Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to I/O Nightly News.
Not much happened today, but the rest of the week promises to be very hectic. Tomorrow, I'm going down to DC to assist my grandparents with manly-man projects that involve heavy lifting, ladders, possibly a chainsaw, and sweat. Considering that the human body (particularly the male variation) produces endorphins after a certain amount of strenuous activity has been done, I expect this to be somewhat enjoyable.
After I return on Wednesday, I'm catching a small bit of sleep, and I'll be heading off for Senior pictures early Thursday morning. Not five hours later, I'm departing for New York City.
I'm a huge fan of urban sprawl, so NYC is much like a home. Many people, plenty to do, and it's very energetic. I love it.
In other news, I'm going to see The Dark Knight in an IMax theater there, so I'm assuming it will be a great experience. I'll also be going to Dylan's Candy Bar ans Serendipity, among other happeneings yet to be determined.
This will be my last post for two days, possibly six, so "I'll be back!"
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Of Vacuuming and Car Stealing
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to I/O Nightly News.
So, last night's party was pretty good. I think most, if not all of the guests had a good time. Being the control freak that I am at times, I was a little overbearing in the way of behavior once my youngest brother's Go-Kart was pulled out and all of the teenagers tried to ride it. But that was eventually put away and people got settled in and more relaxed. At a few points, I was the only (teenage) guy outside with four, maybe five girls sitting around, including my girlfriend, so that worked out well.
Hey, play the Wii all you want, but at the end of the day, let's just remember who was outside with the ladies.
One everyone came back outside, the girls and I moved towards the back of the lawn to watch heat lightning and the stars come out. My friend and his girlfriend started to claim individual heat lightning for themselves, and rather than join in like I felt I should, just to be funny, I decided instead to claim stars. Why get something that lasts for an instant when you can acquire something that will last a lifetime?
So the party ended, and I got stuck with a big part of the cleanup -- vacuuming. We have an Electrolux brand vacuum, with the vacuum itself attached to the brush by a four-foot hose. And they're heavy. I finally clamber into bed after doing the whole house except the top level.
I've also been logging a little bit of time with GTA 2.
Not to say it's not a fun game, which it is, but Rockstar needs to put more safe zones in their cities, and make them easier to find. I racked up around 50,000 dollars in twenty minutes, enough to save, and when I start off to go to bed, I can't find the safe zone. Pitiful.
Combat is fun at best, and outright unplayable at worst. You are unable to do drive-by shootings, cops are oblivious, invincible, and will never give up their chase, and really, there's no difference between a machine gun and a pistol, with the obvious exception that one fires faster. There's little storyline to speak of, your character is either superman or a complete wimp, and "respect" is earned more quickly by killing gang members than doing jobs.
Civilians, too, steal cars. It's a crime-infested NYC, all compressed into a 36-square-block area. Why civilians can shoot each other after they're carjacked is beyond me, too. It does, however, remind me of The Joker.
Overall, it's a six out of ten.
So, last night's party was pretty good. I think most, if not all of the guests had a good time. Being the control freak that I am at times, I was a little overbearing in the way of behavior once my youngest brother's Go-Kart was pulled out and all of the teenagers tried to ride it. But that was eventually put away and people got settled in and more relaxed. At a few points, I was the only (teenage) guy outside with four, maybe five girls sitting around, including my girlfriend, so that worked out well.
Hey, play the Wii all you want, but at the end of the day, let's just remember who was outside with the ladies.
One everyone came back outside, the girls and I moved towards the back of the lawn to watch heat lightning and the stars come out. My friend and his girlfriend started to claim individual heat lightning for themselves, and rather than join in like I felt I should, just to be funny, I decided instead to claim stars. Why get something that lasts for an instant when you can acquire something that will last a lifetime?
So the party ended, and I got stuck with a big part of the cleanup -- vacuuming. We have an Electrolux brand vacuum, with the vacuum itself attached to the brush by a four-foot hose. And they're heavy. I finally clamber into bed after doing the whole house except the top level.
I've also been logging a little bit of time with GTA 2.
Not to say it's not a fun game, which it is, but Rockstar needs to put more safe zones in their cities, and make them easier to find. I racked up around 50,000 dollars in twenty minutes, enough to save, and when I start off to go to bed, I can't find the safe zone. Pitiful.
Combat is fun at best, and outright unplayable at worst. You are unable to do drive-by shootings, cops are oblivious, invincible, and will never give up their chase, and really, there's no difference between a machine gun and a pistol, with the obvious exception that one fires faster. There's little storyline to speak of, your character is either superman or a complete wimp, and "respect" is earned more quickly by killing gang members than doing jobs.
Civilians, too, steal cars. It's a crime-infested NYC, all compressed into a 36-square-block area. Why civilians can shoot each other after they're carjacked is beyond me, too. It does, however, remind me of The Joker.
Overall, it's a six out of ten.
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