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Life has been so busy since we bought the house late last year. Repairs, modifications, work, etc.
And for quite a bit of time, my back had really been bugging me. I am seeing a pain specialist now and they were able to reduce the pain a bit with a shot. Not sure what he did differently, but its been a relief. I do still have some pain and cramping in the legs, but it is alot better.
Other than that, I’ve done a bit of reading while watching my shows. I’m really looking forward to the return of Game of Thrones on April 1st.
I just finished watching the Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
Two others I bought and recommend:
NOTE: If you have a Sony BD Player or PS3, this version will not play on it. You will need to get the one narrated by Oprah
Gaming… Yeah… Xbox is locking up so need a new one, so haven’t even been able to play Mass Effect 3
Til next time.
Oh, Frozen Planet starts tonight on Discovery!
this and that
My weekend, how I need it. Have had a flair up so haven’t been sleeping to well and trying to get through work each day. Hopefully the massage therapy I had today will help out.
Been watching the Olympics the past two weeks and even though they have been real good when you can watch them, I’m very dissapointed with NBC on their coverage. It was almost impossible to go on the net without having some site or other spoiling an outcome since the west coast gets the replay 6+ hours later. What happened to the days where they showed the Olympics all day long? Not this 3-5pm then 8-12. So many missed things I would’ve of liked to have watched.
Then we have the moronic wanna-be politicians in Olympia who basically said to all the residents of this state ‘You people are stupid. You have NO idea what you need, what you want, and what we do. The will of the people doesn’t exist here. So STFU.’ But I won’t get started on that.
Anywho, enough of my bitching.
Movie: Avatar
I had went and seen this Kenny and then again with Meg when I finally convinced her to go. Overall the movie was visually fantastic. There was much left to be desired with the storyline. To me, it seemed like Dancing With Wolves in space. But me, being who I am, will buy it when it comes out.
DVD: 
This is another amazing piece of work from the folks at Pixar. It’s interesting that we have come in our culture to a point when so many recently made animated films teach us more about life than many real-action movies designed for that very purpose do. “Up” is no exception. The jaded cynicism that so many filmmakers refuse to let go of has no place here. Instead we have yet another simple, positive tale that makes the most of “the little things” and by so doing achieves excellence.
I will not talk about what happens, but will tell you the first 10 minutes of the film unfolds with a beautiful story and ends with heartache. After this point, the rest of the movie is cleverly humorous, whimsical, and lots of fun to watch. If you have not seen it, I highly suggest it. And if you plan on getting it for your children, I would suggest watching it with them in case they have questions about certain subjects (nothing bad, just lessons of life).
Video Game: Mass Effect 2
In my opinion, this game was alot better then the original. And the original was damn good.
The combat system has been revamped. Graphics notched up a bit. And storyline a bit more intense.
There are some key places where ME2 trumps ME1, and where they do, they turned a great experience into an excellent experience. Don’t get me wrong, you do not want to miss out on the expierence ME1 provides. The whole Mass Effect experience will be compromised if you play these games out of order, as the ME1 decisions do have a substantial effect on your in game experience, if you do not import your saved character.
My only complaint that I can think about right now is the mining. It does get rather monotonous, having actually dozed off a few times during this. But over all, this game is a must buy!
When cometh the day we lowly ones, Through quiet reflection and great dedication, Master the art of karate, Lo! we shall rise up And then we’ll make the bugger’s eyes water.
and the forecast is….
rain.
Had a pretty nice dinner tonight with Meg’s grandparents. Sitting around and just chatting about things and helping her ‘papa’ with Facebook, Power Point, and looking at pics of Meg when she was a child. Was kind of humorous.
Tomorrow we’re supposed to go see Sherlock Holmes with her Mom and step-dad. So we’ll probably spend some time over at their place afterwards. Hopefully be able to play a little bit as well, I’ve not been able to get any gaming done this weekend and I really need to. Mass Effect 2 and BioShock 2 coming out pretty quick here, so want to have got some of others finished by then.
Other then that, not much up. I’m going to start doing what I originally had planned, which was giving a small review on movies, books and games we’ve purchased and watched. Don’t know why I put that on the back burner for so long. So look for those coming soon.
While Frank Sinatra sings “Stormy Weather”
