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I have a confession to make. I am a big poopy-head. I can't help it. Sorry. :P
Oh, and I love Xbox. It rocks.
And I forgot to log out, with a house full of drunken faggots. Whoopsie.
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| Tired at the airport |
[21 Aug 2005|11:24pm] |
Sigh, I'm tired! I'm sitting at the airport in Vegas, Postal Service pumping through my tiny little speakers, (im)patiently waiting for my flight back home to good ole Atlanta. I miss my bed!
As usual, I feel the need to post in this my virtual diary when I'm feeling thoughtful, and this is no exception:
So I went to Vegas this week for my annual Playstation Merch Conference, and it was great seeing some faces I didn't realize I missed until I saw them again. We stayed in an amazing hotel, The Four Seasons, I had lots of free booze, free food, and comraderie. As usual, Sony lavished me with gifts, and although I didn't win anything at the Awards Ceremony, I had lots of people compliment me on my articles for Pulse, our Merch newsletter, which was great. All in all, I had a fabulous time, until I decided to take the city on during some of my free time. Wow, what a dissapointment.
First, I should preface this with an apology for anyone reading this that might live in Vegas. But the truth of the matter is, I really didn't like the city at all. True, there were amazing buildings, flashy lights, and a party atmosphere. Sure, there were lots of shows to see, lots of gambling, lots of booze and scantily clad ladies--but I could care less about most of those. When I go to a city, I look for the culture, the pulse, the soul that makes it unique. And as far as that's concerned, to me Vegas was a powdered, sequin-clad whore with one leg in the casket. The entire time I was there, I felt like I was on a movie set, and that if I blinked, a crew might come and sweep it all away to leave me alone and gasping in the desert. The only thing positive I can really say about the place was that all the people were very nice (more than I can say for last year's conference in San Fran).
With this in mind, I found myself wondering about the cities I really do enjoy, foremost amongst them the lovely city of New Orleans. If there was ever a city with a soul, it's New Orleans. Both Vegas and New Orleans are party cities, but in my mind, they both couldn't be any more different. I liken it to a gaudy piece of paste jewelry versus an antique cameo--sure the paste jewelry is bright and colorful, but the cameo can tell a story, has a history that makes it rich with interest.
Anyway, I'm finding it hard to be eloquent while typing on this tiny little computer, so I'll draw it to a close for now. Perhaps, if I'm not too exhausted when I get home, I'll write a little more about what's going on in my head. Till then, wish me a safe flight!
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[22 Jun 2005|12:54am] |
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It's been a while since I've posted, my world's been busy and free time's been a luxury I've been hard pressed to afford--well, that's not entirely true--I guess it's just been all about priority. I've found myself more socially active lately than I have in a long time, so I've been hanging out with friends more than I've been on the computer. Even my games have been suffering, I haven't beaten a game since Psychonauts a few weeks ago. Not that I'm regretting anything, I've definitely been having loads of fun. Oh, and Destroy All Humans rocks!!
This last Saturday marked the first time in about a year that I've DMed a D&D game, and I think it went really well. All of the feedback was positive, and I pay a very critical ear to all that my players have to say. We also grilled out for the first time on our new grill, which already makes me feel better after the $350 price tag for it and its accessories--those hot dogs and hamburgers were damned good. It's definitely going to come in handy for July 4th!
As usual, I feel the need to post when I'm feeling exceptionally melancholy or thoughtful about things:
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| What a week! |
[23 May 2005|04:54pm] |
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So I lived through the weekend, crawling exhausted and bruised into bed last night for my first sleep of over 5 hours in one sitting in nearly a week. It was a tiring time, but oh was it worth it...
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Sitting here, enjoying a ( Nutty Bitch )
I can't help but revel in the fact that I'M NOW ON VACATION! In just two days I'll be in New Orleans enjoying a Hurricane with friends or ogling the graffitied tomb of Marie Laveau. I'll stroll the besmirched, urine-stained streets of the Big Easy with a relaxed grin, my cares and woes left far behind me.
And that's just the beginning of the awesome month I've got planned. Two weeks from now, I'll be hob-nobbing with gaming royalty at E3 http://www.e3expo.com/e3expo/ --I'm hoping I'll be able to meet Adam & Morgan http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/index.html without peeing myself or becoming the ultimate fan-boy they're always poking fun at. The Sunday after, I'll be limbering up my "miladys" and "milords" at the Ren Faire http://www.garenfest.com/ back in Atlanta. What a month!
