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[May. 26th, 2012|11:16 am] |
To continue a theme, this morning I had a waking dream in which I was petting my late cat Princess but for some reason she wasn't purring, which I thought odd in the waking dream, and odd in the actual being awake. She was the kind of cat that purred when you looked at her. At least, when I looked at her. And for her not to be purring when I'm stroking her was just not possible. I guess it's a little detail my mind wasn't able to provide for the dream.
I wonder if I'm dreaming of this stuff, thinking I'm seeing her, because my subconscious wants another cat. As much as I would like to have one, I get hung up on the details. I want a kitten, not an adult cat, and it seems beneficial for a cat to have a companion, so it would be nice to have two kittens. But then I start to think, well, what if the kitten has a problem using the litter box and goes all over the place and god forbid out in the LIVING ROOM and I still haven't gotten the old stains out of the carpet so I should really wait at least until I can clean the carpet but when I clean up that will remove all traces of her for good. And I circle back to the old thing where I don't really want another cat, I want HER. Oh, she had her moments of being annoying and she was stubbornly insistent on getting in my lap RIGHT NOW and not understanding that bare legs and claws don't mix. But she purred and she was so good natured and laid back and accepting of any and all affection, unlike other cats who are wanting affection only when THEY want it.
Anyways.
Was pouring rain last night and added in thunder and lightning for a bonus. Oh, Pacific Northwest, you are never boring in your weather.
Sith is up to level 32, finished up the last of the class quest this morning and now it's back to the regular missions, which I would like to finish off today so I can move on to the next planet. Met another player to team up with last night but didn't friend as I found the player to be plainly obnoxious. Typing YA SUCK IT as a female NPC falls down before you to beg for her life is not going to endear you to me or make me want to team up with you again. Maybe you didn't mean it on a sexual level but I really think you did.
While waffling over what T-shirt to wear with my hot pink sweat pants, I started thinking about clothing and how we're told what we should or shouldn't wear. You know what? FUCK IT. Have fun with your clothes. Is it the wrong color for you or are you too fat for hot pink sweatpants? Who cares! As long as you smile when you look in the mirror and LIKE what you're wearing, who cares what other people think. Wear stripes with prints. Wear yellow sneakers. Be as obnoxious or eclectic as you want in your attire, because honestly you're the only one you have to please. |
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[May. 25th, 2012|05:19 pm] |
Out of boredom, I am reading about serial killers and watching creepy stuff on Netflix, and hitting up sites with creepy stories.
Last night I think it was, I had some weird kind of dream about the cast of Glee getting killed in gruesome ways. Not ALL of them, but Will Schuester was one. And I don't have any real disliking of him so don't know why my mind seized on him. This morning I had a weird thing happen. I was just waking up, opened up my eyes, and I perceived a grayish cat shape staring at me, in the same position my late cat Princess used to sit and stare at me while waiting for me to wake the hell up, already. I say, perceived, because I am not completely convinced I saw an actual shape. It feels more like it was...oh, not an echo, but like it was part of a routine, seeing Princess sitting there, and my mind supplied it for a few brief seconds, and it faded away before it could fully form. Like I expected to see her but the reality is that she doesn't exist anymore so therefore she can't be there, and the image fades away.
Which makes me wonder about the ghost thing. Do we see ghostly images and such because our mind produces them? Like catching flashes of movement out of the corner of your eye, and it's not really movement, it's just a visual trick. On the ghost front, I am Mulder and I am Scully. I WANT to believe but at the same time I find myself skeptical, especially given how susceptible people can be. I read sites that talk about demons and possession and Ouja boards being something you should never use. A lot of the ghost stories trigger the Scully in me but I've had my own experience with the lights turning themselves on so I can't discount the possibility of ghosts all together.
There was one fiction book I read, about a couple doing paranormal investigation, and I remember vaguely their theory as to ghosts was a scientific one, something close to being like an echo of the person left behind. More complicated than that, having to do with the body's physical energy leaving an imprint or something. I find myself thinking occasionally of an afterlife and what it is, and I keep going back to an episode of Torchwood, with the resurrected Susie telling Jack there's only darkness. Do we produce ideas of the afterlife to hide the fact that we simply wink out at the end? Because, oh, the thought of such darkness, such a complete and utter end, is more terrifying than anything. To have all that you are simply cease...terrifying and at the same time there's a part of the mind that finds it incomprehensible. That there's nothing to happen afterwards, be it an afterlife or a shift of the consciousness to a new life. I've always thought, if my mother hadn't met my father and had me, then I would have been born someone else.
