I can breath properly again... well, almost. Nose is still blocked slightly, which creates an odd effect occasionally wherein my ears block, like when you're changing altitudes and the pressure makes them go funny... well, in this case, there's a change of pressure due to mucus or some other magical fluid in there, anyway, it creates a Darth Vader breathing kind of thing directly in my ears with my own breathing.
Sufficed to say, it's incredibly irritating. The usual methods of unblocking ears are yawning and swallowing, neither of which seem to work with any great effect... so it looks like I'll just have to ride it out for now.
12 days until Lite day! Hooray!
And only 2 days until my sister's 23rd birthday. Hooray for her.
19 May 2006
16 May 2006
ARGH! Template Woes got me down.
Well, there were woes. But they've since been fixed. So, I have a unique header now, hooray. But the trouble it caused... well, not exactly the header, but the template process in general. It was borked and until I actually took a good look at it, I didn't realise that the template had been truncated unexpectedly. So, now I have the whole template saved unto a teckst document of reliability +10.
Though this is all for naught mostly, since the reader base is still probably population me. :D
Though this is all for naught mostly, since the reader base is still probably population me. :D
Disappointments
So, I didn't get the job I went for. Whilst it's nice to get closure, it'd be much nicer to be employed. Oh well, life goes on.
I've decided to create a header that is something of my own rather than just what was with the template I chose. It'll be the first time I've opened Photoshop and Illustrator to do something creative that is for me in... ages... maybe like 6 months or so. I don't actually feel very inspired lately, but it's better than nothing I guess.
The cold I have is still present, but it's getting less and less... HOORAY!
Went into EB games and put in a pre-order for a shiny DS Lite. June 1st cannot come quickly enough. It's pretty cool, I'm giving my old DS to my girlfriend and she's putting down $50 towards the Lite. Still haven't manage to beat her highscore in Tokoton in ZooKeeper. 28million points. My highest used to be 18mil, but I can barely manage 5 million anymore. I don't mind though. New Super Mario Bros. comes out on the 8th of June, looking forward to that day also. Super Mario World remains my favourite Mario game... it'll be interesting to see how it compares.
I've decided to create a header that is something of my own rather than just what was with the template I chose. It'll be the first time I've opened Photoshop and Illustrator to do something creative that is for me in... ages... maybe like 6 months or so. I don't actually feel very inspired lately, but it's better than nothing I guess.
The cold I have is still present, but it's getting less and less... HOORAY!
Went into EB games and put in a pre-order for a shiny DS Lite. June 1st cannot come quickly enough. It's pretty cool, I'm giving my old DS to my girlfriend and she's putting down $50 towards the Lite. Still haven't manage to beat her highscore in Tokoton in ZooKeeper. 28million points. My highest used to be 18mil, but I can barely manage 5 million anymore. I don't mind though. New Super Mario Bros. comes out on the 8th of June, looking forward to that day also. Super Mario World remains my favourite Mario game... it'll be interesting to see how it compares.
11 May 2006
I <3 E3
Although I'll probably never actually get to attend the conference ever, I think I'll be fairly content to just read about all the stuff that happens there. The ammount of Wii related info is pretty awesome, even despite the fact that there's not a lot of actual game demos to be played. Still can't wait to try one.
In other game related news, the DS Lite is reportedly being released on June 1st here. I'm looking forward to getting one. Thinking I might head into an EB and see about pre-ordering one.
Still have a cold. 'Tis ridiculously annoying having your nasal passages packed full of mucus. It's doubly annoying since my ears are blocked. I can hear, but there's a range of frequencies being cut out, so while I can hear, I can't fully hear properly, and this is frustrating.
And as I just typed that, one ear partially unblocked... it's weird, breathing through my clogged nose actually feels like it's vibrating the inside of my ear. O_o Bet you didn't really need to know that, but eh. Now you are enlightened... or just grossed out.
Ta ta.
