http://amour-fou.net badass Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:28:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to my photostream post, which will update as I take and upload photos to my Flickr over the course of my round-the-world trip this summer. :yay: Here's my rough itinerary: Spain June 17 South Africa June 18 - June 30 Vietnam July 1 - July 7 Hong Kong July 7 - July 14 China July ... http://amour-fou.net/where-in-the-world-am-i/ So I leave the country for my two months of backpacking the day after tomorrow, but I'm leaving my house tomorrow morning, so I want to write this post now. Yes, I will be away from my blog all summer, but the post after/above this one will have my Flickr photostream ... http://amour-fou.net/see-you-soon/ Okay so I've been spending a lot of time talking about how excited I am for my trip this summer. (For those of you who are counting, I leave in 11 days!) But there are a few things, mostly two things, that I'm going to miss about being home in ... http://amour-fou.net/the-two-things-im-going-to-miss-this-summer/ So a couple weeks ago, I was taking the bus from New York to Philadelphia, reading the May issue of GamePro. Despite the fact that I'm still in the middle (I think?) of Heavy Rain, I decided to read the magazine's interview with David Cage, the game's creator. (Luckily for ... http://amour-fou.net/whats-wrong-with-toys/ So yesterday at midnight, I looked at my phone and saw that the day of the month was "1". And I was like, "WTF? Which month is beginning?" And then I realized that it is now JUNE. Which blew my mind. :bounce: And then today, I woke up and ... http://amour-fou.net/and-another-thing/ Hmm... Yeah I guess the reason I haven't blogged in awhile is because nothing interesting has been going on. OH WAIT EXCEPT FOR THE PART ABOUT ME GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE!!! Ahem. :sweatdrop: So yeah, in the past month or so, I've been beyond busy doing some of the following things: Finishing up ... http://amour-fou.net/congratulations-self-and-other-graduates-of-course/ Something you may not know about me (or you may, depending on who you are... hi dad!) is that when I was 16 or so, I was incredibly pretentious. :whoa: I went through a phase during which I was obsessed with Surrealism and fancied myself a kindred spirit ... http://amour-fou.net/old-pretentiousness/ No, not to finishing Final Fantasy XIII... I've kind of given up on that, more on that later. My post title refers to the work I've been doing in digital art and animation and stuff. In recent months I've been trying to get involved with video game design--specifically the art thereof--and ... http://amour-fou.net/one-step-closer/ The weather finally decided to be absurdly beautiful this week, which has created a horrible conflict for me. (Okay not that horrible...) Here's why: As you may have noticed, I've been playing a lot of video games lately. No, not a lot; a shit ton. (Again.) But the sun has also ... http://amour-fou.net/video-games-vs-the-sun-a-battle-for-the-ages/ Okay I owe everyone an explanation as to where I've been for the past few months... So here we go! First off, I've been playing a shit ton of video games. Way more than ever before in my life--but way more productively, if you catch my drift. I've actually beaten a ... http://amour-fou.net/whats-going-on/