FRIDAY
- After MK & I had dinner at a small little BBQ joint around the corner from my house (we had to go after she saw a Craigslist ad for an apartment around the area that used the place being nearby as one of the pluses… and it was pretty decent), I spotted an iPod mini on the ground. Instead of sticking our heads into close by stores to see if the owner was around (like that would work anyway), we took it home to investigate it; the iPod wouldn’t turn on at first, so I though it might have been broken, but the battery was just completely dead and simply needed a charge. Its a bit a scratched up (hardly surprising since it a first generation. 4 gig model) but otherwise in fine working condition.
Since I’m an honest, kind-hearted person, I’m currently trying to find the original owner. Later that evening we made a post in the lost & found section of Craigslist, and I just made some signs that I’ll be posting around the neighborhood tomorrow. There is a name attached, but only a first name and there’s no other contact info (the person wasn’t using it to hold Address Book files), so I’m using knowledge of the playlist, as well as the name and color, as proof of validity. So I am giving it my best shot. But if I don’t hear from this person in the next two weeks… MK gets it.
- And earlier in the afternoon, I came across this site for a really creepy (and stupid looking) cosplay movie:
Yes, I know cosplay isn’t nearly as funny without morbidly obese white guys, but still…
SATURDAY
- Got some holiday shopping done(I’m one Amazon order away from being completely done) and picked up a tree with my roommate during the day. Later in the evening we had a tree decorating party where a bunch of folks came over to, you guessed it, help dress up the tree (which I totally forgot to invite my friends to… I still feel stupid about that). Here’s a pic of the result:
Note that the Early Faggot Acupuncture is at the top, and the mess at the base (the cats just love messing with the string).
Once again, I super psyched for the holidays simply because I can finally celebrate it in a proper fashion. I’ve been in New York for about ten years and this is my very first Christmas tree during that whole time, plus back home my folks stopped bothering to pulling the plastic one out of storage for almost the same length of time as well.
- And later in the evening I went out to the city for a party being thrown by Gerry, a fellow PixelJumper and whom I hadn’t seen in a while. Sal, another PL-person was on hand, so it was really nice catching up. For those who are curious, I guess you could say PixelJump is somewhat in “hibernation” these days, with development now occurring on per client basis.
Afterwards, Jason came over to my place where I showed him the Patrick Stewart clip from Extras. Jason’s idea of making Sexy Cakes shirts (based on the classic SNL sketch) was once again brought up.
- BTW, as of late I’ve been getting back into the world toys, and I picked up a new designer piece while at Zakka Corp earlier in the afternoon. Here’s a pic of my current collection, not including my Transformer PVCs, my Nintendo related toys, and some of my bigger stuff:
And here’s a different, and bigger, pic.
SUNDAY
- Mostly just chilled at home. Downloaded some game music, including the soundtrack to Bushido Blade which I’ve been trying to track down for literally years. Now if I can find rips from Xevious 3D+G, I can die a happy person.
- Poked around Insert Credit a small bit where I discovered yet another Micheal Jackson versus a bunch of old school Famicom games video. This one is pretty awesome since it also features Zangief (a la Street Fighter 2 fame) attempting to take on the entire planet Earth.
Also at the IC are some serious discussion surrounding sex and games, specifically boobs and games, where I discovered that in the old game Jurassic Park: Trespasser, you had to look down at your character’s breasts to check your health, which was represented by a heart tattoo. Never in the world of video games has something been both so brilliant and so retarded.
Plus a question came up, which needs to be asked: who do you think is hotter, Peach, staple character from the Mario universe and long-time squeeze, or Daisy, Mario’s one time fling and I guess Luigi’s girl for the moment?
- And as hard as I tried, I didn’t manage to beat Shadow of the Colossus; I’m still trying to make my way towards the last boss (I guess it didn’t help that the one before was particularity draining… it took almost an hour for me to figure out what to do and to then chip away at the big fucker). Maybe later tonight.
MODAY
- This morning, I woke up to discover the following link sent by MK: a chance to own a piece of the greatest film of all time, TRON!!!
- And this also made me laugh.
- So I’ve been contacted by a publisher who’s interested in me writing a book about game design for them. There’s not much to say thus far… I suppose I should say much anyway as not to jinx the project, though I also know how book deals work: they come and go. I’ll pass along enough when (or if) they happen.
- Work has resumed on Spready Bear as of today. The plan right now is to have it public beta by the end of January. Will that happen? Time will tell…
