Thank you all....

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-02-2007, 10:23 PM

....for the incredibly sweet 'thinking of you' 'card'.

xoxo
Trep

tsa · 10-02-2007, 10:32 PM

It was a pleasure. We're glad to have you back.

bulldog · 10-03-2007, 12:40 PM

Welcome back Trepsie

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-03-2007, 02:11 PM

How is everyone doing? What are you doing?

I owe an update with me. Work is going fine, nothing glamourous. Nanay is getting on well, the usual spoiling of me and torturing her with hugs.

She and her next-door-neighbour friend gave me a fish for my birthday. I decided he's Italian and named him Gianfranco Isda. Very friendly fellow, nudges himself against the glass when I tap on the bowl and put my face close to it. He's no kitten (thus can't hug him) but he's very pleasant to have around.

Also got myself a new HDTV for gaming and am very pleased with it. Once I acquire a 5.1 speaker system and 5.1 headphones I need nothing else for the next few years. Finished Bioshock a while back, finished the main story quest of Oblivion (after over 350 hours invested) and plan on playing the Shivering Isles expansion pack most likely after finishing Mass Effect. Will be getting The Orange Box when it launches, then Assassin's Creed the second week of November before finally plunging myself in Mass Effect on the 20th of that month.

I'm currently 'back in school', taking an intensive docent training course at the Pacific Asia Museum. Hopefully I'll be certified in early February next year to lead tours for students and adults as well as hold workshops for school kids. The people I met there are amazing. A fellow trainee is this old Japanese American guy who has a Masters in Japanese woodblock, another is an American woman who had lived with her husband in Southeast Asia for years and studies symbology in Asian art, and another young woman is, I think, Vietnamese American and holds a degree in Art History from UC at Irvine.

In short, these are my people, very knowledgeable, cultured, multicultural, actively pursuing betterment, and very, very warm and friendly and accepting of the world. Can't find a better environment to better myself in.

*Melanie68* · 10-03-2007, 02:34 PM

Is it one of those Betta fish? My mom has one of those and his name is Pierre (whereas my 6-year-old nieces's fish is named Splash).

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-03-2007, 02:35 PM

*Melanie68* · 10-03-2007, 02:58 PM

Yup, that's a Betta fish (I think I'm spelling that correctly).

Giligan · 10-03-2007, 03:17 PM

Wasn't a TV show episode being taped in your apartment building, Trep? How'd that go, and did you get your mug into any of the scenes?

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-03-2007, 03:23 PM

LOL! No, but they might as well have taped on here.

Funny you should ask. There is actually another filming going on outside my window. They've doing this for the past few days and again I have no idea if it's for a TV show, a commercial, or something else. They're always filming here!

I keep joking to Nanay to head outside and maybe they'll use her as an extra and she can make $50. If she's lucky she may become the next TV star. LMAO!

What's going on with you, Gilsie?

Giligan · 10-03-2007, 03:31 PM

Heh, LA, the land of opportunity.

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

What's going on with you, Gilsie?

Almost nothing, unfortunately. Researching various universities, deciding which ones to apply to; playtesting a lovely AG forum member's game; trying my hand at making my own amateur adventure game, and still recovering from an Outward Bound Wilderness course.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-03-2007, 03:36 PM

How is it that you chose to take that wilderness course?

Giligan · 10-03-2007, 04:04 PM

Basically, a family member who had done an Outward Bound course in the 1980s encouraged me to look into it, and when I did, I said, "Wow! This looks awesome!" And it was, although at times excruciatingly difficult. Everything it was supposed to be, though.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-03-2007, 04:07 PM

What did you gain from it? Sounds like an experience designed for self discovery.

Giligan · 10-03-2007, 05:30 PM

It certainly is that. The instructors really pounded into the students' heads the saying "There's more to you than you know." It's the whole direction of Outward Bound, to walk away with the confidence that you can really do anything. (People who say "I can't do it" really annoy me now, if they can.

) If nothing else, I found I can jump into the North Atlantic every morning.

And they had a few other things, like a tour of Seguin lighthouse and a lecture at the Lobster Conservation establishment. That was incredible.

Squinky · 10-03-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Giligan

playtesting a lovely AG forum member's game

*blushes*

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-03-2007, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giligan

It certainly is that. The instructors really pounded into the students' heads the saying "There's more to you than you know." It's the whole direction of Outward Bound, to walk away with the confidence that you can really do anything. (People who say "I can't do it" really annoy me now, if they can.

) If nothing else, I found I can jump into the North Atlantic every morning.

How so very sexy of you! Sounds like something many of us should undertake, though it's good to know you don't have to do something extreme like that to do so. One of my life's goal is to sky dive. Don't know when that'll happen but I want it to.

Still, I do already feel good for undertaking this volunteer position at the museum. One of the things that greatly disappoints me is the utter lack of culture and awareness of the world in people today. I want to at least do something small about it, and if one, just one, kid walks out of that museum from my tour feeling enriched, I know that I made some kind of difference.

tsa · 10-04-2007, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Please do your fish a favour Trep, and put it in a real aquarium instead of a bowl. Fish can see quite well, and seeing a distorted world all the time is no fun for them. Besides, the oxygen exchange between the water and the surroundings is far from optimal in a bowl due to the small surface area of the water. Your fish will be much happier in an aquarium.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-04-2007, 12:04 PM

I already have. He seems quite happy.

