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The Battlefield 4 open beta began today, and Lisa surprisingly agreed to
download it for me while I was at work.
Having Battlefield 3 Premium access on both Xbox 360 and PC I was able to get the early beta for both systems and can confirm the texture quality is very beta. The Xbox 360 version
looked like modeling clay quality with the few detailed surfaces appearing to render in 480p mode. The PC was only slightly better with about 720p quality but also (hopefully) far from final
texture render quality. Aside from that, the gameplay was disappointingly similar to Battlefield 3, but I keep hope it's because I've yet to discover all the hidden details waiting for me in the full release.
One thing for certain is I still
dominate and ranking up is
much slower
than Battlefield 3.
After much harassment by the Senator, Lisa and I are engaged in
Breaking Bad on Netflix.
The expected negative reaction to the first episode by Lisa never occured, with an indifferent expression and "whatever" response giving me the green light to continue watching it with her.
Now on the third episode, I suspect she may actually be enjoying it, but I know I'll never get such a groundbreaking positive response from her. I accept the standard "whatever" and live day by day
wondering when one of her stories will take precedence and the adventure will end. The Senator remains
ecstatic about the development.
Over a year ago we were solicited by a guy selling CDs of rapping about science. It was unique enough to stick in my mind to the point where I started looking for him. Months passed and I eventually forgot all about it, but today he appeared! I
demanded a photo and bought his CD, another chapter in my life closed.
With the realization that 3 week old Lucy had yet to experience a cider mill in Michigan, it was determined this must be remedied before I return to work.
After explaining the activities and excitement she was about to experience, Lucy promptly agreed to the assessment by falling asleep and farting.
A seasoned veteran of cider mills, Lila was of course ecstatic and sang "Old MacDonald" the entire way affirming she was in fact familiar with the
petting farm and all the animals she would soon be meeting. On arrival, I spared no expense and loaded up with a dozen donuts and a gallon of cider.
I was denied Lucy for both the cardboard cutout and hay wagon photo opportunities, proving yet again despite my genetic investment I am not authorized for
any child I father until they are at least one year old. Full of sugar, we made the petting farm rounds and headed home for nap time.
Now that Lucy demonstrated she will not be suffering from SIDS or spontaneously combusting any time soon, Lisa deemed it safe for visitors and Holly was
finally able to see Lucy. It was good practice for the soon-to-be mom, and I was able to
scare her with several stories highlighting poop and throwup. Up next was
Senator Kelley and wife
who are both closet Mountain Dew addicts, completely clearing me out of all traces of the beverage. On Facebook the Senator claims he's off it completely, which only means
he consumes that much more in the safety and privacy of my house. There was much trampolining and shenanigans as tends to happen after consuming large quantities of the Dew.
Finally the
Schmieders stopped by and James quickly learned that tossing Lila in the air once really meant tossing
her up in the air 100 times before she got bored with it. Lisa was determined to spend the night watching TV until the capital idea of a bonfire was raised and executed. With all toddlers,
infants and assocaites surviving the night without any burn incidents I can confidently claim all visits were a complete success.
With Lila trying to pick up and toss Lucy regularly, it was time to show her some animals five times her size to give her some appreciation for fragility.
We started with some butterfly action, and made our way toward the monkey exhibits when the planet of the apes
began playing out in front of us.
Lila was clearly unphased by the looming monkey apocolypse, and laughed through the whole episode. After spotting some snakes, turtles and crocodiles Lila ran out of energy and amazingly did not go
into default tantrum mode. We arrived home just in time to
begin the napping.
With Lila taking the end of her status as "only child"
better than I expected,
I thought it was high time for a
post pediatric appointment disc golf outing.
I could immediately tell she was excited to be free from the shackles of family, as we set out tossing frisbees randomly and occasionally getting one in the bucket.
My mistake was showing Lila the attached playground, which resulted in over an hour of
the slide pattern.
followed by repeated visits to all the other equipment. As dusk fell and the temperature dropped, I finally had to drag Lila kicking and screaming away from the playground back to the car, while
trying my best not to look like a kidnapper.
Lucy was scheduled to arrive at 2:00pm today, but a busy L&D unit pushed it back to 3:00pm.
A scheduled C-section meant the
haptic panic of Lila was replaced with an orderly calm and relaxed trip to the hospital.
After being
dressed in operating wear and assured I did not need to scrub in, I kept Lisa company while Lucy was extracted.
The whole operation took less than 30 minutes, and after Lucy was handed to me I kept expecting to be rushed off to intensive care, or told I needed to give her back for more tests.
The complete disregard for me holding my baby while Lisa was fixed up actually began to distress me. I wasn't used to experiencing a fully baked, bruise-free baby and soon found myself wrapping her up and
moving to the recovery room with Lisa. Aside from some sneezing/coughing from extra fluid, I can't recommend the c-section experience enough for fathers.
Lucy had no bruising, slept peacefully, and was very relaxed, while Lisa was well rested and not exhausted from 22 hours of labor. The whole thing happened so fast I didn't fully grasp
I had a second daughter until after both my parents had visited and left. I already felt bad for Lila having to learn to crawl/walk/talk on her own, but now felt even worse that she had to
endure such a traumatic birth compared to Lucy. There's no doubt Lucy gets it easy with a big sister to help her out, and Lila is
clearly up for the job.
Rumors of a carnival in Plymouth proved to be true, and our recent string of them continued. This time it included polish dancers and craft crap, but most importantly buttered corn on a stick. The dancers distracted Lila long enough to tire her out significantly before she discovered the overpriced rides. Luckily she was only drawn to the "froggy jump" which was relatively cheap (and safe). "Up and down" being her favorite thing lately, the ride was perfectly suited to her needs.
Now that Xbox has revealed I have to wait 11 weeks before I can get my Xbox One on, my commander in chief Major Nelson has
teased me
with shots of it being packed up. No doubt for shipping to some warehouse where it will sit for 11 weeks and wait for inventory to build up proportional to my agony over waiting.
Screw you Major Nelson, I want my XBONE NOW!
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