tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54567812012-01-19T18:38:53.214-08:00John RyanJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.comBlogger3231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-13050406861390364662012-01-19T18:38:00.000-08:002012-01-19T18:38:53.224-08:00151
Happy 151 months to my lovely wife, as we are currently housebound due to the constant snowfall in the Seattle area. I'm glad we are safe and warm together, and we both can laugh about cabin fever. I love you, my dear. In the next couple of weeks, we will celebrate an early Valentine's Day with applause and horses...and hopefully without snow.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-54130988176590795002011-12-19T17:21:00.000-08:002011-12-19T17:21:31.073-08:00150
A brief note for my love. We're in a massive push here on the game I'm working on. Longer hours, more stress. It'll be worth it, but I might not see a lot of you and the cats. I love you so much, and I'm happy you are so understanding. We'll have some time over Christmas. Then, it's back into the fray. But for now, happy 150 months, my love.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-42709206070846352662011-11-19T17:25:00.000-08:002011-11-19T17:25:49.512-08:00149
To my love, happy monthly anniversary. I know things have been hectic on my end. Work seems to keep distracting me, attacking me, frustrating me...and it seeps out of me when I come home. I don't want to bring this home, and I hope you have seeing all that I have done to keep a barrier between the office and our little home. I love you, and every time I come home I know that this is a Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-30500160519815481352011-10-19T17:54:00.000-07:002011-10-19T17:54:21.301-07:00148
To my love. I hope you have a wonderful day, my darling. Tonight, something low-key in tone and appearance. A quiet night with the cats, and you, and perhaps-sure-pizza. I know things have been crazy as of late. Work is ramping up, and it'll likely be crazy for a while now. It'll stay here. I know I've brought him frustrations and stress, but no, not again. Our home is supposed to be a havenJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-25999354234845748002011-09-19T08:58:00.000-07:002011-09-19T08:58:54.853-07:00147
A happy 147 months to my love. I'm sorry I'm not feeling well. Considering me going to the doctor a small monthly anniversary gift for us. Not exactly diamonds and pizza, but at least I'll find the way to end this lingering cough a little faster. I love you, even if it's been sounding like "I luff ooh" lately.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-28431607492927929702011-08-19T09:00:00.000-07:002011-08-19T09:00:10.320-07:00146
By the time you read this, I'll be in the home stretch of the Gamescom video game expo in Cologne. I won't be around for your monthly anniversary. Even though I'll be surrounded by thousands of adoring video game fanatics, even though I'll be wrapped in the chaos and heat and light that would overstimulate a Zen monk, I'll be lonely without you. Because of the time difference, our monthly Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-87899647530476730852011-07-19T21:47:00.000-07:002011-07-19T21:47:47.917-07:00145
A happy 145 months to my wonderful wife. When I come home, it feels like a home when I hear you as I come in. I love you, and I hope I am always worthy of you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-79487535998896857062011-06-19T01:00:00.000-07:002011-06-19T01:00:01.588-07:00144
Happy Anniversary, my love. Today is our twelfth anniversary of our wedding. It's not the twelfth anniversary of bring in love, or knowing each other. Those moments appeared farther back on the timeline. I don't know why we don't celebrate those pinpoints. I think we just use the wedding anniversary as a proper social landmark, a place we can look back at and celebrate when that day comes Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-23275609704524876992011-05-19T19:41:00.001-07:002011-05-19T19:41:33.121-07:00143
To my love. I'm sorry I'm not in the best of moods. I'm fighting a losing battle against a headcold and a have a half-dozen headaches from my job. Thank you for being sweet and kind, letting me grumble as I decompress from a long, sneezy day. I love you, and I hope you have a wonderful monthly anniversary.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-26163504507074908562011-04-19T11:55:00.000-07:002011-04-19T11:55:44.949-07:00142
A happy monthly anniversary to my love. I hope you have a wonderful day, and I hope you know how much I love you, our cats, and our little, wonderful home. In two months, my darling, it will be 12 years.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-22925895213830811442011-03-19T14:04:00.000-07:002011-03-19T14:04:08.707-07:00141
