Laura and I got Indian food for dinner tonight and it was delicious - even on a budget where we couldn’t order everything we wanted to.

For Laura’s work friend, Gemma’s birthday, we went out to Scandia. We played a bunch of the arcade games and then went down stairs and played a round of the indoor Jungle Golf.

Ah yes, and Gemma brought with her a group of thugs.

After winning golf, we went to the prize kiosk and discovered inappropriate toys [...]

Laura and I went out and saw ‘Across the Universe’ tonight. I’m not usually into musicals, but this was really well done. I really loved it and would recommend it to anyone who watched the trailer and thought, “yeah, maybe.” The only down side is that it’s fairly long (the actual movie is just over [...]

Itmedia is reporting that Nintendo of Japan is finally ceasing hardware support for the Famicom system (the Japanese equivalent of the NES) as of October 31st. With all the news of Sega finally ending support on the Dreamcast consoles this past year, it is amazing to think that Nintendo has carried on the Famicom system [...]

I finished Half-Life 2: Episode Two tonight and it was fantastic. Definitely elevates the series from [Awesome] to [Epic]. The ending gave me chills and nearly made me cry. Very impressive voice acting, definitely the most emotional moment in gaming I’ve ever had. Well, where: emotional != really awesome moments. Mind you, there were a [...]

I think Laura and I spent an hour and a half cleaning up all the leftover food and dishes after dinner tonight. That was boring.
Finally got to tear into Half-Life 2: Episode Two tonight.

All kinds of fun there. [More screenshots here]
Surely, the Freeman leaves no path unexplored.

Today I did my work orientation. Oh hey, I’m doing work now. Part-time stuff in my brother-in-law’s law office while still looking for other work.
They’re looking to upgrade the law software they’re using to the new version so I get to learn it, teach it to everyone else, get them switched over and then work [...]

Laura made pancakes for breakfast this morning and then we watched Emma all afternoon while Louise and Geoff went for a motorcycle ride before the end of the season. Pretty much my day.

After the horrid game of Scrabble last night, in which Laura and I managed to pick up 5 letter I’s and a couple [...]

JJ’s birthday was yesterday but today was a surprise Halloween-themed party for him. Well, actually surprising people is difficult so I believe he knew it was going to happen. What he did not know until he arrived was that his wife was taking off, leaving him with just a bunch of guys and a Wii [...]

Tonight I played taxi. Dropped Laura off with some work friends and went to grab a drink with Matt and Karen at Tonics.
We each had a single drink, didn’t really feel like a second and suddenly the bill was on our table and we realized they wanted us the hell out of there. So we [...]