I've been told I need to update this. I have been busy and had a lot going on lately, so I have been dodging it. I don't have much time now, either, so I will be brief. Additionally, I have not really been reading LJ much, but I plan to do that more.

I moved in with Heather mid-October. It's been great so far and we are enjoying it. STILL trying to get stuff unpacked and organized... It'll happen. Victor and I both like it here a lot, and it's a lot closer to Andrea which is nice.

I am getting laid off at the end of November. The economy sucks hard, and one of our primary markets is start-ups, which are finding their funds shrinking faster than your dick that time Grandma caught you beating off. So, I'm looking for a new john to whore my brain out to. Anyone have any ideas? Resume and professional site available on request. And, for the record, I usually don't use the terms "beating off", "john" or "whore" in interviews.

I played the Left4Dead demo on XBox Live and I am SO getting that game. It's truly innovative- the Director aspect is amazing. Also on XBox news, you can now stream any of the Netflix Play It Now selections straight to your TV. This is epic. I'm in the middle of Heroes S3 and I have to say the quality is impressive.

Amusing stuff I have found recently:

A guy talking about being Jack Sparrow at Disneyland
Amusing robot/physics game, and the best of that genre i have ever played with.
Heather will be delighted to hear she is worth around 44 camels, 3 goats and 9 sheep.

Randy Pausch wrote a lecture, his last, after finding out he had pancreatic cancer. I watched it then, and I just rewatched it... He finally succumbed to the cancer on the 25th of this month.

If you haven't watched this, do so. I promise, it's worth it.

I've been playing with the Spore creature creator, and it's a blast. A few samples here:



Man, I can't wait for the actual game to come out...

Two weekends ago, I flew to Chicago and drove my girl home to Phoenix. We made it in two days... In that time, we stayed at the filthiest hotel evar in Tulsa, ate monstrous amounts of beef in Amarillo, bought fireworks in two different states, and almost died by way of giant elk doe in the mountains north of Phoenix. A good trip all told, and it illustrated to me that we are amazingly compatible. We didn't even really bicker on the trip, which is saying something given the distance and timeline and sleep dep and did I mention 4 cats in a sedan?

I've been in Seattle since Saturday... and I had a blast. Saturday I wandered Cap Hill, had dinner with Stiffany and Kevin, and went to the Merc for a while. Got to see Luke and Leeny(special thanks to Luke for coming out after putting a #@^&ing drill bit through his foot!), Scott, Marc17, my homeboy Anthony, and got to meet some new people too... I got thoroughly trashed and then cabbed it back to Mercer Island.

Sunday Jared(my boss/friend) and I went to Pike Place Market and picked up grillables- 2 dozen oysters, 2lbs fresh halibut, corn, leeks, asparagus, garlic spears(the tops of elephant garlic- actually pretty tasty), a bunch of fresh cheese, and some oil for dipping bread. We had a great barbecue and got a bit drunk- good good times.

Monday was work, and a meeting with a client.... to go sailing. On a racing boat. I was not sure what to expect but it was a lot of fun.

Tuesday I worked with Difficult Needy Client and somehow made him hppy. I doubt he'll be as difficult now.

Yesterday was work, including a meeting at an effing cool social networking startup that is just about to go live. Think Myspace meets Facebook meets Pandora/LastFM and you are starting to get there... After work we went to FareStarts Guest Chefs on the Waterfront and gorged on good food, wine and beer. If it weren't for the impressively massive crowds it would have been more fun, but it was still a good time. Afterwards we had drinks.

Also somewhere in there I got a new toy- a MacBook Pro. I warned you all- I'm drinking the Kool-Aid. It's good that I got a new toy, though... My flight is delayed now. As in I've been here since 3:30 and it doesn't leave until 9fucking10. NOT. PLEASED.

Tomorrow is more work, followed by Victor time (and boy have I missed him!), then Wall-e and dinner with friends, including Heather. She needs to meet him as I am bound and determined that neither of them are going anywhere and I can't lead a bifurcated life. On that note, I'd like to make it clear that I know what I am doing in that regard. A lot of people have offered opinions and guess what? I know it's kind of early in the relationship for them to meet under normal circumstances. These circumstances aren't normal, though, and I have thoroughly thought this through. Feel free to rant here if you want, but be advised I have already made all the arguments you plan to make in my own head and have decided to do this anyway.

Anywaay, off for some coffee and AC power before I get on the plane. See y'all on the flip side!

Apparently Lithium Picnic settled with Suicide Girls.

We are so glad to have this whole thing behind us. Good Luck to SuicideGirls in the future and look out for their new book coming out this fall that features some great classic Lithium Picnic photography.

Man does this leave a bad taste in my mouth after all the drama and donated money. It's not like he's the only one that's had issues like these either... The "Oops, nevermind, we love SG. PS here's a few plugs." bullshit just made me lose a lot of respect for LP. These people fucked his life over and then he's all "Oops it was all a misunderstanding"? FUCK THAT.

I understand how settlements work, but you fucking sold out man.

Driving near the AZ State Fairgrounds when Obama is having a rally there was not the best of plans.

I've syndicated crap from emptiedout.com here.

eoc_blog, where I write humor, politics, and tech mostly(going to try to post every day or two).
eoc_net, where I dump links to interesting things I find on the net with brief reviews(probably daily. I'm a net junkie).
eoc_sitenews, where I post news about the site(should be REALLY low traffic).

This journal remains for personal stuff.

I'm spending Christmas with this cute little fella. Check him out, he wants to give you a hug!

Edit: Damnit, LJ won't let me embed this, so go here. :)

Trashbarging made it in!

Everyone, please go give it a thumbs up. I would die a happy man if it made WOTD.