Been a while... I haven't been gaming much lately. Between catching up on work, sleep, and dealing with a mystery illness (possibly the start of an ear infection) that was causing balance and vertigo issues, I just haven't been terribly motivated to either game or blog. Anyhoo, here's what I've been up to:
Gaming: A little bit of Pinball Arcade up until today. Downloaded the demo for Child of Light this afternoon, and after playing through the chapter they give you, ended up buying it. It reminds me a lot of Dust: An Elysian Tale in terms of being a Metroidvania-styled game. The graphics are beautiful, with a water-color like style. The combat is fun, a combination of turn-based and active battle systems. I really like it, but your mileage may vary.
Reading: A fair bit of non-fiction, mostly field guides, giving myself a refresher course for giving nature programs. Also been reading the web comic Girl Genius.
Watching: Lots of different stuff. Current TV show finales - The Blacklist, NCIS, Agents of SHIELD, and The Amazing Race. Still watching Hell's Kitchen, I'm predicting Joy will be one of the final two when that episode finally comes around. Also watching Claymore, an anime series I started watching on Netflix, but they pulled it before I got to finish watching it, but is now on Hulu Plus. For movies, watched both animated Ultimate Avengers movies and am now watching The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Saw Cabin in the Woods (liked it), Roman Holiday (meh, really just not into most old black-and-white movies), some cheesy science fiction movie called Crossworlds (just ok), Disney's Atlantis (had more fun trying to name that voice than actually watching the movie), made Jason watch Lilo and Stitch (he liked it a lot), rewatched Romancing the Stone (hasn't aged all that well, but I still like it), and Star Trek: Into Darkness (I'm so glad I didn't waste my money going to see it at the theater. I can hear Gene Roddenberry spinning in his grave). Still soldiering my way through Supernatural, on season 6 now and started watching Prime Suspect. OK, looking at this now, I've really been a couch potato the past couple of weeks...
Listening: Current CD in my car is Anne Lister's A Flame in Avalon. I went to her house concert at my friends Fred and Julia's last week. She's a singer/songwriter/story teller from Great Britain and much of her work is turning myths into songs, or using her songs to tell stories. I have a couple of her other CDs that I've had for a while: Singing on the Wind has what is probably my favorite of her songs that I've heard so far, it's called Oisin (pronounced Osheen) and is about the Irish hero Oisin, son of Finn McCool. Look up the myth, it's pretty cool, and then give the song snippet a listen. Fave songs on A Flame in Avalon are May Morning, The Song of the Knife, and The Goddess and the Sea (based on Greek mythology, it's sung from the point of view of Achilles' mother).
Nature Stuff: We're up to at least four nesting pairs of ospreys in the park. All of them that we can see are currently sitting on eggs. While walking Bandit last weekend, I came across the largest patch of red trilliums I've ever seen in my life. No pics, it was starting to rain and most of them hadn't bloomed yet. Hoping I get back out there before they go by. We have a lone turkey that hangs out in the field. I don't let Bandit chase it, I keep hoping it might eat some of the ticks infesting the field and the woods. And Jason finally got to hear the coyote pack out back hunting. One of the most bone-chilling, blood-curdling sounds I've ever heard. Hopefully, it was one of the deer, there are far too many of them back there and coyotes are one of the few predators that will thin out the herd.
My laptop battery is running low and I'm running out of steam myself. Until next time!
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