Rapid fire blogging because why the hell not!? That's why.
It has been awhile since my last blog wherein I painstakingly detailed my new gamertags and made it perfectly clear that my self-worth is invariably determined by the number of friends I have online. In hindsight, I suppose this was a poor choice to judge myself by as I have maxed out at three. Therefore, my ego shall henceforth be fueled by a steady diet of alcohol and delusions of grandeur... So basically the same as I've always been… but maybe slightly more so.
In June, I upgraded from my iPhone to the HTC Evo, and I don't regret it one little bit. I have not had one single dropped call unlike AT&T, which didn't seem to think making calls on a phone was that important. Also I'm convinced there is a tiny race of hyper intelligent bunnies living within it, which do my bidding with little more than a thought. This can also be a side effect of the aforementioned diet of alcohol. Also I heart the large touch screen and hidef camera.
Another upgrade within that same time frame, I have at last ditched Vista for Windows 7. I did a fresh install which meant I lost a lot of things that I always forget to back up, nothing life altering… I will have to start Dragon Age: Origins over as I forgot to backup my save… but that game severely drags for me in a lot of parts for some reason, so when I go back, hopefully it will be with renewed interest, which has happened before with other games. One major benefit of these two simultaneous upgrades was the fact that I didn't have any reason to re install iTunes, which I loathe entirely, along with the majority of Apple's products.
Let's see – I continue to work around a pack of mouth breathing ingrates with all the brain power of an empty jar of mayonnaise between them. So that's fun. Sometimes I catch myself thinking, wow – I can't believe how incredibly intelligent I am! I must have an IQ of well over 500, that's like 2 and a half Steven Hawkings! Wow indeed! Then I realize my surroundings - and worse, I realize that if anything, I am in all likelihood becoming dumber-er by the day simply by being there. Naturally, I find this extremely depressing, and start considering ways I'd like to die. So far my favorite is in a zero gravity no holds barred orgy to the death with the victorias secret models.
Father's day came and went – I didn't receive any cards, for which I am extremely thankful, and hope to keep it that way as long as possible, if not forever. I did grill some steaks for my dad and grandfather though while they sat around and watched sports and smoked cigars. I'm not terribly interested in either, but hey it was fun regardless.
Gaming has been slow going – if I play anything, it has been on my PS3… although I've been giving Dragon Quest VIII another go, one of a couple of RPG holdovers that were never completed – since I don't have any new games to keep me distracted, it's easier for me to sit and enjoy it rather than trying to hurry up and finish so I can get to the next game. Not to say that I don't have a purchase list, Red Dead Redemption for the 360 being at the top. However I'm holding out, as I've a ton of games that have gone unfinished on all of my game systems, and I need to get through at least SOME of these before I go throwing money at new shinys. The self control I am displaying here by the way is nothing less than epic.
Thoughts on E3: I'm quite a bit underwhelmed this year. Nothing I saw or read said to me "oh man I can't WAIT for that!" At worst, there's usually at LEAST one title that makes me salivate in anticipation for its release, alas, it is not so this year. All this motion control noise – I just don't know about it. It all looks and feels too gimmicky to me… the Sony 'Move' I guess looks the best to me since it seems to be the most accurate, but that's not saying much. Maybe I'm just too old, but standing in my living room waiving my arms around in a sporadic manner feels ridiculous to me. Of the many things I don't want a girl to catch me doing, that is definitely in the top five. Possibly the top three. I'll skip over MS' bs theatrics with the Star Wars title. I guess the big show was the 3DS… but as I observe this on a 2D screen, it's sort of hard for me to be impacted by something I can't see in its entirety. I'll check out a store demo whenever it comes out and decide if it's really worth it, and then weigh that against available titles. I doubt I'll buy it before late next year.
Speaking of being old, I realized a couple weeks ago that all our summer interns call me 'sir' out of what I assume to be fear. I was amused by this until I had one of those epiphanies where you're like "waaaait a minute…" I realized that some of them are ridiculously attractive girls in their early 20's. I don't want THEM to fear me, or even be respectful! I want them to be flirty, damnit. Then my little black heart shrank a little bit more, and I'm that much closer to stealing the **** out of xmas.
Intern. Me.