Assassin's Creed Series... So Far

I first heard of the first game in the series back in college. At the time, I was still gung ho about Metal Gear Solid (MGS) ... especially the 4th game: Guns of the Patriot (I still am, but I'm not hipster about it anymore). I viewed Assassin's Creed as just another game trying to clinch it's way into the stealth-action game genre like Splinter Cell did. I never paid much attention to Splinter Cell. It didn't help the fact that both this and Assassin's Creed were made by the same company. My initial reaction was "oh great, Splinter Cell couldn't beat MGS's dominance, so they make another stealth game and set it in the high middle-age era. How original." Five years have passed since then and I couldn't have been more wrong and stupid for judging a book by it's cover.

The series has won numerous awards in the game industry as well as being a successful videogame franchise. Many people are obviously in love with this game. I just didn't see it. Reading online reviews and brief summaries of the first three games have given me glimpses of the premise and storyline. Still wasn't impressed... until

2012: A Recap

Let's see... I accomplished 9 more on my 101 list this year.

• #02 - Finish a 2 pound (or more steak in one sitting: I ate at a restaurant inside the cruise last summer where they served all kinds of meat on steel skewers. I mostly got steak and I'm pretty sure I ate 2 pounds worth.
• #31 - Travel/Visit northern places (Alaska, Quebec, etc): The cruise went to Alaska and Victoria BC. We then went to Vancouver to visit my cousin.
• #42 - Visit Harry Potter Theme Park: I had extra credit on Southwest Airlines for my trip Seattle trip on the cruise to Alaska. I had to use it by January 2013. So I went to

"Can't Sleep, So I'll Make A" Post

Added some new songs on my playlist:

• Florence and the Machine - No Light, No Light
• Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire (you've probably heard this one in the Mother's Day P&G Olympic 2012 Commercial)
• Sarah Brightman - Fleurs Du Mal (Immaculate voice for symphonic metal)
• Simple Plan - Take My Hand
• Infected Mushroom - Becoming Insane
• Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss

1. Friday night was so-so. There's a new Pump it Up Machine in the movie theater at Arundel Mills. It's newer than what they have at Dave and Busters (DnB)... it's the latest arcade cabinet for the machine and it only costs $.25 cents. I feel bad for the one at DnB. If it doesn't make as much money, they'll have to shelf or sell it. Better upgrade to the latest machine and version. I played about half and half. Plus I wanted to see my friend who works at DnB.

Summer Vacation 2012 - Part V

Starting off where I left off roughly 4 months ago with part 4, we just ended our cruise. We got on a shuttle bus that took us to Vancouver. It wasn't a bad drive. It went by pretty fast. My cousin recently moved to Vancouver with her son and her boyfriend. We planned the meet up along with our cruise vacation plan. It just so happens that our cruise ended on July 1st... Canada Day.

Many people proudly displayed the maple leaf... as well as the "leaf." There was a whole section of a government building full of tents supporting medical Marijuana.

Canada Day... also Cannabis Day.

Summer Vacation 2012 - Part IV

Starting off where I left off with part 3, we already left the Glacier Bay National Park. Our cruise arrived early in the morning at Ketchikan, Alaska (6:00AM Alaskan Time). The cruise is only docking until 2:00PM in the afternoon, so my parents and siblings woke up pretty early to go around shopping in Downtown Ketchikan. I woke up around 9 to get some shopping done before our tour.

Ketchikan, Alaska - Downtown Ketchikan

Here's a photo that I took of our cruise ship before roaming around downtown Ketchikan.