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And all throughout this process, I also quit smoking. So after over 20 years of smoking. I'm done. No desires to smoke ever again, thanks to Allen Carr's "The Easy Way to STOP Smoking", which I highly recommend.
So, here's to another 100 lbs... which I assume will take me longer than 6 months, but we'll see. Wish me luck!
-B
In between all of that, I am also using Instagra.am as a creative outlet, and I've been enjoying it quite a bit. I've always had fun editing images, but that has always been in photoshop, and I haven't really had the chance or reason to play around in PS lately. My wife introduced me to a ton of cool apps on the iPhone, and after seeing the incredible images she creates using nothing but an iPhone, it sparked me into trying my hand at it as well. (Take a look at her photos, she is "Gooniegirl" on IG) Incredible stuff. Truly. She has changed the way I view the world with her spark and passion for photography.
I've also been trying out quite a few new games and betas. Playing League of Legends some with friends at work, and trying the betas for the World of Warcraft expansion, as well as the Diablo III expansion. And then finding time to play and record let's plays for DWP in Minecraft.
It's a very busy time for me, and I'm finding that it's really taking too much of my personal life. I'm trying to spend less time gaming, and more time with the family and kids. Games come and go. In 10 years, there will be completely new games, and I'll have just as much fun playing those. Every day that goes by is one less I don't get to spend with my kids and family. How important that is, really didn't strike me until recently.
My son and I play some of the same games, but I won't him to understand what took me over 30 years to figure out as well. Games are fun, but they aren't a substitute for life. They should be played in conjunction with it, and not instead of it. Keep a mental flow chart going, and if there is an option to spend moments with a friend or family, take that fork. Don't get me wrong.. i've made tons of friends in games as well, and there are tons of benefits for gaming. I am in no way saying don't play games! I love games, and I will continue to game, and I think it's a great form of entertainment. There are tons of benefits for gaming. Seriously. I think my son is in Space class and doing great in school partly because of games. Same with my daughter. They are both SOOOO smart, and in part I blame games... The other part is a great pair of genes to start with ;)
Not really sure what I'm saying! Think I'll go play tennis with my kids instead of figure it out right now... See you all in a bit.
-B
It's me, Brent. Are you listening?
It's been a long time since I have posted on this site, and I'm going to try and get it more active, but I usually say that every few years and it lasts a few weeks or sometimes a month or two, and then, usually, due to lack of attention, I abandon it for something else easier, and more fulfilling to my fragile ego.
So, anyways.. Let's see what happens this time. If you'd like to ask a question of me, please do...
I'm starting to think that maybe I should just find a template that doesn't provide me the opportunity to actually post anything. Maybe a picture of my toe or something.... Well, whatever...
What's new? Well.. I added a box with my instagram photos on it.. feel free to follow me on instagram (Phoetix) or on Streamzoo (brentcopeland) and we can swap pics and what not.
Take care and I will talk to you all later... hopefully... maybe not.. we'll see...
-brent
First I'd like to thank everyone for the happy birthday wishes yesterday on twitter and facebook and email. It was a great day. I actually turned in my 2 weeks notice at work as part of the birthday celebration. I'll miss all the folks I worked with out there, and hopefully will get to see them for reunion lunches and such, but that leads me to the title of this post.. the new chapter.
I have been invited, and accepted a position with Curse! I'm incredibly thrilled and humbled by the offer. The guys at Curse are a great group of folks, and I can't wait to be part of the team. They do some cutting edge stuff on the web, and I can't wait to contribute to their code, and learn from them as well.
I will still be working with the DWP on the weekends and evenings as time allows. We are actually now partnered with Curse to deliver our videos to the public, so that is more exciting news.
If you don't know who Curse is, then you should go and check out their offerings, because there is a good chance that you play a game that they make applications for. http://www.curse.com
Here's a fun activity. Take the green screen footage from this and make eric do funny stuff!
I hope everyone had a tremendous holiday season.. Christmas, Hanukkah or whatever you celebrate this time of year.. I hope it was tremendous. Also, we bring in a new year with new hopes and dreams and I hope this year is the best year of your life so far.
I'm going to be shooting more personal vlogs to try to get this page a bit more active and what not and let you know what's going on personally in my life. This first video is just outside of where I work, and was more of a test to see if I could do it on the fly off my phone, and I can, so here it is!
If you want to get involved, please let them no, or me and I'll forward you to them. Word.
Also, we are talking about taking TF2 to a seasonal show (and when I say we, I mean me.. I haven't really approached the other guys yet!), like you normally see tv shows do. The segments we get are fairly sporadic, some folks send them in every week, some are sent in once a month, and some are sent in once and never again! :) So we're trying to find a way to have the best show possible, and get all the goodies in each show. Maybe 2 shows? a news show and then a community segments show? Hmm... Still thinking about this.
Just in case we do, I wanted to share with you some special TF2 news! Here's the news release!
Team Fortress 2 Ships Holiday UpdateNew class packs, hats, items and maps
December 15, 2011 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the second annual holiday-themed "Australian Christmas" update, featuring two retro-futuristic "Dr. Grordbort" class packs for the Engineer and Pyro, designed by Weta Workshop's Greg Broadmore.
In addition to the class packs, the update will also ship 14 new holiday-themed weapons, hats and cosmetic items by the TF community's item creators, using the Steam Workshop. "CP_Foundry," a new five-cap control point map designed by Valve's TF2 team, comes with 12 map-specific achievements.
As part of the holiday celebration, over 50 items in the Mann Co. in-game store will be on sale for up to 75% until January 2nd, 2012. Additionally, the in-game item drop rate will be doubled for the first week of the event.
Team Fortress 2 is a free-to-play team-based first-person shooter that PC Gamer called "the most fun you can have online." With a growing community of players and item-creators, TF2 is more popular now than ever. For more information visit http://www.teamfortress.com/australianchristmas2011. For more information on Dr. Grordborts visithttp://www.drgrordborts.com.