Life and Leisure. Tech and Toys.

This past weekend I spent a lot of time outside of the house again. On Saturday I went to Los Angeles and ate all day. We literally hit four eating spots between 12pm and 6pm. I had a chance to take some photos too, which I’ve been meaning to do. On Sunday I spent all [...]

It’s been a slow week to be honest, but there’s only 1.5 weeks left to go. I think next year I’ll try something like giving up meat for lent, instead of just on Fridays. The funny part is I couldn’t even keep my end of the bargain on that. I’ve  been so busy at work [...]

I’m now past the halfway point of lent and it should be smooth sailing from here on out. However, the anticipation of getting back into gaming is also building and I know exactly which games I want to touch base with once this is all over.
This week I’ve realized without video games I tend to [...]

I got through the third week of lent, but it wasn’t easy. Temptations were thrown in my direction in the form of roommates playing the Starcraft 2 Beta and my pre-ordered copy of Final Fantasy XIII landing on my doorstep. Amazon’s release day delivery actually works! Sadly, I can’t even take advantage of it.
On the [...]

Another week of lent is in the books. Unfortunately I’m still feeling relatively the same as last week. However I’ve been more active this past weekend which made it much easier. This weekend I was out of the house and occupied so it didn’t give me any time to be bored and tempted to play [...]

After one whole week of avoiding video games, I have to say it’s beginning to weigh on me. I’m hoping this is just the hump at the start and the rest is down hill.
Mostly I’ve been having to deal with some stress build up and some boredom. It’s surprisingly hard to work all day and [...]

Today begins the first day of Lent. I’ve been blogging about giving up video games for Lent for a couple weeks now and the time has finally arrived where I do it for real. Last night I didn’t have time to get in my last hours of gaming so I guess I kind of started [...]

In preparation for my 40 days without video games I’ve won the Madden 10 Super Bowl, won the NBA 2k10 Championship and defeated Ares in God of War. Of course I didn’t actually beat the games from start to finish in the past week but I cleaned up the games I was almost done with. [...]

As Lent approaches the idea of sacrifice looms. I am not of Christian belief but my girlfriend (for 7 years) is a Catholic. I usually don’t participate in Lent but I do end up not eating meat on Fridays during Lent. This year I will give up my biggest daily addiction. Video games.
On a daily [...]