I’m So Broke I Want To Cry

I thought I was getting ahead. I’ve got a more or less part time job, and only a handful of bills to pay. I had wiggle room, I finally had some cash that I could spend on myself, specifically to get a haircut, and maybe to get my dog washed and groomed before Winter properly sets in. I got a phone call earlier, I’m not going into specifics, and now I’m completely broke and then some. I just sat down for the last hour or so wrapping coins just to make sure I’d have enough to cover this new found expense plus other bills. I think I might come up short actually. Oh well, I’ll have to cut into my grocery bill maybe and hope I can get through the next two/three weeks on less. It shouldn’t be too bad. Even though on top of this new found expense, my hours were cut by 4 so I’ll be getting even less for each pay period.

This just sucks.

I really do want to just cry. Not a good thing to feel when you’re finally getting a head a bit.

Nothing To See Here, Move Along

Yet another lazy day, and it looks like yet another lazy week is in the pipeline. Other than work, I’ve got nothing to do this week. I think in my off time I’ll sleep or something. I just don’t know anymore.

The Problem With Having No Life

I’ve been having trouble finding what to write everyday simply because I have nothing to do, and nothing new to say. I’m broke, not going to school, and don’t have a social life, and not particularly interesting overall. This is a problem when you attempt to keep a daily blog. As I’ve nothing new to do, this has more or less become some sort of half-assed journal. I didn’t really think that would happen, but I guess it was inevitable.

On the brighter side of things, I’ll be starting a new part time job soon, I’m just waiting for the details to be confirmed. I’ll be working around 28 hours or less a week. Better than nothing, and it gets me out of the house which is a good thing.

Today, I spent the entire afternoon cleaning my house, something I’ve been unable to do for several weeks now, as I’ve had to wait for my back to make a full recovery. It was nice to do, mindless but nice. Apparently I let my house go a bit, so it was nice to air it out, wash some floors, deodorise some furniture and whatnot. I’m still not done, but I’ll finish it off over the next few days.

Update on my monthly video game challenge. I’m considering it a failure, I’ve just had not motivation to complete Eternal Darkness. It just never hooked me like I thought it would. I’ll still attempt to play it out by the 31st but don’t hold your breath. I still plan on playing through Costume Quest on Monday but if I do, it’ll be for me and nobody else. I’ll be starting the challenge afresh come November.

Bored to Death

It doesn’t really feel like I have a life at the moment. I’m tired all the time and I’ve got nothing to do. I’m failing miserably at my monthly videogame challenge because I’m unable to motivate myself to play the game further. Life is just BLAH at the moment and I don’t know what to do anymore.

Yeah, I know this sounds like I’m depressed, and maybe I am, but I’ve also been known to be effected by the weather, and seeing as its been nothing but rain clouds and grey skies, I’m pretty positive that’s what’s going on with me at the moment. All I’ve got is time on my hands and I’ve got to figure out what to do with myself.

Life of Randy: More Back Pain & I Played Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Videogame

Since I’ve been incapacitated due to my back, I’ve been limited to either lying in bed, or sitting in a big comfy chair in my living room. Unfortunately, my Wii or GameCube isn’t set up in my living room, so I’ve been unable to play Eternal Darkness, but I’ll try to rectify that if the back pain continues. Instead, I’ve been playing what I can, which has been primarily Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Videogame, which I originally purchased for my Xbox 360 last year, but haven’t really sunk a lot of time into it due to it lacking an online co-operative or competitive mode.

Like its comic book progenitor and movie counterpart, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Videogame pays loving tribute to the 8-bit era of gaming. The over world map invokes comparisons to the over world maps of Super Mario Bros 3 (NES), right down to enemies randomly appearing on the map which you can challenge. The game play is highly reminiscent of River City Ransom, with its mix of old school brawler, RPG, and platformer. The stages themselves contain little nods to other games in the genre, for example the whole final stage is basically the Technodrome from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game, and a Link (of The Legend of Zelda fame) runs on screen during a stage acting like the little imp thieves from Golden Axe carrying bags of coins.

It took me all this time, but I have finally beaten the game, and enjoyed every minute of it. I have in fact beaten it with all the main characters. I have also spent a lot of my time playing it with my older niece. Co-op is even more fun and chaotic than single player mode. I can not recommend this game enough.

As an aside, as I’ve not been able to start my monthly videogame challenge off properly, I’ve proposed a mini-challenge to myself to pass the time. I’ll be attempting to complete the game 100%, finishing off with a complete gamer score of 250/250. Currently I have the majority of the main game achievements, and none of the DLC ones. Soon that will be rectified. I have five to go.

That’s Just Sad

This weekend I had the most fun I’ve had in a long, long time. Myself, my buddy JD, and my two nieces (10 years old and 13 years old) sat around playing videogames all day. Started off with Beatles Rock Band and Lego Rock Band, played some Mario Party 8, and ended off with Mario Kart Double Dash for the Gamecube. It was kind of sad that I had so much fun just goofing around with my nieces instead of going out and doing something.