Last month was the second month in which I did not blog at all in the 20 months I have been blogging. When this occurred to me last night, I just about got out of bed to post something since it was not yet midnight. I respectfully declined and resolved to fix the problem. The past month saw me configuring a new computer about which I still need to blog, getting used to a new job, watching the Olympics, engaging in NHL 10, and simply spending time with friends and family.
The computer still is not completely setup. This has delayed my writing of a blog post about it. I think I will finally put the blog post together as the configuring is going slower due to tinkering with new ideas. When starting with a fresh slate, I always like to try to do things in different ways that may turn out to be better than the previous methods. This is no exception. Sadly, it has not been an active enough interest to make much progress in the past couple of weeks. I am suspecting that to change this month.
February was the first time I really became accustomed to a full-time job. No longer am I a student employee or intern. In January, I was still the new guy who had few projects on which to work. Now, I am busy enough to the point I cannot even manage to streamline applications to meet the project deadlines which were set without my consultation. The result is I come home from busy days at work and need some relaxation time before I feel like being constructive. This is one of the reasons my new computer has been left in its present state for so long.
The Olympics are one of the greatest things in world of sports. The simple fact that it comes only once every four years, the winter ones anyways, makes it special. Then, there is the element of national pride. There is nothing better than community coming behind its team against the opposition as long as proper sportsmanship and respect is shown. This is one reason college sports tend to be better than professional sports, but that is for another blog post that will likely never be written. I actually did not watch as much of these Olympics as I have in the past. The primary reason being my focus on the hockey prevented me from watching many of the other sports. Also, my favorite sports tend to be related to ski and snowboard trick competitions. Having caught almost all of the Winter X-Games this year, there was less to see at the Olympics. The X-Games covers these sports better than the traditional Olympic media, and the athletes need time to develop something more to show than what was seen at the X-Games only a couple weeks before. Some might think the competitors may hold back for the Olympics, but that is rarely the case. The type of people who participate in such sports simply cannot resist to throw it down for whatever crowd they can gather. The spotlight of the Winter X-Games is as big, if not bigger, for them than at the Olympics.
I am a casual hockey fan. As a result, I purchased NHL 10 about a month ago. I had never gone online with hockey, but one of my KOR friends was motivation to check it out. Some of their ideas are pretty sweet. I am a little disappointed in EA’s ability to pull them off unfortunately. Still, this has resulted in me playing approximately 30-40 hours online already along with an additional 30-40 hours offline. Looking back on it, that is a lot of time for a single month. It was a result of the busy workdays. I liked sitting down to a game or two to relax after work. By the time I was ready to go do something, friends would be asking me to play online with them. The result was a lot of videogames.
My girlfriend is awesome. I just thought I would throw that out there in case you did not know. She recently bought a PS3 of her own which has resulted in me spending more hours on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (MW2). So if I was not on NHL 10, I was on MW2. The one concerning aspect is I think she may already be getting better than me. I have been playing actively for three years now. She has been playing actively for maybe a month. We also had a good day of MX vs ATV Reflex one weekend. I also must add that I regained my pride by establishing my dominance in games at Chuck E Cheese. She had schooled me in the basketball games the past two trips there, but I pulled off a minor upset this time. Air hockey and shooter games are still no competition. Skee ball can go either way.
This past weekend we celebrated a couple birthdays in the family. Because videogames are taking over the world, we had the latest Mario game and Wii Fit Plus among others. I must say I have never been that good at the Mario games. I can usually be semi-competent, but that is about the extent of my ability. As for the Wii Fit stuff, I can ski jump and some yoga tree position that is supposed to be difficult.
Now do you see why I did not blog last month? That being said, I am getting more organized and settling into my new job and apartment. I suspect there will still be stints where I do not blog for periods of time as I get distracted by other interests; yet, I will continue to return in due time to write about my experiences.
One Response to “Blogging Hiatus”
You forgot to mention your crown in Wii Fit “Obstacle course”.