Yeah, self, ditch the philosophy and focus on your game. On being the bestest Light Sith I can be. |
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[May. 24th, 2012|12:06 pm] |
It's funny and/or sad that Bioware managed with a video game to be so very much better than Lucas at continuing the Star Wars story.
Just visiting one planet offers you a much more interesting and complex story than all three of the prequels. And evil isn't simply relegated to the Sith side; members of the Republic make a lot of bad choices and the human race's disdain of aliens comes really close to matching their Imperial counterpart's. Hell, even the Clone Wars animated series has a better plot.
That said, WHAT THE HELL, Bioware! Why is my Tattooine end boss fight with two elite Jedis in a hut, with no access to a companion, and, oh, to make it really INTERESTING, you also don't let me use my Heroic Moment. The Sith has no healing ability, no companion to help with the fight, and is getting ganged up on by the two CHEATER JEDIS who CHEAT. So, yeah, I got my partner to help me with the fight. At the least the Sith should be allowed to draw on the Heroic Moment because I'm only allowed to use ONE med kit per fight. Still got three times more Light than Dark points, even when I elected to kill the Jedi. Sirfluffkins is a follower of Revan and follows a warrior's creed rather than pure Sith, so he grants concessions to fellow warriors and appreciates them for their strength. The quest now seems to be to find this padawan and corrupt her, pull her to the Dark side. Revan though was all about power for the sake of it, power is not Light or Dark, it's just it's self. I have one more in the bonus series then it's on to Alderaan. At this rate I might just catch up with the bounty hunter and get my partner to help me with her problem missions.
Huh, this weekend is when the Hatfields and McCoys mini series starts up. Will have to find where the History Channel is on DirecTV lol. Or get brother to let me use the DVR. Hopefully it won't be in competition with Storage Wars or whatever lame shit he tapes. He's apparently still banned from DC Universe or he'd be playing that rather than watch the stupid reality shows, like the ones about people prepping for Doomsday with their shelters full of food. Brag all you want about your culinary choices, woman, when the apocalypse hits someone is going to shoot you in the head and step over your still warm body to get to your fancy food. |
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[May. 23rd, 2012|01:29 pm] |
This lady sat out in front of the store in her car for an HOUR before she came in to make her purchase. I was certain she would wait until I had finished nuking my breakfast bowl to come in, so my food would be good and cold by the time she left. Thankfully, food was consumed still warm. Not like she was meeting anyone, she came in alone. But purchase done and she be gone and I got back to watching Glee.
( Spoilers for Glee, Smash in the future, and Game of Thrones... )
For some dumb reason my computer is no longer recognizing the external hard drive again. SIGH. I need a new one, anyways. Bigger one, just about filled up the old one.
Didn't explore what Quinn will do so didn't switch from Vette to him, till after I hooked up with another Sith to help with a mission and found out Quinn does heal. Cool! Thus I was able to beat the Reflection fight, in which the Sith is faced with a reflection of himself who's all, you have to kill the Light in you, all the other Sith can smell it on you, the foul stink of it. Though the Reflection insisted Baras knows too I'm of the mind that Baras is too focused on his own obsessions to really see it. Will probably be proved wrong in the future but if I can indeed twist the padawan to my side, I can probably kick Baras' ass. Aiming for more Light than Dark, still, and a 50/50 would work as I'm trying to mold the character to the whole Revan philosophy.
Squeaking by on a couple of the bounty hunter missions but still underleveled and thus will need to wait a bit for some of the missions. I am going to find it hard to switch from this game to another, it's addictive lol. Which is of course why I have yet to finish Mass Effect 3. |
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[May. 22nd, 2012|04:18 pm] |
The Disgaea game for the Vita is dumb, in my opinion at least. The "control system" for combat is clunky and awkward and just annoying. It's also not a good sign when you find yourself nodding off during the game's opening sequence. Another dud and I am really wishing I hadn't jumped on the bandwagon just to play one game. I love all things Uncharted but it's not enough to warrant the purchase of the system. Sony, gimme me some interesting and cheap downloadable games to play. Plants vs Zombies is cute but I find myself balking at having to pay $20 for a download of it.
I should maybe try watching the Borgias again? Or continue with watching it? Certainly have the time for it at the shop and I think it's on Netflix's Watch Instantly. And...no, of course it isn't. SIGH. Apparently Caterina Sforza has shown up in it to display how powerful women were in old Italy. She shows up in Assassin's Creed as an ally/love interest of Ezio and a skimming of her Wiki entry shows how very great she was, and that she was kinda typical of her time. She ruled, fought wars, was generally awesome and awe inspiring. More stuff to download. Need a bigger flash drive or at least another one.
