Aug 26
I’ve been wanting to post on my blog again, but unsure what to post about. Baby stuff? Getting a bit repetitive. Politics? Too depressing and/or flame-attracting. Shopping? Ha! Who has time for shopping anymore (see: baby posts for reason why).
How about games? I bought The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion the other day. It’s pretty cool. I’m a bit of a novice when it comes to RPGs that don’t come with a MMO at the front, but I’m having a pretty good time with it. Just can’t seem to get the mouse sensitivity set quite right though. And, I notice that my performance degrades over time if I play for several hours. I wonder if there’s a memory leak in the game?
I also re-activated my WoW account, but I haven’t done much yet. An RPG like Oblivion is one thing - I can always pause it when I need to feed the baby, change a diaper, etc. But WoW requires long periods of committed time, especially when you’re in a group and people are depending on you. And I rarely have that kind of time. For now, hubby has agreed to take total baby duty at least once a week so that I can play WoW again.
Of course I had to insert a gratuitous baby picture here. She’s much cuter than screenshots from video games anyway.
Jun 21
Just a few random items today.
Gaming News: I read this morning that EA is going to buy Mythic Entertainment. I (and some of my friends) know Mythic well as the Fairfax, VA-based developer of Dark Age of Camelot, which was the first “real” MMO I ever played. Most people will know Mythic soon as the developer of Warhammer Online, which is supposed to be the next big MMO that has some chance of giving World of Warcraft a run for its money. We’ll see. I suppose this is good for Mythic because they get EA’s financial backing to do nothing but focus on developing MMOs. Hopefully that bodes well for their Warhammer game.
Pee-wee News: Fans of PW Herman (left), rejoice. Pee-wee’s Playhouse will be coming to Adult Swim on July 10. Adult Swim is already the greatest thing to happen to late-night television since David Letterman. I consider the addition of Pee-wee’s Playhouse just another reason to watch (along with Venture Bros., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken, etc., etc.). Adult Swim is a programming block that airs on The Cartoon Network starting around 10:30 PM each evening. Check your local listings.
Baby News: I found out that my baby, due any day now, is in the breech position. Since it’s too crowded in there for her to turn around on her own this late in the game, it looks like I’ll be having a C-section, possibly as early as this Friday, but most likely early next week. (Due to the risks, we decided not to try external cephalic version, where the doctor attempts to manually turn the baby in the womb by pushing and prodding.) I’m totally OK with this since I wasn’t really interested in the whole “natural” childbirth thing anyway (come on, would you have a root canal without novocaine?). It means my recovery will be a little different and take just a bit longer, but I know I’m going to have plenty of help at home so I’m not worried (hubby is taking a month off work, my dad is going to be here for a bit, and my mother-in-law is coming to help for a while too). I’m really kind of relieved about the whole thing. I just hope they manage to schedule it before I actually go into labor!
