Author Archives: Dennis

20061013

Things continue to be a little crazy, between looking for apartments and the everyday adjustments that need to be made in order to accomodate another person, my life certain has been changed quite a bit. I’m not sure whether this is the reason I’m sleeping less, or because of something else, but fact remains that I’ve been feeling increasingly tired over the last few weeks. Sadly, this has a rather negative impact on my energy levels, and thus on my productivity.

There are still so many things I’d like to do that I just don’t seem to get a chance to do. I want to get the production of my Shadowrun website underway, for instance. I’m making progress, but it’s almost at a glacial pace. At this rate I’ll be done around this time 2008, which is just too much for me.

I want to get more work done on my D&D campaign. I know, incredibly geeky, but still, I enjoy it and I’m compromising the enjoyment of my players as well as that of my own by slacking off to the degree that I do.

I want to develop my In Nomine idea to something workable. Something I can present to my players as a good alternative to what we’ve been doing so far. It just requires a few hours of reading and writing, but I can’t seem to get to it.

I want to play a bit more Warcraft than I am now. I don’t need to play to the extent I was before I went to the U.S., but I’ve become so incredibly crap over the last month of inactivity that I can’t seem to push my DPS beyond 300, and I can’t seem to find time to collect all the materials for all the buffs I’d want to have. I’m having trouble with solo’ing the templars in Silithus for christ’s sake!

I also want some brain-space to do some .NET development at home. Either ASP or VB would do my fine. So far, nada.

See, and even though I bitch, moan and complain the way I am, my life is going on the right direction, and I’m much happier for it than I was before. :)

Tonight, Kung Fu! And my brother doesn’t know it yet, but I’m looking forward to training with him.

20061009

Things have changed for me. For the good, I believe. A small recap;

.: New York City
I went to New York City for two weeks, helping Moulsari pack and ship all her belongings and helping her celebrate her last few weeks in NYC. The weather was fantastic and we had a great time. We managed to squeeze everything in 35 qu. feet and ship it off, leaving enough clothing and possessions she’d need to hit the ground running and would tide her over until her shipment would come in. Those possessions filled five suitcases, all of which were overweight, leaving us to pay through the nose to get them on the plane.

My minimalist, “travel ligth” self was crying all the way to the airport.

.: Texas
After not having seen Marco for a good while, Moulsari and I flew over to Austin for three days of fun with him, his wife Clarissa and their friends, some of which I knew well, and some of which I hadn’t met before. Fun was had! It was good to see Marco. He’s like my big brother, and it pains me deeply to go long stretches of time without seeing him. He hadn’t changed much, though he became a little more radical than he already was, which, in my opinion, is both a good and a bad development. We had a discussion about it, and an awkward moment. I initiated it, mostly because time was running out, and I knew I wouldn’t have had a chance to talk to him about it. Hopefully we’ll be able to see one-another soon and talk some more. E-mail doesn’t lend itself well to the type of discussions we have.

.: Amsterdam
Back in Amsterdam things are a little hectic as I tried to make room in my apartment for Moulsari. We’ve applied for her residency permit, and are busy looking for a new apartment, which is keeping us busy.

More later.