Oh, uh... Oops?

Well, what can I say? School makes things busier than ever. I'm just posting to let whoever may actually be reading this that it'll be even more deserted here (if possible) starting tomorrow. That's because NaNoWriMo starts, and I'm going to try for 50k. I made it last year, so I'm not worried at all. I only have the vaguest of an idea: This alcoholic drunk guy will end up in prison for some crime, sharing a cell with a hippie. They somehow have to work together to break out unless he wants to slowly go insane. The rest of the plot will just kind of magically appear on the page like it did last year. It's getting late, so I have to get some sleep. Wish me luck!

It's About Time I feel better...

Ugh... I had started getting a stuffy nose last tuesday, and I stayed home Friday because I still had it. But I didn't actually get the full sickness until yesterday. I woke up at around 4:45 AM and shortly thereafter I started shaking uncontrollably. Needless to say, it wasn't fun and I stayed home that day as well. But compared to what is sounded like my dad had for all of last night, I should consider myself lucky... I only had diarrhea once, but he had it (along with puking) pretty much all night! :(

I'm feeling better now, which is good, but I also had / have a LOT of makeup work to do, which is bad. I'll have to get up early tomorrow to get to jazz band. It starts at 7:10 AM and I usually get to school at 7:30. Oh well. Everything will be fine. I was getting sick of being sick :P.

Oh, wow! I better get offline and go to bed now. The next major event in my life is probably a braces tightening on Thursday. I guarantee that my orthodontist will be furious (hey, I don't know ANY teens who make brushing 4x a day and flossing, and mouthwash a priority, so...). Anyway, I'll be back! I mean, I'm getting better, right? It only took about 1.5 weeks this time!

So much to catch up on, so little time...

Okay, well, I'll just be blunt here and say that I'm not all that good at keeping promises. :P But hey, I said it wouldn't be four months, and it was only two-and-a-half! I have a lot to tell you and I'm not sure where to start.

First of all, you've probably noticed that I've made some changes to the way my blog looks. In a fit of random motivation, I changed the general look of it and the header description. I also added a hit counter and a guestbook, both of which are found right at the bottom of the page. If you leave notes for me there, I might just post more often! :)

Also, I lost my job, oh, say, a month ago. I accidentally messed up and failed an alcohol Sting Test. (I'd never had one before, whoops!) The $100 fine wasn't too nice either. :(

Oh, and one last thing: I have taken up my interest in dreams again recently, and I will probably start a dedicated blog for those soon. There's a nice forum about lucid dreaming that I have linked to. Simply put, lucid dreaming is realizing that you're dreaming while still in the dream! I had a brief one on Monday and it was great. ^_^

Oh, okay, one really really final last thing: I just don't seem as interested in The Sims anymore, but still play Oblivion on and off. With that, I bid you farewell. (I will post again this week! I will I will I will...)

Uhh... My life had some technical difficulties?

I don't really have a good reason for not posting in so long. My best excuse is that I've been busy playing games, and isn't that what this blog is all about? ;) In any case, I'll tell you that I've been rather busy, even though it's summer. Last Monday I got a job at our local supermarket as a cashier, and I finally got my first paycheck yesterday. It was my day off, so of course my family had to drive down 1.5 hours to Best Buy so I could upgrade my graphics card. :) I got an awesome Radeon X1600 Pro to replace my Radeon X300, and from a test this morning I can tell you that the difference is night and day. I can finally run Oblivion at decent settings!

I've also been busy making a game of my own, but progress is slow. My website is having a bit of trouble last time I checked, so I haven't updated a new version yet. (The website itself is a wasteland - hasn't been updated since December.) However, I have here a link to a semi-recent version of my game. Working title? "Matrix World". Lame, I know, but for a first game it's not too bad so far.

I'll be back soon (this time I mean it, and "soon" doesn't mean 4 months from now).

The Elder Scrolls and The Sims: My "Favorites"

Admit it: Every gamer has his or her "Favorites". Despite how you say you like all the games in your collection, you probably have a few that you'd, for instance, grab first in the event of a fire. My two favorites happen to both be for the PC. I love Morrowind, the third in the Elder Scrolls Series, and The Sims 2. Because of this, I'm hoping to buy an expansion pack for the Sims tomorrow. On Thursday, I'll be getting Oblivion, the "sequel" to Morrowind.

My questions to you are: 1. What are your favorite games?
2. What expansion pack do you recommend I buy tomorrow? I really like all of them and can't choose.

P.S. Fellow gamers waiting for Oblivion, take heart: I will post a review of it as soon as I can.