Monday i pack the u-haul and move back to Canada. Vegas is cool but VERY F-in hot, if you know what i mean.
The job just hasn't worked out, and I have needed to change my life. So come fall I am enrolled to go to Uni and do a Bsc in computer science. Not sure if I want to reenter the games industry when I am done or not. At one point it was a dream, but the dream has died and withered.
As a programmer I just did not have enough creative input into the games. I kept seeing designs that I could see where not fun, but no one would listen. When I put something that I knew was fun, I would catch crap for doing it without asking, and praise since it was so good.
But if I asked ahead of time I would be told that was dumb, it wears you down after a while. Makes you depressed, and do sloppy work.
Part of what was wrong with this job in Las Vegas that I know what i know, but lack the theoretical and formal education. My years of experience has surpassed my knowledge, i am expected to know things I have never done before because I have lots of experience.
So off to get the missing knowledge, and being near family will be nice.
PS. miss Cara also...
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Long time...
Wow it has been a while since I posted..
Yesterday I rented a car and headed out to the hoover dam. Everyone has been telling me that I needed to do the dam tour. Unfortunately the dam tour wasn't running because the elevator was broke... :(
So the dam took allot less time that I expected. So i figured out how to get my GPS to find the right red rock canyon (there is one near Reno also) and headed there. It looks like a area i will be going back to a few time. There is allot of easy - moderate trails to hike.
Didn't have good foot wear yesterday so I just drove the scenic drive.
I have some work to do at work, then I am going to head back to red rock for about 5:00 ish. The park is open until 8:00 pm today, and sunset is about 7:00 pm today :)
Hopefully get some nice sunset photos, and a bit of hiking prior to that to see the petro glyphs.
More pics of what I saw including some nice steel flowers.. and a few pics of my new digs.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
make me home sick.
Saw this video of Alberta, so many images that I know.
I wish I could find the one of Iceland, there are memory of both, kinda don't know where home is atm.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Vegas baby! VEGAS!
Well I am moved to Vegas, the stuff will hopefully be picked up today and arrive some time in the second half of the month.
the apartment complex I am living in is allot like a hotel... or at lest it has that feel, a workout room, pool, spa, with a nice view of the mountains. The lot next door is a solar farm so there is a nice view across it to the mountains :)
Today is also the first day of work, got the first day jitters.
So here is hoping for a good day 1.
PS. Photos coming soon(tm)
the apartment complex I am living in is allot like a hotel... or at lest it has that feel, a workout room, pool, spa, with a nice view of the mountains. The lot next door is a solar farm so there is a nice view across it to the mountains :)
Today is also the first day of work, got the first day jitters.
So here is hoping for a good day 1.
PS. Photos coming soon(tm)
Saturday, November 26, 2011
So long and thanks for all the fish!
Well computer is all packed up, and I am posting this from the iPad. Tommorow i will board a plane for Canada and not be back to Iceland for a few years,mwell maybe for fan fest :)
It has be a interesting 4 years and I am going to miss this country, and a lot of people. K, D, and S will be especially missed. The ocean has grower on me, I love it, I even like the wind here, except when it is cold.
Iceland I will miss you.
It has be a interesting 4 years and I am going to miss this country, and a lot of people. K, D, and S will be especially missed. The ocean has grower on me, I love it, I even like the wind here, except when it is cold.
Iceland I will miss you.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The 20%
As most of you know now, CCP had 20% layoffs, I was part of them :( So the chapter of my life spent living in Iceland will be coming to a close.
I am going to miss living here, there was something about living in Iceland that resonated with my being. Even the blowing rain sideways could not make me dislike living here. Sure it was not all roses and butterfly's, but the ruggedness of the country appealed to me.
AS of the 27th I will be flying out of here, probably not to return for many years, but I will come back at some point, there is still more of Iceland that I want to see.
I am going to miss the fireworks at new years, the crystal blue sky that goes on forever during the summer. The moss covered fields and rugged piles of dirt they call mountains... :P
I will be leaving behind a group of wonderful co-workers and a few good friends that I will miss dearly.
Every door closes eventually, but the future could be even more exciting.
I am going to miss living here, there was something about living in Iceland that resonated with my being. Even the blowing rain sideways could not make me dislike living here. Sure it was not all roses and butterfly's, but the ruggedness of the country appealed to me.
AS of the 27th I will be flying out of here, probably not to return for many years, but I will come back at some point, there is still more of Iceland that I want to see.
I am going to miss the fireworks at new years, the crystal blue sky that goes on forever during the summer. The moss covered fields and rugged piles of dirt they call mountains... :P
I will be leaving behind a group of wonderful co-workers and a few good friends that I will miss dearly.
Every door closes eventually, but the future could be even more exciting.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Went Down under...
