My life and times
Hard to believe it’s been a month since I’ve written in my blog. I’m getting to be as bad as Chris and Lindsay, so we can’t have that now, can we? And if you two were waiting for me to write to finally update yours, here’s your chance.
Part of my lack of updates, I [...]
Well, I was sure glad to have Tina back from her big Holland trip. I’m glad she got to go and all, but with the kid’s activity schedule, FIEA starting up and my EA part time gig, it was very difficult indeed on the homefront. She had a great time and by now, [...]
I would say the whole - hey, here’s a great idea, I’ll go to work at the school during the day, and then at night and on the weekends, I’ll work at Tiburon - is a pretty bad idea. I don’t want to overreact, because I don’t know how much of this is just [...]
Well - I had fun at Siggraph. Our FIEA booth looked great, much better arrangement than we had at GDC. We also had a lot more promising students stop by for a gander and sometimes more. One of the best things we did was bring a student laptop and widescreen monitor and [...]
Well, it’s good to return somewhat to normal with the family home and such. I was glad to hear that they had a great time visiting family and friends in Utah - I only wish I could’ve been with them. I’m not sure I would’ve lasted 3 weeks, but it would’ve been good [...]
Well, it’s been a whirlwind few days I tell ya.
I’ve been very busy helping the Salisbury’s get acclimated to Central Florida living. The good news is they found a house, and the even better news is that it’s pretty close to us. They’re about 2 miles away, right near the High School, in [...]
Well, I rode out hurricane Dennis and survived. It didn’t rain at all today, and the wind was calm all day. Whew! Based on all the local coverage, it looked like the entire state could be engulfed. Watching the coverage, I caught two things to support my Dad’s and Angus’ assertion [...]
Well, with my new job comes new responsibilities. Like needing to remember things. And I’m really bad at that, as I’ve come to find out over the last couple months. I’ve also struggled when traveling, wishing I had access to my email when I wasn’t near my computer, and since I’ll be [...]
First, Tina throws her back out and winds up in bed for the weekend, instead of enjoying the Blue Crab Festival and waterskiing at the lake as planned. I made the split second decision to try to leave the festivities unaffected for everyone else, and asked my brother and Mark to take the kids [...]
I made it back from the concrete jungle of LA in one piece, so that’s kinda neat. Shout outs to Chandler, Rich, Bob and Bill - it was great hanging out with all you guys. My PSP came up huge on the way home, Jordan in row 10 or so, and I in [...]
Well, I made it to LA in one piece. I hitched a ride down to the airport with the inlaws, who happened to be leaving at almost the same time - my how convenient. I really don’t like traveling by myself, but never fear, I got on the plane with about 10 guys [...]
Without saying too much - mark 5/13/05 as a low point in my life. Pretty much a kick to the groin when I woke up, followed by a punch in the stomach when I got to work, followed by a slap on the face about an hour later. I’ll rebound.
Speaking of the XBOX 360 - I was just feeling cold, so I laid down for a moment in front of my dev kit to warm up. It didn’t take long until I was feeling nice and toasty again.
OK, so it’s out there now, so I can finally say it. I’m working on XBOX360 Madden, and it’s really cool!
Seriously though, this is a pretty awesome time to be someone into digital media and video gaming. This box will revolutionize gaming in the living room, and will sell a whole lot of [...]
Used to be that dreaming about work was the sign of too much time behind the monitor.
Now - I’ve reached a new low: This morning I woke up, rolled over, and tried to call Tina on her cell phone. It took me four tries before I figured out that I was dialing 9 and [...]
Well, finally making some headway at work. Got some pretty stuff in the game that made people go oooooh and aaaaaah so that’s always fun. Honestly, it’s the part of my job I’ll miss the most. I’m now integrating my work with the rest of the team, so here’s where programs [...]
At work on a Saturday working on E3 related material waiting for my make clean to finish - need I say more about how my life is these days?
Hope everyone enjoys my latest creation, the top 10 lists. I tell ya, I just can’t get enough of this blog, huh? Some things [...]
Took off Monday morning bright and early to recruit students from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill and Washington University in St. Louis. Flight was full but uneventful, and the drive to Carbondale from the St. Louis Airport was a piece of cake. Going through territory like that makes me sad, because I [...]
Work definitely heated up this week, that’s for sure. I would say this week was 20 hours FIEA, 60 hours EA. We’ve got some pretty lofty goals for E3, so I think the next 4 weeks are going to be pretty insane. I’m going up to St. Louis on Monday morning for [...]
Well, this week certainly flew by, didn’t it? Olivia did well at her cheer competition and made her Dad proud by nailing her elite stunt for the first time. She’s a real go-getter, and hopefully this will give her the confidence she needs to not be a complete basket case for hours before [...]