Where the flip have you been?!

I get like this some times. I get into a transitory phase in my life and I tend to not tell the internets what's goin' on. Hope I didn't freak anyone out.

Biggest news, I got a job at a company I am totally pumped about! These peeps make great games, and from the limited time I've spent amongst their people, have a fantastic corporate culture (a byproduct of course, of having great people around).
They want me to start on the 13th of July which to me looks feasible.

So it looks like I'll be moving the Family across the country ASAP. Fun fun. I think we're gonna drive. I've never driven across Canada before. Should be an adventure.

What's been a real benchmark lately is the fact that a few weeks ago, we had a massive gathering at my current abode to say goodbye to some good friends of our who've since relocated themselves across the country. It was pretty surreal. The core of the group was a small group of about 5 or 6 of us from about 15 years ago who were very close. Since then, we've all gone our own ways and gotten ourselves married, had children, and basically grown up (for the most part). We've all kept in touch to varying degrees, but never have we gathered together at one place with all of our families. A great time was had by all (I think there was upwards of 40 of us at one point, judging by how many burgers we had consumed). People came from Ft St John, Victoria, Nelson (where we all met 15ish years ago) and Edmonton. What a great thing to have happened before we make such a big move.

So we've concerned ourselves with packing since then.

Video games I've been playing:
Battlefield Hereos (beta :D... it's awesome trust me)
World of Warcraft (I'm subbed until 2010, so I really don't feel any urgency to play, but it's paid for, so I go in to check it out every now and then).
Star Wars Galaxies (I hate what this game has become, but they just gave me a free month of game time, so I log in to see how it's doing... can't wait for BioWare's SW TOR)
Americas Army 3 (downloaded it cause it's free... so full of bugs it's INSANE! They laid off the entire dev team the day after it was released. When I play it, I can smell the beaurocratic BS that was pooped all over the poor devs... good luck gang. I may actually blog about this subject again soon, as I do have some rather strong opinions on the subject)