Well not Australia, but underground. On Friday Kenny, Diana, Stuart and I went on a cave spelunking tour.
This isn't the entrance, the entrance is this small hole that you need to drop through, my t-shirt and jacket where riding up around my armpits when I got down.
The first room is the ice room, during the winter the whole room covers in ice and icicles, now only another kilometer to go to the other end...
I had expected something like walking along a cobble stone street when I think of lava tubes, this was nothing like that! This was scrambling over lose shifting rocks from the size of a baseball, up to a small piano in size. You had to test every footstep before going. And to top it off I had a flashlight that kept flickering off.
About 600m in I felt like I was at the limit of my endurance, I was taking longer to recover each time I stopped and was stopping more often, to top it off I slipped and landed on my ankle and it HURT! ALLOT!!! Had to sit that one for a bit.
The problem with sitting is that you get hot moving, but when you sit you get cold fast, it is only about 6C in that part of the cave. So you cooled down fast! No matter how tired you where you got up and kept moving to stay warm.
We came across many interesting rock formations, I didn't dig the camera out for each of them, but we saw ledges like in Indiana Jones movies, we sat rock that had dripped down the side of the cave, we saw puddles of rock that had cracked clean through and we saw this where the rock had cooled while dripping from the ceiling.
We got past the 700m of rock scrambling and hit the lava tube, this part went smooth as it really was as smooth as a cobble stone street.
Saw a 15m deep lava pit, didn't take a picture of it, looks like a hole in the ground. We had lunch at the lava pit.
Then we realized we would have to do it all again to get back out..
The return trip went faster, I think as we knew what to expect. And made it back fairly quick, at least it seemed faster. Our guide I swear could teleport! I would be looking for a footing and he would be behind me by a few meters, then I would look up and he would be 10 meters in front of me... On the way back I think I figured out part of what he was doing. It seemed like the trick was to plan a half dozen steps ahead of time, then go, let your momentum carry you from one rock to the next and the next... He would stop and look then move across the tops of the rocks. He obviously didn't have a bum ankle like me, I tried what he was doing but my ankle would scream and I would falter.. I did get along better and if I pushed through the pain knowing that the next step would re-leave the pain I got along good.
We got back to the entrance and scrambling out that hole was challenging, we where then presented with the walk back to the van, that was another half hour walk in a traditional side-ways rain storm with a touch of hail added.
All toll it was not enjoyable but well worth the time and pain spent to see the lava tube, once I have recovered I will have fond memory of the trip.
This isn't the entrance, the entrance is this small hole that you need to drop through, my t-shirt and jacket where riding up around my armpits when I got down.
The first room is the ice room, during the winter the whole room covers in ice and icicles, now only another kilometer to go to the other end...
I had expected something like walking along a cobble stone street when I think of lava tubes, this was nothing like that! This was scrambling over lose shifting rocks from the size of a baseball, up to a small piano in size. You had to test every footstep before going. And to top it off I had a flashlight that kept flickering off.
About 600m in I felt like I was at the limit of my endurance, I was taking longer to recover each time I stopped and was stopping more often, to top it off I slipped and landed on my ankle and it HURT! ALLOT!!! Had to sit that one for a bit.
The problem with sitting is that you get hot moving, but when you sit you get cold fast, it is only about 6C in that part of the cave. So you cooled down fast! No matter how tired you where you got up and kept moving to stay warm.
We came across many interesting rock formations, I didn't dig the camera out for each of them, but we saw ledges like in Indiana Jones movies, we sat rock that had dripped down the side of the cave, we saw puddles of rock that had cracked clean through and we saw this where the rock had cooled while dripping from the ceiling.
We got past the 700m of rock scrambling and hit the lava tube, this part went smooth as it really was as smooth as a cobble stone street.
Saw a 15m deep lava pit, didn't take a picture of it, looks like a hole in the ground. We had lunch at the lava pit.
Then we realized we would have to do it all again to get back out..
The return trip went faster, I think as we knew what to expect. And made it back fairly quick, at least it seemed faster. Our guide I swear could teleport! I would be looking for a footing and he would be behind me by a few meters, then I would look up and he would be 10 meters in front of me... On the way back I think I figured out part of what he was doing. It seemed like the trick was to plan a half dozen steps ahead of time, then go, let your momentum carry you from one rock to the next and the next... He would stop and look then move across the tops of the rocks. He obviously didn't have a bum ankle like me, I tried what he was doing but my ankle would scream and I would falter.. I did get along better and if I pushed through the pain knowing that the next step would re-leave the pain I got along good.
We got back to the entrance and scrambling out that hole was challenging, we where then presented with the walk back to the van, that was another half hour walk in a traditional side-ways rain storm with a touch of hail added.
All toll it was not enjoyable but well worth the time and pain spent to see the lava tube, once I have recovered I will have fond memory of the trip.
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