A few updates

[yendi]

1. As you know (Bob), I turned 43 yesterday. I celebrated in the way of my people, by buying the latest Humble Bundle, playing some games, watching some TV, and ordering Chinese food. 43 is remarkably like 42, only more prime and less The Answer.

2. I spent last week visiting my mom in Arizona, where we ate tons of good food and had awkward conversations about which pieces of art in the house I need to be aware of because they might be worth something. Mom's fine, health-wise, incidentally. Oh, and if you're in Scottsdale, you need to make it to this place, which has A) a superb bar and drink menu, B) the best chopped salad I've ever had, and C) bacon apple bread pudding.

3. Alas, I also got sick on that trip, which kind of stinks. Am mostly better, but still not perfect.

4. Recent TV: Currently very hooked on Powers on the Playstation Network and iZombie on the CW. Longer posts about both are brewing in my head. Am looking forward to Daredevil tomorrow on Netflix, of course, and am still totally on board with both Flash and Agents of SHIELD.

5. My major new addiction is LearnedLeague, an online trivia league that's just a blast to play (and that doesn't require a huge time commitment). It's $25 (or more, if you'd like) a year, but totally worth it for me. Good community, too. I won my rookie "rundle" (basically a ranking group) and the McConnell trophy, given to the top rookie in each league, and am psyched for next season. If you play and I don't already know that (in other words, if you're anyone but tablesaw), let me know. If you want to know more about it, there was a good piece in WaPo last year.

6. I've got a big "books read" update post coming.

7. Nothing really to say on the Hugo Awards front that hasn't been said elsewhere and better than I could hope to. As I mentioned in this post last month, I'm not a fan of the awards in general, so don't feel that Something Sacred Has Been Blasphemed, but I'm also not the target audience. There are tons of good posts talking about what should change from a procedural point of view and what's ethical and what's not, but in the end, it's not my monkey and not my problem.

8. Gaming-wise, last month's Playstation Plus freebie of Rogue Legacy has gotten more of my time than any AAA game I've gotten recently. It's the right combo of addictive, short, and iterative for my tastes. On the iPad, I'm playing a lot of TaiChiPanda for the same reason, as well as my usual regimen of Hungry Cat Picross, Red Herring, Marvel Puzzle Quest, Ascension, Doug Dug, and Deep Loot, with the occasional game of Trivia Crack thrown in.

9. Movie-wise, we just watched Edge of Tomorrow yesterday. It was quite excellent, as everyone who has seen it has said. Of course, I'm a fan of Doug Liman and also of Tom Cruise (who's frankly a somewhat underrated actor).

10. And because I'll keep mentioning it until this weekend, Sunday is the BARCC Walk for Change! It's an awesome event for an awesome cause, and you should totally join us if you can. And if you're in a position to sponsor me (or anyone), that would be wonderful as well.

Comments

[greylistening.livejournal.com]

It's good to be Prime.

Also: BACON APPLE BREAD PUDDING??????!!!!!

[yendi]

I KNOW, RIGHT?

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

LearnedLeague looks awesome! I quit playing TriviaCrack because it was too easy,

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

Belated happy birthday!

And yes, iZombie - we watched the first episode last night, really enjoyed it, looking forward to watching more.

And Agents of SHIELD - literally gasped at the character reveal last episode. OMG!

[yendi]

Belated thanks!

And yeah, their ability to surprise me on AoS remains impressive.