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• 3Jun 13

  I'm back, and things are okay.

  Hola, GS Homeslices,

  I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was fine. Flew back to Seattle from Savannah and spent a couple of days of reflecting and re-orienting life. I'm good. Different...but good.

  My Mom's urn with her ashes in it is sitting adjacent to my computer desk. I intend to set up a corner shelf to place it on, near the pictures of relatives along the ajoining walls. A bit of the ashes trickled onto my clothes, so I guess I'll be taking a bit of Mom to school with me this morning.

  From here forward, some things in my life are going to get very interesting. I'll be moving to Los Angeles within a year, where I'll find a band looking for a frontman and put together Nu Metal and Rap Metal records. We will give credence to a genre that Metal purists and most music critics mutually despise. We will also party hard, bang groupies, tour with other bands of a similar ilk, and win awards. This is not speculation; this is fact.

  The only downside is Mom not being in this world to see it. Highly fortunate am I to have a loving Father (step-Dad), two loving brothers, three awesome nieces, a pretty cool nephew, and a step-niece and step-nephew to share my gains with. I will make them proud, with a few akward moments when explaining to their friends and co-workers what it is I do. While in California, I will sprinkle Mom's ashes onto a beach at sunset as a final goodbye.

  They will have the bragging rights to say: "My uncle Nate is the frontman for the band ________, and they kick all kindsa' a__. They scare the Hell outta bland hipster twinks and make purists and critics wanna vomit. They date porn stars and strippers. Uncle Nate's lyrics make valid critique of society and his roaring vocals make James Hetfield wimper. His band's sound makes Marilyn Manson do the 'I'm not worthy' thing from Waynes World."

  In the meantime, I will get my AAS in SHS just so I don't owe ol' Uncle Sammy Boy any money for having wasted my GI Bill. While going to College, they're practically supporting me, so my job until January of 2014 is "student". While keeping my GPA at a passing level, I will continue to write lyrics and brainstorm ideas for this band. My family will have better days. My talent will see to it.

  Take Care & Much Love

  -nate1222/hare1222 on Steam/hare122275 on Youtube

  

  • Posted Jun 3, 2013 5:37 am GMT
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• 24May 13

  I'll be out of town for a bit.

  Hola, GS Homeslices,

  I hope everyone has an awesome 3 day weekend. Mine is going to be rather somber. I'll explain.

  I'll be heading out of Seattle and to Savannah, GA on family business. I need to attend a funeral. My Mother's funeral.

  Just after 12am this morning, Riverview Nursing Home, where my Mother was staying and recieving therapy, called me. Being her eldest kid, they keep me in the know:

  "Is this Nathan Jennings?"

  "Yes."

  "Are you the son of Ms Peggy Garvin?"

  "Yes. That's my Mom."

  "We are saddened to inform you of this, but your Mother has expired."

  "Expired? As in?"

  "Your Mother passed away this morning. She died in her sleep."

  The rest of the conversation was short, with just a few details.

  I called my brothers and told them. I went on facebook and sent messages to other members of the family. I'm very fortunate to have people in my life that I feel this way about. Especially my Mother.

  My Mother went to sleep last night and never woke up. Given her years with emphysema and COPD, it's not a shock. I did have my hopes up regarding her therapy, though. I was hoping she'd get well enough to move in with my brother in SC and spend her final years with her grand-daughters, loving and being loved. Last time I saw her, during Spring Break, she knew she was on her way out.

  I went to her facebook page and left her one last goodbye letter, along with a picture of me and my nieces smiling together:

  "I know you're not here to read this. Gone forever you are. My love and appreciation for the existence you gave me is beyond any words a human being can ever have in their vocabulary. I miss you, Mom."

  -Your Poet Eldest Son, Nate

  This is the person who brought me into exsistance. She took care of me until I could fend for myself in this minefield called society. From X-Mas dinners to living in homeless shelters to living in some very rough environments to laughing and joking to bickering and nagging. Every laugh, every cry, every smile, every heartache, every hug, every sad goodbye...ended in her bed this morning, as her breathing stopped and her neurons detached from eachother as the electrical signals in her brain disapated. My means of entering the world, surviving until I could do for self, and a very warm intimate relationship well into my adult years...are now gone forever.

  Y'all Take Care & Appreciate Life and Love as Much as You Can

  -nate1222/hare1222 on Steam/hare122275 on Youtube

  • Posted May 24, 2013 4:18 pm GMT
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• 24Apr 13

  More Youtube clips of Retro Goodies.

  Dear GS Homeslices,

  I hope everyone's week is moving along pleasantly. Mine is going just fine. Friday can't get here fast enough though.

  In this here blog, I'm just gonna toss up some gameplay footage I made using FRAPS that I uploaded to Youtube recently. I've been recording snippets of retro goodies and obscure, yet pretty cool, stuff. Stuff I think you may find interesting.

  First up, we have Super Crossfire by Radiangames. Got it off Gamersgate, DRM-free. Generic name, but not-so-generic game. Super Crossfire is a retro shooter with a twist: the ability to teleport between the top and bottom of the screen. This dynamic works well in strategy, as dodging enemy fire becomes paramount. Even more of a challenge is when some enemies are able to nullify your dodging or are protected from you at a facing angle. What could've easily been another throw away retro shooter tunred out to be an addictive breath of fresh air.

  Next up, we've got another retro goodie by Radiangames: Inferno+ Like Super Crossfire, I snagged this one off of Gamersgate, DRM-free. This game plays like a maze meets puzzle meets a bit of stealth hybrid. WASD for movement and mouse for aiming. Environmental obsticles actually aid you in avoiding enemy fire and maneuvering around swarms of weaker enemies as they attempt to overwhelm you. Again, this could've been throw away stuff yet turned out pretty damn good.

  Another kickass retro game I managed to snag off of Gamersgate, DRM-free, was Ether Vapor Remaster by Eidelweiss and Capcom. I know Steam has it too. But Gamersgate's version has no DRM. And y'all know I prefer non-DRMed stuff. Well, the footage speaks for itself. Check it out.

  Well, I gotta bounce. But not before throwing y'all some Torchlight II footage off my Steam account. And, here, have a gander at my Raptr gamercard.

  

  Take Care

  -nate1222/hare1222 on Steam/hare122275 on Youtube/hare1222 on Raptr

  • Posted Apr 24, 2013 7:48 pm GMT
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