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2007-01-23 - 12:56 p.m.
I'm totally addicted to that game, Oblivion. It's horrible. This is
the reason I don't play computer games. I swear, every free moment I
have I spend playing the game. I spend other times planning my next
move. I dream about the game. I think I'm playing to excess, yet my
plan is to play as soon as get home. And to keep playing until I have
to go to bed. And then maybe a few hours after that. This is just so
wrong. I joined the Thieve's Guild, the Fighter's Guild, and the Dark
Brotherhood (the assassins), so I have a lot of projects going on. I
have trouble deciding which one I'm going to do next and sometimes get
totally distracted and run off doing something else entirely. The only
guild I didn't join is the Mage's Guild. It's interesting because Lolo
is probably as addicted to the game as I am and the Mage's Guild is the
only guild he did join. We seem to do totally different things.
It's like we're playing different games. Which makes it even
cooler.I recently heard from Butiki and we're making plans to go
snowboarding together in a couple of weeks. Lolo has no desire to go
with us. I wouldn't say Lolo has a complete lack of a sense of
adventure, but his idea of adventure is certainly more restrictive than
mine. He doesn't see anything fun about strapping things to your feet
and hurling yourself down a mountain. I told him I thought he should
try it again (since he hasn't skied since he was a kid), but he doesn't
think so. This may be one of the biggest bones of contention between
us. Me wanting to do things and him not wanting to. For example, we're
going to Hawaii in March. I'm thinking, "Woo-hoo! Hawaii! Snorkeling!
Surfing! Parasailing!" while he's thinking, "Woo-hoo! Hawaii! Lounge
chair!" I can't really go snorkeling, surfing, parasailing or anything
like that by myself so I'm a little worried that I'm going to be in
Hawaii not enjoying myself and by extension he won't be enjoying himself
either. We may have to work pretty hard to make that work out. Another
example is me wanting to do the STP and him not wanting to. I don't
think I can very well do that by myself either, although I may
try.This Friday Lolo is finally having his wisdom teeth removed.
They're all impacted so they have to put him completely out to remove
them surgically. I didn't realize they use propofol for that sort of
thing. It seems so extreme. So I'm going to be spending this weekend
taking care of an invalid. I hope it doesn't go too hard for him. Or
for me either. I'm not a nurse and think I wasn't endowed with much
motherly instinct either. Hopefully he'll tell me what he wants and not
make me try to guess too much.Tomorrow we (the scheduling team)
are going to have a meeting to decide who gets approved for vacation
during the next vacation block. Being new to the team, I never realized
before that they actually had meetings about this sort of thing. I
wonder if being a part of the team will have any influence over whether
or not I get the days off that I requested. I kind of doubt it. I
think they have strict guidelines already set out for who gets what, but
I don't really know. Anyway, after tomorrow I should know whether or
not Lolo and I will get the time off we requested to go to Iceland. I'm
so hoping we will. Please please please please please.Did I tell
you I got a new camera? I did. Fed-Ex brought it to my door Saturday
evening. I spent the rest of the evening playing with it and haven't
touched it since. Too busy. Mostly playing that game. But Sunday I
wasn't. We slept in a bit Sunday and then went out to breakfast and
then went to the opera matinee. I had never been to the opera before so
Lolo got me tickets to go see Don Giovanni for Christmas. Do any of you
know much about that opera? Honestly, I was a little disappointed. I
know the point of the thing is the music, so I expected the plot
to not be overly deep or fast-moving, but somehow I wasn't too impressed
with the music either. I mean, it was good, but it wasn't catchy. I
can't hum a single tune from it because none of them stuck in my mind.
Also odd, was the decision of the opera company to go with minimalist
sets (I always imagine elaborate sets for operas) and to set the time
ambiguously in the 20th century. They rode motorcycles and dueled with
swords. It was just odd. There were flapper dresses, poodle skirts,
and white disco suits all in the same scene. Odd. By the audience's
reaction (since I'd imagine that most of the audience were more
experienced opera-goers than I) I judged that this wasn't a very good
example of opera. It was like a blow-out baseball game--people started
leaving before it was over. And I was afraid when the cast came out for
their third round of bowing that they wouldn't get off the stage before
the applause stopped. It just wasn't well received. So I've decided
I'll have to go to another one. Maybe La Boheme, says this Rent
Head.But yes, Sunday was busy with opera and football so I didn't
get much of a chance to play with my camera. And then yesterday I had
to work and play Oblivion and today more work (can't you tell? I'm at
work working hard right now) and I'm sure I'll play more game when I get
home. I'm not sure when I'll actually take my camera out for a real
test run. Maybe this weekend while Lolo is convalescing.
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