October 2008 - Posts

• DING!

  I just leveled IRL! (In Real Life). ... In some games you work for Experience Points or 'XP'. When you gain a certain amount of XP, you gain a level, some gamers say "DING!" or (Wooties! in my case) to signify their level gained. Gaining a level can get you more loot, higher stats and gain you access to harder levels or areas where you can gain further XP. Well, for some of us geeks, games can transcend to Real Life in many ways. You grind away XP while at work or doing real life stuffs and eventually (hopefully) you gain an RL level and or loot. That's what makes the grind worth it all. I've worked at my current employer for 4 years now and have learned immensely. I have no doubt that no other job could have given me such diverse experience points. Aside from the great XP, I've created great friendships both inside the organization and through many a great client. I'm going to miss them all. I have decided that my life is at a point where I need to move to another 'instance' in order to gain higher levels. I've accepted a new job and I'm very stoked and hopefully will grind much XP and gain many a level at this new job.  GG all! Posted Oct 29 2008, 03:38 PM by Ryan with 3 comment(s) Filed under: rl

• I Did Exercise Today. I Can Has Cookie?

  Since I spend so much time working on-site for our largest client, it's only fair that I can join in on some of their fun, right? A coworker (Tacosauce) and I had an idea to liven up the start and ending of a XanGo sponsored 5k race. We had fun. Posted Oct 28 2008, 03:07 PM by Ryan with 2 comment(s) Filed under: lol

• The World is ENDING!!!

  (Not really) .. sorry, this qualifies for a TLDR comment. .. I'm posting it anyway. Happy Monday! So many things to rant about in the last month. Indeed so many that I've not ranted on any. Why? I dunno. Life. Good things are happening around me. My family continues to prove their awesome, life doesn't suck as I still have a decent job and things are overwhelmingly well when I stop to think about other life's I've seen. Again, so why have I not been posting? I dunno. Like a wise one once said: "When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead." True story. (Again, I dunno. I'm just fine, really.) THE STOCK MARKET AND THE WORLD IS CRASHING!!! IT'S THE WORSTEST AND GREATEST(greatest, as in the worst thing ever)  DEPRESSION!! Didn't you hear? Good, 'cause it's pretty much bunk. You will be OK. .. I promise. The world isn't ending (yet). Alarmism really peeves me. Like, it's good to alarm a neighbor that his house is burning down, that his zipper was left undone, that he ran over your poodle while backing out of the garage, etc. .. But seriously, WTFetch is up with the ridiculous end of the world claims that the news keeps on with?? We're still not in a recession .. and how long has everyone been talking about the word recession? (too long) I'm no statistician, and I remain a staunch believer in the fact that math is hard. Seriously though, 1 week of panic, and the world markets are in shambles?! Weaksauce. WTFetch, Let's give HUGE bundles of cash to greedy companies who take advantage of the average idiotic Joe who bites more than he can chew and completely ignore the concept of RESPONSIBILITY! Sure the banks and market love the money, and the retarded government wants to feel like it's actually done something by approving a bill that's full of ridiculous earmarks and pork for their own greed. .. At least the idiots you voted into office get what they want out of the deal. Fact is, we're in the current sitch because we put ourselves there. Gov money won't do anything but freak the market out more because of the threats of gov interventions to business. Banks AND the dumb consumers need to be held responsible for their own decisions, not the tax paying public. Bankruptcy and forclosures for the irresponsible is the answer. Throwing government money at it only makes us responsible types more pissed at the government for wasting our tax monies. .. I'll try to keep my rants shorter.. sry. Posted Oct 13 2008, 01:52 AM by Ryan with 4 comment(s)