I accidentally paid too much towards a bill this week. While this is a plus, it actually would’ve been nice to hold on to some cash for the weekend but it was a decision I made.
The review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 came out the same day as it came out in NZ/Internationally. To say it’s good appears to be the gaming understatement of the year.
Gametrailers also reviewed Dragon Age: Origins, a game by one of my favourite publishers/developers Bioware.
The latter I don’t really want. It’s an RPG with multi-companion combat and pausing. The trailer does make it look quite nifty but not my bag.
MW2 I have wanted since it’s announcement 18 months ago after playing the absolutely amazing first instalment and the title’s predecessors. Long have I pined for a decent FPS that didn’t mean I had to think about augementations of abilities and the power to level up. Bang bang, pew pew, lazer beams.
If I didn’t tell you how much I enjoyed playing Unchartered: Drake’s Fortune then I really should’ve if you’re into games. It’s like playing your own interactive movie. On the weekend, I hired it’s sequel which also gets an amazing review. I have about 7 more chapters to go (according to a friend at work who had completed it 3 times the week after release) and have to return it on my way to work this morning. I will get it out again soon.
The whole point of this story is that this shows the times “are a chan-gin’”. Old me would’ve bought MW2 to spite my bills and then had a poor week with less entertainment the following time when I could “afford” it.
For the first time in ages, I have put my personal responsibilities before my personal pleasures which is basically me finally believing that for a bit of hard yakka, I can come out trumps.
I’ve been concentrating on what I don’t have for the last few weeks and while I don’t think this is going to change, I have now somewhat found it in me to realise what I do have. In all honestly it’s not a lot and that is not a statement of self pity but more a realisation of what I want and what I can have. Snall gains for big pay offs… and I wondered why Egypt use to seem so far away.
In other thoughts, I tend to overthink things and I found something out which most of you all probably know but when you’ve been in the position I have for as long as I have, sometimes a glimmer is all it can take. Time to stamp on that glimmer:
a) When a girl tells you you’re cute, it’s because they like you. Not “like” you but like you.
b) When several girls at work are flirting with you, even though they’ve made it quite apparent they have boyfriends and to even think about dating them would be the true path of an aspiring manther, it’s actually because you’re in a position of power to give them something or do something for them. Yes, incredibly shallow but it works. I’m not proud of this.
c) When a girl tells you she loves you and then moves to australia… no… she doesn’t… not like that.
d) When girls refer to you as one of the girls, they mean for dinners out and good company, not pillow fights in pyjamas. For some reason, it just never came up.
and to think, I was going to finish this rant with a capitalised “fuck I hate being a nice guy” but instead I think I’ll end with something truthful…
Boobies are awesome.
Boobies are awesome!
It all makes sense now!
Fuck yeah they are.
Even when you’ve got your own, they’re still awesome.
I’m encouraged to hear you say that Mad, all too often I’ve heard woman comment that they just don’t really get it. And it’s always made me sad.