This post will probably shock the heck out of those folks who are subscribed, but totally forgot I existed since I haven’t actually posted in a reeeeeaaally long time.
For the foreseeable future, I’m just going to post the random stuff that pops into my head here, instead of on Facebook.
Maybe someday, if I feel up to it, I will discus why I have been gone for so long.
I arrived in Vegas on Sunday morning. My first impression? Bad location for the zombie apocalypse. I’m staying at the Excalibur which is sort of like living inside the bastard step-child of a Dave & Buster’s and a Medieval Times, that was raised by chain smoking carnies I’m here to work however, so I am forced to ignore most of it, although I did allow myself a small gambling budget.
During the afternoon I wandered around a few Casinos and discovered there is a Star Wars slot machine.
Star Wars. Plus gambling. If there is one thing I have learned it’s that, ignoring 50% of the movies, Star Wars never lets me down.
My entire gambling budget later I was forced to conclude that Star Wars had indeed let me down.
While walking on the strip I learned that while prostitution is still illegal, that particular law is evidently not well enforced. Periodically you find small packs of people handing out what I can only describe as “hooker trading cards”. These cards are photos, along with vital statistics and phone numbers. The people handing them out are wearing t-shirts with QR codes on them. For those unfamiliar with QR codes, they are squarish black and white nonsense looking images that can be scanned by a smart phone and direct you to a website. So it’s basically like checking out at a grocery store but instead of eggs and milk, you get a painful STD and and awkward conversation with your wife.
Yesterday I hopped on a plane to fly over to Las Vegas to spend a week picking the brains of game industry veterans and trying to find distributors and retailers for Redshirts. Here are my impressions of the trip thus far:
Air travel: Spirit Airlines has a economy based entirely on baggage fees. There was a fee for every bag, including carry on. A fee based on bag weight. I’m pretty sure there was also a fee for paying the fees.
Once on the plane: I was seated behind a family with two infants, and in front of a group of sorority girls. Guess who was more annoying?
I’ll give you a hint. The soroity girls had managed to turn “whoo!” into a form of punctuation. “We’re going to Vegas! Whoo!” “Brittany isn’t pregnant!” “Whoo!” “I’ve decided to become a vegan!” “Whoo!”. For the record, from their conversation it appears that vegan means “I will only eat animals that aren’t cute.”
At one point the girls decided to be profound, or at least what passes for profound within their social circle. “Tiffany just tweeted “not every skinny girl is hot, and not every fat girl is ugly. That sounds like something a fat girl would say!” “Whoo!” Then an old guy in my row said “That sounds like something a ugly skinny girl would say.”
“Whoo!” added his wife.
When they came for the Catholic Church over contraception rights issues I didn’t speak up, because they were completely wrong and besides nobody was actually coming for them in the “persecution, torture, and then murdered in a death camp” sense.
Dear Instructor, pills
I am not being graded for this assignment. Instead of a well though out response to your question about my ideas on future employment in the graphic design field I am going to eat a lime cream filled cookie. You cannot see me with the cookie, but rest assured, I am eating the hell out of it.
Mmmmm Cookie.
Wednesday November 16th:
We begin packing for Thanksgiving travel. We weren’t looking forward to dealing with eight hours of planes and layovers, but hey the family wanted to see the twins. The day goes uneventfully, and I spend the evening doing a double load of homework so I can be done ahead of time.
Thursday November 17th:
I wake up to discover Thing 1 has puked in her crib. She doesn’t appear sick, so maybe it was something she ate, or she had reflux. Packing continues. Cheap tablet is purchased to load with Wiggles and Elmo videos to keep the critters quiet on the plane. I keep an eye on my daughter, but she seems fine all day.
Friday November 18th:
Thing 1 has been quite sick, and has evidently spent the night making “vomit-angels”. My wife takes her to a health clinic, where she is diagnosed with Strep Throat. My family is warned, but we are told that travel may be feasible if antibiotics are applied soon enough.
Saturday November 19th:
The wife goes shopping for various travel items. While she is out Thing 2 begins heaving. Since we don’t want Thing 1 to have to go through another car trip if we can help it, we decide to let her sleep in. The wife comes home and takes to boy to the health clinic.
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My impression of the current news cycle.
1) Some Progressives: “We’re gonna hold public demonstrations about some grievances we have.”
Some Conservatives: “Hey! That’s only cool when we do it!”
2) Some Conservatives: “We’re gonna pick out the craziest members of that crowd and attempt to pretend they represent the views and attitudes of the whole group.”
Some Progressives: “Hey! That’s only cool when we do it!”
I’ve gotten really horrible at keeping this site updated. I keep trying. God knows, every day I open up the WordPress dashboard, and stare at the “add post” button. I stare at it as hard as I can. To no avail. Between kids, school, and a few other projects, I just never seem to find the time to get anything written. So what we have here today is me just dropping whatever thoughts occur to me down on the page. Maybe if I do this enough I can get back in the habit of regular updates.
This will probably be of interest to all three of the people who still read this site.
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