I didn't stand in line 18 hours to get an XBox 360, nor do I ever plan on it. I've seen the kiosks everywhere, and I have to admit I'm not terribly impressed. PC gamers have been seeing graphics like this for quite some time now. In all fairness though, I haven't actually seen enough XBox360 games to make a sound judgement yet. I'm waiting to see the following games before I decide how I really feel about it: Elder Scrolls - Oblivion, Project Gotham Racing 3, and any random EA Sports game. All screen shots I've seen from these games are absolutely gorgeous.
Well, the house walkthrough is delayed...again. Now it's Monday, followed by the closing on Tuesday, followed by moving in on Wednesday...plenty of time for everything (*sarcasm*).
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
Monday + 3 Day Work Week = Hard to Work
I have the hardest time getting motivated during a short work week...one would think that with a short work week, work should be MORE productive. I guess I'm in a "decompression" phase after the hellish deadlines we were under for a couple of months.
I feel as if my "Cycle of Hobbies" is starting to shift. I generally have 3 main hobbies outside of work: video games, books, playing guitar. Generally, I have periods of time lasting from 2 weeks to 2 months that I will be interested in each. The Video Game Cycle lasted a little longer this time, and has since given way to the reading cycle, but I'm gradually feeling like the guitar is starting to call my name again, perhaps suggesting that I should sit down and play rather than complain about how I don't have enough quality time to devote to getting better. Therein lies the problem, however. There is a stark dichotomy between the music I listen to, and the music I am technically capable of sitting down and playing, with almost NO intersection of the two. Generally, I'm more apt to listen to heavy and progressive stuff, but I have been known to listen to jazz, blues, and classical from time to time, especially if the mood strikes me just right. Some stuff I've been listening to lately, just to give an idea:
Dream Theater - prog metal, probably one of the best heavy bands I've ever heard. No amount of words could ever describe their music.
Symphony X - prog/neo-classical metal, listen!
Stratovarius - swedish neo-classical metal/heavy metal. Awesome and more "musically accessible" than the first two.
Joe Satriani - melodic instrumental hard rock. Joe is the man, probably the kind of music I would play if I were capable.
Queensryche - hard rock/metal with progressive tendencies. Just all around awesome band.
Just a little peak into my "musical" mind, as crazy as it is...
I feel as if my "Cycle of Hobbies" is starting to shift. I generally have 3 main hobbies outside of work: video games, books, playing guitar. Generally, I have periods of time lasting from 2 weeks to 2 months that I will be interested in each. The Video Game Cycle lasted a little longer this time, and has since given way to the reading cycle, but I'm gradually feeling like the guitar is starting to call my name again, perhaps suggesting that I should sit down and play rather than complain about how I don't have enough quality time to devote to getting better. Therein lies the problem, however. There is a stark dichotomy between the music I listen to, and the music I am technically capable of sitting down and playing, with almost NO intersection of the two. Generally, I'm more apt to listen to heavy and progressive stuff, but I have been known to listen to jazz, blues, and classical from time to time, especially if the mood strikes me just right. Some stuff I've been listening to lately, just to give an idea:
Dream Theater - prog metal, probably one of the best heavy bands I've ever heard. No amount of words could ever describe their music.
Symphony X - prog/neo-classical metal, listen!
Stratovarius - swedish neo-classical metal/heavy metal. Awesome and more "musically accessible" than the first two.
Joe Satriani - melodic instrumental hard rock. Joe is the man, probably the kind of music I would play if I were capable.
Queensryche - hard rock/metal with progressive tendencies. Just all around awesome band.
Just a little peak into my "musical" mind, as crazy as it is...
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Sleep = Good (but just for today)
Finally got some sleep that I've needed. After waking up this morning, I felt like I had slept like the proverbial log. This was confirmed after I told Christie I had slept really good, and she commented that she couldn't sleep because of the storm. My reply: "there was a storm??" This was confirmed by many people at work. I'm sure part of the tiredness was brought on by going to the gym at 8:00 last night and getting on an elliptical for 30 minutes (thanks a lot Biggest Loser).
Well, one week from closing on the house, aka signing ourselves into debt for the next 30 years. It's all good though, we are already planning parties for the house, the first of which being a Christmas party with all of the gang together for the first time in a long time...should be VERY entertaining. We shall be playing "dirty santa", which bears no resemblance to Billy Bob Thornton's character in Bad Santa (just plain wrong!)
