A co-worker forwarded this to me today. Since I am a Web Designer, I just about busted a gut laughing but found myself going “Oh yeah, boy-eee” LOL!

Well, here I am at 3am, again. For the last two weeks straight I've fallen off the “normal sleeping pattern” train that I strove so diligently to get on 5 years ago. So, with a *shrug* and a *sigh* … C'est la vie.

Anyway. I have a confession to make. Even with all this horrible insomnia, I have barely scratched my planned game programming regimen. I have lazily been watching movies, TV series and anime on Netflix. (Damn you Netflix *angry fist shake*) Thankfully I believe I have watched just about any and all content they have available for stream-viewing in which I have any interest. Also, to squelch my ever nagging want/need to better various parts of my life, I finally broke down and bought some books to help with my… artistic abilities. (Read, I'm trying to draw better.)

Yes. I am not only a man (yes, man, for those who were actually wondering) of an analytical nature, as so many programmers are, but I am also a lover of art. No, not that guy on the corner that you say “Hi” to everyday on the way into work.

So, along with my needed regimen of expanding my ever expansive desire to enrich my programming prowess, I am also going to try and mix in a little bit of beauty into my analytical world.

I am by no means wholly devoid of any artistic ability. My mom told me so when I was a kid. Joking… mostly. I've drawn many things in the past when I was an angst-ridden teenager. Sadly, once I got into college I sloughed off my regular routines, including my occasional artistic romps.

However, since I have been on, what can only very kindly be construed as, an extended hiatus, I plan to “go back to basics” and attempt to refresh my ever-fuzzy memory. Wish me luck.

Oh, I'm also taking bets on how long and if I am actually able to “double up” on my regimens.

Wow. I can't believe it's already been almost a month since my last post. I really didn't mean for it to be so long. My new job has really kept me busy over the last month and a half.

I'm still learning the ropes and reading more books. I'm working on a small, practice Flash game (similar to Tetris), mostly for learning better collision detection and multi-collision detection. I've been procrastinating for the last week with it, though. I need to get back on track.

You'd think that making a Tetris-like game would be simple and easy… en toto, it is, it's coming up with a, what I've termed, slot-collision detection scheme. i.e. How to tell when two pieces with very different shapes "notch" together. Coming up with a way to do it hasn't been my problem, it's deciding on which one to use and to allow me to expand up later on that's the problem.

To any of my fellow Kansas Citians, pray for clear skies, I'm tired of this overcast.

Well, sorry to have been away for a spell. A lot of things have changed for me recently.

First off, I got a new job for a large marketing firm locally. Started last week and it's been pretty cool and busy. I'm enjoying it a lot and the job is a really cool one. Cool co-workers, cool environment and fast-paced work. Oh, and did mention that we are located on the tarmac of the KC Downtown Airport?! Is that not cool or what? I get to see private jets take off, local news stations' helicopter pop in and out, oh, and not to mention the fighter jets and bombers that buss the airfield. Totally awesome.

Second, my previous employers made sure to get their money's worth out of me before I left, a couple weeks ago. I guess that's a good thing. It was hard leaving but I'm glad I did. The place was awesome and I loved the people I worked with, but I needed to move on. So is this profession of mine.

What do I do, you may be asking. Well…. stuff like my own website. I'm a Web Developer/Designer, with a good helping of Flash/Actionscript Developer, all accompanied by a dash of sarcastic whit.

Annnnnway. That all said, and the reason as to why I haven't posted in a while, I've got updates on this year's upcoming FanFaire. Since my video last year was, at best, sub par, I bought a HD camcorder. I know, I know, I'm crazy. Add to that… IT'S HERE TODAY! Yay! I love getting new tech.

I'm going to do some testing and get stuff ready for this year and hopefully be able to bring some much better quality footage for everyone.

Anyway. Keep an eye out for the next update!

Ok, not quite an "ode" as a funny.

This guy just doesn't have the right luck when it comes to making a fishing show. Either he has the worst luck in showbiz or he just has a lot of outtakes.