My Dream House

As a new owner of an old home, my dream house is any one that doesn't have thousands of dollars worth of repairs and landscaping in its immediate future. I wouldn't turn down lakefront property either.

One Thing I Learned Recently

I've re-learned that the Rockies suck.

Rock, Paper, Hydralisk.

Hawk-eyed followers of my blog will surely notice that it hasn’t received an update in well over a year, which is the bad news.  The good news is that I have taken it upon myself to resume dazzling the Internet with my indomitable writing prowess.  However, there are a few…cobwebs to shake out.  You see, while I actually love my job (I’m seriously not being a kiss ass here), it doesn’t present the opportunity to pull out the old pen and write a bunch of nonsensical b.s.  So this blog is all the more vital to me – mostly because it’s more “green” (If I use enough buzzwords, I can generate traffic, leading to repeat readers, leading to ad space and immense amounts of profit!!!) than an archaic paper diary (tea party, Beiber, viral, overclock).

Fortunately, while I’m attempting to get my writing going again, I can spend the intermittent time getting my ass handed to me by professional Starcraft players in Starcraft II!  I spent entirely too much time playing Starcraft online back when I was a high-school freshman with braces, bleached hair, and a crappy haircut.  The thrill of the zergling rush.  The agony of your carrier fleet being destroyed.  The hilarious lurker army shredding apart your squad of marines in a nano-second.  All great, great stuff.  Unfortunately, my growing fondness for Diablo II and the encroachment of the professionals led to less and less Starcraft, but it still holds a place in my heart to this day (benchmarking, wiki, synergy).

Now, 12 years after the fact, it’s back!  I thought I had escaped but it’s pulling me back in!  Only it’s got a roman numeral after it (turbines).

Starcraft II, a game I’ve waited years and years for, is finally out.  And it’s glorious.  Plus it sort of justifies this ridiculous computer I bought last year.  Though I question the ridiculousness of the computer now – bloody planned obsolescence.  Everything old is new again, and while the game has changed in subtle ways, you never quite lose the feel for pumping out probes and pylons to kick start your economy, or building a strategic bunker wedged between supply depots and your command center to counter an early rush.  If you never played Starcraft, then you likely have a glazed look in your eyes and don’t care.  If you did, you still likely don’t care because I haven’t written in a while and this stream-of-consciousness style crap is bad when Kerouac writes it, quadruple so when it comes from me (blast fax kudos all around).

Anyway. if you have a computer that can handle it, get Starcraft II.  All the cool kids are doing it (Scientology, RSS feed, Echinacea).

The Funniest Thing I've Ever Heard a Child Say

Something about a kid I know (who has since grown up, like kids tend to do) aping his father’s cries of “are you a moron?!?” Only it came out as “are you a Mormon?!?”

Yeah, I don’t spend very much time around children.

2009 came and went (nearly) in Thornton…

I’m not sure if anyone is actually reading this or has an RSS feed to this place anymore.  I doubt it.  I sure as hell wouldn’t.  But, I need to get back into the practice of writing, so this is as good a place as any.

Let me start with a recap of my year.  It’s been an eventful one.  A good one, to be sure.

The Rockies made the playoffs!  I’m primed to turn 25 any week now – that’s nearly a quarter century!  I got a job!  A job I enjoy!  I don’t wake up in the morning dreading the prospect of going to work.  Wonderful.

Most importantly, I’m getting married.  That’s next year, however, and slated for my big November-2010-haven’t-updated-blog-in-a-year-post.