Monday, April 11, 2016

March 2016 Entry

Apologies for the delay. 

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- It’s been a long time coming, but I finally went out and got a new PC (03.07). Agent Gig helped me buy the parts and put it together for me. It was definitely worth it as every little thing was running faster and smoothly. I did a few video projects since getting it running and that has greatly decreased the time it takes to produce. 

Unfortunately, something happened a few weeks later and the computer is out of commission. I’m using my old laptop of 5+ years as I type this and have been using it ever since. We could not figure out what happened. I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. It just one day decided to not turn on anymore. Agent Gig hasn’t had luck with finding out the exact problem as weird set of instances have happened (one thing turns on, but can’t access such and such and so on). I’ll be sending it off to get checked on soon by Geek Squad I suppose.   

- For a while now, any time I have to get gas, I would buy a drink and snack. On one of these random days, I picked a pack of Lifesavers Gummies Collisions (03.08). I didn’t eat them right away, but when I did, wow. These are the first candy in a long time that really caught my attention. The next time I fueled up, I got to packs. And since then, I ordered a 6 pound box of them. Yeah, I like them that much.  

- New Finn Balor shirt (03.09).  

- WWE Roadblock (03.10) was very entertaining. There needed to be some type of event between Fastlane and Wrestlemania and this show delivered. All the matches were great.  

- I picked up NXT Greatest Matches (03.15). It took a few days to watch all of them, but it was worth it. There actually were a handful of matches I had not seen before pre and post WWE Network. They’re smart to release these as there will always be great matches to add to the collections.  



- My parents had toyed with idea of getting a new car for a while now. The Bonneville is not safe to drive and is coming apart (a recent accident made it necessary to strap the trunk down). They went out looking for cars and finally landed on one. I went with them to help them buy it (03.19). I don’t mind car dealerships, but I don’t like the time it takes to process the deal. Add my mom to the mix and the time is extended further (explaining things over and over, her trying to get a better deal, etc). 2 hours later, they drove out with a new Nissan Rogue. I’ve only driven it once since we bought it and it is very nice.  



- I met up with one of my favorite couples at the end of the month (03.31). We ate at the Halal Guys, my first time there. The food was good. I just really enjoyed catching up with them as it has been over a year since I last saw them. Good to see that things are going well with their lives. 

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- Picked up The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (03.04). I didn’t play it right away because I wanted to beat Project X Zone 2 first. So far it’s better than I remember. When I get a chance, I try to play a good amount of it. But I will be putting aside when Star Fox Zero comes out as I know I can beat that faster.  






- Project X Zone 2 – Review

Invested a lot of hours into beating Project X Zone 2 (03.15). It was just as good as the first game with a lot of improvements. Definitely would like play a third installment if it were ever made. 


- Got more amiibo this month (03.18). Ryu is one of my favorite amiibo along with Wolf Link and Chibi-Robo.  



- And since I put the game aside. I looked to see if anyone uploaded the cutscenes from Xenoblade Chronicles. Someone definitely did along with any other Xeno game (Gears, Saga, Chronicles). Took a while since I wasn’t as far as I thought, but I did finish the remainder of the cutscenes (03.27). The story definitely had quite a few twists and turns. Glad I at least know how it unfolded. 

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- It had been teased in my last entry, but now I can finally talk about it. The Little Couple came to film at the Houston Escape Room in February. The episode aired at the beginning of March (03.01). It was very interesting. Agent Blue took the task of altering Grandma’s room since they were going to film there. He was also the facilitator for them. I was given the task of sticking with the producers. I was telling them what they could and could not film as well as give a few other directions. 

The episode itself turned out well. We were on for 15 minutes at least. I was disappointed that they showed stuff we asked them not to and that they didn’t show the specifically list of things we asked. At least the episode was fine. The wife of The Little Couple was live tweeting as it aired so that was actually exciting to see happen. A few guests have referenced the show so we know it was great exposure for us. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCdiwgMoXdy/ 

- We had two new trainees join us. They also were some of the fastest to be promoted to a full-fledged Agent. Welcome to the team, Agents Solaire and Obsidian.   

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCxytQjoXft/ 

- We had our monthly meeting as usual (03.24). Afterward, we went to another new escape room that opened in town. Since we’re a larger team now, we had to split up into 2 teams and do different rooms. Both teams escaped and we set the new records for escaping. My escape room record is now 11 escapes out of 13. 

Unfortunately, that place was one of my least favorite escape rooms. It was very manufactured and felt soulless. Nothing about it impressed me other than the size of their lobby. But I will be going back there to try the room I didn’t since a group of friends bought a Groupon and invited me. They are looking forward to making comparisons though.  

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDdYQC0oXR-/

- March 2016 Blog Post (03.31)
http://www.houstonescaperoom.com/blog/hermar2016 

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- Hyomin – Sketch (MV)

Hyomin’s second album was better than her first. I actually like a few of the songs on it better than Sketch. Sketch is fine, but it does feel like they’re trying too hard to make her sexy. She’s sexy enough, but it they definitely are steering for her to be more so.

- Red Velvet – One of These Nights (MV)

Definitely was surprised by Red Velvet’s new album. The ballads are all great and I’ve been listening to them consistently. One of These Nights is in contention of being my favorite song of 2016. It’s a really good song. I have since thought of Red Velvet as this generation’s BabyVoX.  

- I finally got to meet Alessandra (03.25). My best friend texted me when she was in town for Easter weekend. Her time was limited so I went there late night after work. Almost immediately, my friend handed me Alessandra. I was actually nervous, but she said she knew I would be a natural. This honestly was my first time holding and feeding a baby for such a long period of time. She was only a little fussy because she was gassy (she farted a lot, ha), but otherwise she was fine. I really needed that moment with her. She helped me forget the stresses of the world.  

Thank you for reading. Be healthy, be safe, be thankful, and be loved.


“Reprise the theme song and roll the credits.”




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