Happy anniversary to my love. I'm glad I'm almost over my cold so we can spend the day together. It's my first weekend back from Boston, and I am glad to be home again with you and the cats. The afternoon sun is coming in, and everything feels at peace. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-80517413220909806162011-02-19T17:05:00.000-08:002011-02-19T17:05:20.209-08:00140
A very big scare today. I couldn't access this account today to update for our monthly anniversary. A mad scramble, lots of typing, raiding email accounts...finally, here. I know who are is far more than a monthly update, but this is one of the rituals I have that makes me feel balanced when it comes to love. Once a month, and not on Valentine's Day or on a yearly anniversary, is a far Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-4185626418808676762011-01-19T12:43:00.000-08:002011-01-19T12:43:25.015-08:00139
To my love, a happy 139 months of being married together in love. I'm sorry I can't be more cheerful on this day, but I'm worried about my grandmother. She fell again, and I can't escape the dread that, despite a number of close calls in her long life, she's not going to be with us much longer. I'm distracted, thinking about everything from the last time we saw her - frail, but aware; mood Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-50119565513253803472010-12-19T15:01:00.000-08:002010-12-19T15:01:01.340-08:00138
Happy monthly anniversary to my darling, kind, and loving wife. I missed yo so much while I was working late in the past couple of weeks. Being at home with you again relaxes me, makes me feel safe and in proper working order. Our house needs life in it, and when one of us is away for too long, the house no longer feels welcome. Shadows grow longer, noises are more sinister, and the bed Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-25934365937853684812010-11-19T09:39:00.000-08:002010-11-19T09:39:04.528-08:00137
Happy 137 months of marriage to my lovely wife. Thank you for all your love and support during my long match up the 50,000-word hill for NaNoWriMo. It's been crazy, but I'm relieved that I made it again this year. Thank you for all your cheers and your gentle approaches while I'm in the midst of writing. We writers are a flighty bunch. We spook easily, running like gazelles when startled, Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-50011034867574542042010-10-19T10:23:00.000-07:002010-10-19T10:23:08.179-07:00136
Happy monthly anniversary to my wonderful wife. I hope I'm always the one who impresses you and sweeps you off of your feet. I love you, and I love us together, cozy in our little home with our cats.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-58918203843997099232010-09-19T13:14:00.000-07:002010-09-19T13:14:23.771-07:00135
Happy anniversary to my lovely wife. I hope you enjoy this day, as I hope you do every day. I'm amazed and lucky that you are my wife.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-57855471382328801502010-08-19T08:35:00.000-07:002010-08-19T08:35:51.623-07:00134
I love you, my wife. Today, I wish you-wish us-a happy 134 months of being together as husband and wife. This week has been strange, since I'm at work for several midnight shifts for the game I'm working on. I miss you, or at least, I get teases of you as we pass each other, residents of a day world and a night world. In a few days, our house won't feel like it's missing something. It'll be Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-64473112490292501412010-07-19T20:15:00.000-07:002010-07-19T20:15:14.058-07:00133
Happy 11 years and one month to my lovely, gentle, wise wife. I was afraid that technical issues tonight would break the tradition I have here. I hope you know that these posts are deeply personal things, and this is a habit I wish to keep. I don't know if anyone will read them, but I imagine them to be special markings I leave on some Internet cave wall, left for random explorers to find. IJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-44156564586952740642010-06-19T11:44:00.000-07:002010-06-19T11:45:38.857-07:00132
Happy 11 years to my lovey and wonderful wife. I hope you enjoyed the prose gift this morning. I write them only for you, and mean every word in them. I share them with you, just as I share my life, and I mean to keep sharing them with you for years to come. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-53347689395885123842010-05-19T09:06:00.000-07:002010-05-19T09:07:13.179-07:00131
Happy 131 months of being married, my love. I hope your day today is wonderful, and I hope that I make you happy every day. I hope you know you are loved. I hope you know that I am happy to be married to someone as wonderful as you. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-52732932651956136752010-04-19T19:56:00.000-07:002010-04-19T19:56:43.931-07:00130
Short, to the point, genuine.
