On Most of November
Wow. I can't believe it's been a whole month since I last updated. That's a long time. But I've been very busy. Here are some things that have happened while I was away.
* Kat and I participated in NaNoWriMo as a team. Technically, I think it's against their rules, but we didn't care. The difficulty of the collaborative process more than makes up for the lesser word count. We did win (clocked in at 56Kish words), and we're both very proud of the work. I'm very excited for people to read it, but first, we must edit. I hope my ridiculous standards of perfection don't keep people from reading it, you know, before I die.
* World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King dropped, and I spent about four days straight playing it starting the 19th at midnight. The Death Knight story (only played Alliance so far) and first few levels were fun as hell. But I'm not going back to Outland just yet. For now Northrend is great, and I'm leveling my Warrior, currently 74. I love all of the new content (most of which was available from the pre-expansion patch), but I've noticed that the whole game has become more of a side project for me lately. That's a good thing.
* Went to three Thanksgivings. Fake Thanksgiving in Iowa was very fun; I haven't been that drunk and not simply passed out in quite some time. I think I have "Pass the Shoe" to thank.
* Fell way behind in TV shows. I'm only now catching up now that NaNo is done, but there were a few (Sunny, Office, and True Blood) that I managed to keep up with week to week. I still plan on writing an entry that details which shows I watch and what I think of them.
* Upgraded to the New Xbox Experience. It's hella, especially if you have Netflix. I realized the other day that all five slots in my DVD player were empty because I'd been watching that many movies streaming through the Xbox 360. Gamertag = jonathanmarko (natch).
* Bought Chrono Trigger DS and fell in love with it again.
* Started playing a gig a night in Guitar Hero: World Tour in an attempt to finally unlock everything-had to start over since I'm doing a single campaign instead of a band one. I really don't like the new gig format, nor do I like the drum set. I have to contact Activision about the stupid red pad not picking up nearly 4 out of 5 hits. It really ruins the experience.
* Received Ryan Adam's Infinity Blues in the mail, about four months before it's being made available in stores. Still wish I'd gotten the signed copy with the chapbook of poetry, but I'm already a ways into the book itself, and it's really, really good.
Since it's been so long, I feel like I'm forgetting something. But everything else in life is going well. I hope to update more frequently, but you know how that goes.
Now who's ready to do some Christmas shopping?
* Kat and I participated in NaNoWriMo as a team. Technically, I think it's against their rules, but we didn't care. The difficulty of the collaborative process more than makes up for the lesser word count. We did win (clocked in at 56Kish words), and we're both very proud of the work. I'm very excited for people to read it, but first, we must edit. I hope my ridiculous standards of perfection don't keep people from reading it, you know, before I die.
* World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King dropped, and I spent about four days straight playing it starting the 19th at midnight. The Death Knight story (only played Alliance so far) and first few levels were fun as hell. But I'm not going back to Outland just yet. For now Northrend is great, and I'm leveling my Warrior, currently 74. I love all of the new content (most of which was available from the pre-expansion patch), but I've noticed that the whole game has become more of a side project for me lately. That's a good thing.
* Went to three Thanksgivings. Fake Thanksgiving in Iowa was very fun; I haven't been that drunk and not simply passed out in quite some time. I think I have "Pass the Shoe" to thank.
* Fell way behind in TV shows. I'm only now catching up now that NaNo is done, but there were a few (Sunny, Office, and True Blood) that I managed to keep up with week to week. I still plan on writing an entry that details which shows I watch and what I think of them.
* Upgraded to the New Xbox Experience. It's hella, especially if you have Netflix. I realized the other day that all five slots in my DVD player were empty because I'd been watching that many movies streaming through the Xbox 360. Gamertag = jonathanmarko (natch).
* Bought Chrono Trigger DS and fell in love with it again.
* Started playing a gig a night in Guitar Hero: World Tour in an attempt to finally unlock everything-had to start over since I'm doing a single campaign instead of a band one. I really don't like the new gig format, nor do I like the drum set. I have to contact Activision about the stupid red pad not picking up nearly 4 out of 5 hits. It really ruins the experience.
* Received Ryan Adam's Infinity Blues in the mail, about four months before it's being made available in stores. Still wish I'd gotten the signed copy with the chapbook of poetry, but I'm already a ways into the book itself, and it's really, really good.
Since it's been so long, I feel like I'm forgetting something. But everything else in life is going well. I hope to update more frequently, but you know how that goes.
Now who's ready to do some Christmas shopping?