Why, Batman? Why Do You Hate Me So?

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Why do you seem to hate me, Batman? Or is it you, Rocksteady, that dislikes me so? *cues tragedy music and rain whilst doing dramatic hand on forehead gesture* Ok, ok, so I can be a bit dramatic. But when you think you’re almost going to finish something that you’ve invested many many hours in, and then discover that it’s impossible and you’ll have to start again, you would be too.

Batman Arkham City Promo Scene

I’m a huge fan of Batman Arkham Asylum, and thought Rocksteady did an amazing job with it. And when they announced Batman Arkham City, I swooned and my heart raced with excitement. I wondered how they could top such an awesome game. And when it released, I was thrilled that they somehow managed to do so. I spent many hours on my first run through just enjoying it all, soaking in the scenery and the delivering some satisfying brutal justice to criminals. I had stopped playing back in May, all I had left to do was to find the Riddler and beat him (which was very anti-climactic by the way). Or so I thought. Continue reading →

I Found My Way Back to the Interwebz!

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It’s been about a month since I last blogged. A lot has been going on that I just haven’t found the time to sit and blog, not to mention that when Ally sees the laptop out she runs right over and starts pushing as many buttons as possible haha. So basically if she is awake, then no laptop. I started a part-time job around the time I posted my last post, and since then I’ve been trying to put in some extra hours. Those credit cards aren’t going to pay themselves, though that would be great if they did. A good friend that I’ve known since elementary school got me in at his job, which goes to prove, once again, that it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Lucky for me I know a lot of people. Because I know you are dying to know where I work, I’ll just say that I work in a senior living home in dining services. Which has its ups and downs, but that’s a post for another day, today I’m just playing catch up.

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Opinions, Not For The Easily Offended *Updated

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I swear it seems like the interwebz has been in an uproar a bit too often as of late. I think it must be the lack of new games coming out right now (FIX IT YOU GAME DEVS). Anyway, todays drama is about an article posted on CNN by Joe Peacock called Booth Babes Need Not Apply. His post is basically about fake geek girls who attend conventions for attention and how it is hurting the community as a whole. I personally really liked his article and except for one or two sentences, found it to match my feelings perfectly. I highly recommend reading it so that you’ll understand the rest of this post. Now I will try to be as elaborate as possible about my feelings toward this topic, cause I’ve seen what it can do to you if you aren’t.

When I saw Joe’s article come up in my Twitter feed, I decided to give it look-see, and I was pleasantly surprised when I did. His post reminded me of the one I posted a few months back about fake gamer girls. Sure mine was about gamer girls and his is about geeky girls, but the basic idea is the same, we hate fakers. Well it seems a bunch of people got super offended by his post,

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Photoshop Is Fun

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Today I have spent all day playing on Photoshop. I had a friend who wanted me to change up a logo for him, and even though I’m not very good at Photoshop, I told him I’d give it a try anyway. I could use the practice. So I sent him a final draft of it, and then I found a few more tips and tricks to make it look even better, to me anyway haha. He may not like it as much, but either way I am very proud of my work. So I figured I might try to update my blog logo as well, I wasn’t feeling all that great about the one I made last week. The layout was what I wanted, but the final product felt like it was missing something. So this is my new logo, and I am pretty fond of it right now. Let me know what you think.

I have a few things on my mind that I am really needing to write, hopefully I will get a chance tomorrow. Have a great Friday and enjoy The Dark Knight Rises if you plan on seeing it. I know I plan to. 🙂

New Look And Now On Facebook

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Well I’ve done it again. I’ve changed up the way my blog looks. I am just never satisfied with the layout. But maybe I will keep this one for a little while. I need to get a new header, hopefully I can get one soon. Anyways, I have also made a facebook page for this blog so if you could head over and like that page, I would love you forever. And that will be all for right now. I will be posting again soon. Thanks for reading! ♥

A Moment Of Clarity That Leads To A Better Me

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Today while stressing out about bills, as I always do because I’m pretty much stressed out all the time due to being an overthinker, I decided to finally do the pile of dishes that had been staring at me all day. I forgot how much I like to clean and how it always makes me feel better, which is insane since my room was always messy until I married Mykal. Maybe it’s the fact that I grew up a disorganized mess that being in a clean, organized and structured home, puts my mind at ease. All the things that I have been worrying about just seemed to fade away and allowed me to think for a moment. The mind is truly amazing, it is always thinking and it can be overwhelming, but when I clean I am allowed to focus on the tedious task and distract my brain which allowed for that moment of clarity I so desperatly needed. For some reason all of my problems and worries seems insignificant and almost like I will be able to overcome them, It just seemed so simple, like I was just worrying so much about the problems that I was blind to the answer that was sitting there in front of me. Continue reading →

My Name Is Samantha, And I’m Addicted To Pinterest

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In case you have never heard of it (have you been living under a rock??), Pinterest is pretty much an online cork board of ideas that you can “pin” to your personal boards for later use. It’s basically DIY heaven. I spend hours and hours looking at all the crafty ideas and getting inspired. Hell, it’s currently 12:47am and I am still surfing Pinterest! So if you have a job and a life, stay away from Pinterest, it’s a total time suck. It’s given me delicious meal ideas, things for me to sew, and ways to spruce up my house with a little DIY. Gawd I love this site.

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Dallas Comic Con 2012

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Ok, I have to blog about this, because it was just such an amazing experience. Saturday I went to my very first Dallas Comic Con!

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Win A Copy Of SWTOR

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If you love Star Wars (and I mean who doesn’t), and you love gaming (again, who doesn’t?), then maybe you’ve been wanting to play Star Wars The Old Republic. But if you’re like me, you just don’t have the spare cash to buy it right now. Well Talking About Games has the solution. Just follow the link below and enter to win it. You can get up to 10 entries per person! The contest ends Friday, May 11th. If you have any issue getting to the page from your mobile, try going to “full site” on your mobile then going to the Talking About Games facebook page and find the tab labeled “Contests!” Now quit wasting time and get moving!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/TalkingAboutGames?sk=app_204684816209053

11 Months Already?! How Can This Be?

Oh my gosh! How did this happen?! Where, oh where has the time gone? Ally is 11 months now and on the 31st she will be a year. A year! It’s just so hard to believe. It feels like only yesterday that the nurses were handing her to me and I was holding my sweet baby girl in my arms for the first time. A lot has happened since then, and she’s grown into quite the little determined and inquisitive drama queen. She began walking last week, I was so proud. It was just so amazing to watch her let go of the couch and take off to her play area without any help. Now she’s walking all over the place. I love it! But I know that this just means that there’s more trouble for her to get into, and I’ll need to take baby proofing and turn it to toddler proofing. Yea, good luck with that. Haha. This month will be a busy one. I’m working on her first birthday party, and of course I want it to be perfect. I have a vision in my head and now I just need to make it a reality. Her theme will be Alice in Wonderland, and I’m just so excited! My little Ally in Wonderland, she will be so adorable! I can’t wait!

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