I had a 4 day week! I didn't work last Monday AND I have a 4 day weekend next weekend! Life is good. I have been at this blog thing for over a year now! Exciting. I'm gearing up to go to Ranger School. I won't have a phone or computer for 2 months. I hope you all forgive me. I've started swimming in the mornings! I'll go into work an hour early to swim and then do my normal run/pushup/situp bit. I'm still a weak swimmer though. I use the flippers most of the time. But it's okay! Nobody else is at the pool at 6 in the morning. Anyhoo, here are a few more paintings; "Fanfare", my "Colorful Tree Collection", "A Tree", and "Not Quite There":
Is there anybody else out there that is as concerned as I am about the well being of Jack Box? On Super Bowl Sunday, Jack got hit by a bus. Very unfortunate. It's been all over the news... mostly during the commercial breaks, actually. I have spent two restless nights tossing and turning to the idea of a world without Jack's curly fries greasy tacos. I'm sure I am not alone in hoping that Jack does not go the way of Humpty Dumpty. And we all know that Jack's head bears a startling resemblance to a large egg. Would you all join me posting an encouraging note or video onto Jack's recovery website at http://www.hangintherejack.com/. Here's an old pic of that big-headed mofo:
I have compiled a list of my favorite PC games of all time. These are the best of the best. Let me know if I missed any. This isn't even including console! Enjoy!
1.Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (And All Predecessors) – I’m still addicted.
2.The Curse of Monkey Island – The funniest game ever made. Hands down.
3.Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis – It doesn’t get much better than Indy.
4.MechWarrior 2 (And All Expansions) – The beginning cut-scene is legendary.
5.Exile 3: Ruined World – Got me addicted to RPGs.
6.Sid Meier’s Colonization (The Original Mostly) – Best sound track for a PC game. The songs were MIDIs.
7.Sim City 2000 – “Sim Copter One reporting heavy traffic.”
8.The Dig – I had nightmares about this one, but I love it.
9.Sid Meier’s Pirates! (New and Old) – This is why I am a pirate, not a ninja.
10.Command and Conquer – “Time to rock and roll.” - Commando
11.Quake 1 – Played this one multiplayer over my 28.8k modem.
12.The Secret of Monkey Island – “How appropriate, you fight like a cow.” – Guybrush Threepwood
13.Fallout 2 – Before there was a Fallout 3
14.Sam & Max Hit the Road – Hilarious.
15.Full Throttle – The biker fights were awesome.
16.The Sims (1 & 2) – The only game my sister would play.
17.Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon (1 & 2) – The first tycoon game.
18.Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle – I’m scratching my head about this one.
19.Myst – This game also gave me nightmares. It was too empty.
20.Monkey Island II: Lechuck’s Revenge – Love the spitting contest.
21.NBA Live 97 – All the faces were the same.
22.Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
23.Escape from Monkey Island
24.Hugo’s House of Horrors (1, 2, & 3) – Gotta love the music made from CPU beeps.
25.Grim Fandango
26.Fallout 1
27.Sim Tower
28.Rayman – Such a peaceful game.
29.Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 (And All Expansions) – Launch people off an unsafe rollercoaster!
30.Warcraft 2
31.Wolfenstein 3D -
32.Need for Speed 1
33.Oregon Trail (1, 2, & 3) – “My butt died of cholera?!”
34.Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures – This one kept me occupied for hours.
35.Dark Forces – “There he is, stop him!”
36.Silkroad Online
37.NHL 2002
38.Unreal Tournament
39.Myst 2: Riven
40.Grand Theft Auto 1 – Love the police chases.
41.Yoda Stories
42.Half-Life (Counter-Strike)
43.Command and Conquer II: Red Alert
44.Grand Theft Auto 2
45.Max Payne 1 – Ahh, the joys of slo-mo.
46.Duke Nukem 3D – Classic.
47.The Yukon Trail
48.Age of Empires
49.Lode Runner
50.Miner VGA – I lied. My sister played this one too.
51.Sim Ant
52.The Movies (Courtesy of Alex)
53.Chex Quest (1 & 2) – These games came in boxes of Chex cereal. The best cereal prize ever.
I have some extra time in the evenings and on the weekends. Playing music gets old, reading isn't engaging enough, and watching TV is just a waste of time. It was time for a new hobby. Painting! I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a thing about painting other than what I learned in Survey of Art and Music class. So I went abstract. Really, it's borderline kindergarten material. But I like it. I'm mostly using supplies that I bought at Lowe's. The canvases and the easels I bought at Michael's. Here are my initial attempts at painting (I call them "Stalactites", "Grazing Cattle" and "Citrus Fruit in a Blue Bowl" in order:
It snowed yesterday. About 8 inches. And today, the clouds parted and made for some good pictures. Not so much good picture taking though, because it was like 8 degrees and below zero with the wind chill. So here's a little Merry Christmas from New York.
