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It’s August

For me, August is nice because, well, my birthday falls in August. And birthdays mean presents, attention, and forgiveable amounts of gluttony. Wait, I get these all year round? So how is August different?

My wife’s mistake

So my assembled random geeky gamer building is sitting on my desk, waiting for the glue to dry. I leave it there overnight and all day and I suddenly remember it when I get home.

The end of summer?

When I tried to buy a PS2 through The Evil Social Networking site, I was offered my friend’s husband’s PS2, which I declined on moral grounds. Soon thereafter, I received an offer from my cousin’s boyfriend, who lives even farther away from town. I accepted.

The Rule of Men

I really need a Playstation 2. So, instead of going out and actually buying a PS2, I posted a message on myspace asking if anyone did not want theirs anymore. I figured someone had to have one they weren’t using, what with the wii, the PS3, and Xbox 360 out.

Why no game?

Hey man, he says, haven’t seen you in a while. I look up and it’s P–. I met him at a game shop when I was asking around for Warmachine players, but more than a year later we’ve never gotten a game together.

You are not your job

As I was gaming at the store with W–, he asks me a curious question that reeks of Tyler Durden. Do you just teach, he asks. And he doesn’t just ask. There’s an emphasis on JUST as in, Do you JUST teach? (Somewhere Pahlaniuk/Tyler Durden whispers, You are not your job)

Three trips in one day

Trip 1: Buy comics in Lakeview

Teach or nanny?

There are options this summer. My wife asked if I preferred teaching in the summer, nannying the nephew and niece, or, I don’t know, GAMING AND PAINTING DAY AND NIGHT!

When the going gets tough, the tough go gaming.

Of course there’s always work to do, and the more of it you do the more of it you generate somewhere else along the line. So if I grade these 30 papers that means the class progresses to generate 30 more papers sooner. If it’s five classes with 30 papers each, that’s 150 papers generating [...]

I am so awake right now.

Being awake at 7:55 AM means that I’ll be tired by 10. Caffeine is so bad for me.