kathunter.com: February 2005

I am in New York for the weekend to catch up with old GameDaily friends, Modojo friends, San Francisco expatriots and of course the late great Jonas.

WonderCon 2005 - San Francisco

I had the chance to sit in on a talk with Harvey and he was pretty fantastic. Hates comics, but still an interesting man.

a privare moment away from the crowd

well he aint no Jason Mewes... Posted by Hello

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Today was awesome! More tomorrow...

The thing about life...

...is that it often can never be what it was. There are very significant points in life where I have to realize that I am dealing with a different reality than I was yesterday. Let that go, and work with what I have, not what I had.
I am very grateful this is the case.

My funny Valentine

So my boy has a close friend with my same name which is a disaster for Outlook. Trust me, I barely escaped a very embarrassing email sent to the wrong person last week thank to a magic trick. However, tonight as I get ready for my Valentine's date, I get this email...

To: Kathleen
From: someone

You and *** having a hot date tonight?
Kat and I are going out at 7 or so for some spaghetti, then we're going to a **** place and *** in love and romance.
I should be on Halo late, later. Want to play with me?

He is PLANNING on playing Halo after the date? I must not do my God-given job as a woman.
My response:

kathunter: I am running late
kathunter: and you sent me Kat's email
kathunter: and shame on you for saying you were playing halo tonight
afriend: Oops.

I am ok with that. Truth is I this week is crazy busy as it is...
Fine, so I am leveling up my Undead Warlock. Speaking of which, my friend Bentllama at Bungie is playing on Burning Legion (as well as BCA, w00t! can't snipe me now mother fucker) and he promised to send a guild invite. The guild goes by the name of "Pants". When Bentllama asked if I could join, the response was...

"Cool, we get a Frag Doll in our Pants"

This day only get's better and better.

Game Column Names??

I am brainstorming for names for a weekly game column. Mostly male audience, something cheeky... ideas? And by the way, Happy freakin Valentines Day to everyone.

Finally WoWed

So I would like to thank Justin Thavirat and Corinna Hot-Toddy (and the entire art dept who autographed the box) for my copy of World of Warcraft!!! I have not played since th e beta because 1) money was tight, and 2) I told my self if I was going to do any more monthly subscriptions it needed to be to the gym, not an MMO. However I can play at least 30 days with the Guest Pass, so I need to get as much fun in as I can before they actually try to bill my credit card ;).

I know a lot of you are playing. Could you tell me race, class, server info here in the comments section? I want to start playing tomorrow and would love to level up with some of you.
By the way, the New York Times ran a nice piece on WoW recently. Justin is in the bottom right photo for any other artist geeks out there. Here we go baby!!!
[via: NYT]

Valentines Day Reminder

Her: i am such a good date, if only someone would date me, hmph
Me: i am going to look through my friendster list for you; it is my new hobby
Me: i finally have single friends!
Her: ok, you know my type -- skinny, big dick, and an asshole

God I love San Francisco

"There have long been arguments among parents over whether school should start before or after Labor Day, with the former winning out the past several years.

This year, however, brings a new wrinkle -- the 20th anniversary of the Burning Man art festival in the wastelands of Nevada is scheduled for Aug. 29- Sept. 5. In an only-in-San Francisco argument, several parents are demanding that school start Sept. 6 so their children can attend the event."

[via: sfgate]

Sammy trims and turns focus to dev

[premature sidebar]I am not sure if anyone noticed, but 1up has contracted Christian Nutt for a good portion of the news at Ziff's 1up.com. Imho, this means check his news before anything else!
[sub-premature sidebar]When I was searching for C's Rotten Tomatoes link in my Firefox browser, the radest result was returned:

text reads: "Could not find a result for 'Christian Nutt'. Did you mean Christianity? Christian Church?"
(please keep in mind I still attend church so this is not to offend anyone)
[/sub-premature sidebar][/premature sidebar]

"Sammy Studios, located in Carlsbad, CA, has recently let go of much of its sales and marketing staff in a transition from a publisher to a pure development house. Sammy released a statement on the reduction in forces, which reads:

'Earlier this week Sammy Studios reduced its sales and marketing staff as part of an effort to put the company's focus squarely on game development. It is difficult having to release some of the very same people we hand-selected to join the company. Yet our development capabilities and our creative and technical talent are intact, and we are confident that we will emerge from this transition as a top game studio.'"

[via: 1UP.COM]

Ask the Yahoos

I am not sure if you have checked out the new My Yahoo but it seems they finally hired someone who knows CSS over there and created a fantastic product. It is easy to use, you can subscribe to external RSS feeds and add them as page modules. (Didn't the old Netscape.com do that 6 years ago when they were bankrollng RSS research?)
But this morning, I check out the "Ask Yahoo" module, and here were today's questions...
Friday, February 4

How many people do you have to kill to be considered a serial killer?

Was the creator of Nancy Drew also the creator of the Hardy Boys?

Wtf? We have serial killers and Nancy Drew in the same educational web bite?

a little love at the Everquest party in SF.

getting back on track

Thanks to a week of mind numbing soul searching, I have spent the last two days sick in bed (with a small break for the Everquest party last night), but am back on track.
Ok, so the soul stuff did not keep me in bed, however the tequilla did, and it is time to stop. As much as I have been fighting it, part of my life is passing on and another phase is beginning. My friends, my work, everything I had even 6 months ago seems to be gone, but in it's place has landed something very different but no less wonderful. It is hard saying goodbye to the past, but it is time to say hello to a new future. This girl is bound for something. You can count on that one.

By association?

In this month's Computer Gaming World you can find a condensed version of the date story Seanbaby did for 1up.com. So I go to Borders for a copy and open the magazine. The ad opposite is simply classic.