Felix’s Blog

That’s right. It’s that time of year.

Every now and then I order something on the Internet that I don’t have delivered to my two safe zones–work or parents’ house. It’s already bad enough that when a box arrives my dad just asks me if it’s my “little men” of miniature toy soldiers, or that the office staff tells me they got presents for me when they put a box of traded Monsterpocalypse figures in my mailbox. And this time, for some reason, I didn’t want to share the delivery of my Playstation 3.
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felixnation :: Dec.13.2008 :: Addictions, Fortuna, Hermit Cave, Mad Schemes, coworkers, friends, wife :: Comments Off

The Internet makes you stupid. I believe this is a scientifically proven study. If it isn’t, then someone better get on it if they want to contend for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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felixnation :: Dec.08.2008 :: Hermit Cave, Learnin' Stuff, family, friends, wife :: Comments Off

It’s 70-80 degrees out. I don’t have to go to work. It’s a beautiful day.

Time for a great debate. For great debates, I turn to Facebook.

Status update: Felix is debating between painting toy soldiers and doing actual work.

The next time I check Facebook, there is already a rebuttal.

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felixnation :: Oct.13.2008 :: Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, coworkers, friends :: Comments Off

My buddy A– turns thirty four, so he invites us out somewhere for drinks on a Friday night. Friday night is playing video games on the computer night, so I decline and suggest instead we just hang out at the game shop like we normally do.

–Whatever, he says, you’re worse than my elderly parents. I’ll see you at six.

So we’re at the game shop and J– and I decide to get A– a present, but we don’t know what. A– is the kind of guy who builds multiple armies and spreads himself thin trying to customize each model and paint them all up at the same time.

What better way to say, hey we’re not drinking together, than a toy soldier?

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felixnation :: Oct.08.2008 :: Addictions, Conversations, Odysseys, Playas, friends, gamers :: Comments Off

I imagine new reasons to stay inside the Hermit Cave all the time. Today I get my hair cut, which is always an endeavor to get me to do. It’s really easy to call I–, but something inside stops me, or I find something to stop me. I used to think that the feeling was laziness, but hermit vision strikes again.

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felixnation :: Oct.06.2008 :: Fashion Police, Hermit Cave, People, friends, strangers :: Comments Off

My wife and I rent movies through Netflix. We set a list of movies up in a queue, and they’re mailed out to the house one at a time as we return movies we watch.

I have to set it up to see The Big Lebowski, a guy film that I’ve never seen before.

Why?

Because of Under the Tuscan Sun. Because of death.

Oh, why haven’t I ever seen it before? That movie that’s like a rite of passage for guys?

That, I’ll get to later.

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felixnation :: Aug.01.2007 :: Learnin' Stuff, Mad Schemes, friends :: No Comments »

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.
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felixnation :: Jun.18.2007 :: Addictions, Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, church, family, friends, students :: No Comments »

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.

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felixnation :: May.05.2007 :: Addictions, Hermit Cave, friends :: No Comments »

My co-worker D– was organizing a departmental social at a Turkish food and music extravaganza, and she sent out an email to all members of our department and members of our ancillary department (ie, people we like).

When I saw her, she stopped me and said “Felix, YOU haven’t responded.”

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felixnation :: Feb.13.2007 :: Conversations, Hermit Cave, The Coal Mine, coworkers, friends, strangers :: No Comments »

I didn’t know that a phone call to the West coast could be so dangerous.

It’s my friend’s birthday tomorrow. We hadn’t talked in years, so I picked up the phone and called her. From our end, my wife told me that I sounded like our very first date– I wouldn’t stop talking.

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felixnation :: Jan.04.2007 :: Conversations, Mad Schemes, Odysseys, friends :: No Comments »