Maybe we'll have a chance to check out the house today...hopefully!
Well, one week from closing on the house, aka signing ourselves into debt for the next 30 years. It's all good though, we are already planning parties for the house, the first of which being a Christmas party with all of the gang together for the first time in a long time...should be VERY entertaining. We shall be playing "dirty santa", which bears no resemblance to Billy Bob Thornton's character in Bad Santa (just plain wrong!)
Maybe we'll have a chance to check out the house today...hopefully!
Monday, November 14, 2005
Spooky
I mentioned something about checking out an old church here in town on Saturday night during our random stuff. Here's some pics...no ghosts though...
pretty good night shot with moon in background (actually my best night shot ever).
cool fountain...that we couldn't get to because the entry was gated
AH!! A ghoul!! No wait, that's just me... (I get that a lot...)
Good stuff...
pretty good night shot with moon in background (actually my best night shot ever).
cool fountain...that we couldn't get to because the entry was gated
AH!! A ghoul!! No wait, that's just me... (I get that a lot...)
Good stuff...
Long time since...
So it's been a long time since I posted, mostly because I am practically wallowing in the fact that our schedule/deadlines are not choking us anymore. I actually leave here at regular time now, which feels strange, though it's still dark when I get home. It's been nice really, I can finally get back in the gym regularly, so I'm feeling pretty good.
Had a fun weekend, Friday afternoon at 4:00 is the perfect time to make plans for the next afternoon. We decided to get together and have no plan, which actually ended up for the best because we did more in that evening than I can remember. Here are the events of the day: explore the old part of town, wander around an old church and take pictures, eat at a pizza joint, meet some random people at a coffee shop and had a nice long conversation with them, discussed the possibility of visiting a cemetary to ghost hunt, listened to a play reading by Robert (that he had written the night before, 11 pages!), participated in a play reading, then played the forever fun Munchkin until about 3am.
Not all of the weekend was THAT enjoyable though, we packed more boxes for the move on the 25th, so the apartment looks a lot like a warehouse right now. For those that have never moved before, here's the rule: No matter how prepared you are, you will always need a box in a shape or size that you don't already have. Period. That's how it works.
We are almost exactly 1 week away from our walk-through, so things are getting pretty exciting...changes in the house occur almost daily. I'm absolutely amazed by the fact that they only have 1 week left to finish, but it looks like there's well more than a weeks' worth of work to do....I guess their last step is some sort of arcane magic or something...we shall see. Bottom line: we are really pleased with the home building experience and can't wait to get moved in.
Had a fun weekend, Friday afternoon at 4:00 is the perfect time to make plans for the next afternoon. We decided to get together and have no plan, which actually ended up for the best because we did more in that evening than I can remember. Here are the events of the day: explore the old part of town, wander around an old church and take pictures, eat at a pizza joint, meet some random people at a coffee shop and had a nice long conversation with them, discussed the possibility of visiting a cemetary to ghost hunt, listened to a play reading by Robert (that he had written the night before, 11 pages!), participated in a play reading, then played the forever fun Munchkin until about 3am.
Not all of the weekend was THAT enjoyable though, we packed more boxes for the move on the 25th, so the apartment looks a lot like a warehouse right now. For those that have never moved before, here's the rule: No matter how prepared you are, you will always need a box in a shape or size that you don't already have. Period. That's how it works.
We are almost exactly 1 week away from our walk-through, so things are getting pretty exciting...changes in the house occur almost daily. I'm absolutely amazed by the fact that they only have 1 week left to finish, but it looks like there's well more than a weeks' worth of work to do....I guess their last step is some sort of arcane magic or something...we shall see. Bottom line: we are really pleased with the home building experience and can't wait to get moved in.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Is That A REAL Ancient Mr. Bones?
I played the coolest card game EVER this past weekend, it's called Munchkin, and it's like D&D if I would have come up with the rules. I'll spare the gory details and just put a link here
http://www.sjgames.com/munchkin/game/
Bottom Line: If you are a D&D fan, play this game. You won't forget the experience.
http://www.sjgames.com/munchkin/game/
Bottom Line: If you are a D&D fan, play this game. You won't forget the experience.
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