In the immortal words of Hedwig, "I feel so optimistic..."
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| OMG! |
[25 Apr 2005|11:03am] |
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is going to be performing music from the Final Fantasy series in Atlanta this June! You better believe I'm going to be there!
http://www.atlantasymphony.org/aso_concert_details.aspx?Event=251
In other news, me and the fellas saw Kung Fu Hustle yesterday, which was AWESOME! I giggled non-stop through most of the film, as it proceeded to mock not only Martial Arts flicks, but The Matrix, Spiderman, Hero, and others. The special effects were a little sub-par considering what we're used to, but that too fit perfectly into the zany humor and attitude. The (mostly) Chinese cast was great, the martial arts were astounding, and Landlady rocked the house (literally)! My favorite character, however, was Tailor, with his steel bands and red underwear.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/kungfuhustle/splash/tailor/
Truly a geek-fest for the senses, I reward Kung Fu Hustle a 4 1/2 out of 5 (channeling the voice of Morgan Webb). Yahoo!
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I just finished the Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix, and all I have to say is...WOW. The fact that I tore through all three books in a week is partial testament to how amazing these novels are. Here's the official website if you want more info.
http://www.garthnix.co.uk/
Word of warning, if you look for the books at your local bookstore, they are actually located in the Teen Ficion section--although it's odd considering the mature themes the books expertly handle, especially that of Death. I guess in the wake of Harry Potter, the publishers thought they might sell better in that section.
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So we had sushi tonight with a bunch of friends, and as usual, a good time was had by all. Starting on the left we have ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bert37, psifire, ginkgocubb, t8r, smokeycub, rand_althor, princesssarah24, chillicub, and hanover.
And this is some of us after hanover's car wouldn't crank, waiting for some jumper cables. I told everyone to look forlorn, and I think t8r did an especially good job. Isn't he the cutest thing? I'm not exactly sure what smokeycub is doing, and I'm not sure I want to know...Thanks guys, for another fun night!
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So, I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2 last month, also known as Adult Onset Diabetes. It wasn't much of a surprise, considering that it runs in my family, plus up until this point I've never bothered taking care of myself in any way. I'm the kinda guy that would eat an entire box of Little Debbies in one sitting, then go munch on some Chips. Well, not anymore...
I've been very proud of myself and my willpower. Pretty much as soon as I left the doctor that day, I resolved to take better care of myself and to start watching what I eat. The decadent demons of sweetness have tempted me time and again, but I have resisted their siren call and I hope to continue to do so. Of course I still dip into the bounty here and there, but the key, I have pondered, is MODERATION. No way I'm going cold turkey! As a result, my sugar levels have dropped considerably (with a little help from my medicine too, I must admit) I've lost about 10 pounds, and I've haven't felt this good in a long time. I've also had way less headaches, been less grumpy, and my energy levels have risen quite a bit as well. Yay!
While you might think the first sentence of this post would foretell a depressing mood, I couldn't be better right now. I think it's important to look outside yourself sometimes, to see your life from a different perspective. I've been doing that all day, and my realization is that life is good. I love my job, I love my friends, and I love my Chillos. I feel like I've been really blessed and I don't plan on taking it for granted. Thanks everyone for making me so happy!
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[05 Apr 2005|06:25pm] |
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Yay me!! Given, I'll be working the booth most of the time, but hell, I'm getting to go for free and I'll get to attend the Playstation Party!!! Yay Playstation!! And this is going to be one hell of an E3, with the supposed first look at all three next gen consoles, the PS3, the XboxNext, and the Nintendo Revolution (all working titles of course) YAY again!
