I just got back from a few days at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. My company sent me along with 6 co-workers to check out the latest in game development from leading experts in the field. It wasn’t actually all that great. My company only gave us 2 conference passes and 4 exhibit passes. So, we had to share the confernece passes to get into the sessions. I was able to sit in on an AI round table, which was actually pretty interesting. I was sitting with people that did the AI for Command and Conquerer, the Sims, Age of Empire, and more. But that was about the extent of the trip. On the last day, a couple of us went to China town before catching the flight back to San Diego. Lesson here is, if you’re going to send employees on a trip and pay for the airplane, food, and hotel, make sure you get enough passes to make the trip worth while.

This Christmas we went back to Michigan and we took Peep with us. It was her first time on an airplane (at least with us). The vet gave her an eighth of a small sleeping pill and that seemed to help. We let her out a few times on the plane and hid her between Joy and I. Then when we got to my moms house she was reunited with her father Vegas. They were so happy to see each other.

Yesterday we took a break and went to Universal Studios Hollywood. We went with 2 of Joys friends. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. The best part was the studio tour where they drove us down the back lots and could peak into the sound stages where they were making movies. We also drove down Wisteria Lane where they film Desperate Houseelves. They were setting up for a future episode where a huricane hits.

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