oddgirl’s blog

There is nothing right about this. Make sure to check out the video.

I think I’ve mentioned that I sit near the Sound team for the game before. Today they are working on sound effects for belching and car horns. Yeah….

Wacky review of Singles – a Sims-ripoff where you try and get your characters to have sex.

I’ve been listening to old Erasure. It’s get that combination of peppy and broken-heartedness that really sums up where I’m at. This hasn’t really been a Morrissey breakup. More of an Oh L’Amour kinda breakup. And some Melissa Ferrick. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to listen to Tipsy again, but who knows.

Work is crazy, wacky intense. I can’t say I’ve ever been so energized about anything I’ve ever worked on. I really, really, really hope the game is a success. I think it will be but it’s hard to tell from the inside. I played for a couple hours tonight. Seems more solid and smoother than yesterday even.

Supermodel Tim is in town this weekend! Yay! I’m open to suggestions for fun bars for boys this weekend – any SF gay boy things to do?

i’m in recovery mode from the cough/cold thing i’ve been suffering from for the last couple days. i fought it off for the parents visit and then almost as soon as they were out the door i was on the couch somewhat delirious and coughing up a storm.

i didn’t go to work for the last two days. what does that mean exactly? it means i’m screwed when i get back into the office tomorrow. i’m so very behind i’m not sure where to start on catching up. ugh.

but it also means that i had two days of laying around, playing video games and spending some time with myself. i haven’t really spent much time alone at my place recently. it was good.

i want a vacation.

comments are turned back on, but they still require my appoval before they show up on the site. my ISP said that my comments script (along with the comments scripts of lots of other MovableType users) was being used to propogate spam. ugh.

i could’ve gone to see Catwoman for free yesterday, but the reviews were fun enough. My fave: “The Showgirls of superhero movies.” — Robert K. Elder, CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Well, at least the game (which was released by my company) is crappy. i was really hoping the game was going to put the movie to shame, but alas…

i’m working more than i’ve ever worked before, but i’m absolutely loving it. the feeling about getting close to the end of a big project is exciting and scary. i keep trying to compare it to launching Planetout, but that felt like a train wreck waiting to happen and this feels like getting ready for the best party i’ve ever been invited to.

Planetout is getting closer to pricing. The expected pricing date is week of 8/2/04 and the range is $12-14. Still waiting to hear if there is going to be some wonky reverse split of the stock that leaves me with just enough cash for a trip to Disneyland with Big Daddy.

my parents are coming to town this sunday for one day. i need to clean. there are dust bunnies everywhere. wish me luck…

i’ll try and work it out, but comments are really, really broken right now.

i’m still feeling a bit disturbed by sunday night’s episode of six feet under. it was the closest i’ve ever come to turning the show off midway through. and here i am a day and a half later and i’m still thinking about it. i can’t really say i thought the episode was good, but it was compelling.

started playing City of Heroes over the weekend. it’s the first multiplayer online game that i’ve really gotten into and it’s a pretty great game. i definitely lose track of time with it. my first hero is McScrappy and I’m playing on the Liberty server. in fact i wish i could stay home from work and play COH, but alas, i need to get to work and play The Sims 2.

hey, i found a place that sells beers as big as my head!

i get to dog sit for my pals’ dog, The A-Man, tonight. he’s walking around my apartment quite lost in his new environs. he’s deaf and blind so i imagine this is going to be a wacky world for him. i’m still sure it smells quite a bit like Spunky, but they knew each other so it’s probably a pretty familiar smell to the boy – if he still can smell.

it’s really nice to have a pet around the house. part of me wants to get a dog next, but i just don’t think i’m around enough. if i could take a dog to work that would be great, but we aren’t allowed to do that. regardless i need to wait until after ship. maybe in october or november i’ll be ready for a kitty.

Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage

Stoopid George.

I upgraded to Movable Type 3.0 and this did a couple things. It improved the back end entry system. But, now I can’t seem to get comments to post without me having to go in and approve them first – anonymous commenting doesn’t seem to work. I’ll probably hook up the TypeKey registration system. MT 3.0 broke Blacklist (the anti-spam plugin I use), but the guy is already working on a new version. and since the system to delete comments is much improved it shouldn’t matter much. I still want to redesign, but that hasn’t happened yet, so the upgrade my make that easier or harder…

Interesting article about tired.com. Tired is the host of a mail group for the alumni of one of my old jobs.

Here’s one of those weird images.
from Backwards City

i upgraded to MovableType 3.0 last night and it appears to have broken comments. I’ll try and get around to fixing as soon as possible…