Of Tea and Games

Hey there people who might read my blog...

Thought I would post a small diatribe on whats new in my life...

Everything has been pretty static recently... I turned down a nashville job... too many factors to list but it wouldnt be a good fit for me... so now I have 2 choices... Sit here and wait for something to come along OR put my feelers out and see if there are any nibbles... well Im choosing both...

I have applied for a couple of state postings... but I seriously doubt they will pan out... its not that I am fed up with ACS, I just feel that I am stuck here, no opportunity for advancement in the near future unless I want to move and deal with stuff i dont want to.

I did have a call from a friend in TX about their IT manager leaving.... would I consider it? yeah, for the right money plus relo... sure... Ide like to some day leave kentucky... spread my wings..

Now, you may ask why the state, didnt you get screwed there... yes... by one manager and one managers manager (i cant remember the term) but I dont think I would have that problem again... Ide like to come in as a mid 14 or 15, and advance to 17, but who knows... I doubt they will even consider me... but it sure would be nice to be working in frankfort again... i miss taht a lot.

as the title of this post suggests Ide like to talk about Tea and Games... well Tea first...

Recently I have been getting back into drinking hot tea... its a good drink on a cold day and it is better tasting (to me) than coffee... and it helps me relax before a day at work... I have found it centers me...

I saw on a recent episode of diggnation (great podcast btw) that they endorse some loose leaf teas, to which i didnt know existed... sigh... anyway I ordered a mesh tea infuser and some tea... which is amazingly good tasting... it opened my senses... now i have to find some way to have that kind of tea at work... problem being getting the leaves out of the infuser without sending them down the sink at work... they make electric tea machines that steep it and all that, but the way i figure there will still be the problem of getting the tea out of the infuser... i actually emailed them asking... but i doubt ill even get a response. right now im sticking to bagged earl grey at work... itll do for now... i hate plain black tea... i love earl grey and the 2 that i ordered (congo lychee and vanilla cream) both from china.


on to games...

Ive been listening to a lot of podcasts recently and took off the week after christmas and dove head first back into games. Why did I stop playing games so much? I dont know, possibly life got in the way, or possibly nothing i wanted to play... before my break I finished Gears 2, and Left4 dead. over the break I finished Fable 2 (well there is a DLC expansion out yesterday so now im not finished... but the point remains) and dove into fallout 3, well somehow even doing some side quests I managed to finish the main story at 18 hours... now will i continue to play? yes, but I have to motivate myself now... I started Mercs 2 before the break was over and finished it last weekend with the help of my friend matt. I missed gaming and now im back in the thick of it.

I would love to put together a podcast with some friends similar to gamers with jobs... but we will see if that pans out...


later folks