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| Alabama Dreamin... |
[28 Mar 2005|10:31am] |
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This Easter weekend, I went home to visit the folks in the little city of Dothan, also affectionately reffered to as "South East LA", or southeastern lower Alabama. It's the first time I've been back without Chillos or someone else to capture my attention, so I spent a little time mulling over my past. Saturday night I went driving for a while in the misty rain, visiting old sites that I used to frequent, places bearing the indelible stamp of my life like so many pages in a book. The Walmart I used to RULE at Street Fighter in the front little arcade...gone, replaced by a shiny orange Home Depot. The solitary little dirt road near the mall that I fooled around with someone once, wrapped in a copse of sighing trees...cut down and replaced with parking lots and shopping centers basked in garish neon. The trailer park I spent a few painful teenage years in, where I first buried myself neck deep in books to escape my downward spiraling reality...gone too, wiped clean as a slate and replaced with a NEW Super Walmart. As I drove around, a sense of loss descended on me, an ephemeral feeling that I had lost something near and dear to me that I didn't even know I still had. For the first time ever, history weighed me down, and I felt old.
Later that evening I went to the local gay bar, simply dubbed The Bar in prideful rainbow colors. It was pretty slow, but I decided to get my five bucks cover's worth, have a couple of beers, and enjoy the...quaint...drag show. The past, not finished with me yet, decided to rear its head again. I ran into some old colorful aquaintances of mine, including a guy in which my claim to fame was the first person he'd ever had sex with. I also ran into the neice of my best friend in high school, who at 20 turns out to be a lesbian...I'd not seen her since she was a pudgy little girl of 10, now standing before me a pretty freckled woman with her own agendas in her sparkling eyes.
After leaving The Bar, my melancholy had left me, replaced by something a little more complicated. The world still spins, the yarn unwinds, even in the backwater shallows of Dothan. Old faces change or dissapear, new faces appear, and so does the landscape, but it's also still the same, the same old struggle to carve a path through life, as the next generation repeats the same triumphs and mistakes of the previous ones. Everything you touch makes ripples, makes change, makes everything stay the same.
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| One last snippet... |
[03 Nov 2004|04:25pm] |
Ok I promise this is the last I'll comment on the amendment. I feel it necessary, at least for my own affirmation, to remain positive about the situation here in America. I know it passed, and it is a horrible thing that hurts me to the core of my being, but we have to perservere. I know everyone is angry, and there is talk of moving to different countries, where things are better, but to that I have one thing to say--what about the people that can't move? What about future generations of gays and lesbians that have to grow up in this bigoted atmosphere? That's not being very fair to any of them. I say, keep the faith, be loud and proud, do your best to make the general public more comfortable with us. The recent "popularity" with gay culture in the media seemed to be a positive thing, but I think it has come back to bite us in the ass. Most television shows, at least the popular ones, portray gays as funny, young, and promiscuous. They don't take us serious at all, which is I think one of our next hurtles for equality. We are everyday people, people with jobs, loves, hates, and desires, just like everyone else. It's time to stop sugar coating everything for fear of upsetting the religious right, because that's obviously not doing anything at all. My advice is to help more, talk more, and treat everyone with the respect that you want for yourself while remaining true to your beliefs and not budging from your ideals. Lead by example. Strive to show everyone around you what it is really like to be you, and if they come around, that's great. If they don't, there's always the next generation.
I know we're all tired, but I assure you, we may have lost a battle, but we haven't lost the war. Now lets go out there and fight the good fight, where it really matters--in our everyday lives.
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[02 Nov 2004|11:44pm] |
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So yea, lots of stuff has happened in my life lately...
1) Halloween was a great success this year, I stressed out as usual (what good host doesn't?) but everything came together great for both our Pumpkin Carving and our Costume Party. I had a blast, and I'm confident that most everyone else did too. I got to hang out with some great new friends (Keith and Mandy, Joey, Doug, and Josh), and had a chance to catch up with some old friends too. Yay Halloween!
2) My job's going good, although I'm exhausting myself in trying to impress my boss--holding events and demos, product trainings, writing articles, and getting 100% coverage (woohoo!) has seriously drained me, what with juggling all the other stuff going on...and playing games on top of all that! Speaking of games, I've recently beat Voodoo Vince (shhhh! It's an X-Box game), and have been tearing my hair out at Shin Megame Tense: Nocturne. It's a great RPG, but it's so freaking difficult that I've already gotten stuck twice at bosses, and I'm only 12 hours into the damned game! I'm thinking about putting it aside soon anyway, since EVERQUEST 2 supposed to be coming out next week!!! (crosses fingers)
3) Voted today, which made me proud, but of course I'm dissapointed about the outcome of the marriage amendment. It's a slow, long battle, and I've done my little part. Lets see how the appeals go...at least the line was incredibly short when we went, we only had to wait in line for 5 minutes. I can't help but feel a little hurt about the whole thing--I surround myself with open-minded people, so when I run across stuff like this, it's kind of shocking to me...I guess, in my own way, I'm just a bubble boy.
