Well, this is perhaps my fourth attempt at starting a personal blog. I’m pretty good at writing for other people’s blogs and forums, but for some reason, I get lost in the haze when I try to write my own content. But no more! It’s time that I dump all my thoughts in a central place, for while I’m not prone to learned exhalations, occasionally I write something of wit and wisdom, only to find it’s been lost to the sands of time.
Just for a bit of background, I’m a professional->hobby programmer living in a little town called Kemp, my home town for 12 years previous and my favorite place on Earth. You’ll hear me expound on the Kemp High School band, of which I am an alumnus (Bass!) along with other stories of wonder about my favorite small town.
The area around here is growing up so fast; it’s the sub-suburbs, the place where the gas-price-unchallenged make their home to escape the hustle and bustle of the suburbs, where 50% of the land has churches on top and therefore do not produce taxes, where you can’t stay on the side of the road with your hood up for 10 minutes before you have 3 cowboy hats (with people under them) tryin’ to help out. This is a place where ain’t is a word, and you’re welcome to say it whenever you wish.
I also dabble in voice acting; my move, regrettably, has moved me away from the awesome group in Dallas I was working with to improve my skills, but I’m open to work requests. I’ll have a portfolio up presently, I hope.
My other great vice is Team Fortress 2. I originally played the game when I saw my roommate playing with it and thought it would be an awesome game to review for my game review website, Gamium.org. However, little did I know how it would suck me in; the game is addictive and fun. I play mostly as Engineer, but dabble in Medic, Heavy, and Spy. And I’ve only ever gotten one facestab, a game glitch which I call a back-backstab as Spy. FEAR MY SENTRY GUNS. I play with the EdgeGamers Organization guild, a group of fine chaps who run the best gameservers for TF2 ever. I plan to put together a few “newbie guides” for Team Fortress 2, as I see waves of newbies doing the same things I did when I was a newb; things which cause you much pain and grief.
In any case, it’s way past my bedtime, so I’ll shut down here. Soon I’ll discuss the Kemp Mabank Rivalry game, and Tropical Depression Ike’s effects on my sleepy old town… but for now, GG!
