Rosarito Beach

What are ‘horseshit’ cigarettes? they had a bunch here…

A little ways from Ensenada, at la bufadora, “the Blow Hole”

Road tripping

Stopping for some taco de carne asada y pescado

muy bueno!

More driving through the sierra mountains…

The rock formations were epic…

Carm ready for the surf

Man and Ocean

Reflecting on the 3 days, a much needed vacation

Sorry for the infrequent updates, been going thru some life craziness and rough times… probably has something to do with the holidays.

If you haven’t played it already, LEFT4DEAD has got to be the best coop FPS I’ve played in a decade! since Counterstrike. Never have you had to work with 3 other friends so closely, as you do in campaign mode set to expert. Surprisingly, I never get sick of shooting down zombies in the hundreds either!

I really love how so many franchises are ‘restarting’ it from the beginning, with a much darker/realistic perspective and lots of character development in the ‘badass’ protagonist and how the ‘evil’ antagonists came to be. To name a few, Batman did a great job with Batman Begins…Ironman, actually…all of the Marvel movies have been doing this, 007, etc.

The trailers are best viewed from the site, but here is the youtube one:

IRVINE, Calif. – November 20, 2008 - Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft^®‘s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King^™, has sold more than 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours of availability*, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. This eclipses the previous record of nearly 2.4 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in January 2007 by Blizzard’s first World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade^®. Wrath of the Lich King was simultaneously released in North America, Europe, Chile, Argentina, and Russia on November 13; Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand on November 14; and South Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on November 18.

In celebration of the launch, more than 15,000 stores throughout the world had their doors open at midnight to welcome thousands of expectant players. Several of these locations were attended by Blizzard Entertainment representatives, who met players and signed copies of the game.

“We’re grateful for the incredible support that players around the world have continued to show for World of Warcraft,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Wrath of the Lich King contains some of the best content we’ve created for the game so far, and we look forward to seeing even more players log in to experience it in the days ahead.”

“After a single day of availability, Wrath of the Lich King is already the bestselling PC game of 2008 at GameStop and ranks as one of our top-selling products so far this year,” said Bob McKenzie, GameStop’s senior vice president of merchandising. “In keeping with the tradition established by their previous releases, Blizzard Entertainment has again created a product that not only reflects their high standards of quality but is clearly an instant hit with gamers around the country.”

Prior to the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft’s subscriber population had grown to more than 11 million players, further strengthening its position as the world’s most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. More information about the new expansion can be found at the official Wrath of the Lich King website: www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath.

GG. In the first 24hrs, those sales figures breaks all box office openings…Batman, Spiderman, Indiana Jones, and other games like GTA4, Gears of War 2, Halo 3…

I have seriously told myself I was not playing this game anymore.

“self, I am serious, we are done.”

Arthas then spoke through the installation process and the music of Northrend beckoned my hero to vanquish the evil Lich King. Didn’t help too that all the people I used to once play with called me and was like “WTF.”

Here are the lines in NYC midnight of launch. How could I not play just a lil bit, just a few days

Luckily for you, if you weren’t a gamer in the 90s, or have missed those games as much as I have, Castle Crashers brings back all the joys of an old school beat’em up game with lots of new welcomed additions like RPG like leveling, weapon swapping, HD!!!, hip battle music, and boss fights that totally take it to the next level (seriously, have you ever fought a CATSHARK before? Really, a CATSHARK…you’ll have to play to know what I mean). JMan and I got owned pretty bad quick, but Jeff and Matt ended up carrying the torch and vanquishing the evil CATSHARK.

Button mashing is fun too but…there has to be a chivalrous honorable goal for all of it – what better than to save the princess from evil doers? So after my friends and I get to the first princess and save her.. the level seems to have stopped? We are running around asking ourselves “now what?”

Rule 1: If you don’t know what to do, starting mashing buttons – and before we knew it, we were fighting each other after the boss fight, for who gets the princess! That made my day, even if I was the first to get clobbered.

XBOX Live (about $9.99 download) my friends, try this one out with your friends for a little getwaway into the past, and plenty of memories to talk about…like your CATSHARK fight

WATCH THE CATSHARK VIDEO:

In light of imminent game launch, we had a celebration at the office, CHAMPAGNE day! W00t! more pics on my facebook. Hope everyone enjoys Wrath of the Lich King.

Martin Luther King - Delivering his speech "I Have a Dream"

President elect Obama’s victory is a symbol of justice and perseverance for the many that have risked their lives in a fight for equality in America. Countless African Americans have fought hard to contribute positively to America through their strive for excellence in their respected professions such as sports and entertainment, that has no doubt paved the road for equality in the White House.

President elect Obama’s victory is a symbol of change in America, with a record turnout of young voters to make their voices heard! This is our country and we are responsible for the future and livelihood of it. We are the generation that has the most potential to influence, rally, and create a better world for everyone’s voices to be heard. Everyone’s voices matter! And it starts right now!

Obama wins big among young, minority voters

President elect Obama’s victory is a symbol of a renewed diligence to be a great country and leader in the world arena, utilizing multilateral initiatives, promoting cooperation, and demonstrating America’s greatness through the influence of our ideology rather than the absolute use of coercion from our military.

World Leaders Hails Obama’s Triumph

Because of our votes and America’s democracy, President elect Obama’s victory has become a symbol of hope for a better future in America marking the beginning of renewed confidence in a nation that will be felt amongst all people across all boundaries of race, gender, sexuality, age, and economic classes.

http://votesmart.org/

for last minute good non-bias info on candidates and issues!

Anyways, on to the game.

Tailgating and walking over to the LA Coliseum is half the experience of any USC game day!

It was sprinkling a bit before the game, seriously thought it was going to be pouring throughout…

My fraternity bros, Dave and Eric – seeing old faces is the best part of Homecoming!

Our third touchdown here, Sanchez to Gable ending the 1st quarter 21-0

Experience it in video- just uploaded…few moments for processing

Sigh* – I miss the student seating section, who doesn’t like cheerleaders + USC football?

Kicking the ball off again to them…this happened alot

Sanchez back to throw…

A nothing but epic 90,000+ stadium!

USC Marching Band

LA Coliseum- PACKED with TROJAN fans!

Generations of Trojan fans in the making!