racing_turtle and I have decided to make a public blog for the world to see. We've added a handful of pregnancy photos and will be adding more as time goes on - especially once baby arrives ( Read more... )

There are changes afoot in my life. Some are thrilling and others are sad...

First the good news: In case you hadn't figured out from previous postings, I'm living in Vancouver, BC with my wife, racing_turtle. We have moved into an apartment close to my new job - and even though we don't plan to stay in this apartment forever, it is cozy and we are doing ( Read more... )

After a long weekend of packing, moving, customs and immigration, we're finally in Vancouver! I had my first day of work at EA today - amazing new company! More details on that later...we're currently stealing our neighbor's spotty wireless bandwidth. ;)

...and just in case it isn't apparent, my office has a Huuuge Beta release due tomorrow and I've got hours of coding ahead of me tonight, hence the flurry of recent posts.

Hello procrastination, dear old friend.

racing_turtle makes the best hummus.

Yum!

Sleeping in a bed is nice and comforting, but what happens if terrorists attack you? This bed doubles as a panic room and, if things go haywire, as your coffin. Featuring a DVD player, a microwave, a refigerator, bulletproof casing and more, this is the perfect way to sleep the kind of sleep the most paranoid of lunatics dream of...

The Quantum ( Read more... )

Here's wishing racing_turtle a happy birthday today!

Since I'm taking a stab at journaling again, I thought I would inform the world of my new toy...after 5 years, I've finally built a new box!

Specs:
Kingwin Case KT-424 (It's pretty...)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1GB GeIL RAM
Thermaltake 480W Power Supply
200GB Western Dig. HD
MSI K8N Neo Platinum Motherboard
Cooler Master analog gauges (Purely for the ( Read more... )

It's been brought to my attention that I made a comment in the past that I only write in my blog when I'm happy...and since my last entry was December 3rd, 2003, it would lead one to assume that I haven't been happy for the past 247 days. But that couldn't be farther from the truth ( Read more... )

I have just purchased tickets for the very first showing of LOTR: Return of the King (on December 16th at midnight). So far, there are nine people going to this outing, including Cap'n Cook, Princess JenFern, miss_maven and keth. My ultimate goal is to take half a day off of work and watch the extended editions of FOTR and TTT before we head to the theater ( Read more... )