I love you. Happy 130 months of being married, my dear. May I make you happy every day.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-45590444410916811792010-03-19T11:28:00.000-07:002010-03-19T11:28:01.606-07:00129
Happy 129 months to my loving, wonderful wife. For the first time in a long while, I feel as if my life is going in a direction I want it to go. I have a terrific job (for now) writing video games, I'm writing regularly at home, I'm working out every day, and I have you - my love. I know the world can change. I can lose my job in a heartbeat. I could end my gym membership. I could stop Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-38881797690849427712010-02-19T15:36:00.000-08:002010-02-19T15:36:48.320-08:00128
For my love, happy 128 months of being married together. I love you, and I'm excited to start working next week in my new job. Thank you for being supportive in the five months between the end of my last contract and this new opportunity. You reminded me not to panic, not to get ahead of myself, and to never stop trying despite a job market that was barren as the desert. And now, I writing Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-89252536792994824522010-01-19T13:22:00.000-08:002010-01-19T13:22:54.859-08:00127
A happy 127 months of marriage to my lovely wife. I hope you are having a wonderful day, and I hope you know everyday that I love you and I'm lucky to be with you. Thank you for be kind and warm, and holding me as you do at night. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-634222249594734832009-12-19T09:54:00.000-08:002009-12-19T09:54:02.836-08:00126
To my love, happy 126 months of being together as husband and wife. I want to thank you for being kind and reassuring while I ride out the end of my 100-day break between contracts and as I look for new work. I know I couldn't do this alone, and your support and love has made this insufferable patch a lot easier. I love you, and I hope we are always together.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-24248280564036341142009-11-19T07:27:00.000-08:002009-11-19T07:28:00.475-08:00125
Happy 125 months to my lovely wife. Thank you for being kind and warm. Thank you for having laughter and for holding me close at night. Thank you for saying yes all those years ago. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-15651093101005238982009-10-19T12:00:00.000-07:002009-10-19T12:00:16.636-07:00124
Happy 124 months of marriage to my love. I love us. I love what we have here in our peaceful little home, surrounded by our cats and the life we have built together, day by day, month by month. I hope you are happy and content as well. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-37396587597570902262009-09-19T08:00:00.000-07:002009-09-19T08:10:35.489-07:00123To my love: I'm sorry that we can't be together today. I will be out of town during our monthly anniversary. Know that I love you so much, and that I will miss you terribly. You won't be there for me to hold at night. I won't be able to know that you are there in the other room; your very presence will be gone, and I will be at a fraction of what's normal. I love you, and I will see you soon. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-75960617481539306682009-08-19T10:33:00.000-07:002009-08-19T10:35:31.606-07:00122Happy 122 months of marriage to my wonderful wife. I hope today you are happy and not totally swamped by work. I love you and hope we shall be together for a long, long time.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-4318349654214420742009-07-19T07:58:00.000-07:002009-07-19T08:00:29.573-07:00121Happy 10 years and 1 month of marriage to my lovely and adoring wife. I hope you will always be happy with me and our cats in our little home. I hope our love will grow and that we can always be there for one another, in times both bad and good. I love you, my darling. May you have a wonderful day today.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-70938052348350235182009-06-19T06:00:00.000-07:002009-06-19T06:00:14.427-07:00120, or 10 YearsToday, 10 years ago, my beloved and I stood before family and friends on a luckily sunny Saturday afternoon (outdoor wedding and all) and got married. We smiled and posed for photos as the musicians played. We were far better dressed than we ever were before, something that both made us itchy but regal in our finery. We had the usual bundle of nerves, all caused by the swirl of Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-39800541509465482222009-05-19T10:08:00.000-07:002009-05-19T10:17:45.612-07:00119Just one more month, and my wife and I depart to celebrate our 10-year anniversary. It doesn't feel like 10 years at all. I make monthly celebration here, but still, I can't fathom the expanse of 10 years as a durable, tangible thing. It just happened. We have been married for nearly 10 years, and there is no sense of tired muscles or emotional weariness from that long of a stretch. Life Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-24800841567423122612009-04-19T10:22:00.000-07:002009-04-19T10:23:34.275-07:00118Happy anniversary to my lovely wife. Two months, and we will be heading out for our 10-year anniversary. I love you, and I look forward to retracing our honeymoon steps a decade ago.