4) Been reading the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber, and I've really been enjoying it. It's sometimes amazing to me at how old a series it is, it contains some modern sensibilities. Overall though, it's a fun swords & sorcery romp, which is good for me right now since I only have time to read at lunch. Reminds me a little of Elric and Moonglum, with a dash of Conan and a pinch of Lovecraft. Yum yum good!
Ok, so I guess I haven't had LOTS of things going on, but it's a bunch for boring old me. Fall isn't really in the air (wet, muggy humidity instead) but I still feel the old autumn melancholy tugging at my sleeves. I can't wait until it gets a little cooler, when I can snuggle up to a warm cup o' joe and enjoy the season. This is always my favorite time for reflection, after Halloween but before the mad Christmas shopping season hits on the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, by the way, seems to be shrinking and shrinking year after year, dwarfed by the mad dollar signs of impending Christmas. Most stores seem to have skipped it altogether. Is it that no one has anything to be thankful for anymore, or is it just that it's all about the buck? Probably a combination of both. I wonder if kids still make the little turkey drawings by using an outline of their own hands? I used to love to do that...
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I just finished up probably one of the most hectic, exhausting weeks I have ever had. My new job is kicking my a$$! I'm now working for Sony as the Central/East Atlanta PS2 Merchandising Representative...sounds like great fun, but man, it's hard work! This area hasn't had a rep in over 8 months, so there's lots of clean up work to do at most of the stores. I keep telling myself that this is the hardest that it will be--that after I get everything in order,I get a good calendar going, and a good rapport with all the stores, that it will, eventually, turn into a rewarding job--but it's hard to keep optimistic at the end of a 12 hour day when my feet are killing me and I'm stressed for not getting as many stores in as I would like. I get very upset when I don't meet my goals...not to mention my heedless desire to always impress my boss--yes, I'm that smarmy brown-noser guy that always has the answer for everything and always gets his work done before everyone else. Maybe my years in retail have tainted me beyond redemption...regardless, it's all good, I've learned that Sony is an amazing company to work for. The people have been very upbeat and happy, I've had lots of e-mails and calls from reps all across the country to welcome me to the family. In fact, the aura of general optimism surrounding the employees has creeped me out a bit, but then, I'm used to retail, where everyone is grumpy and hates life. I should be happy to finally work for a company where people actually seem to ENJOY their job.
In other matters, I've been playing Tales of Symphonia (Shh, it's for the Gamecube--don't tell anybody!) and I absolutely love it. It's got some beautiful graphics, great voice work, and a fun (if kinda shallow) plotline. The character designs and personalities are definitely my favorite part though, and the combat system is easy and fun. I should be done with it this weekend. I also downloaded the demo for Myst IV, and it was amazingly beautiful and haunting, which of course is expected from a Myst game--but I must say, they've done some things with lighting and subtle movement that just takes my breath away. Just staring at a house plant is a wonder, with its leaves shifting with the slight breeze coming from the window, and the motes of light drifting by on their shiny trail of luminescence--awesome stuff. I got the demo from gamespot.com if interested.
Well that's all for now, I think I'm gonna run downstairs and enjoy a little decadence--maybe some hot cocoa with Godiva or some coffee with Frangelico...yay weekends off!!!!!
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[14 Jun 2004|12:47am] |
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Look, it's Wil's once a year post! Shock! Horror! So what's been happening in the intrepid life of the internationally ignored song-stylist barely standing before you? (shameless Hedwig plug)
A few things, actually...
Me and Chillos have finally entered into the 21st century with cell phones--I've been as giddy as a schoolgirl, playing around with the darn thing. It's a pretty cool one--an NEC 525, with a gigantic technicolor marvel of an LCD screen, lots of functions that likens it more to a PDA than a phone, and a so-so quality (but fun to play around with) digital camera function. Oh industry, whatever will become of me?
