Happy New Year!

For the first time in years I didn't go to Phoenix on New years day to play frisbee. And for the first time ever I hosted people at my house for New Year's Eve. Mohan, Rif, Jeremy, Amelia, Joe, Val, Ryan, Anita, and Michael all came by for some BBQ, Rock Band, and various other games.

We played a party game called Cineplexity where you want to be the first to come up with a movie title that matches the cards in play (of which there are 2). The cards list some Genre, Theme, Prop, or Actors. For example, one combination we had in play was "Theme: a race against time" and "Prop: fire extinguisher, lighter, or flame thrower" so I said "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

We also played a few rounds of Incan Gold, a press your luck game about collecting treasure from a temple. Joe, Mohan, Michael, and Anita even played a game of Race for the Galaxy. None of that is surprising except that Anita tried it - she's a friend from frisbee, and I didn't expect she'd want to play "one of my complicated games." Shows what I know! In fact she said she's been more interested in board games lately, and now that she's learned that one, she wouldn't mind playing it again some time.

In staying true to my resolutions I've been consistent with dental hygiene (I actually think I left that off the list, I better go edit!), and I've been thinking a lot about 2 of my games which are about ready to try, I just need to make prototypes of them.

The one thing I didn't really do this holiday season is see my family. Renee didn't come home for the holiday, she and Matt are going to go to Israel next month. My parents went on a cruise last month, and I think I have seen them once since they got back. Grandma, Mom, and Dad invited me out to dinner a couple of times, but I was always busy. I need to invite my parents over for dinner one of these days or something. Maybe when I get my new grill they'll help me break it in :)

I wish everyone a great start to 2008, Happy New Year!

Life is hectic this time of year (and Rock Band is pretty cool)

I may have mentioned, I love this time of year. It's like a big 2 month holiday. I fill up my time with a lot of close friends, and I do a lot of fun stuff. Sometimes there's so much to do and so many people to do it with, I actually get overbooked! That's a great problem to have for someone who usually feels like they haven't got a lot of friends...

I've been busy, as usual - too busy even to blog about it! My Holiday Game Party was a blast, I got to spend a lot of time with Luke and Steve while they were in town, and it's not even over yet! Jeremy and Amelia, Mohan, and Aaron are still around, and I even got to spend some time with Mikey when his wife and kids went up to Phoenix for a few days.

Last night we had a lot of fun playing Rock Band for 4 or 5 hours - Jeremy got it for Christmas and brought it over. Rock Band is pretty cool. Drums are hard. Singing is easier than Karaoke Revolution. Guitar is easier than Guitar Hero 3, but is still not super easy. I expect we'll play a lot more Rock Band before Jeremy leaves town again. I heard it came out for PS2 after all, so I might splurge and pay the $170 or whatever for it.

And now I'm off for more fun and games!