Got my new video card yesterday. You may remember it from a previous post. Anyhow, this is the first time I have had a top-o-the-line vidcard. I cannot believe how good the graphics on my machine are.

I feel kinda like a jackass for being really cheap up til now. Of course, I was also pretty poor at the same times in the past when cheap applied.

It looks like I'm playing a photograph sometimes in Oblivion now =)

Zimmitti, why don't you ever call me? I haven't seen you in a while and you never blog. Why?

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/caesar4/news.html?sid=6147883
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3149777
http://pc.ign.com/articles/702/702253p1.html

I'm very excited that we have finally come out of hiding in regards to marketing. Back to work.

Current Mood: accomplished

I have to play this game at 640x480 but damn it still looks good. If it take my glasses off I sorta get anti-aliasing for free.

I get to start physical therapy for my back this week. What a drag. It's only going to push back my days even later.

All-in-all though, my back is much better than it was last week (and that's not just the narcotics talking). I've been able to get a lot of stuff done (like cleaning, shopping, etc.) that was on the back burner for all of last week.

Current Mood: lethargic

Got a nudge from the Kimmer so here we go with a post (17 weeks since my last!):

So what's new? Not too much. I live in Chestnut Hill now, in a much nicer pad than the last and with only 1 roommate (I used to have 3). Jeez, 17 weeks? I've had a few random romantic trysts but nothing too serious. My cats have adjusted to the new digs and they're actually starting to behave like adults every so often. Work is picking up as of late and I'm starting to see my free time get eroded away. Speaking of games, a chum of mine pooped out DDO a week or two back and I've been playing that one quite a bit. I've also been playing my fair share of BfME II lately.

I managed to mess up my back over this last weekend with no provocation whatsoever. I did the same thing almost exactly one year ago in a basketball game. It sucks. I'm not really to happy with the prospect of being laid out for days at some point every year for the rest my life. Might need to start taking yoga or some other sort of stretchy discipline soon. I'll figure something out, but in the meantime I'm stuck with being heavily medicated, which is its own private hell entirely. I guess a career as a cage fighter is out of the question.

Back to work.

Current Mood: sore

We're ramping up for next year and hiring in the process. Work is starting to get that pre-bedlam buzz. As much as I enjoy the early parts of the development process, the second half is where the real fun is.

Been playing The Movies and Civ IV, both of which are phenomenal. I have gotten little sleep lately, but at least it is by choice ;-)

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
zimmitti goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as The Grim Reaper.
brahman_atman tricks you! You get a rock.
dclingman gives you 17 yellow watermelon-flavoured gumdrops.
kimm3r gives you 6 white tropical-flavoured gummy bats.
memento_mori gives you 3 red grapefruit-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
zimmitti ends up with 26 pieces of candy, and a rock.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

What a blur. Vegas was a great time. I didn't win a zillion bucks but I definitely made enough over the course of the trip to not have to worry about money while I was there. Aaron came out about $300 ahead. He's got some weird ESP when it comes to roulette.

Current Mood: cheerful

Got the next 6 days off and taking the long weekend in Vegas. I'll turn 29 in the process.

It's a pretty big weekend :)

Once again I managed to not get any quality sleep in last night. I don't think it matters though at this point. I have a full day to sack out when I get back from Vegas and I think that's what I am going to shoot for.

Have to remember that dollars are not hitpoints while I play dice games this time around.

Dunno what it is but I have been having a real tough time sleeping lately. Normally I have to trouble sleeping whatsoever.

I need to catch up over the next couple days. Going to Vegas this coming weekend and I know I won't be sleeping much at all while I'm there.

Current Mood: exhausted