Ride to End M.S.

This last weekend I did my last big bike race of the year. It was the ride to end Multiple Sclerosis in Southern California.

The ride started in Irvine and went all the way down to Mission Bay in San Diego. Each day was about 50 miles.

I was invited to participate in the ride by a company that has sponsored many of my games: Armor Games. They even gave me an awesome bike jersey.

The ride was spectacular, a perfect 70 degrees the whole time with beautiful views of the ocean from the Pacific Coast Highway.

FULL SET OF PICTURES HERE

I'm so Hollywood

I took a trip to L.A. this weekend to support some friends in the Indicade competition.

Indiecade is a competition for independent video game makers, ie: people who make artsy video-games on their own budget without corporate backing.

The weather was a perfect 70 degrees the whole time, quite a contrast to the 40 degree weather we've been having here with frost starting to bite our grass and garden.

Hollywood was pretty crazy. Everyone, even the homeless, dress like moviestars. I saw a billboard for medical marijuana and another for a pornographic website.

My friends won the award for "Best Gameplay Innovation" in the contest. That made the trip a success.

The best part though, was the night we decided to go see a double feature of 2 John Hughes films at Graumann's Chinese Theater. Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Weird Science were playing. It was so much fun to watch those old classics on the big screen!

Much to our surprise, after FBDO, the theater manager walked up in front of the screen and introduced 3 actors from the movie. Cameron, the principal, and the secretary (with all the pencils in her hair). They sat and talked about John Hughes, who passed away this year, fun stuff from the set of FBDO, their feelings on the success of the movie, and answered audience questions. What a surprise that was since we just expected to see a classic double feature! That really made the trip feel like "Hollywood."

Check out my collection of pictures from the trip here:

LA Pictures