February 5, 2012

My Birthday In Pictures

Kelsey, Tyler and Ellie at Birthday Dinner

The birthday festivities began around midnight.  Most of my family was over visiting going over some details of something we needed to discuss.  Then, later that night (er ... morning) I got an email from Molly, who sent me a charitable gift card to Kiva, a wonderful organization. I woke up to one of my most favorite breakfasts in the world - a plain, untoasted bagel with cream cheese and strong black coffee - and then my mom stopped by with cupcakes.  Aaron, my youngest sister and I … [Read more...]

Mistwalker Studios Might Just Eclipse Square Enix

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For a long time, I wanted to be a video game programmer.  When I was still in elementary school, I saved up the $200 or so dollars for an entry-level version of Microsoft Visual Basic, went to trade shows to buy software on 5"+ floppy disks, and worked on creating my own version of the original Legend of Zelda in Microsoft Basic.  At some point, however, my obsession with finance overcame everything and the idea of sitting in a skyscraper, reading stock reports, and compounding money for the … [Read more...]