I lost a good friend yesterday.
I don't know if any of you have lost anyone close to you, but yesterday I found out that a good friend of mine who has been in a coma in the hospital for the past two weeks passed away. He was a really nice guy, and it's a tragedy to lose someone so young. At only 35 years of age you only expect to just be getting on with your life.
I met John Burnette about 10 years ago when I first met my wife. He was my brother-in-law's friend and was kinda like the party guy you like to hang out with. I played Disc Golf with him, always was working on his computer (deleting viruses, installing golf games and helping him download homer simpsons sounds). I can't recall ever having a bad memory with him, or ever arguing. He was a good person and easily liked. Even now I remember the way he laughed, and his quirks and manerisms.
I have never lost anyone close to me before so I am just an emotional wreck. I realize everyone has a different way of dealing with loss. Tonight we went to a blues club to see one of my favorite bands, and during one song I just burst into tears...simply from feeling the music and it connecting to me emotionally. I know John would tell me to shut the f*** up and move on, cause he was that kind of guy...I just want him to know that he is in my heart and memories, and will never be forgotten.
If you are up there listening and/or reading John, we love you and we will miss you forever.
-James
Friday, May 21, 2004
Monday, May 03, 2004
OK...so its been a while.
Things are beginning to stabilize as of late...the search for full time work still continues, but little things seem to be popping up which is nice. Star Wars Galaxies is still in my regular routine, as it doesn't take a lot of time to have a little bit of fun. Between scouring the job boards for work and trying to get word of mouth business, I find time to login and work on my professions.
So I am on my way to finding the Jedi Padawan within me. The way Galaxies works is this. When you start a character, 5 random professions are chosen for you to master should you choose to follow the ways of the Jedi. Like i'm not going to want to play a Jedi...yeah right. That's like an archeologist not wanting to find the Holy Grail. So anyway...you find out what your professions are by getting "Holocrons". 4 holocrons will tell you what to master...the 5th one is always a mystery, forcing you to (according to the game's designers) explore all the game has to offer. Really this "system" is to keep us playing. Why they didn't make a jedi a playable class is simple...they figure that everyone would then just create a jedi and the whole game would be a bunch of jedi's running around. I have to disagree with this strongly because of one simple fact. There are a lot of people that have no desire to be a jedi. Plenty of people are happy with other professions, and still further, a lot of people are going to want to kill thos jedi so they would need other more powerful classes...after all if we all want to play jedi there are plenty of games that do it better.
At any rate, the professions I needed to master are these:
1) Squad Leader
2) Teras Kasi Master
3) Tailor
4) Combat Medic
The 5th is anybody's guess. I am hoping that the professions I have mastered already (Scout and Merchant) will be one of the magic professions needed.
Mother's day is coming up soon, and I am thinking of getting tickets to see Lion King in San Francisco. I have heard really good things about it, and one of my good friends said he and his kids just loved it.
I saw a couple movies this weekend, Mean Girls and Envy. They were both funny. Mean Girls is written by Tina Fey of SNL fame. It's a throwback to Heathers only its not as dark and nobody dies. All of the crew from SNL that are in it do a good job and I think the script is well written...it gets a little sappy at the end but who cares, its funny. Envy was pretty good, Jack Black and Ben Stiller both do a good job and it has that Ben Stiller zaniness that he is so good at. If you have a chance and you like comedies go see them...if you are expecting something deep and fulfilling and maybe even life changing, then stay at home and read Noam Chomsky.
That's all for now.
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Things are beginning to stabilize as of late...the search for full time work still continues, but little things seem to be popping up which is nice. Star Wars Galaxies is still in my regular routine, as it doesn't take a lot of time to have a little bit of fun. Between scouring the job boards for work and trying to get word of mouth business, I find time to login and work on my professions.
So I am on my way to finding the Jedi Padawan within me. The way Galaxies works is this. When you start a character, 5 random professions are chosen for you to master should you choose to follow the ways of the Jedi. Like i'm not going to want to play a Jedi...yeah right. That's like an archeologist not wanting to find the Holy Grail. So anyway...you find out what your professions are by getting "Holocrons". 4 holocrons will tell you what to master...the 5th one is always a mystery, forcing you to (according to the game's designers) explore all the game has to offer. Really this "system" is to keep us playing. Why they didn't make a jedi a playable class is simple...they figure that everyone would then just create a jedi and the whole game would be a bunch of jedi's running around. I have to disagree with this strongly because of one simple fact. There are a lot of people that have no desire to be a jedi. Plenty of people are happy with other professions, and still further, a lot of people are going to want to kill thos jedi so they would need other more powerful classes...after all if we all want to play jedi there are plenty of games that do it better.
At any rate, the professions I needed to master are these:
1) Squad Leader
2) Teras Kasi Master
3) Tailor
4) Combat Medic
The 5th is anybody's guess. I am hoping that the professions I have mastered already (Scout and Merchant) will be one of the magic professions needed.
Mother's day is coming up soon, and I am thinking of getting tickets to see Lion King in San Francisco. I have heard really good things about it, and one of my good friends said he and his kids just loved it.
I saw a couple movies this weekend, Mean Girls and Envy. They were both funny. Mean Girls is written by Tina Fey of SNL fame. It's a throwback to Heathers only its not as dark and nobody dies. All of the crew from SNL that are in it do a good job and I think the script is well written...it gets a little sappy at the end but who cares, its funny. Envy was pretty good, Jack Black and Ben Stiller both do a good job and it has that Ben Stiller zaniness that he is so good at. If you have a chance and you like comedies go see them...if you are expecting something deep and fulfilling and maybe even life changing, then stay at home and read Noam Chomsky.
That's all for now.
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