Once again, excitement is building as the most joyous event of the year approaches. No, not Christmas, silly! That's 6 months away! It could be considered Christmas in July though... Anyway, I'm straying from the point. San Diego Comic Con!
It fast approaches! It officially starts July 12th, however, my fellow convention goers and I have passes for the 4 days plus preview night, so our comicon adventures will begin on the 11th, and we actually arrive in San Diego on the 10th. Thus giving us time to hopefully get settled and enjoy some more of what SD has to offer.
This year I am going to make my best effort to actually keep up with my blogging while I'm gone. Trying to blog about the con afterwards last year just really didn't work out well. So we'll see how it goes. Regardless, I can't wait to get my butt outta PG for a week!
In other news, I'm finally moving into my new place this weekend after living in limbo for two months! I can't tell you how exciting this is! Finally to have my own room, my own bed, surrounded by my own stuff. It'll be pretty great!
July is my month! New place, awesome trip, and probably new job, now if only we'd get some sun it would be perfect!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Athletic Nerd - Oxymoron?
Today I'm gonna stray from the usual nerdy topics and talk about fitness. Who knew "nerdy" and "fitness" would ever come up in a sentence together, other than, "The nerdy guy looked like he'd never even heard of fitness."
I'm sure most of my readers (do I have any?) won't be surprised to learn that, as a child, I was not very athletic. I was the kid that hid in the basement playing video games when the sun came out. I was in sports as long as my parents could make me do them, but in highschool I wasn't on any teams. And I was happy. Chubby, but happy.
So now I'm 27 and I've finally realized that I CAN be both a nerd and into fitness. I've definitely taken my time easing into this. I started going for long walks/hikes around town over the last couple summers, always intending to turn it into running. It never really happened. Until now.
After so many years saying I needed to get back into the gym thing, I've finally joined up and started going. It's been difficult, I won't lie. The first few times, I'd wake up two days later and not be able to get out of bed. Just ridiculous. But it feels so good! I already see a lot of improvement in myself as well! And I've got a great little group of gym buddies helping me along. Friends are great motivators. Plus: I've started running. I'm nowhere near doing a marathon, but I've started, and I can only improve from here.
Now for the crazy. Three of my gym buddies are currently in Whistler awaiting their turn to compete in Tough Mudder with their team. When they first told me they were doing this, I thought they were nuts. It's this insane obstacle course thing designed by British armed forces or something. Look it up. Seriously. It's crazy.
Crazier? I wanna do it next year. I seriously want to do it. Anyone that knows me will think I've gone nuts saying that. I don't like to get dirty. I don't like to run and climb and get wet and all that. I'm a nerd. But I want to do it. I'm gonna have to start training hardcore, but I've got a year to get in shape for it. Seems like such a crazy idea, but I think it will be awesome.
So there you have it. Nerds can be athletes too. Who knew?
I'm sure most of my readers (do I have any?) won't be surprised to learn that, as a child, I was not very athletic. I was the kid that hid in the basement playing video games when the sun came out. I was in sports as long as my parents could make me do them, but in highschool I wasn't on any teams. And I was happy. Chubby, but happy.
So now I'm 27 and I've finally realized that I CAN be both a nerd and into fitness. I've definitely taken my time easing into this. I started going for long walks/hikes around town over the last couple summers, always intending to turn it into running. It never really happened. Until now.
After so many years saying I needed to get back into the gym thing, I've finally joined up and started going. It's been difficult, I won't lie. The first few times, I'd wake up two days later and not be able to get out of bed. Just ridiculous. But it feels so good! I already see a lot of improvement in myself as well! And I've got a great little group of gym buddies helping me along. Friends are great motivators. Plus: I've started running. I'm nowhere near doing a marathon, but I've started, and I can only improve from here.
Now for the crazy. Three of my gym buddies are currently in Whistler awaiting their turn to compete in Tough Mudder with their team. When they first told me they were doing this, I thought they were nuts. It's this insane obstacle course thing designed by British armed forces or something. Look it up. Seriously. It's crazy.
Crazier? I wanna do it next year. I seriously want to do it. Anyone that knows me will think I've gone nuts saying that. I don't like to get dirty. I don't like to run and climb and get wet and all that. I'm a nerd. But I want to do it. I'm gonna have to start training hardcore, but I've got a year to get in shape for it. Seems like such a crazy idea, but I think it will be awesome.
So there you have it. Nerds can be athletes too. Who knew?
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Generic Title
I have decided that I must post something today, but I really can't think of an interesting topic, so I'm just gonna wing it here.
