The end of another year

Where does the time go? I can't help but remember something my dad told me once. "The older you get the faster time goes". Boy was he right. There is no truer statement than that. I'll be 43 next month. I have to tell ya that it bothers me. I mean what the fuck... 43. Where has all the time gone? It's just gone. It's not something I can dwell on as it makes my head spin. It seems like just yesterday I was joining the local volunteer fire department at the age of 14 to become a junior firefighter in their new program. After twenty one years of being a regular working Joe and giving to my community by risking my life without thought or concern I moved across country. And here I am...

Had it not been for my girlfriend I would have never began playing Eve. She played the game when I met her in 2006. I used to laugh and make fun of it. "What the fuck, a spaceship game online"?
I'm not a gamer. Atari is what we had growing up. Pacman and Asteroids were the popular arcade games that we would play at the bowling alley just over the hill from home. I didn't game in my later teens. We were outside kids as most were back in the 70's and 80's. We got into trouble for not being home. My, how the world has changed.

After a few months of ignoring what it was she was doing in this game called Eve I decided to give it a try. Straight in to a player owned corp running missions and learning about Eve and suddenly I was hooked. That all grew old very fast. Enter Harrigan Vonstudly. I created this character solely for PvP and I haven't looked back.

I'm a grumpy old bastard. Kind of like Walt played by Clint Eastwood in the movie Gran Torrino. I have that rough,blast you in the face, no faggotry tolerated kind of mentality. I'm old school. I have honor, am truthful, and patriotic. I believe if something is supposed to be a certain way then do it that way. Professional and to the exact detail in which it is required and/or expected.
I get on rants sometimes. I will slap a bunch of adjectives together in one long drawn out sentence of a rant. My corpies laugh. Sometimes they quote me and call it a Harri-ism. This is who I am.

I started a blog about Eve some time back. I didn't keep current with it and coupled with no one reading it I just deleted the blog and account. As time went on I was involved in thing in the game that were too funny to not be written about. That's why I started this blog and have kept fairly active with it. Some of the stuff in the archives surrounding [PRACO] is just hilarious. You just can't make that stuff up.

Going in to 2011 I want to keep on with the blogging. I'd like to get more familiar with the Tweetfleet on Twitter and how to use the damn thing. Give us old guys a break, will ya?
I realize I need to cut down on some of my anger. I tend to snap on people. Especially care bears. I know not all of them are bad. It's the really nasty little beady eyed shnitty little... there I go again. The rage starts to build inside and I start to go off. It's how I'm wired. I thrive in high stress difficult environments and without stress I don't know what to do.

Anyhow, I want to try and keep a more well rounded blog with informative articles. At least talk about things that may spark a discussion. There's always going to be those stories of fail, laughter, and pure basking in the glow of others' misfortune. I can't completely give up meanness. I am Mean Harri, after all.

May the new year find all of you well, prosperous, and healthy. Happy New Year everyone. Here's to more years of fun, laughter, and being a community with a commonality. To Eve-online. To you. Here here. Salute'