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-27962285350224674072009-03-19T09:16:00.000-07:002009-03-19T09:23:19.909-07:00117To my wonderful, beautiful wife, a happy 117 months of marriage. I love you and am grateful every day of that you are in my life. I hope I make you as happy as you make me, and I hope we are always together.I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-10220652139121381842009-02-19T13:14:00.000-08:002009-02-19T13:17:29.492-08:00116Happy 116 months to my wonderful wife, who had to put up with my recent bout of grossness with my annual late winter cold. I mean, really, there's love and there's love. My sweet spouse has the latter, obviously. And I love you very much.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-86781323977944492812009-01-19T08:45:00.000-08:002009-01-19T08:47:44.908-08:00115Happy 115 months to my lovely, kind, warm, clever, and beautiful wife. If I was a good husband, I'd be thinking about what to do for our 10-year anniversary. ;)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-28364508248965291182008-12-19T20:14:00.000-08:002008-12-19T20:35:29.209-08:00114Ah, a little late in the day, but I didn't miss it.Happy monthly anniversary to my lovely wife. It's wonderful to be at home with you, safe and warm from the cold and snow in Seattle lately. I love you, and I hope I make you happy.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-3876016619886137592008-11-19T13:55:00.000-08:002008-11-19T14:01:11.560-08:00113Happy 113 months to my wonderful, wise and lovely wife. There's little I can say but that I love you and I'm grateful we have a life together with our little home and our three cats. I have to admit that I don't always appreciate it, especially when I go loose into my own frustrations and issues, but I know...somewhere in my head...that you are there and I have a safe place to come back to. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-57110535273166477652008-10-19T13:35:00.000-07:002008-10-19T13:45:21.885-07:00112Happy monthly anniversary to my wonderful, lovely wife. It's a peaceful Sunday here. We are at home, surrounded by our three dozing cats. Dinner is slowly cooking in the oven. The autumnal sunlight is coming through the trees. Days like this seem to stretch out forever in a good way. It's wonderful to have days like this, when the outside world is distant, and the gentle pleasures of home areJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1147919291655313332008-09-19T18:26:00.000-07:002008-09-19T18:29:40.672-07:00111Happy 111 months of marriage to my wonderful wife. In these past few weeks, you've been kind and supportive as I looked for, and obtained, new work. You have made a turbulent time far more tolerable. Thank you for your love and faith in me. When I held you a couple days ago, and told you "I'm so glad you are my wife," I barely tapped how grateful and lucky I am to be with you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-81484956525330221732008-08-19T09:09:00.000-07:002008-08-19T09:11:44.029-07:00110Happy 110 months to my lovely and loving wife. My love, I hope you are happy in our home with our cats underfoot and the trees surrounding us. Although I don't always say it, I love our little place in the world, and despite recent outside stress, it's always good to come home and be with you. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-25709249875122437552008-07-19T14:07:00.000-07:002008-07-19T14:11:37.547-07:00109A happy 99 months of marriage to my lovely wife: elite Warcraft player, supporter of yours truly, and (as of yesterday) heroic rescuer of wayward kittens. You can't say she isn't multi-talented. And I'm lucky enough to be married to her.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-90650054530256200762008-06-19T10:00:00.000-07:002008-06-19T10:04:08.477-07:00108When you start out dating, you never know how things will turn out. You are nervous, awkward, unsure, but compelled to find someone to be with. You meet a lot of different people...some you have good memories with, and others you shake your head over, wondering what you were thinking. The dirty secret about dating and relationships that no one tells you is this: we find ourselves learning Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-47123249245765446662008-05-19T08:23:00.000-07:002008-05-19T08:41:10.059-07:00107On this day, nearly nine years ago, the woman I love became my wife. I love her, and am lucky to be with someone so caring, warm, charming, and loving. Next month we will celebrate nine years of being together, with an extra five of knowing each other. Since then, she has seen me change and grow, fall and rise. Through it all, she has been with me, loving and holding me. I hope I can always Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-57411480766146267122008-04-19T09:21:00.000-07:002008-04-19T09:25:30.630-07:00106A very happy 106 months to my lovely wife. In this past month, I learned again how kind and supportive you are. For that, and for so many other reasons, I'm thankful to be married to you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-80483614576303595942008-03-19T08:47:00.000-07:002008-03-19T08:48:34.518-07:00105Happy 105 months of marriage to my loving, wonderful, kind, and supportive wife. I love you and I hope I can always make you smile.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-14081738611542916342008-02-19T08:39:00.000-08:002008-02-19T08:44:29.880-08:00104Happy 104 months to my loving, wonderful, smart, and sexy wife. Every day I'm blessed and I hope we shall be together for a long, long time.I love you. There is nothing better than holding you as we sleep in bed.