Over the last couple of weeks there have been some pretty exciting things happening, what with E3 and WWDC going on down in California (all of the coolest things happen in California).
I'll start with E3. What is E3, you ask? Well, I'll tell you! It's the Electronics Entertainment Expo! Blank stare? Basically, it's a huge event where all of the electronics companies show off what they are doing. The key here being the big video game companies giving everyone a sneak peek at what coming down the line.
Honestly, this year was relatively boring. I didn't see a lot of stuff that I was particularly interested in. Not that there wasn't cool stuff, there was, but not really my style. It was mostly just Nintendo that did it for me.
There was finally more info about the Wii U this year, which looks fantastic. I can't really describe it here. It just looks pretty. Pikmin 3 is coming out on it, as well as a New Super Mario Bros. U game. Aaaand I can't remember any other games coming out for it yet. Oops. Oh! Nintendoland or something. That doesn't sound right... It's kind of a Mario Party-esque game but using various Nintendo properties for the minigames, like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Animal Crossing. It looks pretty fun, showing off all of the new capabilities of the Wii U.
Nintendo also finally revealed some more info about a few 3DS games I've been waiting for. Paper Mario: Sticker Star is one I've been waiting for forever. I love the other Paper Mario games in the series, and this one looks pretty awesome. It doesn't look as good as the first two, but we'll see if they prove me wrong. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon also got a little bit of new info out. I really just wanna play it now. It looks fun. Luigi's running around basically being a ghostbuster? Who wouldn't love that?! The also announced New Super Mario Bros. 2, which looks decent. I'll probably buy it and never play it, 'cause I do that.
Otherwise, there wasn't a lot at E3 that I really wanna play. I was a little disappointed. There were games that look really cool, like Beyond, which has Ellen Page starring as the main character. The new Tomb Raider game also looks cool, but I think I'd suck at it. I think there was a new Halo game mentioned, but I am probably the only gamer ever to hate Halo.
The one game I was really excited about that wasn't Nintendo was Assassin's Creed 3. It looks so fantastic. I can't wait for it to come out, even though I have 4 Assassin's Creed games to play before I can play that one. Bad gamer.
Aaanyway, I talked a lot more than I thought I was gonna about E3, so I'll cut out WWDC for now. I'll be an Apple nerd next week. Sorry if this was boring. I should start linking to game trailers or something to make this more exciting... If you have any comments, let me know below!
Over the last couple of weeks there have been some pretty exciting things happening, what with E3 and WWDC going on down in California (all of the coolest things happen in California).
I'll start with E3. What is E3, you ask? Well, I'll tell you! It's the Electronics Entertainment Expo! Blank stare? Basically, it's a huge event where all of the electronics companies show off what they are doing. The key here being the big video game companies giving everyone a sneak peek at what coming down the line.
Honestly, this year was relatively boring. I didn't see a lot of stuff that I was particularly interested in. Not that there wasn't cool stuff, there was, but not really my style. It was mostly just Nintendo that did it for me.
There was finally more info about the Wii U this year, which looks fantastic. I can't really describe it here. It just looks pretty. Pikmin 3 is coming out on it, as well as a New Super Mario Bros. U game. Aaaand I can't remember any other games coming out for it yet. Oops. Oh! Nintendoland or something. That doesn't sound right... It's kind of a Mario Party-esque game but using various Nintendo properties for the minigames, like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Animal Crossing. It looks pretty fun, showing off all of the new capabilities of the Wii U.
Nintendo also finally revealed some more info about a few 3DS games I've been waiting for. Paper Mario: Sticker Star is one I've been waiting for forever. I love the other Paper Mario games in the series, and this one looks pretty awesome. It doesn't look as good as the first two, but we'll see if they prove me wrong. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon also got a little bit of new info out. I really just wanna play it now. It looks fun. Luigi's running around basically being a ghostbuster? Who wouldn't love that?! The also announced New Super Mario Bros. 2, which looks decent. I'll probably buy it and never play it, 'cause I do that.
Otherwise, there wasn't a lot at E3 that I really wanna play. I was a little disappointed. There were games that look really cool, like Beyond, which has Ellen Page starring as the main character. The new Tomb Raider game also looks cool, but I think I'd suck at it. I think there was a new Halo game mentioned, but I am probably the only gamer ever to hate Halo.
The one game I was really excited about that wasn't Nintendo was Assassin's Creed 3. It looks so fantastic. I can't wait for it to come out, even though I have 4 Assassin's Creed games to play before I can play that one. Bad gamer.
