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annundrielTHE OFFICE TONIGHT!
Granted, I'll probably watch it tomorrow, but still!
This morning I got up and the first thing I saw in my inbox was "Get five music downloads -- free from the Navy." It struck me as a little...strange. Are they desperate?
Went and got fingerprinted this afternoon. The cards are sitting with the rest of my application. When the officer was taking them we were talking and he said, "And now I have your prints." I almost said, "So much for my criminal career" but then thought maybe it wasn't really something to joke about.
I feel kind of bad that it's taking me so long to complete this application. And it really is because I'm dragging my feet. While I want to help out, teaching, even if it is just as a substitute, isn't really where I want to be spending my time.
Today I was going through stuff and was reminded of the game Riven, the second in the Myst series. I got into Myst through EB and, oh, was I pleased when I solved one of the puzzles she was just kind of dinking around on (the bit with the trees and pipes and directing waterflow). Then I discovered Riven on the Playstation and basically fell completely in love with the thing. If I had to choose a favorite game, that would probably be it. The story, the characters, the music, the sounds, the surroundings, all of it contributed to this overall experience for me that has stuck with me and given me fond memories. And today when I was reminded of all that, all I could think was that I want to experience something like that again. I want to find a game where the world is so complete I can just immerse myself in it for a little while, like having a book suck you in. Mostly, I just want another game like Riven. The sad thing being that I won't look at the newest Myst games because they started doing strange things with it after the third one.
But they are putting Myst out on DS which is a little odd, but I'm thinking about getting it because then it's just another portable distraction.
Granted, I'll probably watch it tomorrow, but still!
This morning I got up and the first thing I saw in my inbox was "Get five music downloads -- free from the Navy." It struck me as a little...strange. Are they desperate?
Went and got fingerprinted this afternoon. The cards are sitting with the rest of my application. When the officer was taking them we were talking and he said, "And now I have your prints." I almost said, "So much for my criminal career" but then thought maybe it wasn't really something to joke about.
I feel kind of bad that it's taking me so long to complete this application. And it really is because I'm dragging my feet. While I want to help out, teaching, even if it is just as a substitute, isn't really where I want to be spending my time.
Today I was going through stuff and was reminded of the game Riven, the second in the Myst series. I got into Myst through EB and, oh, was I pleased when I solved one of the puzzles she was just kind of dinking around on (the bit with the trees and pipes and directing waterflow). Then I discovered Riven on the Playstation and basically fell completely in love with the thing. If I had to choose a favorite game, that would probably be it. The story, the characters, the music, the sounds, the surroundings, all of it contributed to this overall experience for me that has stuck with me and given me fond memories. And today when I was reminded of all that, all I could think was that I want to experience something like that again. I want to find a game where the world is so complete I can just immerse myself in it for a little while, like having a book suck you in. Mostly, I just want another game like Riven. The sad thing being that I won't look at the newest Myst games because they started doing strange things with it after the third one.
But they are putting Myst out on DS which is a little odd, but I'm thinking about getting it because then it's just another portable distraction.