In other random news, I've picked up a new CD--Patty Griffin's new Impossible Dream, and I've been listening to it almost non-stop since. It's been a long time since I've stumbled across music that brings tears to my eyes, but this did it...the closest thing I can compare her to is if Bonnie Rait and Allison Krauss has an impossible love child. It's beautifully written, poingantly bittersweet, with a liberal dash of lilting, breathtaking nostalgic charm that my cries out to my childhood. I especially love the piano songs, the instument itself is its own voice, ripe with that old, slightly out-of-tune echo in the peeling church or the vaulting, stale space of the school auditorium. So there's my critique, as if you asked for it :)
Man, what a summer of movies! We saw the new Harry Potter last week, and just saw Chronicles of Riddick today. Next weekend is Stepford Wives. As for my opinion of Potter and Riddick, I don't know how to do cut tags on here so I won't go into critical detail, but both left me dissapointed.
In the realm of games, it took me all of one month to fall in love with City of Heroes, get jaded, and quit. It was fun for a while, but the lack of STUFF to get in the game left me really wanting--plus, the pace of the game is so FAST that it lacked that excellent conversational quality that Everquest had. The thing about MMORPGs that draws me in is the role playing aspects of playing a fantastical character to the hilt--and when fighting a non-stop stream of enemies in mission after mission, role playing opportunities are few and far between. I've yet to find a MMOG that balances on that happy medium between engaging, plot heavy action and a down-time filled with role-playing goodness. EQ failed on one end of the spectrum, and now COH has failed in the completely opposite sense. Will my insatiable appetites ever be satisfied? Perhaps, in EQ2, or World of Warcraft...
I'm looking forward to the upcoming RPG for the GameCube called Tales of Symphonia, it should be out next month. Other RPGs coming out that sound nice are Baiten Kaitos, also for the Gamecube, and the new Star Ocean game for the PS2.
In the world of books, I've just recently completed two excellent series--the Books of Amber and the Myst Trilogy. Per Chillos' goading, I've just begun The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings. At first I was a little wary of the title--I read Eddings back when I was 14, and loved him then, but I wasn't sure that he would live up to my 29 year old self. So far though, it's entertaining...time will tell. I just found out that Storm Constantine will be at DragonCon, which is exciting--she is a very strange but compelling author that wrote a series called the Wraeththu Trilogy, about a mutant race of hermaphrodites that inherit the world from us lowly dimorphous (word of the day!) mortals. It's steeped in androgynous punkesque shamanistic modernism--think Ziggy Stardust as a new age medicine man. Very original stuff--I'm looking forward to her panel. Yay Dragon Con!!
Well, I suppose that's enough blab to last another year of not posting....
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| Autumn is here!!! |
[01 Oct 2003|01:21am] |
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The first day of autumn was last Tuesday, the 23rd, so we are now officially one week into fall. My favorite season is here! And unlike the jungle-climate of Florida, it's actually been cool! I'm sure it's only temporary--they'll be more hot flashes--but the mild, breezy weather has kicked my mood sprawling into melancholy. Whenever the leaves fall golden and crisp like tiny confections, and jack'o'lanterns begin revealing their moronic grins in stores everywhere, Wil gets moody...
Not that I'm depressed or anything, just...contemplative. Things take on a different perspective, the manic bustle of the work-a-day world slows and, for a change, I stop to breathe. Just today I was on lunch break, driving to Wendy's for greasy goodness, and I was stopped by one of the many lights along the way. My window was down, and the orange splintered rusty wind of fall made it's way into the confines of my car. I looked out, moved for reasons I couldn't quite understand, and reveled in the feeling. I'm sure some of you might understand what I mean.
And of course fall means something very important to me is approaching--HALLOWEEN!! The high point of my year, Halloween is the chance to shed the normal (well, relatively) and embrace the strange. This year I'm going to go for a more polished version of what I was last year--a Pseudo-Victorian Vampire. Out of all the costumes I've donned over the years (and believe me, there have been many--I haven't missed a Halloween since I was 6 years old, and I had chicken pox) it seems to be my favorite, mainly because of comfort factors.
Wow, what a memory, that ill-fated Halloween when I was 6. I was going as a fireman, replete with red slippery plastic outfit, the crunchy plastic hat, and the shiny, semi-sinister mask fixed in a painful, permanent smile, mustache curled jauntily above rosy cheeks. I'd carried around the axe with me for weeks. And then--tragedy!--the POX struck. I would've gone out for a night of succulent sweets and frightful adventures anyway, but my mom made me stay at home. Oh bother! I've yet to forgive her for that, but oh well, life goes on eh?
