possible. But I wanted to have some sort of theme without limiting myself too much. So every story is going to be about a guy named Bob ( Read more... )

Okay, seriously. I don't usually talk politics, but as someone whose job relies on technology, whose hobbies are heavily centered on technology, and whose life basically revolves around objects with microprocessors in them, I really hope McCain, who says he helped create the Blackberry and is a self-professed computer-illiterate does not end up in ( Read more... )

I was doing some grinding/questing in The Hinterlands tonight and this dropped off an Elf Ranger.

It's pretty much the best drop I've ever gotten. I'm playing a druid so I *could* wear them, but... pssht. I'm selling those puppies and I'll be rolling in the gold.

PAX this year was amazing, as it always is. In attendance this year was me, rmalena, swissninja, ninjahq, littleandangry, and of course sarapada. Having friends join us made the convention 1,000,000 times better. There's way too much to cover in detail, so I will go over some highlights ( Read more... )