Spore!

Anyone who knows me knows how I like video games. A little while ago (ie 18 months ago) I heard about a game called Spore by the creator of the Sims and Simcity. Being a huge fan of such, I anticipated this game. Then in August I heard it was to be released on a Sunday in September. A SUNDAY!?!?!? Ugh.. that means I had to wait a WHOLE day before I could play. But, I did.

Monday shows up and I head to work with the plan on gonig to lunch to buy it. I was a little bored at work so I read some reviews.. and they were HORRIBLE! Something about a license or a DRM that would only allow you to load the game three times before you have to call in and get another install, blah blah blah... a bunch of hackers were crying. Whoopdy do. I read the five star reviews and people were actually enjoying the game.

So I buy it. And I am having a blast. For those that don't know, I am an Artist. I love to design. And this game allows me to design EVERYTHING. From the one cell creature all the way to my own space ship, car, tank, boat, and airplane... with GUNS! If you delve even deeper, you can change the color of EVERYTHING.

What a nice game. I have a blast. Spend hours on it. And, uh oh... I can only install it one more time since one went on my main PC and the other on my MAC laptop. You see... one disk allows the install on both the PC and MAC... that to me.. is the awesome in and of itself.

Buy it, fools!

To be 17 again... or just 34...

Happy Birthday to me... was a great day... some interesting facts about the number 34:

selenium

Grey, non-metallic element, atomic number 34, relative atomic mass 78.96. It belongs to the sulphur group and occurs in several allotropic forms that differ in their physical and chemical properties. It is an essential trace element in human nutrition.

Obtained from many sulphide ores and selenides, it is used as a red colouring for glass and enamel.

Because its electrical conductivity varies with the intensity of light, selenium is used extensively in photoelectric devices. It was discovered in 1817 by Swedish chemist Jöns Berzelius and named after the Moon because its properties follow those of tellurium, whose name derives from Latin Tellus ‘Earth’.

Just like my hair color....

34 is also:

• Secret meaning in Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
• The traffic code of Istanbul, Turkey
• Kevin Schwantz's race number
• "#34," a song by Dave Matthews Band
• The magic square puzzle in the 1970s 34 Skidoo
• In the title of the 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street, remade in 1994
• The number of the French department Hérault
• +34 is the code for international direct-dial phone calls to Spain
• The lucky number of Victor Pelevin's protagonist Stepan Mikhailov in the novel "Numbers", published as part of DTT(NN) [Dialectics in Times of Transition (from Nowhere into Nothing)]
• In the book The Count of Monte Cristo, 34 is Edmond Dantès prisoner number.

Should be a good year :)