Quick holidy hint--if your rear end needs a jump start into the spirit of All Hallows Eve, read The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury. It's a short little book and it really gets the spooky juices going--it made me feel like a kid again, back when people weren't ruled by paranoia and trusted their fellow neighbor--but I'll save that rant for another post. All I have to say on the matter now is, going to the Mall for Trick or Treating is NOT what the season is about!
Ok, so my games are calling me now, and the Witching Hour has long since passed, so I'd better get cracking.
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Our copy of Neverwhere is here! We watched the first episode, and while I admit I was a little culture shocked by the particular quality of a BBC mini-series (I'm thinking soap opera mixed with Dr. Who) I'm still confident that it'll be a great buy. It's hard to go wrong with such an amazing book, especially since Mr. Gaiman himself wrote the screenplay.
We also got out Brom print back today--we had given it over to Michael's to mat and frame, and they did a wonderful job. I'm looking at the finished product now--it's called Demon Slayer, and features my most favorite anti-hero Elric, battling a trio of demons. For those of you unfamiliar with Brom, he's done a lot of art for role playing games and card games--he was the artistic brains behind the Dark Sun setting, has worked with White Wolf on several of their products, and has done a fair amount of novel cover art as well. His distinctive style involves a combination of oil and ink mediums--the inks really give his blacks a lustrous quality. I had the honor of meeting him this year at DragonCon--we actually talked for like 5 minutes!--and it turns out that he's a pretty nice guy in person. We chatted about the con, what kind of games we liked to play, and about how much of a fan boy I am of his work :) I hope to get more of his signed work in the future, along with some of my other fav. artists, like Robert Gould and DiTerlizzi.
I'm thinking about starting a web site to help jump start my writing, something along the lines of a project me and some friends did in high school that was a lot of fun. The whole idea is to begin a story, perhaps a page or even a paragraph worth, and then have someone else write the next part of the story, and so on with another person, until it gets back around to the original author to contribute to again. The circle continues until the story comes to an adequate conclusion. I'm sure there's a term for this kind of writing. Anyway, I remember it to be a great way to exercise the writing muscles, as well as a way to open up your mind to other people's styles, views, and creativity. If I started such a thing, would anyone be interesting in contributing?
In conclusion--YAY HALLOWEEN IS COMING UP!!
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Ok, so I realize I haven't posted in almost a year, which is pretty pathetic. Given, I've done some replies to other people's posts, but as for my own voice, it has been lost for a while. Writer's block, busy schedules, and the world that I revolve around (that being Chillos) have all been distractions...oh hell, who am I fooling, I'm just a lazy git that's been playing way too many video games. Anywho, I'm really concerned about my creative state right now--I really need to get back into writing again. I'm hoping live journal can be a tool to at least get the juices flowing, or if nothing else, it might help me to brush up on my typing skills. So, things that are going on:
Me and Chillos are working on a new d20 gaming world. Right now it's very hush hush, but we assure you it's going to be awesome. Our game-hungry friends--yes!, you know who you are!--never fear, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, and what a light it shall BE!
Just finished the three .hack installments that are out right now for the ps2, and can't stop jonesing for the next one! Alas, it won't be out until March. .hack has some of the most amazing gaming elements I've ever found in a console game--immense, intruiging plot, complex, involving, and strategic combat systems, and grunties!!! I'm hoping to dig my fingers into another game in the meantime--Disgaea, a quirky title by the guys that did Tactics Ogre for the GBA and Ogre Battle for the SNES, amongst other loveliness. Think of Disgaea as kind of like FF Tactics but with some seriously twisted humor and a leading character from the bowels of hell. How can you go wrong with that formula?
Speaking of games, I'm going to be beta-testing Final Fantasy XI for the PC. YAY! It's a pretty late beta test, as it is due out on the shelves late next month (crossing fingers) but I'm hoping to log in bunches and bunches of hours. YAY!
