Bleh, predictable

I finally finished the latest Harry Potter installment. I must say that I read all the non-spoiler spoilers, and was ready for this book to knock my socks off, but in the end it was mearly above average, definately not the best of the series, nor second best (which I think 3 and 5 take the top 2 spots). I will try to keep this post spoiler free so feel free to read this information even if you have not read the book yet.

The sixth book starts out easily enough, with in my mind too much information. The only reason to give us so much information is so that we can hang ourselves with it. I much prefer a story that doesn't give you enough information, leaves you in suspense. The reason is simple: I read books and accept them at face value, and when a surprize happens it will catch me off guard. But when the author gives me too much information, information that our heros do not know, then there is no surprize left. So when the predictable happens (and believe me it was VERY predictable) I am left feeling unsatisfied.

All in all there were good parts, and bad parts. I liked the book, and think it will make a GREAT movie, however I do not think that this book will win people over to the series. I will read the final installment, and then read all the books again after finishing it all to give it a real chance, but I think that the events of this book were just too vanilla and predictable to make the series great. An entertaining read, but not something I look forward to reading again.

Game On!

Things to get done...

This weekend, was a freebie for me. No errands, no tournaments, no having to leave the house unless I wanted to. So that means I can catch up on some housework, right? I made the mistake of turning the TV on...

No what I ended up watching was not I would call my favorite movies: Billy Madison, Stargate (the movie not either of the shows), poker re-runs, and football games for teams that I couldn't care less about. So why did I sit there and watch this mind numbing 'entertainment'? I have no clue. You know what I didn't do: laundry (down to my last clean shirt and jeans), dishes (no clean silverware), vacuum, dusting (I can write my name on the top of my TV). All these things that needed to be done, got ignored because I was entranced by this (I told myself I would never use this term) farking BOOB TUBE!

I think that I need to get rid of all distractions in my house, so I can concentrate on keeping it clean, and starting my excersize regimine (which I have been putting off for MONTHS). Those are much more important than watching sub-par movies and tv shows that I already know the ending to. That's it...

From this point forward, I am going to cancel my internet and cable for the rest of the year. All I need now is to find my latest bill so I can cancel my service. Additionally the money I would be spending could go towards joining a gym in the attempt to lose some weight (which each day I tell myself is something I need to start NOW).

Funny when I started this blog entry, I wasn't planning on starting a personnal revolution...

Game On!

I used to hate tag as a kid...

Ten Years Ago - September 8, 1995
I was just 2 weeks into my University career. I was still trying to get aclimated to the Arizona heet and the elevation (~5200') and my new independance. I was also just getting to know my roommates and being introduced to REAL (re: not Macintosh) computer games, my favorite being Descent.

Five Years Ago - September 8, 2000
I had been on the job for just over a year, so I was starting on a project that would define my career. I would forever be known as the circuit card guy, and in a few months I would have an equation with my name on it: The Beal-Bergmann equation. God, that was a work of art. Also, I had just started playing card games a few months earlier, and was just trying to catch up on all the sets and cards that I was missing. I also just moved into my current house.

One Year Ago - September 8, 2004
Nothing spectacular happend in September that I can recall. Well, nothing except the most monumental decision I have ever made: I decided not to go home (to see my parents) for Christmas. It took me another month before I told them, because I knew that they would break open the waterworks to try and talk me into coming home for the holidays.

Yesterday - September 7, 2005
Hard drive carshed for the thrid straight working day. Tried to recreate as much data that was lost. Much of the simulation files were lost, however by the end of the day (8:30 pm) my computer was back up and running new simulations.

Tomorrow - September 9, 2005
Hopefully the hard drive doesn't die again. I will be writeing and submitting a playtest report (ontime even) and I might even submit a monthly report for being a volunteer for The Company (but don't hold your breath Kim). It is Friday so that means that tomorrow night I should be able to watch some DVDs and eat some GOOD meat. BBQ'd Steaks sound like a good idea... =)

I was never much on the top fives, so I will get to that another day. But for now, Bubba Joe's diner is back!!!

Game On!

Too much to talk about.

My life has been somewhat chaotic lately, and I was uber depressed about what I did at Worlds (I placed 4th, but that is not the point). I do not think that I will discuss it here. However needless to say I acted like a pompus jackass, and hopefully it will never happen again.

So my computer hard drive died at work, and I 'only' lost the last 3 months of work and some assorted other files. Actually every day I come in to work to work on something I discover something else that I don't have any longer. Most of it is able to be recreated, but some will be lost forever. IT tells me that it is the hard drive that failed but the hard drive works now, when not plugged in to my laptop's docking station. So I must try to figure this out... I just love to prove IT wrong.

In addition to work problems, I have been busy making new decks for Star Trek, building a FMA community, and trying to prevent our local retailer from going bankrupt. Basically I have given up on sleeping for the past month. But hopefully at some point it will all be worth it.

Game On!