random Friday afternoon thoughts

[cybermule]

1. holy crap - I'm bored!
   
2. coloured contact lenses are much cheaper than I thought - I'm torn between green and aqua.
   
3. finally I've organised myself into getting a haircut.
   
4. last night, for the first time in months, I actually felt some joy at life. Which is odd. I think I'm starting to cope again.
   
5. I think "finding nemo" and mexican are in order for the weekend
   
6. I also must remember to blag my brother's matrix video and a CD I want to borrow
   
7. I have one huge email to reply to that I've been looking forward to for a few weeks now - I promise myself that I will do that at the weekend
   
8. I just hit "snooze" for the 15th week running on a really boring task :P
   
9. I treated myself to a new CD :) It's Friday, I'm bored and knackered, I've had a shit week - I'm going to indulge in some retail therapy, dammit!
   
10. 87 minutes until home
    

Comments

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

It's very good!

Brings back memories...

The Zelda games on N64 (along with mario) were the first games to really be immersive enough for me to get really into to the level I want (VR-style), almost like a vivid enough fantasy world. I've not played the Gamecube one, but since it's more cartooney I doubt it would have the same effect on me.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Yeah - these were the first games that I got really wrapped up in, other than the Myst trilogy. Since then, I've found the Silent Hill ones quite immersive too. The cartooney style isn't too bad - you get to see more expressions and eye-movements and things - but I don't think it's quite as immersive as the more 3D style.

*sighs* I want to be Link and play in Zelda-land. I remember the moment when I finally grew up and realised that I was never going to learn magic or fly or enter one of the lands inside my books. Very disillusioning.

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

The cartooney style isn't too bad


Heh I think they ended up not going with the cartooney style I thought they did... It looks a lot more normal polygon-ish than previews I saw way back. The previews I'd seen looked more pastel than the cel-shaded that it is/became.

I just searched for some images of what I'm talking about and I'm beginning to wonder if I imagined all this, and that in fact the original previews were cel-shaded as well, and I just found it too weird back then but got used to it...


*sighs* I want to be Link and play in Zelda-land.


Ah, but you can! In fact, I just had such a dream last night. It was an almost identical replica of the fight with the big boss Poe in Ocarina of Time. Too cool! It kinda morphed after that, the floor was giant balloons that I had fun jumping on and bouncing really high. :)

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to wonder if I imagined all this

*nods* I get that sometimes. very annoying - you could have just sworn it was green, now it's mysteriously black...

Ah, but you can! In fact, I just had such a dream last night. It was an almost identical replica of the fight with the big boss Poe in Ocarina of Time. Too cool!

*droool* I loved poes. And the guy in the hut by the castle door, that used to be a bored guard, but then turns into a tripped out poe salesman :D

It kinda morphed after that, the floor was giant balloons that I had fun jumping on and bouncing really high. :)

I'm jealous of your dreams :(

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous of your dreams :(


Heh. I'm sure my dreams would be hella boring if I were working a 9 to 5 office job as before. :/

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

LOL I just noticed we are talking in a post of yours that was made over two months ago!

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

That's quite funny. I finally backed up my journal in a consistent fashion, so I might go back and read through it at some point. If I had more time (heh - the usual complaint), I'd do that with a lot more. It often takes me a while to chew something over, then I can't find the post you made that started the thought off, you know?

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

It often takes me a while to chew something over, then I can't find the post you made that started the thought off, you know?


Yeah I know exactly what you mean.

Generally I don't reply to something until I've chewed on it for a while. Which is why it sometimes takes me a couple weeks to answer things. Of course the downside to that is an eternally large inbox (62 right now). The problem is that the oldest ones in my box are the most complex, and so it's hard to ever completely finish all of them.

If the subject matter is simple I'll usually reply ASAP.

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[cybermule.livejournal.com]

> 62 right now

Yikes - and there I was panicking at my inbox post-vacation. Guess I'm being too J-ish ;) I mostly trash them after a couple of months, and trust they'll resurface if the subject was important...

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[unsane1.livejournal.com]

I mostly trash them after a couple of months, and trust they'll resurface if the subject was important...


Heh I definitely don't risk that. I do that with trivial subjects, but not stuff that I'm interested in.

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[cybermule.livejournal.com]

I do that with trivial subjects, but not stuff that I'm interested in.

Trust in the power of synchronicity... you know you want to... don't resist...

*wiggles fingers hypnotically*

Seriously though, I tend to just recycle the important ones into posts of my own.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

*nods* All things considered, I guess mine aren't too dull.

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

BTW, out of 6 or 7 dreams every night, I rarely such cool zelda-like ones. :/