Finishing games?!? I can only dream of doing such myself. 
Doing what I do best: procrastinating and writing about writing.
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 On 04/29/2013 at 06:24 PM by Caesar See More From This User » |
Sometimes I can't tell if my life is a comedy of errors or some sort of karmic backlash.
After one particularly soul-crushing and dissatisfying semester, the one thing I was very much looking forward to was getting my life back and doing some writing (as mentioned in my last blog. But my existence being what it is, that won't necessarily be happening so easily or so enjoyably.
One week after my last final exam, I'm going in for surgery. The (relatively) good news is that it's an outpatient operation; they said the whole thing will only take about an hour and a half, and I won't even be knocked out (just reeeeeally sedated). The bad news is that it's on my left arm, and I'm looking at being in a sling for about three weeks.
Of course, I've come to terms with the prospect of surgery in the first place since the surgeon first recommended it a few weeks ago--cried it out a bit and eventually just sucked it up. The entire reason for getting it done is to fix nerve damage that I've been experiencing over the last few years, and the do-nothing alternative is me potentially losing all strength in my left hand later down the line. Considering that that hand is already partially crippled by arthritis, and that hands are pretty much integral to doing stuff, I figured the good outweighed the bad.
I'm very much hoping to get out at least a couple of good entries between now and then. I might start on one of the topics brought up in my last blog (which, again, thanks for everyone who chimed in!), but I know I'd like to get at least something out about E3. I've made a few remarks on other user's blogs about Nintendo's decision to not hold a large press conference, but I might as well write my own whole piece on the matter, and maybe even some other observations/predictions about the show as well. My arm being slung up means that I'll be t-rexin' it a bit on a computer, so while I'll still be checking out the site, I won't be able to provide much feedback. (If you're not a fan of my sometimes rather lengthy responses, maybe that won't be such a bad thing after all.)
And hey, one positive aspect of keeping myself functionally limited on the computer means I'll finally be able to catch up on other stuff (and let me tell you, my computer chair could use a break), namely reading and video games. Over this past year an economics spark fired off inside me, in part because of its relation to politics and otherwise from a course in International Political Economy I took this past fall. I plan on reading all the classics: Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Keynes (my new favorite economics dude by default!), and perhaps even some Hayek and Friedman. My university has a fantastic library (as every school and city should, and be sure to show your local libraries some appreciation too, folks!) with all of these authors in stock, so I'll definitely be hitting them up.
My personal library of games isn't too shabby, either, and wouldn't you know it, there are games which I've been waiting years to play! I mean, seriously: my backlog is actually kind of depressing in a way. I'm surely missing quite a few hallmark titles in my DS collection, but I have a decent number of pretty great games - Fire Emblem, The World Ends With You, and some others - which I've either never really played or never even started at all. But I'm looking forward to changing that, too, and actually starting games and - wait for iiiiiiiit - finishing them. I'll probably post a blog on that, too; I tend to be a little indecisive, so maybe a little community input on that will help me in the decision-making process.
But for now, I've got a shameful amount of late and outstanding classwork to wrap up. Until next time, folks.
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