Oof. Lots of things to say, not much time to write them down.
My eyes hurt. I think I'm getting too sleep-deprived.
I finally started playing Sanitarium yesterday. It's been more than a year since I got the game. To get it to run, I had to install it in Win98 mode and execute it in Win98 mode with an MS-DOS command window, Windows Explorer, and IE in the background. Story better be damn well worth it, I tell you! I just got into Chapter 3, and I'm still in the dark about what "really" happened. o_o; But I can tell you, Dan, that the action sequences are totally laughable. :P In fact, the animation in general is butt-awful.
On... Saturday night I stretched my right ear cartilage piercing up to 2.4 mm from 2 mm. I'm still a little sore, but I expect it to be that way for a week or so. I just hope I didn't get a blowout or anything. Not sure how much bigger I'd want to get - the next size up is 3 mm. I don't think I have a lot of room there for bigger-sized jewelry, so I might just stay here. Or I could downsize, too.
Saturday after the Outspoken luncheon I went to the giant Guitar Center megastore-of-flashy-neon-and-stuff. Tried out five different basses. This is the first time (aside from that one time in eighth grade) that I've played an electric instrument... whoo, it's way different than an acoustic! I don't know if I can manage the full-scale basses - the spacing between the frets feels huge to me. Problem is the small-scale basses don't really come below the $400 range. Even now I'm thinking that $400 is way too much. I'll go back some other time and take a look at the $200-250 range - I doubt I'll notice the difference in sound. I've always heard good things about the Ibanez GSR series, and they seem like they might be what I'm looking for... aside from the scale, that is.
Research... gah. The rate is killing me, but I guess since all the mistake I make are learning experiences, it's okay... I think. I just hope I get a thesis out of all this. The professor dropped the word "publish" in a conversation with my supervisor, and that would be really nice...
I've been listening to a lot of Panic Channel music lately. I've realized what makes their music so attractive to me. I'll write about my thoughts and feelings later.
Ben got his copy of Kaya's album today. It'll only be worth it if I get to hear him squeal some more about how wonderful he thinks it is. :P
Posted by amoeboid at January 29, 2007 10:14 PM