Update on Ian's InternshipIan continues to enjoy his internship at Gearbox Software. It remains #1 on his list of companies where he wants to apply for full-time work after graduation in December. My hopes are irrecoverably up over this! Well, maybe that's the wrong word since I'll be happy once the idea of moving just about anywhere sinks in. It' ( Read more... )

Had some interesting breakthroughs this weekend, particularly interesting those which steered away from being breakdowns.

One of my New Year's Resolutions for this year is: Act in a manner consistent with the results I want to achieve: love for love, respect for respect, humor for humor. Or in other words, "Stop acting like an asshole, thus ( Read more... )

The first day of Ian's internship at Gearbox Software was an unmitigated win! The people are cool -- in fact, Ian said he wished he still had blue hair ("The can BE arranged!") since the Guildhallers were by far the most conservative people in the building. Randy Pitchford personally came over to give them a welcome speech, intro, and little tour. ( Read more... )

Wow... Got some news this morning that really blew my mind, to coin a phrase. This is going to need some serious (and tightly filtered) blogging in response. Happy? Sad? Relieved? Weirded out? Definitely. But right now, just sort of turning a little inward after the shock and thinking... I'm happy with who I am, where I am right now. I'm happy. ( Read more... )

This is going to sound a little bit weird. Ya know how new parents, especially mothers often talk about how they're starved for adult companionship? They miss just the simple joys of talking to grown-ups? Sometimes I feel a little bit the same way out here. I've made some friends through the Guildhall, and some I really like and hope to keep our ( Read more... )

Credit and Customer Service
This morning I signed up for Score Watch on myFICO.com, which I've done before and enjoyed, and checked my FICO score. Booyah! It's 807! Go me. Since we're just about to sign up for yet another car loan (car shopping Saturday), this is good news ( Read more... )

Guildhall ReportIan claims that he told me he had a team meeting after school last night, and also something about "pizza and a movie" on Friday. It was just then that our instant messenger connection through Steam went down for maintenance. I never found out if he meant last Friday or something planned for this upcoming Friday? Nevertheless, ( Read more... )

(so many inside jokes and internal references, it's hard to count them all!)

What I'm Watching
Speaking of Zombie Trace, I started - and stopped - watching George Romero's "Diary of the Dead" last night. Yes, I'm terrified of zombie movies. No, I never miss a major one. This one started out as a real snoozer, however. As elderdutton would say, "Too much coo- ( Read more... )

Zombie Trace went to the office 1 hour early and worked through lunch yesterday. When Zombie Trace got home last night, Ian was very kind to meet her at the door with a big hug, a smile, and such a tasty brain! Zombie Trace said, "You need to know three things about me: I am hungry. I am tired. And I'm stoooopid." Zombie Trace demanded Mexican food ( Read more... )

Sounds like Ian didn't miss anything too exciting at Day 2 of the Guildhall video game education summit. The art he produced for Friday's presentation is incredible, however! I'm so impressed with it. Ian showed me last night something that is probably one of the most complete pieces I've seen from him -- a little gnome dude in a factory full of ( Read more... )