HollyKing's Journal

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hollyqueen took some pictures last night. This is one of my favorites although I don't remember what we were looking at. You can see the rest of the set on my Flickr page.

If anyone has any other pictures from last night I'd like to see them.

Happy birthday to my favorite brother in the world, ragnorokt!!!

If you can read this you are invited to join me in celebrating once more around the wheel. The place we had originally picked requires a huge minimum to reserve space but during the week the minimum is much lower and not an issue. If there is too much of a conflict on a Tuesday night then I don't mind picking a new location.

This past weekend hollyqueen and I attended Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). I had a pretty good time and I’ve already blocked out a room at the Camlin for the next one. For me one of the greatest parts of the event was getting some hands-on time with upcoming games and chatting with some of the developers.

I was able to spend some quality time talking to the people behind The Goblin Game, EVE Online and Pirates of the Burning Sea. Because of that quality time I am very interested in all three of these games that had only been on the edge of my thoughts. I also was able to eliminate a few games I thought I wanted from my wishlist as they didn’t turn out to be all that. The big example of that is The Eye of Judgment. I had fun playing but the game requires too much equipment and card collecting for me to really enjoy it.

I have also selected my big wish for my birthday this year. I have been wanting a new console for a while but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to stick with Sony and the PS3 or make the move to Microsoft’s X-Box. After my hands on experience this weekend the X-Box 360 Elite is the winner.

Oh, Rock Band was just as hot in person as it looks in the videos and reviews. I’m so going to get that game!

Happy Birthday hollyqueen!!!

I had a pretty good birthday this year. Last night was the usual debauchery at the Rheinlander where much fun was had by all and much beer was drunk by yours truly. One casualty of the night was our digital camera took a tumble and finally gave up the ghost. The pictures are safe but it will take me a couple of days to get them off of the memory card.

Today hollyqueen treated me to dinner and a movie. We went and saw The Fog (2005). It wasn't a bad movie but it wasn't a particularly good one either. I was startled a few times but there was never a sense of horror or foreboding. Part of the problem was all the cell phones that kept ringing and the idiots who wouldn't shut up in the theater. I was never able to get into flow of the movie. I spent a lot of time noting all the changes from the original. If you are in the mood for a good horror film I'm afraid you aren't going to find anything in this years selections. You would have better luck turning off the lights and throwing in a copy of the original.

hollyqueen always gets me the best presents. For example, I've really wanted to learn how to sail and this year she gave me a copy of the navigation rules. I love her so much! On top of everything else she's making me spaghetti for dinner. I'm a lucky guy.