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-44075396253691941832008-01-19T09:08:00.000-08:002008-01-19T09:14:55.959-08:00103A haikuOne hundred three monthsAgo we were wed with lovenow stemming from thenJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-5778228570701611312007-12-19T07:16:00.000-08:002007-12-19T07:18:44.833-08:00102Happy 102 months of marriage to my loving wife. I love you, and I hope I can always make you smile, keep you warm, and be close to your heart.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-42196100548599749252007-11-19T08:21:00.000-08:002007-11-19T09:08:47.397-08:00101Happy 101 months of marriage to my loving and lovely wife. I hope I can always be there for you, and I pray I can love you as much as you love me, and I never take any of this for granted. Just occurred to me. We have known each for 158 months. We have been married twice as long as when as we single, but knew each other.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-52004988275170620832007-10-19T08:23:00.000-07:002007-10-19T09:10:15.925-07:00100Today is the 100-month anniversary of when my lovely wife and I got married. I love you, and I hope we are always happy together. I love being with you, from when I kiss you in the morning while you are still sleeping to when we cuddle together as we shut off the lights. I love you. Happy anniversary.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-55905904659777856842007-09-19T08:55:00.000-07:002007-09-19T08:56:44.068-07:00Oh yeahAlmost forgot. It's "Talk Like a Pirate" Day today.So, arrggghhh, ye matey.There. Done my part.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-24254766418333549462007-09-19T08:18:00.000-07:002007-09-19T08:44:07.762-07:0099Today is the 99-month anniversary for me and my lovely wife. This monthly celebration, like the return of a full moon, comes on a very special event. Monday morning, I'm starting a new job. Actually, it's a fantastic new job that seems as if it's been carved out of dreams and high-grade fudge. I'm going to be a writer with Microsoft Game Studios, handling the web content for three high-profile Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-44432745479614089622007-08-19T14:23:00.000-07:002007-08-19T14:27:11.469-07:0098Happy 98 months to my lovely wife. I love spending calm, releaxing weekends with you, when we can rest on the couch, sleep in, play Warcraft, or whatever. It's a good time to reconnect, and it makes me realize how lucky I am to be with someone I can share so much with. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-16588954275591473212007-08-11T13:51:00.000-07:002007-08-11T13:53:20.612-07:00Happy Birthday, in free verseHappy Birthday, to my wifeHappy Birthday, to herHappy Birthday, to my loveHappy Birthday, I tried to bake a cake.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-70041591258408952312007-07-19T08:41:00.000-07:002007-07-19T08:45:10.339-07:0097Happy 97 months to my wonderful, loving, and beautiful wife. No matter how frustrating the outside world is, I know I can come home after a long day and have you with me. I love you and adore you, and so happy we are together.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-68409547488041953892007-06-19T08:25:00.000-07:002007-06-19T08:33:30.432-07:0096Today, eight years ago, I married the woman that I love, one who loves me more than I can fathom. I love her, and I'm so grateful that she came into my life.I hope we will always be together. I hope I never disappoint her. I hope I can always be there for her. I hope I can still make her laugh. I hope we can continue to be there for each other when one of us needs comfort.My wife truly is one Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-50646873282242769792007-05-19T14:36:00.000-07:002007-05-19T14:40:04.103-07:0095To my love, today is our 95-month anniversary. I told you this as we woke up, nuzzled in bed this morning. I love moments like this, so enclosed and at peace. I love and adore you, and I hope we always have times like this. Next month, we will be at 96 months, or eight years. It seems I have known you forever. I do not want to know life before you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1176988718056002322007-04-19T06:15:00.000-07:002007-04-19T06:18:46.980-07:0094For my love, a happy 94 months of being married and in love. I cannot and do not want to imagine life without you. I love you, I adore you, and I know we were meant to be together since we align perfectly when we hold each other.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1174316128921877612007-03-19T08:54:00.000-07:002007-03-19T08:58:03.176-07:0093A happy 93 months of marriage to my lovely, caring, and sexy wife. I love you so much. I love how you feel against me at night. I love how we share a special language. I love how well you know me. I love how special you are. And I'm blessed that you picked me to share all of this wonder with.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1171900675705806882007-02-19T07:55:00.000-08:002007-02-19T07:57:56.053-08:0092To my lovely wife. Happy 92 months together. Soon, it shall be eight years of us being man and wife. I'm lucky and grateful to be with you all this time. You have shown me and taught me so much. I love you and I hope we are always together.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1169225993861453962007-01-19T08:56:00.000-08:002007-01-19T08:59:54.160-08:0091A happy 91 months of marriage to my wife, who is the most wondrous and loving person in the world. There are times when I am too self-absorbed to see it, but she's warm and kind and beautiful in so many different angles. I am lucky, I am blessed. Happy 91 months, my love.