First customer today has a pile of things she's buying--and hopefully NOT RETURNING most of it later--and as I'm ringing up she's just then looking at the price tag of each one. Uh, why would you not look at the price before you chose them? Some people are silly. Got a website order from someone in DENMARK of all places and will most likely be canceling it, as shipping cost is almost as much as what they bought.
Bounty hunter is on Belsavis. And I feel like I've never left it for godssake lol. I did get the rarity of things, partnering up with someone who is also a bounty hunter. The people I've hooked up with, they've never been the same class as me, so it's unusual to find someone working through all the same quests. Hopefully the person will be on again as I'm underleveled for the planet. I've been having a hard time keeping the bounty hunter adequately leveled, for some reason. It's hard getting volunteers for heroic missions so I've stopped trying and thus I'm missing out on at least four missions per world. Right now I'm at 40 and facing off against level 42 enemies, including strong and gold elites. Having someone else to hit and take damage helps a lot. |
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[May. 21st, 2012|03:22 pm] |
Another long week begins. SIGH. Worst part about work is...there's no work. Can only straighten up so much. Not that I do it. I don't want it crazy busy, good golly, NO, and sometimes I don't even want the people in here at all. Can't have it both ways, can't complain about being bored and then complain about people coming in.
When I was in junior high, there was this class we did about what we wanted to do for future employment. I vaguely remember that we were supposed to bid on a specific requirement for a job and the highest bid won. I was still very painfully, chronically shy, but I made myself speak up and getting a winning bid on what was the most important qualification for my future job. What I wanted most from a job? To not work with people. Someone who was petrified of having to stand out in any way in the class made the effort to stand out and get what she wanted. TO NOT WORK WITH PEOPLE. And yet here I am. Still wanting a job with limited people interaction.
Brother got himself banned from DC Universe for "language". Which apparently you can get banned for. There's even a profanity filter. If you turn that off, you CANNOT COMPLAIN about people using bad language. He claims he called someone a pussy and that's why he got banned. I've called people worse than that while playing Red Dead Redemption online. I never got banned. So I'm thinking it was more than language or worse language than he said but then again when I did a search for it online, I came across a post from someone who got banned for language. Now he's talking about selling his PS3 'cause he can't play DC Universe. Dude, PLAY ANOTHER GAME. You have others. I have others.
Still working on the bounty hunter and Sith warrior. Bounty Hunter is now into chapter 3, finished up Hoth, did better than usual in boss fights, and then off to Dromund Kaas to do the Mako lookalikes fight then to an Imperial station so I can get scolded by a Sith lord for making the Republic MAD. My reward for finishing off two Black List targets was a party the Republic crashed, killing off the senior members. I kinda knew it wasn't going to end well lol. Though I was expecting my "comrades" to double cross me.
Picked up Blizz the Jawa as a companion. He's so CUUUTE. Even the way he talks is cute. I will have to give him a try but honestly once you've got a healer companion, you tend to not use anyone else. Or at least I tend not to use anyone else, as I don't heal and the bounty hunter's attacks are quite as debilitating as, say, the Sith warrior's attacks. Also learned FINALLY one useful tactic in boss fights, to run around the area rather than stand still. Doesn't work with every area, sometimes there's additional foes outside of the boss fight area and you run the risk of pulling in another couple opponents you really don't need to have.
Still short of level 40 on the bounty hunter. Chapter 2 prize was...crap. Some xp, some credits, nothing special. Next it's off to Belsavis and other places, as I have to take out some Republic targets to take the heat off me. I imagine since I've now got a fifteen million credit price on my head, I'm going to be seeing other bounty hunters. End game is killing the Republic Chancellor? Yeah, that's not going to make me popular.
Next month is the Secret World. One complaint I've seen about the demo of it is the lack of diversity in character models. In Old Republic, they've got this like crazy. For instance on Tython there's two identical Jedi masters standing right outside the temple and also scattered across the grounds. This is nothing new. What is new to me about the game is the urban fantasy aspect of it. I've loved urban fantasy as a genre for a long time, my favorite books are all urban fantasies, and to have a game world that's all urban fantasy to explore, it's a dream come true. How good it will be remains to be seen but it's certainly worth a try. |
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[May. 18th, 2012|03:49 pm] |
( WHINING, what else is new? )
There's a definite reason I play the video games. Gotta take out the frustrations on something other than innocent coat hangers and random items within reach, like keyboards.
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[May. 17th, 2012|05:13 pm] |
Upcoming new TV shows...Revolution looks interesting, as does the one about the submarine crew that goes rogue and decides to play Gilligan's Island on an island that's not deserted, with a nuclear submarine and the USA after it, and, okay, not like Gilligan's Island at all lol. Revolution is kinda like Jericho without the nuclear explosions, done by the Supernatural creator, Eric Kripke. The Arrow show is worth a watch, the promo clip doesn't really tell a lot, just shows the guy is nicely built and is smooth in the way he handles a bow, to this untrained eye at least.
