So I know that it's a little late, but here is what I was for Halloween: A pirate. Courtney was my pirate wench. :) She made both costumes.

It seemed my dad was one too... a pirate, that is...

What's a pirate's favorite restaurant? ARRRRRRby's!

Saturday

Today is Saturday morning (Sleeping over at my In-Law's house), and today we get to go paint our new room in my parents' house before they sell it. I am actually looking forward to painting... how strange is that? =] It'll be really nice when we are finished.

It is 8:30 right now, and we have reserved tickets to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End @ 10:00. I'm really excited about it. Many critics didn't like it, but I've heard countless times that it is better than the second pirates film, and I *liked* the 2nd one. We'll just have to see how it is, and I'll let you know how I liked it.

YaYz! Courtney let me buy Muse tickets! I think that we will have lots of fun at this concert... Muse has really good music. Really catchy stuff. If you are daring, go listen to "Starlight". It did really well in the US, and will give you a taste of what the band is about.

Well, I gotta go hit the shower. -JG

My Amiga, My Friend

Ah, the Amiga.

In 1989, it was the pinnacle of technology: 3D animation, superior graphics to both the Macintosh and the PC, and it had more games than you could shake a stick at. It really was super cool.

Something happened, though, and the Amiga tanked. I think it was because of poor business practices... but whatever it was, it was suddenly gone, and you couldn't find it or any software for it anywhere.

Well, recently I found a really cool site called Recordedamigagames.org, and I can relive all childhood nostalgia. I have included two videos that are from my favorite video games, Shadow of the Beast, and It came from the Desert. You can tell from the sound that it was pretty high quality for 1989.





If you are interested in Amiga games and software and reliving the old nostaligia, you can actually buy an emulator complete with kickstart roms at amigaforever.com. I haven't done it yet because we are poor, but some day in the future I might.

Peace.

-JG

It's been awhile

I had originally intended for this blog to be a slightly impersonal blog about video game reviews, music, and a few other miscellaneous things that I enjoy.

About the time that I started doing this blog, I had been telling my wife that she should start one, as it would be a nice way to keep a journal and to post pictures and what not. However, she didn't really listen to me and told me that she didn't want to, and it took her sister Hillary and our friends the Hickens to really get her to see how cool it is, and that it can be lots of fun.

Needless to say, she started her own. I guess that we know who influences her the most, and who doesn't at all! (Just kidding, Court! You know that I love you.)

Now that *that's* out of the way, I just want to say that this blog will continue being about video games and other stuff that I am interested in, but it will have more of a personal touch because I know now that people I know are reading it, and I didn't really think that they would, or that people would be interested.

Stay tuned, I post some pictures, or something interesting.

If you would like your blog added to my list, let me know...