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1166564830087824512006-12-19T13:44:00.000-08:002006-12-19T13:47:10.850-08:0090Happy 90 months to my lovely wife, as we together hope that the power comes back on soon after the massive wind and rain storms last week. I think being huddled and shivering in bed together in our frigid little home shows that I'd rather be with you than anyone, even without power and heat and needing a flashlight to go to the bathroom. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1163990092579395762006-11-19T18:29:00.000-08:002006-11-19T18:34:53.040-08:0089Happy 89 months to my loving wife, who never fails to believe in me. You are beauty and kindness. I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1161319855492303652006-10-19T21:50:00.000-07:002006-10-19T21:50:56.536-07:0088Happy 88 months of marriage to my north star, my pillar of strength, my love. I love you so muchJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1158718373864065512006-09-19T19:12:00.000-07:002006-09-19T19:12:54.976-07:0087Happy 87 months to my wife, my love, my rock, my all.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1156044098005800862006-08-19T20:20:00.000-07:002006-08-19T20:21:38.696-07:0086To my wife, whom I love more than anything.Happy 86 months together. I can't tell you how much I'm glad we are together.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1155327107129030072006-08-11T13:10:00.000-07:002006-08-11T13:11:55.466-07:00To my wifeA very happy birthday to you. As a gentleman, I shall refrain from passing on the age. That said, she is timeless in all the right ways.I love you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1153333226927202542006-07-19T11:17:00.000-07:002006-07-19T11:20:27.066-07:0085Today, 85 months ago, my wife and I were married. Even though I haven't written on here in a while, and because I can't bring him flowers on the 19th of every month (thanks to the cats), I feel it's the least I can do to stand up on my little e-soap box and tell the world how lucky I am to have her.I love you, my dear. Happy 85 months (or 7 years, 1 month) to you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1150739386371063322006-06-19T10:36:00.000-07:002006-06-19T10:51:27.033-07:0084To my darling wife, happy seven years of marriage together, through good times and bad. You are the one whom I love and wish to be with, above all others and without question. I'm lucky I married you, and an happy you are still with me (even though I'm currently curled up on the couch under the pitiless cloud of a cold). I loved our time in Victoria over the weekend, and I hope we can return Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1149199708892605052006-06-01T15:07:00.000-07:002006-06-01T15:08:28.906-07:00Today's Word: HasteThe undeniably fury of the civilized human trying to quickly make a lasting mark in the world, a permanent measure of one's legacy, in the rapidly moving ether of history. They do this, knowing death approaches with silent, sure feet. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1149102537503342602006-05-31T12:04:00.001-07:002006-05-31T12:20:46.710-07:00A Message From On HighGo get the new Halou album already.That is all.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1149101672994384002006-05-31T11:36:00.000-07:002006-05-31T12:53:15.870-07:00Today's Word: RollThey plummeted down the ravine, tossing themselves over and over again, bones snapping and skin ripping open into small, bloody maws. As they reached the end of the fall, as they rested still as statues on the floor, the wounds healed. And they went again.Enjoyable ErrataWhat follows is a random list of the cool and quirky that lights me up in joy (besides my wife, family, Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1149003649058961782006-05-30T08:24:00.000-07:002006-05-30T08:40:49.160-07:00Everything NewThe give and take of new clothes. The fresh lines of new pants, bending and twisting to mold to your body. The tautness of new socks, comfortably clinging to your ankle as they still retain their factory-woven tension. The crisp utility of new boxers, as if you are being draped over and not confined. The seduction of a hot shower and fresh soap from your favorite store. The Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1148683743223937272006-05-26T15:46:00.000-07:002006-05-26T15:49:03.236-07:00Today's Word: Petalthe flowers bloomed inside the plastic case, which was a hollowed out computer from an age when there was still cheap power. Now, it was a gutted corpse, replaced with viable soil and given seeds so something could bloom.Hadn't done one of these in a while. Feels painful and rusty, but liberating in a without-brakes sort of way. I need it. I need to break up my blocks in my Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1148051937947432152006-05-19T08:07:00.000-07:002006-05-19T08:18:58.073-07:0083Today, my wife and I have been married for one month shy of seven years. It's strange, a good strange akin to relaxy-spongey bliss of waking up thinking its Friday only to remember it's Saturday so you can sleep in, to realize that it's been about 30 days from being married for seven years, and yet you can't feel any of that mileage. While any relationship requires some work, some on-the-fly Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1147834019761685232006-05-16T19:31:00.000-07:002006-05-17T08:15:01.310-07:00Press A to StartTwo posts in one day. I must be a madman.Okay, I can take the wraps off some news.I got the greenlight this afternoon that I will be the co-creator and contributing