Aaanyway, I talked a lot more than I thought I was gonna about E3, so I'll cut out WWDC for now. I'll be an Apple nerd next week. Sorry if this was boring. I should start linking to game trailers or something to make this more exciting... If you have any comments, let me know below!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Excuses, Excuses
Well! It certainly has been a long time (...again)! I'm gonna blame my lack of updates on the constant state of upheaval my life has been in for the last few months, or really, the last year and a bit. It's funny how a failing relationship can totally destroy one's mind.
I didn't intend this blog to ever cross into this area of my life, but it's time to get a little bit personal.
I swear, being in love makes people (read: me) stupid. It's not a new theory, I know. I was with this guy for more than 5 and a half years. Would've been 6 in a little less than two weeks. Turns out, he was a lying cheating asshole (pardon my French). I discovered just how bad it was a little over a year ago. Should have left him right then, but being all stupid (in love) I took him back. It never got better. I could never trust him. Turned the relationship into an odd roommate situation where we both pretended to be happy in love. It was all pretty awful. He continued to sleep his way through the gay population of PG, and I chose to ignore the signs until one day a few months ago when I finally had enough and ended it. I'm sure he's telling people we just grew apart, or some variation where I'm the villain. I'm not perfect, I'll never claim to be. But when the guy you wanted to marry completely shatters the image of the future you imagined, i don't think anyone expects perfection. I sure hope not anyway.
So post break-up, we still lived with each other for a couple months. He was working out of town so it wasn't so bad, but when he was back in town, he'd still go whoring it up, but now didn't care to hide it from me. So once again, camel's back broke (poor camel) and I made a snap decision to move out. It was actually a lot of fun with some friends helping me out, cheering me on as we went. I seriously have some amazing friends.
So now I'm in this odd transitional period in my life, staying with an unspecified family member while all of my stuff is in storage. It will end soon, I have a new place to move into with a very very good friend of mine (and hopefully another very very good friend I just finally reconnected with). At that point, I'm hoping my life will finally be back to normal.
So those are my excuses for not blogging. I've very clearly had a lot going through my mind (leaving a trail of destruction that may or may not ever get cleaned up...). I know, I know. "Excuses, excuses Craig. Get your ass in gear." Don't worry. I don't plan on letting this keep me down any longer. There's so much to look forward to. And I've already got ideas of nerdy things to talk about! E3 just ended, so I can talk about all the fun stuff from that. PLUS: SAN DIEGO COMIC CON!!! I seriously can't wait for this again. San Diego is gonna be fantastic. Anyway. Time for work! I must bid you all adieu. Or something.
I didn't intend this blog to ever cross into this area of my life, but it's time to get a little bit personal.
I swear, being in love makes people (read: me) stupid. It's not a new theory, I know. I was with this guy for more than 5 and a half years. Would've been 6 in a little less than two weeks. Turns out, he was a lying cheating asshole (pardon my French). I discovered just how bad it was a little over a year ago. Should have left him right then, but being all stupid (in love) I took him back. It never got better. I could never trust him. Turned the relationship into an odd roommate situation where we both pretended to be happy in love. It was all pretty awful. He continued to sleep his way through the gay population of PG, and I chose to ignore the signs until one day a few months ago when I finally had enough and ended it. I'm sure he's telling people we just grew apart, or some variation where I'm the villain. I'm not perfect, I'll never claim to be. But when the guy you wanted to marry completely shatters the image of the future you imagined, i don't think anyone expects perfection. I sure hope not anyway.
So post break-up, we still lived with each other for a couple months. He was working out of town so it wasn't so bad, but when he was back in town, he'd still go whoring it up, but now didn't care to hide it from me. So once again, camel's back broke (poor camel) and I made a snap decision to move out. It was actually a lot of fun with some friends helping me out, cheering me on as we went. I seriously have some amazing friends.
So now I'm in this odd transitional period in my life, staying with an unspecified family member while all of my stuff is in storage. It will end soon, I have a new place to move into with a very very good friend of mine (and hopefully another very very good friend I just finally reconnected with). At that point, I'm hoping my life will finally be back to normal.
So those are my excuses for not blogging. I've very clearly had a lot going through my mind (leaving a trail of destruction that may or may not ever get cleaned up...). I know, I know. "Excuses, excuses Craig. Get your ass in gear." Don't worry. I don't plan on letting this keep me down any longer. There's so much to look forward to. And I've already got ideas of nerdy things to talk about! E3 just ended, so I can talk about all the fun stuff from that. PLUS: SAN DIEGO COMIC CON!!! I seriously can't wait for this again. San Diego is gonna be fantastic. Anyway. Time for work! I must bid you all adieu. Or something.
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