On a personal note, I couldn't be better. Chillos is my best friend as well as my companion, we tell each other everything and we are STILL wondering if we were twins separated at birth. Never have I found someone that shares so many of my interests and yet can still challenge me on so many levels. Yay for my sweety! BTW, out year anniversary is coming up. Can you believe it's been nearly a year already? I suppose the old adage is true...you know, "Time's fun when you're having flies"...wait...Dave is like the brother I always had...but better, and the three of us live in relative tranquility (except for the requisite pizza boxes, half eaten meals, and shoes thrown about--typical geek clutter) in our little slice of paradise. My job is blah but is probably the least blah it could be and still be retail, which I suppose is a good thing. It's easy at least, although I DO get very tired of people asking if the latest Madden NFL 2004 game is "tight." Exactly how can a game be "tight" anyway? And would that be a good thing?
Okies, that's enough for now I guess, if I blab out everything, I'll have nothing to talk about later...and I warn you, THIS time I shall return!
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[20 Oct 2002|10:10pm] |
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Got back earlier today from Bear Bust in Orlando, and had to go straight in to work for 8 hours. Needless to say, I'm beat.
I'm kinda depressed right now, not sure if it's the lingering effects of a weekend worth of Bourbon and cheap sex, or if it's the fact that this event has made me realize that I don't like a weekend worth of Bourbon and cheap sex. Yes, I did meet some nice people, one fella in particular who I hope becomes a good friend, but overall, I didn't do anything but walk around in uncomfortable boots watching everyone grope and hunt each other down like some barbaric hyper-sexual culture bent on finding the "best catch." It was far too crowded, the music was ok but the press of hairy bodies made it impossible to dance, and the waves of alchohol-laden thought waves bent on sex and status drove me to tears. Not to say I didn't have my fair share of debauchery, but now I look back at it as faintly unpleasant experiences heightened by shyness and lust. Note to self--no more sex with strangers. I know it's a cliche, but oi I feel used :(
At least a little good came of the weekend--I met a sweet cub from New Jersey who's--yes--an astronomer! I find it particularly amazing that someone can actually be and astronomer FOR A LIVING!! Yes, I'm a back-country hick, I can't help it, but it fascinated me. I also met another guy who looks oddly like me, who has an amazing singing voice and a penchant for Bette Midler that warms my heart :) We had a lot of fun singing songs and shooting the breeze, that's probably the best time I had while down there. Unfortunately his lover wasn't so happy with the arrangement...long story, best left unsaid.
All in all, I don't necessarily regret going, at least I can say "Hey, I did Bear Bust!" but next year my savings are going to DragonCon for sure. I think this experience has further defined who I am to myself, another step in my road to self discovery has been taken--I just can't have completely unemotional sex with a total stranger. Sex is...more important than that. Not to say that casual sex isn't a bad thing--but there's a certain level of caring and compassion that goes into it with me, I have to have EFFECTION, not just the desire to get my rocks off. Without the cuddles and the attention, it's just not worth it. That's what it boils down to, after all--sex is a function, a compulsion of the body that we share with animals--but what makes it a uniquely human experience is the emotion, intellect, and passion that goes in to it. Without a communion of spirits, at least on SOME level, it becomes nothing more than a base act.
I'll not be posting terribly regular for a while, as my computer has died and I've yet to figure out why. I'm so busy right now that I just don't have the time to delve into it, it'll have to wait until after Halloween.
Speaking of Halloween, I'm reading an interesting book called Death Makes a Holiday, sort of a history of Halloween but more importantly about the cultural impact the holiday has had throughout the years.
Still looking forward to visiting chillicub and ericdabear in a couple of days!! Another 4 1/2 hour drive doesn't sound appetizing, but I'll have an audio book in hand so I don't think it'll be too bad. Besides, it'll be worth it, to finally meet those mythical creatures :)
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Hello all, it's after 5:30 in the morning and I just got home from a LONG 13 hour day at work, whew! For those of yas that don't know, I'm a manager for Barnes & Noble Booksellers. It's a fun job, or as close to fun as I can get and still be in retail 8P I'm tired, but still excited, in another day I'll be going down to have lots of fun in Orlando for Bear Bust, then, just a couple of days after that, I'll be visiting Chillos and Eric up in Atlanta! Life is good, and I'd better eat my Wheaties! :)
BTW Jill, pardon me for saying so, but you really do seem to be quite accomplished with that...motion...(jots down notes)...perhaps you could give me some pointers sometime?
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