writer to a video game blog for the newspaper where I work.It's been something that's been in the works for about two months, mostly in the "hey, you know what would be a good idea" mode of a couple guys just sitting Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1147797711780917542006-05-16T09:36:00.000-07:002006-05-16T09:41:51.790-07:00No, really. I have a blogSorry for the dead air for the past several days. Just a case of blogger's block (writer's blogk?) mixed with a busy life in meatspace. Living, writing, eating, sleeping, commuting. That's been about it lately, so I suppose that's why I haven't written here when I'm churning out more than a 1,000 words a night on the novel. There's more, stemming from an opportunity Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146866015995543022006-05-05T14:09:00.000-07:002006-05-05T14:53:36.133-07:00VarekaiEventually, you run out of applause. "Wow" becomes meaningless. You understand kineticism as a language unto itself, even if you haven't been exposed to a single second of ballet. You start to listen in other languages, see in other cultures. Your brain races to assemble the nonsense and the chaos, since it all has some kind of meaning. And before you know it, there's this elation that Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146766522135058232006-05-04T11:01:00.000-07:002006-05-04T15:24:25.703-07:00Alien acrobats in human skinsNot much to report from Planet Seattle. My wife and I are seeing Cirque du Soleil tonight, thanks to free tickets I got from my work. Granted, I do have a soul-deadening job, but sometimes the perks make it all worth it. If I didn't have free tickets, my wife and I would have passed on the $200 entry fee for us to go in and see a group of highly talented superhumans Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146530750728897112006-05-01T17:42:00.000-07:002006-05-01T17:45:50.740-07:00Because it mattersMore information hereJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146519808593131242006-05-01T14:35:00.000-07:002006-05-02T11:07:12.106-07:00Radar ScopeNoticed something over the weekend. For the first time that I can remember, there's nothing that I excited to see as far as summer blockbusters go. I can pass by Tom Cruise, the X-men, and every animated film coming my way. I can wait for them to come to Netflix in 6-8 months, but there's nothing I need to see. Same for upcoming video game releases (although E3 in eight days might Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146519315660654092006-05-01T14:34:00.000-07:002006-05-01T14:35:15.676-07:00Diversion tacticsLast night, I finished a self-imposed dare, if I could write 30,000 words for a new novel in 30 days. I don't know what triggered the mad race for words. I have suspects: my lagging on my earlier novel, a general feeling of not being able to write on command, a growing inertia of creativity. I needed something new, something I didn't have a lot invested in. I've been working on Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146240958670408342006-04-28T08:46:00.000-07:002006-04-28T09:19:07.976-07:00Short notes1) Apparently, Nintendo chose "Wii" as its new name because "Revolution" is unpronounceable in Japan. Begs the questions: Why did a Japanese-based company go with "Revolution" for so long then. How did they talk about it during board meanings? How did the techs in the Japanese labs confer with each other on the project? How did marketing discuss it? The code-name "Revolution" has been Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146173697962712022006-04-27T14:34:00.000-07:002006-04-27T14:34:57.966-07:00Wii are not amused.Seriously, Nintendo. What the hell is wrong with you? You had a winner with "Revolution" as the name of your next console. It does revolutionary things, namely in the controller with its gyroscope sensor and ability to track itself in three-dimensional space. Hell, the Madden game EA announced earlier today was damn revolutionary, what with the ability to use the controller as Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1146173612483308782006-04-27T13:30:00.000-07:002006-04-28T15:34:00.480-07:00Attacked MassivelyLast night, I got to cross one of my life's goals off that invisible to-do list. After an eight-year absence, trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack came back to America, came to Seattle, came to remind everyone of their elegant urban aural sculptures that court nightmares and love, riding techno and reggae backbones like it was no big deal.I never thought I'd see MA in the states. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1145468373579465362006-04-19T10:12:00.000-07:002006-04-19T10:59:52.293-07:0082Today is the 82nd month that my lovely wife and I have been married, and since Blogger is finally acting properly, I can now step up and let my wonderful, kind, sexy, smart, and infinitely patient wife that I'm lucky to have found her. I know this might come out wrong, but with all the work we have done behind-the-scenes in regard to our wills and life insurance, I got a little more mature and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1144960443701812752006-04-13T13:00:00.000-07:002006-04-13T13:34:03.793-07:00Two WomenToday is my grandmother's birthday. 