Anthony Edwards trades an ER for a National Enquirer type of thing? No, yet another take on the whole ancient conspiracy thing. They're also doing an updated version of Beauty and the Beast with Smallville's Kristin Kreuk. Promo clip doesn't show much, just a setup for her character meeting the "Beast". That'll also be worth a look solely out of loyalty to the old TV show. The Beast doesn't look as pretty as Ron Perlman did in his Vincent makeup. There is a seriously underrated actor for you. If he'd had the leading man looks Hollywood craves, he would have a much busier career than he does. It's okay, Ron, I love ya, like Sam Elliot you raise the horrible up to watchable with your presence.
Watched Grave Encounters on Netflix. Yet another part of the found footage phenomenon thing that's exploded since Paranormal Activity made a lot of money at the box office. Well, it actually goes back to Blair Witch but Paranormal Activity gave it new life and brought it back to the forefront. Kinda silly and overacted but it had some spookiness, though I found myself thinking in certain parts that it would have been better if they'd done this or that, rather than what they did.
One thing I didn't buy about Grave Encounters was how clean looking the abandoned asylum was. Years and years ago, when I lived in Napa, my cousins lived over by the Napa State Hospital, which was, y'know, a mental hospital. We used to tease each other and scare each other about how if the horn they blew sounded such and such amount of times, it meant some crazy person had gotten loose and was running around.
Anyways, there was a branch of it they'd closed down for whatever reason, so naturally it was the place kids dared each other to go and look around. A small group of us went there and explored for a bit, finding all sorts of debris lying around, old mattresses and such, the corridors a big mess, so having the empty ones in Grave Encounters seemed really out of place. If a facility that was actually still operating didn't take the time to clean out an abandoned section of it, why would someone go to the effort to make an abandoned facility all clean? It should have looked more disheveled, honestly. LOL of course during our run into the old part of the hospital we scared each other silly by thinking there was someone in there with us, when there wasn't. And we, uh, got busted by a cop for trespassing. Stopped, actually, and asked if we knew we were trespassing and if we knew who'd broken windows there. Yeah, NOT US, officer, swear to ya! This is also how I know how hard it is to break the windows they laced with wire.
Here's a cute promo for future movie starring Alex Skarsgard. Well, it's more a Julianne Moore movie but who cares about her, when Alex Skarsgard is in it? Especially when he proves how hot it is for him to be playing affectionate daddy type. I never wanted kids myself but it doesn't mean I don't find a guy playing with his kids all sexy and heart melting lol.
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[May. 16th, 2012|11:57 am] |
Huh, I'm mildly interested in Diablo III but even if I had the money, I wouldn't buy it right now, would wait a couple weeks for the whole server problem they've been having to get cleared up. They should have been prepared for high traffic, given how much they've been touting the game, and considering I couldn't get the beta to load the one time I tried, I certainly wouldn't be spending an hour trying to play a game I paid $60 for, or whatever it costs.
So! Sirfluffykins is done with his class quest on Balmorra and all the missions, plus bonus missions. Am hanging out there for a bit to see if partner will show up so we can work through the Heroic 2 missions. Up to level 22 and at a good spot to move on to Nar Shadda. Since partner wasn't on last night I switched over to bounty hunter for a while and am working on Taris missions. I need to finish up the regular missions before continuing on the class quest, 'cause I'm stuck at one point on my class quest, with two elite rakghouls double teaming me. My stupid future companion is supposed to be helping me and my current companion, but he's only got 2200 health and for some stupid reason he goes charging off at the rakghouls to get himself KO'd when I could REALLY use him with the other fight. IDJIT. So I'll work through the rest of the Taris missions first then go back to the class quest.
Downloaded Glee last night to watch this morning and...
( This week, on the Rachel Berry Show! )
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[May. 15th, 2012|12:12 pm] |
Good progress with the Sith. Finished up with the class quest on Balmorra, now just bonus series.
( Spoilers for Old Republic, Once Upon a Time, and Smash! )
Next big movie to maybe see is Amazing Spiderman which is going a different route with the origin story. During the time I was reading Spiderman and Peter Parker, I don't remember any mention of what his parents were, so I looked on Wiki and saw they were secret agents! Kinda SHIELD before it was SHIELD. It will be interesting to see how close they follow the history, because if they do, there might be something big happening in this one. But probably in the sequel if there is one. Should be, I doubt it's going to tank. |
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