finis ?

I finished playing Dragon Age: Origins about 4 hours ago. Nice to be a hero!

I celebrated my hero status by doing an hour of exercise, mainly walking to Safeway and buying some fruits and veggies, then walking back home carrying them. It wasn't fun, but it was good for me.

And surely that one walk made up for the three months of video-game playing I have been doing. Right?

Since DAO has four major variations to its ending sequence, as well as massive amounts of previous variations one can make that completely change the game-playing experience, I plan to revisit this game...soon, and often.

Oh, and on my list of newest DVD television series that I am enjoying, is none other than "Painkiller Jane". 5 episodes in, and I love it. Yet another tv show based on a bestselling comic book character...

Oh, by the way, happy birthday to Robert Burns, Virginia Woolf, Etta James, and Alicia Keys.

Vid

Video: Green Math by Glenn Beck

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/?uri=channels/338017/758324

January 22nd - Happy Birthdays to...
Diane Lane, Steven Adler and Steve Perry, Linda Blair, and Sir Francis Bacon.

2 more sucking worms

I seem to have a lot on the inside that needs to get out. "Write or wrong", here are two more of my poetic creations...


http://leplaunpoetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/unlovely-life.html


http://leplaunpoetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-sand-inside.html

Enjoy! (or not)

Wrote a poem, one that I am quite proud of.

:)


Still hurting at times. Never felt so alive before, and so dead (numb) now.

:(



http://leplaunpoetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/windowpane.html


"I have glimpsed our future. And all I can say is.....go back." - Diane Court, Say Anything


January 21st - Happy Birthdays going out to...
Telly Savalas, Wolfman Jack, Jack Nicklaus, Geena Davis, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Emma Lee Bunton.

20th

January 20th - Happy Birthday to Deforest Kelley.

Star Trek just hasb't been the same wthout you...

BD fun

Today is January 18th. I would be remiss if I did not wish a happy birthday to ...

author A. A. Milne
actor Cary Grant
actor and entertainer Danny Kaye
actor Kevin Costner
and hockey player Mark Messier.



And, here is another cool quote from author Ed Greenwood...


“Together we stand against hosts

And prevail, glorious, victorious.

Together we rouse kingdoms

Gathering trouble as farmers reap turnips

Together we share laughter

And dig and remember each other’s graves.”

Who Let The Madwits Out?

“Well may dragon roar

And dying captains shout

For the fields are red with gore

And they’re letting the madwits out.”

- Ed Greenwood


And if you do not know who Ed Greenwood is, shame on you! After all, he is the creator of The Forgotten Realms (or do most people forget that?)!

A great quote, from a great author of sword-n-sorcery fantasy with liberal doses of palace intrigue and arcane skullduggery.


Anyways, what is new in my life? Perhaps the above quote best describes me right now. The madwits are out. The inmates are running the asylum.

Looks like I may get a pay-raise this year, but it'll likely be quite small, smaller than usual. I may get a bonus as well, but that remains to be seen; "Only time will tell, Fuzzbuddy, only time will tell."

My child support payments are going up 250%, which is gonna put a mean crimp in my budget. Oh well, the little rugrat is worth it, right?

Work is as hectic as ever. Personally, still doing plenty of gaming, and still being alone and lonely an awful lot; some days it bothers me a lot, some days not-so-much.

Not much else to say. Wrote a poem tonight...

See it here.
http://leplaunpoetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/nary-good-thought-of-you-anymore.html

Me, and The Poem

Not feeling so hot. Not sick. Just...

How do you deal with life, when you feel like yours is severely lacking in spark, in creativity, in passion, in excitement? What do you do, when your soul is weary of being stuck in a place where you are emotionless and you walk through your days like an autonomous robot? When your very soul feels stifled? And where you can see no signs of change for the better?

Me, I write a poem about it. Doesn't seem like there is much more that I can do...


http://leplaunpoetree.blogspot.com/2010/01/naked.html

BD # 39

Hi.

it's me.

It is my birthday. Or, as I type these words, it will be my birthday in under 2 minutes.

My birfday. Yes, i have trouble pronouncing the word birthday, it is true. If I do not really concentrate, my "th" becomes an "f".

My 39th birfday.

Y'know, i did not think that being alone on my birthday would bother me much. I even took the weekend off from work, planning on doing nothing more exciting than perhaps a little house-cleaning.

But, life has a way of throwing you some unexpected curveballs. Ain't that the truth!

I was visiting my daughter and her mom Friday night. They have a new Wii system, with Wii Fit. So, Saturday evening, I suddenly realize that I think i want one. Not for gaming purposes (I am old-fashioned and do all my gaming on my pc) , but for the exercise aspects of it.

So, at 8:30 pm, I head out to WalMart. They have no Wii's. So i go to Futureshop, getting there just before they close. They tell me that every store in town has been out of Wii systems since before Christmas, and they have no idea when they will get more in stock.

SoI am in my car in Futureshop parking lot, mildly bummed. Well, I figure that maybe that means I am just not meant to get one; so i shrug it off.

Then i start aimlessly driving in my car. Suddenly, I realize that really I am looking to get myself a birfday gift.

And, at this point, most unexpectedly, I start to cry.

Cry? Why!? Well, i do not know. But, I did. And at 39 years old, I am old enough to admit it.

I ended up going to Safeway and spending $120 on groceries instead. Even bought a movie there, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" which i actually really enjoyed (but the parts where he was 38 years old and single and could not get a date, that had me sniffling again).

So, here I am. Alone on my birthday. You know what? It DOES bother me, a fair amount. I do not want to be alone.

I am contented with who I am and how my life is. I can live with it. But I miss the excitement and passion of having a true love.

Thta is all I have to say.

Happy Birthday, me.