December Update 01

Haven’t made a post in a while, as I’ve been as busy as a bee … whatever that means. Anyway, I was playing Super Mario Galaxy every day ’til a few days ago. I still play it, I’ve just gotten kind of frustrated with one of the galaxies, so I haven’t proceeded any further yet. Other than that, here’s a few things I’ve been up to.

I bought Mass Effect and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. One for the 360, one for the PC (via Steam). Can you guess which? Here’s a tricky one — can you guess how I paid for them? I’ve been fixing a lot of computers lately, for Michael, Robbie, and a few other people. As such I’ve made some money, or rather, I made some money, as I’ve already spent all of it.

I bought Mass Effect on Saturday the 1st, and have been playing it non-stop ever since (though technically, I do stop, every two hours, just so my 360 doesn’t overheat and explode. I play in 2 hour sessions, usually no longer, occasionally less) and am about 8 hours into the game. I’ve just left the Citadel, and am currently surveying planets in the Artemis Tau system. It’s real fun. Having read Mass Effect: Revelation beforehand seems to have made my transition into the world of Mass Effect a little easier, as I know the back story to quite a few things.

I bought Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare just a few hours ago on Steam, and I haven’t even finished downloading it yet. I was in the beta, though, so I already know I like the multiplayer aspect of play. I’ll just have to see how it works with a keyboard and mouse. I know I like the singleplayer, as I tried out the demo a while back, and kept playing it ’til I beat it on Veteran. I’m really looking forward to playing it tomorrow after school, though I’ll have to decide which is the most important to me: Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, or some good old-fashioned Team Fortress 2 with a few friends.

I finally visited the recently opened “Sechelt Aquatic Centre”, and it’s just awesome. I love the pools there, as well as the sauna, steam room, and hot tub. I even tried my first water slide, and it was pretty cool. The one thing I don’t like, however, is the fact that the chlorine just seems to stay with you, after you leave. I’ve had three showers since the last time I was there, and my hair is still all… gross from it, and when I have a shower, I can smell more chlorine coming off of me. Furthermore, clothes I put through the washing machine and dryer still smell like chlorine! Usually the soap/fabric softener I use gets rid of any former scent the clothing might’ve had, but this stuff just won’t die. Add that to the fact that my friends want to go swimming multiple times a week (some want to go every day) and I’ll never be rid of the damn stuff. I can deal with my swimming clothes smelling like it, as I use them just for swimming, or as laundry clothes, or pajamas when I’m not out, but I’ll need to find a way to wash my hair after I get out. The showers there aren’t very strong at all, and I don’t think even a whole bucket of soap would be helpful enough to get it all off. I’ll need to start having a shower as soon as I get home, I suppose.

Anyway, the week has been great, I got more games, worked more, played more, and got to swim in a pool again. Once I figure out a solution to the chlorine situation, I’ll be as good as gold.

December 2, 2007 · Filed Under Announcements, Iðunn, Journal, Mjolnir, Projects, School, Ullr

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5 Responses to “December Update 01”

  1. Ronald McDonald on December 9th, 2007 10:47 am

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  2. The Lazy Canadian on December 9th, 2007 3:32 pm

    I don’t even want to know, man.

  3. Ronald McDonald on December 22nd, 2007 9:09 pm

    Holy crap, this chart I made is on #1 on reddit.com right now!

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  4. The Lazy Canadian on December 23rd, 2007 12:37 am

    Congratulations, man!

  5. Ronald McDonald on December 23rd, 2007 10:17 am

    Try and catch me — I’m so viral! :P

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