89. All things considered, she's doing well. Yes, her eyesight is approaching nil, and she battled back after a near-fatal heart attack last July, but she's a tough specimen, defiant to the last in that modest, quiet way that has seen her through the death of her husband more than 40 years hence, the loss of a son in childbirth, the raising of another Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1144689597414894362006-04-10T10:16:00.000-07:002006-04-10T10:20:20.376-07:00thirty-fourJust a short note. Today's my birthday, and I don't know exactly what to feel. When I was younger, I thought a birthday was akin to New Year's Day, where everything starts over again with you, a year older and this magical new coat of paint you get applied every 365 days. I desperately wanted to feel that sense of rejuvenation, that sense of everything is new once more. I suppose if I Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1144265773989612812006-04-05T12:21:00.000-07:002006-04-05T12:36:14.096-07:00Happy Potter and the Order of OfficeMaxFrom the AP wireJ.K. Rowling, well into her seventh and final "Harry Potter" book, says the writing is going fine despite one annoying obstacle: the lack of paper. "Why is it so difficult to buy paper in the middle of town?" the author, a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, lamented in a diary entry posted Wednesday on her Web site, www.jkrowling.com. "What is Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1143847073552638002006-03-31T15:15:00.000-08:002006-03-31T15:17:53.566-08:00And my life is just an image of a rollercoaster anywayHello again. It's been nearly two weeks since last post, and at first I didn't think i'd post until my life got interesting. I had nothing of interest happen. Last weekend, ordered Massive Attack tickets and my lovely wife and I will be standing on the main floor, gazing up to stage. I have no idea what to expect, but the new single ("Live Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1142885409249262262006-03-20T11:48:00.000-08:002006-03-20T12:21:29.420-08:00A much better mood on MondayThe sun's out in Seattle, and I'm getting the most awesome birthday present in the world. Massive Attack is touring, at long last. According to Ticketmaster, they have two U.S dates announced so far.Denver and Seattle.That's right, Seattle.Tickets go on sale Saturday morning, and just last night my wonderful wife was wondering what to get me for my 34th birthday. Well,Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1142633220250048132006-03-17T13:21:00.000-08:002006-03-17T15:04:33.600-08:00St. Patrick's DayI hate St. Patrick's Day. I'm half-Irish, and I hate this time of the year, when spring begins to bud and the weather gets warmer. Every March, I know it's coming. I know this is supposedly the day of "my people" (as a teacher in Middle School once described it to me) and that today everyone is Irish. Beer is consumed, people wear green, parades are had, people drunkenly wail Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1142456788245122872006-03-15T12:56:00.000-08:002006-03-15T13:59:55.656-08:00A Verdict on Visionary Vindicating ViolenceOr "V for Vendetta," the longer review.First, if you are in love with the source material, you are going to get your heart broken. This isn't Alan Moore's and David Lloyd's flawed gem of a graphic novel about a modern-day Guy Fawkes running around a hyper-Thatcheresque London. No, this is more akin to Peter Jackson's version of the "Lord of the Rings" Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1142401761259409702006-03-14T21:45:00.000-08:002006-03-14T21:49:21.270-08:00V for Vendetta, first impressionsThe bravest damn thing Hollywood's made in years. Not perfect, but then neither was the source material. It's a fable, an allegory, a hand at the back of your head making you see a slightly warped version of the world we live in now and dare call civilized. And if you think the conservative screechers got their knickers in a twist over gay cowboys, just you wait Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1142292241105618712006-03-13T14:16:00.000-08:002006-03-14T13:47:40.896-08:00Good Night, Good Luck, Good Gods (BSG spoilers below)After a couple weeks of staring at a laptop screen until I nearly weep in frustration, I'm going to try to bypass my writer's block by writing another scene. Rayelle's going to have to be stuck for a while longer until she gets clever enough to come to me and tell me how she gets out her current jam, which resembles something out of "Indiana Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1142034442568402782006-03-10T15:22:00.000-08:002006-03-10T15:53:13.893-08:00Disposable violenceAmerican lawmakers Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton want the Centers for Disease Control to investigate if violent games cause violence in people.Yep. That's right. Civil war coming in Iraq. War possible with Iran. Privacy rights being shredded. Abortion rights being eroded. Fiscal security deteriorating. And that's what two of the most powerful Democrats in the U.S. Senate Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1141945283731551772006-03-09T14:54:00.000-08:002006-03-09T15:01:23.743-08:00It's hard being a bloggerApologies for the lack of updates as of late. Very busy at home and at work. Still considering my "Jarhead" review, which I have to get out before my "V for Vendetta" critique Wednesday.Stupid real life, always getting in the way of blogging. And writing. And gaming. And world domination.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456781.post-1141754939068833472006-03-07T10:05:00.000-08:002006-03-07T10:08:59.083-08:00From the Department of Missed OpportunitiesI have no idea why this is not going be a launch title for this.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17600868269555308041noreply@blogger.com0