Blog can be a verb too
Seeing as how the past week or so has been nothing short of a brief, yet painful blur, I thought I'd swing by and fill in the blanks.
Playing ... Gametap
I finally got Boot Camp installed on my Macbook Pro which means I took the Gametap plunge. Shelby and I have been crawling our way through Myst Online: Uru Live while I've already plowed through all the available episodes of Sam & Max. My preview of the former should be available this Monday. I was disappointed to find out that Beyond Good & Evil for PC does not support controllers though. Now how is Shelby supposed to appreciate its brilliance?
Rocking ... Optimus Rhyme, "School the Indie Rockers"
Thanks to the duo Penny-Arcade and their lovely ping-pong shinanigans, I was reminded that I never actually picked up the last Optimus Rhyme album. As my favorite act on the nerdcore scene, I found this rather distressing. Aside from that Very Best of Kiss album I picked up while down in Bakersfield, this has been at the top of my playlist all week.
Purchasing ... Etnies Slip-ons
These are hot. I've been looking for a good pair of slip-ons and everyone knows I'm a sucker for brown clothes. God only knows what that's about. I actually did a lot of clothing shopping this week which can only mean one thing -- I'm nervous about something. What? Eh, we'll have to wait and see.
Watching ... Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
When your sleep schedule is as screwed up as mine is, you get to catch up on cartoons and the oddest of hours. It seems like every time I've turned on the TV this past week, Foster's Home has been there to greet me. The complete first season is out on DVD this March, finally. So soon enough I won't be at the whim of my own bad habits. Speaking of which ...
Regretting ... Tylenol PM
I am a tiny person. When my back pains started flaring up again and was depriving me of the tiny amount of sleep I currently function on, something had to be done. So I picked up a bottle of Tylenol PM. Tylenol for the pain reliever, PM for the "momma said knock you out" factor. Unfortunately, it knocked me out too hard as I didn't wake up that day until the late afternoon. Whoops.
Reading ... XBLA Shake-up Drama
When I heard that Greg Canessa was leaving his position as general manager of Xbox Live Arcade, my first reaction was, "Bail out!" But when I heard that he was moving on up to the east side of PopCap, I still thought "Bail out!" but also "Good for him." Now it'll be interesting to see if XBLA somehow straightens out after falling flat for the past, oh six months? I gotta tell you though ... Gametap sure is awesome.
Congratulating ... Susan Arendt
I am more in debt to this woman than she may ever know. Susan Arendt is Game|Life's newest blogger and I couldn't be happier for both her and Kohler. She finally gets a gig worthy of her awesomeness and Chris gets an east coast blogger that doesn't suck. Everybody wins!
