I imagine it's not too difficult to hook a guy on pinball. I personally prefer it over bowling though bowling sometimes is still fun! Glad you and Jason found something else to do together & have fun with,Tami!
Random updates 4/2/13
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![]() On 04/02/2013 at 08:37 PM by Ranger1 ![]() See More From This User » |
Ranger stuff: As of today, I am once again gainfully employed in my chosen profession. My boss is overjoyed to have me back on from seasonal layoff, I'm overjoyed to be back. Highlights of the first day back: getting one of the projects Andy (my boss) has been feverishly working on (and stressing out over) typed up and ready for him to send out tomorrow AM (thus removing the stress), seeing the male osprey on the nest and having him do a low fly-by about 15 feet away from me, getting the back room at HQ organized and stuff separated out that needs to be gotten rid of. A project that has been on my last for a year now. A not so wonderful thing was having to scrub poo off the outhouse toilet seat. We have no running water in the park until the danger of a hard freeze is completely over and it is a major pain in the ass to clean messes like that up. Andy had gotten the worst of it off, but he ran out of water in his bucket before he could finish. Other than that, it was a good first day back.
Gaming: I've been playing Enslaved in small doses. I like it, still haven't gotten very far, though. I also downloaded Red Johnson's Chronicles off PSN for $4. It's OK. I'm glad I didn't spend more than that on it, though. It's a point-and-click adventure title featuring Red Johnson as a PI who has to solve a murder case. The puzzles are a little on the "WTF are the rules?!" side, the story is cliched, but I like the art style - it reminds me a bit of Hotel Dusk. It's not a bad game, just not worth spending a whole lot on when there are other games in this genre that are much better.
I seem to have also gotten Jason hooked on pinball. I think it started out with curiosity about the Star Wars tables on Pinball FX2, and led to Medieval Madness on Pinball Arcade. Then last week, he had to check out the Star Trek: The Next Generation table (which we both agree we don't like very much) and a bunch of the other tables on the PS3 version of Pinball Arcade. He didn't realize that the PS3 has way more table than the 360 version. Finally something we can play together!!!
Watching: Been catching up on my TV shows on Hulu Plus. Hell's Kitchen has to be one of my favorite guilty pleasures. Also really happy to see Revolution back. Really, really happy to see that both Revolution and Arrow, my other favorite new show this season, have both been renewed for next season. I've been watching some so-so movies lately, too. Dawn of the Dragon Slayer and Post Impact are both overwhelming in their mediocrity. Why'd I watch them? My sleep schedule's been out of whack and I hoped that by putting on something not very good that I'd just fall asleep. Apparently that only happens when I'm watching something I really want to see. Or a movie has lots of explosions, gunfire, and car chases. Hey, what can I say, my father was an artillery man.
Listening: Jed Marum's new CD The South Wind, early Battlefield Band, Anna Coogan's The Wasted Ocean, and Elizabeth LaPrelle's Rain and Snow. And lots of Saw Doctors.
I'm now going to go eat that frozen mini pizza that's been heating up in my toaster oven and then crash (or try to). I am giving my friend Michael a ride to the bus station at some ungodly hour so he can start his trip without having to spend the night at the airport in Boston. Luckily, I'll be back home with enough time to go back to sleep before I have to get up and start my day for real .
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