It's been over a year since I made a post to this journal, and a lot has happened since then, so I have some catching up to do.  Since my last post, I've gone on a vacation to Munich, gone to several Magic: the Gathering prereleases, turned 30 years old, and soon, I will be participating in National Novel Writing Month.

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Last week I promised to follow up on last week's ramblings on Magic: the Gathering, so here it is.  My last article was mostly about the gameplay, so this will focus more on the philosophies of the different combinations of the five colors the game's spells are classified into.  While the links to the pages I linked to last week gave brief ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a good one for me.  Last Saturday, I went to a Magic: the Gathering tournament.  It was a pre-release event for the upcoming set, Return to Ravnica.  It was the first pre-release held by the shop where my group of Magic-playing friends usually meets up.  And it was also my first top 8 finish!  My experiences as a Magic player ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a sad day in the computer gaming industry.

( City of Heroes is being shut down... )

Hello, everyone.  I have some bad news.  As of the start of this week, I have been furloughed from my job along with several of my co-workers, and have spent the past two days at home.  Although rumors had been circulating since the beginning of last week, I was a bit skeptical of them at first.  It was not the first time I'd been told I was being ( Read more... )

In my last post, I talked about the trials and tribulations of finding a girlfriend, and the ups and downs of having never been romantically involved with anyone.  It is a rather unusual position for someone my age, and a complete and utter lack of romance this far into one's life is something that is alien to modern society.

For example, the other ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day is nearly upon us, and soon love will be in the air, along with shades of red, pink, white decorating everything.  Although for the more cynical among us, there are shades of green in this day, whether from the money candy and card manufacturers make this time of year, or from the envy of single people.  I happen to be single right ( Read more... )

So, today, I went out to do some Christmas shopping at Oxford Valley Mall.  Now, writing about my trip to gather gifts for friends and loved ones without giving away who is getting what is going to be a challenge, but I'm going to at least attempt it.

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This past month has been pretty uneventful compared to last month.  Last Monday was Halloween, and, as usual, it was my job to handle giving out candy to the trick-or-treaters.  The Halloween tradition of politicians telling horror stories about each other in the days leading up to Election Day continues, however.  But on a brighter note, the ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone.  I am once again writing from my own computer for this entry  On Tuesday, I took my computer to have it repaired, and I got it back in working order the next day.  As I suspected, it was a blown power supply that took my computer out.  But now it has a new power supply, and everything is working fine.

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