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After hearing about a place you can bring your kids to climb on gym equipment while you eat sandwiches and drink coffee, I had to check it out.
Yes I know about Chuck E. Cheese, but Lila needs to toughen up more before I'm ready to bring here there. The toddler gangs at that place are legendary.
On arrival to Java Jungle, a huge party was leaving which cleared a lot of space. The entire "3 and under" play area was empty, giving Lila free reign.
She used the time to familiarize herself and prepare for the coming battle. Soon enough, 5 other kids well over 3 jumped into the area but Lila was ready. Using her tiger growl, she was
able to secure the pink elephant slide and bouncy zebra, a full 1/3 of the territory. After explaining the zebra had no protection money to pay her, I decided it was time to graduate to the main
area. While all the other parents buried their faces into their phones, I helped Lila organize a structured oligarchy where she
ruled from the highest point.
With Lisa off at work/church/meeting/whatever, Lila and I were left to our own devices for several hours.
With the
Ninja 300 teasing me for the last few weeks, I decided the
only responsible thing to do was take my daughter to see one. On arrival, she was immediately drawn to the Ninja 1000 ABS. I had to explain to her that her father
only rode girl motorcycles, and 300cc was the largest engine size he could handle. After she was done throwing the resulting tantrum, I coaxed her into
sitting on a Ninja 300.
After checking to make sure no other toddlers were watching her, she looked it over and said nothing. I took that to mean she approved, so I let her sit on the 1000 before we left to regain her reputation.
Despite buying a
Surface RT that I have no real use for, peer pressure has forced my hand into buying a
Surface Pro. I was perfectly content with my RT until Marco decided he had the shakes for a Pro and started talking it up
every chance he got. Then pushover TomTom started waffling and it was all over for me. How could I continue working without being part of the Surface club? The answer is
I would not be able to, so I now own another device I have no real need for. The
experience index is about what you would expect for a netbook,
and more than satisfactory given the ultra portable size of it. Being able to play the new SimCity and Battlefield 3 on it helps make me feel a little better, but after loading Visual Studio
and writing my hello world app for Windows 8 I can now cling to the idea of becoming a famous software developer for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (whereas before it was just Windows Phone 8).
Now here's a
creepy photo of the guy that forced me into buying this as he plays Civ 5.
Fearful Lila will grow up introverted like me, I decided to bring her to work with me once a week to experience the hate and pain of socializing.
I decided $40/day is a small price to pay to mean her up a bit in the daycare, but after touring the facility I discovered there were no roving toddler gangs or pain squads.
I had to start somewhere though, so blowing bubbles and playing on jungle gyms will have to do for now. Today I stopped by for a helicopter parent visit and was given this
perfect expression when I told her I was leaving. It's a predictable pattern of her ignoring me when I drop her off, but clingy when I leave.
Since I'm selfish, I put her through this cycle 3 times a day to get my feeling of being needed so despite the daycares best efforts, I'm still traumatizing my daughter.
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm released last week, and TomTom pressured me into buying it despite my hangups on paying for what is essentially a campaign expansion.
It of course included extra multiplayer units ala Broodwar, so even strict multiplayers like me get motivated to pay up again. My first actual non-beta game was a "Left 2 Die"
game mod based on defending against waves of zerg. Once we got seige tanks up and running, it was very satisfying to see them
rack up kills,
but I still feel empty about buying the expansion. The new units aren't all that hot, and at this point I'm sure I'll be destroyed in any multiplayer game I join.
My obsession with RAID configuration is
well documented, so I was naturally curious when I
discovered a computer at work
was setup with a 120GB SSD and a 300GB HDD RAID. Someone had actually taken the time to configure a RAID0 container to pair a superfast 120GB SSD and only 120GB of the 300GB HDD, effectively
negating any speed benefit of the SSD and eliminating more than half the capacity of the HDD. I demanded answers, and was essentially given nothing but a shoulder shrug in response.
I'm glad my interactions with PC support at work are few and far between, my OCD would go through the roof if this was common.
Over two years ago, we staked claim to the
Myrone love tunnel in the BFBC2:Vietnam expansion.
It was a glorious time, and our defense of the tunnel was unbroken for many months. Time passed, and so did our time with BFBC2:V, but today I felt the need to
resurrect that glorious past. With the release of "End Game" for BF3, I decided to dedicate my rented server to those times gone by, and christned it
Myrones Love Tunnel. It was on this sever that I
confirmed the
End Game easter egg, and banned several players I did not approve of in the fine tradition of rented servers. Sadly, the man of honor only played for 1.5 rounds and was mute for the entire time due to "microphone issues." I fear he may be pulled back into the real world and leave the Battlefield forever.
Our
beloved snowman died today @ 1:29pm, at least technically. His head fell off a few days ago, but today the whole torso finally
became disembodied. Lila noted the various stages of melting with noted interest, suggesting she's destined to become a famous (and rich) surgeon. I now plan to push her into that career for my own personal gain and disregard her feelings completely.
The final version of SimCity launched today, and my decision to take a half was was not a wise one. The servers will go down in history as woefully unprepared for launch traffic,
and instead of building cities the game of choice was instead how far I could get in the patch/login/load process before being kicked out.
Nevertheless, I did manage to get into the Europe server which was apparently scary for most of north america thus making it less busy. I'll continue to add vain shots of my cities
to this album. Our region consists of the Senator, his associate and Marco. Presently, Marco has no skyscrapers.
Still more frequent than my previous once a year schedule, but significantly longer than my
last one, my final Google check came in the mail today. No, it's not final because my RC video finally stopped drawing the internet hoards to it's glorious nonsense, but final because Google no longer sends paper checks where it offers direct deposit. Forced to sign away the delivery of my internet monies, they will now forever remain an intangible and faceless currency.
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After hearing about a place you can bring your kids to climb on gym equipment while you eat sandwiches and drink coffee, I had to check it out.
Yes I know about Chuck E. Cheese, but Lila needs to toughen up more before I'm ready to bring here there. The toddler gangs at that place are legendary.
On arrival to Java Jungle, a huge party was leaving which cleared a lot of space. The entire "3 and under" play area was empty, giving Lila free reign.
She used the time to familiarize herself and prepare for the coming battle. Soon enough, 5 other kids well over 3 jumped into the area but Lila was ready. Using her tiger growl, she was
able to secure the pink elephant slide and bouncy zebra, a full 1/3 of the territory. After explaining the zebra had no protection money to pay her, I decided it was time to graduate to the main
area. While all the other parents buried their faces into their phones, I helped Lila organize a structured oligarchy where she ruled from the highest point.
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