That picture is not of him. Found it through Google just to show what kind of fish he is (he's also red like in the pic).

bulldog · 10-04-2007, 03:05 PM

Oh Trepsie..... I bet your fish is a cutie.

I love watching fish, they just seem graceful. I'm glad that you are back. Glad to hear that you’re "Back in School" so to speak...

Glad to hear that you are doing well.

Kolzig · 10-07-2007, 11:04 AM

Welcome back.

10-02-2007, 10:23 PM	#1
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Thank you all.... ....for the incredibly sweet 'thinking of you' 'card'. xoxo Trep Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien Last edited by Intrepid Homoludens; 10-02-2007 at 10:39 PM. Reason: Thanks for the smaller version, tsa!

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10-03-2007, 02:11 PM	#4
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	How is everyone doing? What are you doing? I owe an update with me. Work is going fine, nothing glamourous. Nanay is getting on well, the usual spoiling of me and torturing her with hugs. She and her next-door-neighbour friend gave me a fish for my birthday. I decided he's Italian and named him Gianfranco Isda. Very friendly fellow, nudges himself against the glass when I tap on the bowl and put my face close to it. He's no kitten (thus can't hug him) but he's very pleasant to have around. Also got myself a new HDTV for gaming and am very pleased with it. Once I acquire a 5.1 speaker system and 5.1 headphones I need nothing else for the next few years. Finished Bioshock a while back, finished the main story quest of Oblivion (after over 350 hours invested) and plan on playing the Shivering Isles expansion pack most likely after finishing Mass Effect. Will be getting The Orange Box when it launches, then Assassin's Creed the second week of November before finally plunging myself in Mass Effect on the 20th of that month. I'm currently 'back in school', taking an intensive docent training course at the Pacific Asia Museum. Hopefully I'll be certified in early February next year to lead tours for students and adults as well as hold workshops for school kids. The people I met there are amazing. A fellow trainee is this old Japanese American guy who has a Masters in Japanese woodblock, another is an American woman who had lived with her husband in Southeast Asia for years and studies symbology in Asian art, and another young woman is, I think, Vietnamese American and holds a degree in Art History from UC at Irvine. In short, these are my people, very knowledgeable, cultured, multicultural, actively pursuing betterment, and very, very warm and friendly and accepting of the world. Can't find a better environment to better myself in. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-03-2007, 02:34 PM	#5
Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Is it one of those Betta fish? My mom has one of those and his name is Pierre (whereas my 6-year-old nieces's fish is named Splash). Share Share this post on Twitter

10-03-2007, 02:35 PM	#6
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Yup, that's a Betta fish (I think I'm spelling that correctly). Share Share this post on Twitter

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Giligan The Greater Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 6,541	Wasn't a TV show episode being taped in your apartment building, Trep? How'd that go, and did you get your mug into any of the scenes? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Cliff Bleszinski

10-03-2007, 03:23 PM	#9
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	LOL! No, but they might as well have taped on here. Funny you should ask. There is actually another filming going on outside my window. They've doing this for the past few days and again I have no idea if it's for a TV show, a commercial, or something else. They're always filming here! I keep joking to Nanay to head outside and maybe they'll use her as an extra and she can make $50. If she's lucky she may become the next TV star. LMAO! What's going on with you, Gilsie? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-03-2007, 03:36 PM	#11
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	How is it that you chose to take that wilderness course? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-03-2007, 04:04 PM	#12
Giligan The Greater Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 6,541	Basically, a family member who had done an Outward Bound course in the 1980s encouraged me to look into it, and when I did, I said, "Wow! This looks awesome!" And it was, although at times excruciatingly difficult. Everything it was supposed to be, though. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Cliff Bleszinski

10-03-2007, 04:07 PM	#13
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	What did you gain from it? Sounds like an experience designed for self discovery. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-03-2007, 05:30 PM	#14
Giligan The Greater Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 6,541	It certainly is that. The instructors really pounded into the students' heads the saying "There's more to you than you know." It's the whole direction of Outward Bound, to walk away with the confidence that you can really do anything. (People who say "I can't do it" really annoy me now, if they can. ) If nothing else, I found I can jump into the North Atlantic every morning. And they had a few other things, like a tour of Seguin lighthouse and a lecture at the Lobster Conservation establishment. That was incredible. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Cliff Bleszinski

10-04-2007, 12:04 PM	#18
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	I already have. He seems quite happy. That picture is not of him. Found it through Google just to show what kind of fish he is (he's also red like in the pic). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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bulldog Second Degree Black Belt Join Date: May 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 6,086	Oh Trepsie..... I bet your fish is a cutie. I love watching fish, they just seem graceful. I'm glad that you are back. Glad to hear that you’re "Back in School" so to speak... Glad to hear that you are doing well. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Lord make my words as sweet as honey, for tomorrow I may have to eat them. “Pretty badass and tough and won't take crap from anyone” -Squinky

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