Can you hear the crickets?
By admin | June 13, 2010
I’ve been absent as of late from here, and for once, it’s not quite due to me. Things have been very busy on my end for several weeks now, and I’m starting to catch a break finally. I’m also hoping things begin to improve in other fronts as well. We’ll see…
First of all, I’m excited that the first week of August, I’ll be attending Gen Con. I took the whole week off because I didn’t want to miss a thing, as well as a few days the next week as well 
It should be tons of fun especially since it’ll be my first time going, and the first time I’ve seen the Madison crew since I left Madtown in the summer of ’07. We all ended up getting suites at the Conrad International, which is awesome. It cost us quite a bit, but then again, how often do you get to buy corner suites at a 5-star hotel?
I’m also stoked that later this year Cataclysm is coming out for World of Warcraft. For those who may not know, my best friend in the whole wide world, Marvin, got me hooked on World of Warcraft int he beginning of ’07, right when Burning Crusade came out, and I’ve been playing it ever since. I’ve gotten fairly high, high enough to do Icecrown Citadel content, which is effectively end-game stuff for the current expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. I’m hope that Cataclysm is half as good as Lich King was. We shall see 
Besides that, things are alright.
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OK, I admit it…
By admin | April 21, 2010
I’ve been slacking off on posting on here, but I’ve had my reasons.
That being said though, I come with a peace offering. It the official HD trailer for Final Fantasy XIII. I’ve been playing it a couple weeks now, and have been hooked almost from the word go. The song playing in the background is “My Hands” by Leona Lewis, from her CD Echo. Enjoy!
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OK, I admit it…
By admin | April 21, 2010
I’ve been slacking off on posting here, but I’ve had my reasons.
That being said though, I come with a peace offering. It’s the official HD trailer for Final Fantasy XIII. I’ve been playing it a couple weeks now, and I’ve been hooked almost from the word go. The song playing in the background is “My Hands” by Leona Lewis from her CD Echo. Enjoy!
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OK, I admit it…
By admin | April 21, 2010
I’ve been slacking off on posting here, but I’ve had my reasons.
That being said though, I come with a peace offering. It’s the official HD trailer for Final Fantasy XIII. I’ve been playing it a couple weeks now, and I’ve been hooked almost from the word go. The song playing in the background is “My Hands” by Leona Lewis from her CD Echo. Enjoy!
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Getting back into it.
By admin | February 25, 2010
OK, so the last time I was on, which was roughly a month ago, I promised I’d be writing more. As you all can see that really wasn’t much of the case. Abject apologies for that…
That being said though, there’s a number of things, new and improved in my life. To begin with, my parents saw fit to buy me a new laptop for my impending 30th birthday. But not just any laptop, a new Alienware laptop. It’s decked out with most of the bells and whistles you’d come to expect from a $2800 piece of beauty. There’s only one or two minor items I’d change on it, but given that my parents footed the bill on this one, I’m certainly not going to be one to complain.
As far as work is going, things are alright there. Two new guys started, which helps to alleviate some of the obvious lack-of-staff issues. Plus, they’re both smart as hell, and both hit the ground running, so that’s a real big help for us, since we’ve been hurting in terms of both staff and workload pretty much since I started there. I also got a new desk at work. It was smaller than my pervious one, but unlike most people who see the size of one’s desk as a status symbol, I’m not complaining. Why, you ask? Because my boss got the desk immediately adjoining mine, and he’s bar none, one of the coolest bosses I’ve ever worked with. He even plays World of Warcraft with me, which I heartily enjoy.
On the personal life front, I’m preparing for a trip to Gen Con this year. For the benefit of those asking “What in the name of all that is good and right in the Universe is Gen Con?”, it’s the largest gaming convention in the world. It’s been held annually in Indianapolis for several years now, and I’ve finally decided to attend. I got my badge squared away, and now just have to get the money together for a hotel room. Being that Gen Con is in August, that shouldn’t be a problem at all, especially since I’ll be getting my tax return in the very near future. That by itself, should put me halfway towards a nice suite there for the 4 days I’ll be there.
Movie-wise, I haven’t really heard or seen anything that peaked my interest, but this year does hold several promising movies. Among them are Iron Man 2, which in addition to having Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role, includes Scarlett Johannsen and Mickey Rourke. There’s also Alice In Wonderland, which opens in just a couple of weeks. I can’t wait to see what stuff Tim Burton dreamed up beyond what I’ve already seen in the trailers. Another one I’m anxious to see is the Clash of the Titans reboot. I remember seeing the original and was totally entranced by it. From what I’ve been gathering, this one’s a lot darker and grittier. Then of course, there’s the last Harry Potter book being released into a two part film. OK, I admit it, I like the series. Didn’t read the books, but I just liked the movies, since it seems to fit so darn well into World of Warcraft-esque stuff
Oh yes, and speaking of which, this November, the next expansion of World of Warcraft is coming out. It’s called Cataclysm, and it adds two playable races, the goblins and the worgen, to the mix. The general consensus right now is that the Worgen will have Thriller as their dance, and I sure hope so because one thing I’m really aiming to see is a mass of were wolves doing Thriller on YouTube.
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