Jay McGavren's Journal

2006-02-28

My soul hurts.

I’m always in the most miserable mood on Mondays. Bored and fed up with everything. All for no good reason.

It’s probably for some simple reason, like I never get enough sleep Sunday night. That doesn’t help when you’re stuck at work and can’t stand being here, though.

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2006-02-22

Got hold of our copy of Animal Crossing for DS (had to go through Amazon to get it)…

Right now our town is basically devoid of all beauty as we shake peaches off the trees and grab every shell that washes ashore so we can sell ‘em. (We have a mortgage to pay, after all.) There’s also no rhyme or reason to the house’s decor, ‘cause we’re using the first hand-me-downs we’ve gotten.

Bit like getting started in the real world, I guess. (Except I never resorted to poaching.)

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2006-02-13

Priceless.

A co-worker just walked up to me and said: “I bet yours was a lot more expensive…” He showed me his Target receipt, which read “Wife: $3.99”.

(Evidently the actual item was a Valentine’s card.)

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2006-02-08

We're back...

What happened at the wedding: -Mom got Lenny (our ringbearer) to the ceremony site 10 minutes after we were supposed to begin. Glen and John rushed to get him into his tux. -Lenny then balked at walking down the aisle with all those people there. After a lot of encouragement and what seemed an eternity, he ran up to me at the altar. -I forgot my vows, and stumbled when reading them from my cheat sheet. Diana did the same. -Diana was the most beautiful I’ve ever seen her (and that’s saying a lot).

What happened on the honeymoon: -We dodged chickens left and right (the island is “infested” with them, according to one tour guide). -At various times, we ordered saimin (ramen soup) from a McDonald’s drive-thru, ate sushi from a conveyor, and had the most delicious (in fact the only) blue marlin I’ve ever had. -We got to reconnect with each other, without any kids, bills, or work to get in the way. -There are various other details, but I won’t trouble you with them.

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2006-01-22

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I wonder what the limit is on the number of enemies Geometry Wars can throw at you at once? ‘Cause I don’t think I’ve hit it yet, and I had 100-150 objects on the screen.

This game blows Robotron 2084 out of the water, BTW.

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