It has been quite a while since I posted something of any significance and, though a few of you might find the occasional limerick to be the epitome of discourse, the sophisticated blog connoisseur is not as easily amused. The sophisticated blog connoisseur wants, nay, needs savory morsels of gossip in order to survive. Let it be known that I shall endeavor to produce said savory morsels beginning with this very post.
Let us begin with the very question that drive you, the riddle that burn in your mind and denies your even the most fleeting changes to sleep: What have I been up to? Looking back at this catalog of my deeds, this journal if you will, this living journal, one might have deduced that I attended the Electronic Entertainment Expo this year. Words cannot describe the audio-visual tsunami that is E3. Even your best laid plans, your most carefully planned courses of action, your most targetted stategies get tossed out the proverbial window as you begin crawling from one booth to another in search for the ever elusive swag. I will not lie and admit that it becomes almost a perverse game of Pokemon (link witheld) in that you are compelled to “catch them all.” You find yourself physically exhausted and over-stimulated. The ammount of food of questionable nutricious value that you eat lays devastation to that careful clockwork that is your system. Between the expo itself, parties, and afterpaties you wake up 30 minutes before you go bed. By the time the E3 shut its doors to the frothing gaming public and everyone wearily begins they journey home, you are left an empty shell of your former self, ladden with posters, papers, and multicolored junk that you’ll take home with you. No ammount of prose can truly describe the experience better than this single word: Orgasmic. I can’t wait for next year.
Let’s talk about work. My most loyal fans may know that I work for some little console in Redmond. One that does not, in fact, end with -intendo. I’m working on another interesting project, one that consumes my time in the way oil of vitriol might consume someone’s face – utterly and completely. Due to the project’s unannounced nature, this small tantalizing bit of trivia is all I will say about it.
Off to more personal matters! After a coding hiatus that began during the Ides of March and lasted until that most American of of fireworks holidays, I have finally begun touching my compiler like a gentle, yet firm, lover. Quickly we moved with a grace and familiarity that is born of soulmates and our passion escalated from a few playful bits and bytes, to loosely coupling classes, until I finally linked her. I don’t wish to divulge many secrets yet, but suffice to say she makes me feel younger.
Until next time…