Opening some of these for the kids. Now, I’m off to cry myself to sleep in the fetal position.

Crashing some cars on the porch.

By now, you understand my passion for all things design.   Interior, landscape, industrial, graphic – I can’t think of any design discipline I don’t enjoy.   The problem is that I need to narrow my passions down to just a few, “true,” passions.   It’s really annoying being a 27 year old and not knowing where you want your career to go.   I know I want to be an industrial designer, but where exactly will my focus lie?

If I can bring anything to the blogging world it’s my struggle to overcome my lazy, procrastinating, scared-to-fail attitude to eventually do something with the skills I know I have.   So, here we go.

Wooden Puzzle

I finally realized, after some deep meditation and thorough discussion with Ciri – and a little with Izzy, too – that I am very much a kid at heart.

Izzy has a toy that no child grows up without – you know, the five rings that go on top of that cone thing.   Guess who plays with it more?   Not Izzy.     It’s an interesting toy that is really simple yet teaches babies so much of the world they live in.   It’s an interesting design and concept.

I decided that, with an Industrial Design degree, I want to design toys for kids of all ages.   Puzzles, board games, heck – maybe even video games (think small, like Iphone apps, or Homebrew stuff.)

I’ve always been an inquisitive person – my Dad would get frustrated with my highly opinionated ideas on vehicle design and engineering (he’s an “automotive technician/entrepreneur”).   It’s that opinionated inquisitiveness and childishness that I believe gives me the strength and the right mindset to design fun, interactive, and maybe even educational toys.   Sounds backwards, I know, but I’m working on a couple of things right now that I hope will prove my point.

As for my journal, expect to see more posts on designing games and toys.

It’s a relief to finally know my true path.   That sounds kind of cliche and silly, but I’ve been the “jack of all trades” type of guy for too long, and I am severely annoyed with that moniker.   I want to be the “master.”   No more jack.

I’ve been a Final Fantasy fan since the Super Nintendo days, but I really became a FF Geek with FF7, like most FF fans.   Unfortunately, the last FF game I’ve been able to play was FFX-2, the first video game sequel Squareenix made.   Growing up and raising a family will do that to a man.

Anyway, today I saw this via The Brothers Brick: Lego Minifigs of the Final Fantasy X-2 cast!   Now, the minifigs (mini-figures for you non-lego fans) are actually just photoshop renders, but from what I read the detail will be accurate on the printed decals.

Check out the creator’s Flickr stream for more awesome Lego sets.