In other game related news, the DS Lite is reportedly being released on June 1st here. I'm looking forward to getting one. Thinking I might head into an EB and see about pre-ordering one.
Still have a cold. 'Tis ridiculously annoying having your nasal passages packed full of mucus. It's doubly annoying since my ears are blocked. I can hear, but there's a range of frequencies being cut out, so while I can hear, I can't fully hear properly, and this is frustrating.
And as I just typed that, one ear partially unblocked... it's weird, breathing through my clogged nose actually feels like it's vibrating the inside of my ear. O_o Bet you didn't really need to know that, but eh. Now you are enlightened... or just grossed out.
Ta ta.
8 May 2006
Influenza spectacular!
So, I have the flu. 'tis funny how one takes health for granted, as the times you're sick are the times you wish you were healthy again, and when you are healthy, it's better than being sick, but after a few days you forget you were ever sick methinks. Unless you're one of those types who are perpetually sick.
Off on a tangent, back to the Wii, I thought how Smash Bros. would work with the controller. It could be played with the remote, but a more practical idea would be to use the nunchuck attachment. The analogue stick would work well for moving the character, flicking the remote in the direction you wish to smash, kinda like how the C-stick works in SSBM. The down side could be that accidental flicks of the remote would smash unpurposefully... unless there were to be some sort of sensitivity adjustments that could be made.
I like guitar, but tuning the buggers is annoying.
Back to flu. My head feels like it is packed between the ears full of cotton wool. Not the most pleasant feeling... but it's only mildly irritating, and much preferrable to a migrane or some such.
Solitaire, probably the simplest game to come with windows aside from Minesweeper... I play it far too often, but it's just so easy to open and start playing, sometimes it's the only thing to do whilst waiting for pages to load on the good ole antiquated 56k modem!
Eternal Daughter is a game I started playing, and I'm stuck on like, the 3rd boss character. 'Tis ridiculously hard. Sure, there's a pattern, but the dude spews out an endless supply of these purple bubbles, no sooner have you cleared the bubbles away, more are there ready to replace the fallen spheroids. 'tis a pity the game gets so frustrating so early because the game has an awesome style to it and is pretty decent up until Frustrator.. I'm sure I'll have a massive sense of satisfaction if I ever do defeat the wily boss of frustration, but it's not likely to happen any time soon. Kind of a Metroid style game with it's own style and story, which I like... places I've seen it reviewed say it's kind of like Castlevania, but I don't see the link.
Off on a tangent, back to the Wii, I thought how Smash Bros. would work with the controller. It could be played with the remote, but a more practical idea would be to use the nunchuck attachment. The analogue stick would work well for moving the character, flicking the remote in the direction you wish to smash, kinda like how the C-stick works in SSBM. The down side could be that accidental flicks of the remote would smash unpurposefully... unless there were to be some sort of sensitivity adjustments that could be made.
I like guitar, but tuning the buggers is annoying.
Back to flu. My head feels like it is packed between the ears full of cotton wool. Not the most pleasant feeling... but it's only mildly irritating, and much preferrable to a migrane or some such.
Solitaire, probably the simplest game to come with windows aside from Minesweeper... I play it far too often, but it's just so easy to open and start playing, sometimes it's the only thing to do whilst waiting for pages to load on the good ole antiquated 56k modem!
Eternal Daughter is a game I started playing, and I'm stuck on like, the 3rd boss character. 'Tis ridiculously hard. Sure, there's a pattern, but the dude spews out an endless supply of these purple bubbles, no sooner have you cleared the bubbles away, more are there ready to replace the fallen spheroids. 'tis a pity the game gets so frustrating so early because the game has an awesome style to it and is pretty decent up until Frustrator.. I'm sure I'll have a massive sense of satisfaction if I ever do defeat the wily boss of frustration, but it's not likely to happen any time soon. Kind of a Metroid style game with it's own style and story, which I like... places I've seen it reviewed say it's kind of like Castlevania, but I don't see the link.
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