The Tracy’s family all came over for the past few days to celebrate Christmas. Nothing too exciting really. We opened some presents and mostly just hung around the house. Tracy got me a running jacket, even though I said I didn’t need anything. Lucas got a small basketball hoop which he and his uncle Ed had fun with. Tracy got some clothes. Overall, not too exciting it was nice for the kids to get to spend time with the family.

Last week our dear cat Mocha died. She’d been sick for a few weeks, not eating well, avoiding us and generally not being her happy self. We may not have taken her to the vet soon enough, and I feel a bit guilty about it. They diagnosed it as probably cancer and probably incurable, but I don’t know if there would have been more options if we had noticed it earlier. She was big and brown and furry and we miss her.

A couple of weeks ago I bought Left 4 Dead. It’s pretty good, but I guess it’s not my kind of game. For one thing I’m not really good at it, so that makes it less fun. Also the zombies are our friends, so I feel bad about killing them. It is a really well conceived game though and the graphics are very good, so I applaud it for what it is, it’s just not my style.

I started playing a bit of Eve Online. It’s possibly one of the deepest games I’ve ever seen. There’s many different play styles, a vast number of skills and options, and active developers and community members making constant improvements. It’s not for the faint of heart though. I don’t know if I will stick with it, because of the amount of time that it could require.