Posted in Front Page, year26 on Feb 11th, 2010
The last day. The final piece of this year-long puzzle. The coup de grace. My 26th year of life.
In some ways, this was an ordeal. There were days when I had to actively remember that I had a blog post to write and stumble to my computer, fighting off sleep, only to stare at an [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 11th, 2010
There’s only one day left until my birthday. And the week that leads up to my birthday is great.
Why? Because, as an avid joiner of restaurant mailing lists and “e-clubs,” I get inundated with coupons and free meals or portions of meals from many different restaurants the week before the big day arrives.
It usually starts [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 9th, 2010
As we approach the end of this year-long experiment, I feel like these entries should be important and well-written. But we all know that’s not really going to happen.
Our cats are saucy little minxes. One will occasionally just barf around the house. Why does she do this? We’re not sure. [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 9th, 2010
Aside from the occasional package from Amazon or magazine, most of the postal mail we get nowadays is trash.
It’s coupons we’ll never use, ads for local businesses we throw away without ever looking at, and credit card offers that I don’t even bother opening anymore. I suppose this has kind of always been the case, [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 7th, 2010
I was watching the Super Bowl today, not really rooting for one team in particular (although I have some allegiance to the Colts simply because they’re an AFC team). And watching the commercials, of course.
I find some of them amusing (I just can’t get enough of that eTrade baby!), some of them dumb (how long [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 6th, 2010
There are these videos that we watch in the prenatal classes that we go to, which are full of slimy newborns, milk-filled breasts, and the faces of women in labor. After a while, you kind of get used to most of it and I think it’s certainly acclimated me to what to expect (at [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 5th, 2010
I remember when weather was something I experienced, and not just something I read about on the Internet.
It’s odd to see something like this
and then walk outside into crisp 57 degree weather.
Most of my life, I’m used to living in regions that experience winter as a brutal force of nature, where freezing rain is a [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 4th, 2010
Today, our studio celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Sims.
The first Sims game was released 10 years ago today. Since then, there have been two sequels (one of which I had the honor of working on), with both the original game and Sims 2 having dozens of expansion and stuff pack.
But what a different world [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 4th, 2010
It’s the day after, and it’s hard watching TV when it’s actually on TV. Am I really going to have to wait 6 days to watch the next episode of Lost?
So, let’s get down to business.
Hints of the Other Timeline: Let’s assume that the two timelines are both real and co-exist. This season [...]
Posted in year26 on Feb 2nd, 2010
8:40 PM: we managed to fix an almost devastating HD channel audio sync issue and now we only have to wait for the rest of season 5 to play out in the last 20 minutes. Come on, Jacob! Less talky talky, more stabby stabby!
8:41 PM: Katie has some kind of elaborate fate vs [...]