Watch this!

I had a productive day today! I woke up and wondered how a bus had gotten into my room, run me over and then gotten out again without me waking up. I then went down the street to sell some books I will never read again and are taking up book shelf space. Turns out my collection of near perfect condition of Lord of the Rings trilogy is worth $5. I suppose I should have sold them around the time of a movie or to a lesser extent, game release. So since I was five bucks up I chipped in another three and got The One That Got Away, about the only German PoW to escape back to Germany.

Then I decided to replace the battery in my watch that I haven't used for a good few years. Twelve bucks later and I have half a kilo of expensive and delicate machinery rolling around my wrist and getting caught in all my pockets. I usually use my phone for the time but I decided that I would change it to 24 hour time so I could learn to read it. Instead of knowing 24 time off by heart, I just spend the afternoon confused and trying to guess the time from the sun or the radio. Now at least I have a watch with no numbers to help me. I do like the look of it though and I will now know when I'm running late and by how much. Though I doubt very much that it will even once prevent me from being behind time.

Then I bought ice cream. Not just the normal ice encrusted from the deep freeze in the corner milk bar type though. This stuff was the real deal actually tastes like what it's named after, type. For a few bucks I got a scoop of mint, a scoop of apple pie and a scoop of Snickers. This stuff actually tastes like their namesake. Even the apple pie has an aftertaste of pastry. The mint was pretty standard though. Now this ice cream was served in a little cup and by the time I had gotten to the Snickers it was beginning to melt. After eating the icy parts I prepared to drink the rest. Illidan should have been there to tell me "You are not prepared!" or sum such drama. Eating a Snickers in normal or ice form is a pleasant experience (unless your allergic to nuts in which case you should be dialing 000) But drinking one is a whole new way of consuming novelty flavoured ice cream. It won't change your life but it will make you consider drinking all future candy for the next five minutes.

That is all.

I died this morning.

Far Cry two continues to surprise me. I had a quick game this morning to replace breakfast and was killed in a way I didn't expect. After a badly set up ambush I was out of ammo with only one guy to kill. This one guy however, was armed with an MG or sorts. He wasn't very bright though (or so I thought) because I was behind some good cover and he was emptying his clip at me. I figured I wold wait till he reloaded then I'd sprint out and get him with my knife. After a brief wait he stopped shooting and began to reload which I took as a sign to take him down. As I run towards him he is still fumbling with his weapon and I think to myself "Aha! he won't be able to reload in time!" but alas, he didn't need to reload. As I was about 6 feet from him he drops his gun and whips out a pistol as large as his head...
I have just enough time to realise I'm in trouble before I went down like a sack of heavily armed but out of ammo potatoes. It was either a clever bit of AI that made him gun me down with his desert eagle or perhaps it was a more scripted event that makes a sniper or gunner (he had an MG so he was a gunner) use their sidearm when their target gets too close. Regardless, I was very surprised. On the plus side my buddy came along and got me back on my feat and paid out some vengeance for me our pistol friend. Isn't it great when a game continues to sup rise you? Except of course the first time you come across an assault car with a grenade launcher on it. That is both a quick and explosive death sup rise...

Gaming tips!

Another addition of gaming tips! You are not Superman/Rambo. (unless of course you are playing a game which involves Superman or Rambo as a playable character) But that said, you can and will die if you think you cannot be killed. For example, it may seem like a cool or heroic deed to charge a machine gun with a nife and a grenade to knock it out and save your team who may be pinned down. But you are far more likley to go down in a screaming mess of bullets and claret three feet from your trench.
Or charging ahead in a tank to crush your opponents under your iron treads might be your thing? In that case you will likley get close to them and take a few out but you will soon be knocked out by a hail of grenades, rockets, recoiless rifles and any number of tank killing munitions. Even if you manage to get out before your vehicle goes up you will be mown down by the machine gun you overlooked... and now your team doesnt have a tank anymore.

That said however, one man can save the day with a little strategy and alot of luck. Said person will be hailed more as a hero than the guy who served so admirably as cannon fodder. I guess the ammo in their corpse can't do any more harm so it's not all wasted. And although I cringe when a team mate charges into the fray, only to get mowed down by an endless variety of small arms; when an opponent does the same to you it is oh so satisfying. Not quite as fun as killing Americans with a spade in DoD Source, but still fun. Actually I think a well placed grenade onto a camper/sniper is the most pleasing kill. Or perhaps the well placed sniper bullet. Oh no, wait! It's the opponents unsuspecting zerg into my MG emplacement. Well the list goes on and on, but are'nt we so damn lucky to have this vast variety of violence and such an interesting arsanel right at our fingertips at any time of day?

Dear Santa...

This would be the best toy ever. When I win the lotery I am going to buy one of these to drive around town.


"Hey Hanz, zey are scratching your paint job!"

mmm juice...

I just polished off two litres of Mildura tropical fruit drink. I feel a bit ill now but my body will thank me later for giving it some fruit like substance. My diet of late has been made up mostly of bread because I have been too lazy to go and do any shopping. So I went shopping today and got juice, apples, and a handfull of salami from the nice lady at the deli. So despite going shopping I still havnt managed to get much in the way of food. I did however get some nasty chemicles and fixed our blocked drain so now the shower doesnt overflow if you are in there for more than 90 second. So I'm proud despite not getting much done in the way of homework. But it is oh so good to have a computer again. Not because I can't live without the interwebs, but more because TV is really lame most of the time.

Well, I'm off to make some noodles and probably burn myself. I'm almost tempted to make some mashed spuds but I don't think I have a spud masher... or spuds...

Fixed

Fixed my computer finally. Will start blogging again soon.

mmm chips...

I'm sitting here considering going and getting $2.50 worth of chips for a rather late lunch. Because chips are awesome and I'm not getting much done anyway. mmm chips...

Had another person come to inspect the room today and I think this ones a winner. She was an army mechanic I think and seemed quite nice. Well, at least this one seems less likely to rob me of everything I own (of value, because I own a veritable shit storm of misc crap or kill me in my sleep... if they can navigate through my crap.

Chips are looking even better now...

I'm trying to decide if I should go see Transformers two or Ice Age three. I may or may not be too old to go and watch kids movies. But I hear Transformers is really bad. I tried watching the first one and gave up about half way to go and play Supreme Commander instead because they have bigger and cooler robots... bigger and more smashy robots. Reckon I could still get my hands on a copy of One Must Fall?