In September 2001 I was wallowing in a depressive, agoraphobic phase. The outside world contained uncertainty and the possibility of feeling pain. I wanted none of it. Somehow I had convinced myself that if I hid from the world, like a mouse cowering in a hole when the owl is on the hint, it wouldn't be able to hurt me. Things like maintaining my ( Read more... )

Who you gonna call?

Whether you love D&D or hate it with an undying passion, you should still take a moment today to thank this man for installing the foundation of the entire RPG genre as we know it today. He and Dave Arneson developed a game that went on to inspire and influence all those that came after it. They spawned a cultural phenomenon that continues to grow ( Read more... )

All will one day feel the wrath of Shellclown! They shall wail and gnash their teeth and curse the invention of pipe cleaners!

...not to mention the console that's required to play said game. Why? Because Halo 3 features the voices of Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, and Adam Baldwin. Check out the selections under 'Marines'. I love how they gave each of them lines that fit their characters on the show. Lots and lots of Jayne-isms, specifically ( Read more... )

While I play videogames fairly often, I'm not much of a hardcore gamer sort. For example, I've never played any of the Half-Life series. Yes yes, heresy, I know. I don't have anything against Half-Life or something. There's a lot of great games out there that I've just never gotten around to playing ( Read more... )

StrongBad's opinion of fan fiction.

I don't believe in them anymore. It seems silly to spend one night a year spinning pie-in-the-sky fantasies about what you'd like to do with your life, only to inevitably break each and every one of them in short order. Spun sugar concepts like New Year's resolutions rarely survive the hard light of a handful of days. True commitment takes more ( Read more... )

Just wanted to give anyone still watching out there a quick update on my medical condition. I'm no longer in constant pain; I only have a problem if I sit down in one position for more than five minutes or so. Standing, walking, lying down, and sleeping are all activities I can now enjoy without needing to reach for the Vicodin. The approval for ( Read more... )

The current diagnosis for my condition is a tear in the L5-S1 disk in my spine. *twirls a finger* Yay me.

I've been prescribed more drugs, physical therapy, X-rays, and a follow up visit next week. I'm now officially off work for medical reasons, which sounds better than it is. Trust me, you get really bored after spending over two weeks lying ( Read more... )