An Uneventful Trip

I went to the US for the first time in 2 years yesterday. It was suffice to say absolutely terrible. We should have never went on Good Friday. We had a two hour wait at the border/ It felt like the entirety of Quebec had made their way to Plattsburgh, NY. Crowds of rude Frenchmen filled the malls, and the Walmart. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they hadn’t been rude, or maybe if there was just less of them.

Nothing went as planned. We had originally went across in order to buy groceries since we had heard about some good deals at the area supermarkets. Next time I go, I’ll go on a day that’s less busy.

Wintertime Blues

Sorry for the lack of posts in the last month or so, I’ve been depressed. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, as I tend to feel this way during the winter months (and sometimes NOT during the winter months). More than likely non-diagnosed SADs, but I’ve come to terms with it over the years. These terrible irrational feelings were probably worst than they usual are due to good old family bullshit. I’m slowly coming out of my funk, and while still not 100%, I’m ready to start writing regularly again.

Sometime this week, I’m going to write about what I want to do this year, my goals, resolutions, and what not. Otherwise, until then I’ll just be writing to get back in the habit.

That’s all I’ve to say right now, I’m going to go play through the “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” demo again, just to relax.

Good night, be back tomorrow.

Damn, Cold Won’t Go Away

Since I have such a bad cold (which I’m starting to think is not a cold), I’ve been forced to sit back, relax, and NOT overexert myself. Luckily, I’m not working until Thursday morning. With all this relaxation time, I’ve been able to watch some movies, TV, play games, and sleep here and there (I’ve not really be sleeping). So here are some super short reviews of things I’ve played and watched in the last few days while I’ve relaxed.

• Games:
• FATE/Extra (PSP) – Interesting story, trial and error combat is both fun and frustrating at times, good for pick up and play sessions.
• Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – This game was given to me at launch as an early Christmas present. I’ve beaten all the 50cc cups, 50% of the 100cc cups, and 25% of the 150cc cups. Probably one of the best Mario Kart games released. New tracks are fun. I just wish there was more acknowledgement of Mario Kart Double Dash. Great and easy to access online.
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (WII) – I’ve only clocked roughly 3 hours of game time since I started this morning. Slow burn at the start, but totally engrossing. Some of the best graphics I’ve seen on the Wii. I’ve only seen the tip of the ice burg but the WiiMotion+ controls are flawless at this point, I look forward to seeing how the combat evolves as I play more.
• Movies/TV:
• The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – When this first started airing I couldn’t get into it. The first episode with its terrible voice acting, and uninteresting plot killed it for me. A few months later I tried to watch the pilot/promotional webisodes which lead up to the events of the first episode, and still couldn’t get into. Throughout this time, I’d been hearing that its a good show, and so I’ve given it a third chance. I am currently half way through the first season, and I’m digging the Saturday morning cartoon vibe. Some of the voice work still rubs me the wrong way, but I’m getting used to it. I like how they’ve made a version of the Marvel universe that seems to take the best from the other versions and combine it. I can’t wait to watch more. The show is a slow starter and was well worth taking the chance on it while it ironed out the kinks. I highly recommend it now.
• Super 8 – Slow paced, but well done and entertaining.
• Transformers The Dark Side of the Moon – I’ve watched this movie twice, and have concluded that it would have been a better movie if they had cut out all the scenes with human actors. The characters are flat, the humour is unfunny, and the plot almost incoherent. On the other hand, the action sequences are just plain cool to watch. The final hour of the movie is one long action scene, and when it ends the movie just kind of stops. I’m hoping there isn’t another one. Not a good movie.

I admit it, I’m not a good reviewer, but those were my thoughts on the things I played/watched in the last few days. I’m going to go continue to take it easy and take a nap.

Grab Bag Of Random Nonsense

So in no particular order, here we go.

I haven’t been sleeping well for the last 4 days or so, I can count the number of hours I have actually slept on one hand (that being 5). I’m not a happy camper. I’m tired but I’m not. Not fun.

I was walking my dog in the melting snow earlier, and realised that my memory and creativity used to be a lot better when I was younger, and I think it was due to all that amateur musical theatre I used to do up in to CEGEP. I did alot, and I used to have to remember a lot lines. I was one of those middle ranged actors, nothing big, nothing too little. I generally played the minor character bit parts with a lot of lines (or one or two songs) per play. Forcing myself to memorise all my minds had the added effect of forcing me to keep my mind and memory sharp. I don’t have that sort of mental exercise anymore. I’m disappointed.

Les Miserables is playing on PBS, and its such a great musical. GREAT! I’ve always enjoyed it. I know I don’t have the vocal range, but when I was younger I liked to occasional sing along to some of it. Good fun.

I went to work for the first time since Saturday. Still didn’t tire me out enough to sleep.

I’m also cold right now, and have no idea if my furnace is leaking exhaust or not. My sister said she smelt something “exhasuty” (not a word) in the air after our furnace ran for a while. That’s bad.

I think I may have just enough money from tips to purchase myself a copy of Skyward Sword or Batman Arkham Asylum. This was after having no cash from being hit from unexpected bills this week.

I apologise for the lack of coherence tonight. 5 hours of sleep is messing with my mind. I’m going to try to sleep now. I’m so tired.

Also, I just noted I have tags for CHRISTMAS and “CHRISMAS”. So disappointing, no I’ll have to go look through my posts and find where the misspelling originated from.

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Might be a repost, too lazy to check. Going to sleep now, tired from work.

ZZZZZ…