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Nobody Likes Wasting Time
So, here's some stuff I've purchased recently:
I've never really been much of a collector, but I do often find myself buying Mario-related things when I find them for prices that aren't that steep. When I first saw the pink Yoshi at Walmart, I thought it was Birdo, which would have been cooler.
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I still liked it enough to get it, however. I tend to prefer the somewhat odder figures over the more famous ones. I'll have probably something to say on the two Oz items when I've finished reading them. I bought The Son of Neptune on the day it came out, but I don't intend to start reading it until I've finished at least one of the books I'm currently working my way through. I also have a few Robert Rankin books waiting in the wings. As for the game, we still haven't hooked up the Wii, but I figured I might as well get this while it was only $20.
Speaking of video games, I've taken the opportunity to play a bit of Dragon Quest IX recently. I've completed the quests in Bloomingdale, Zere Rocks, and Gleeba; and obtained the ship. I can't remember if it was ever mentioned how many fyggs there are left to find. I've been considering getting back into The Sims 2, since it'll probably run more smoothly on my new computer. The game takes a huge investment of time, however, and it seems like most of my free time these days is spent on the Internet. (Yeah, I say "these days" like that's some kind of change, when it obviously isn't.) I know The Sims 3 has been out for a while now, and The Sims 4 probably isn't long behind. I feel there's still a lot I can do with the second one, though, and I can justify it to myself by saying the characters I create as Sims are prototypes for ones I want to use in my writing. This is true, but it's not like I've made much progress in that department. Anyway, for anyone who has played Sims 3, is it true that you have considerably less control over your characters? I guess that could be both a good and a bad thing, but I'm not even sure it's true.
I'm still at work on my list of characters from apocryphal Oz stories, which is looking pretty sloppy at the moment. It's gone through several changes in format over the years, so I'm going to have to decide on a consistent look for the whole thing, but that's not my top priority at the moment. I also keep getting ideas for stories, some Oz and some otherwise, when I'm at work or otherwise in a situation that gives me time to think; but I haven't written most of them down. For me, ideas come easily, but actually writing is rather challenging. Part of it is that, even though I have characters and situations in mind, fitting them into a coherent storyline that logically progresses from one point to the next is the hard part. I really should try to get something down, though, since my ideas aren't doing all that much good remaining inside my head. They might be terrible, but I'm probably not the best one to be the judge of that. There's just so much to do, and none of it profitable. Not that I'm someone who only does things for the money, but my day job (which has mostly been a night job as of late) gets in the way of my creative pursuits. Mind you, sometimes I get just as little done when I DO have the entire day free, but there's something to be said for having some rest as well. I don't know. I think there's something in my brain where, even if I really could index Oz characters for a living, I'd consider it a hassle instead of fun once it became an obligation. It kind of already is that way when I go back into a book I didn't particularly like, but I'm trying to be thorough.
I've never really been much of a collector, but I do often find myself buying Mario-related things when I find them for prices that aren't that steep. When I first saw the pink Yoshi at Walmart, I thought it was Birdo, which would have been cooler.
Picture by Jared Morgan
I still liked it enough to get it, however. I tend to prefer the somewhat odder figures over the more famous ones. I'll have probably something to say on the two Oz items when I've finished reading them. I bought The Son of Neptune on the day it came out, but I don't intend to start reading it until I've finished at least one of the books I'm currently working my way through. I also have a few Robert Rankin books waiting in the wings. As for the game, we still haven't hooked up the Wii, but I figured I might as well get this while it was only $20.
Speaking of video games, I've taken the opportunity to play a bit of Dragon Quest IX recently. I've completed the quests in Bloomingdale, Zere Rocks, and Gleeba; and obtained the ship. I can't remember if it was ever mentioned how many fyggs there are left to find. I've been considering getting back into The Sims 2, since it'll probably run more smoothly on my new computer. The game takes a huge investment of time, however, and it seems like most of my free time these days is spent on the Internet. (Yeah, I say "these days" like that's some kind of change, when it obviously isn't.) I know The Sims 3 has been out for a while now, and The Sims 4 probably isn't long behind. I feel there's still a lot I can do with the second one, though, and I can justify it to myself by saying the characters I create as Sims are prototypes for ones I want to use in my writing. This is true, but it's not like I've made much progress in that department. Anyway, for anyone who has played Sims 3, is it true that you have considerably less control over your characters? I guess that could be both a good and a bad thing, but I'm not even sure it's true.
I'm still at work on my list of characters from apocryphal Oz stories, which is looking pretty sloppy at the moment. It's gone through several changes in format over the years, so I'm going to have to decide on a consistent look for the whole thing, but that's not my top priority at the moment. I also keep getting ideas for stories, some Oz and some otherwise, when I'm at work or otherwise in a situation that gives me time to think; but I haven't written most of them down. For me, ideas come easily, but actually writing is rather challenging. Part of it is that, even though I have characters and situations in mind, fitting them into a coherent storyline that logically progresses from one point to the next is the hard part. I really should try to get something down, though, since my ideas aren't doing all that much good remaining inside my head. They might be terrible, but I'm probably not the best one to be the judge of that. There's just so much to do, and none of it profitable. Not that I'm someone who only does things for the money, but my day job (which has mostly been a night job as of late) gets in the way of my creative pursuits. Mind you, sometimes I get just as little done when I DO have the entire day free, but there's something to be said for having some rest as well. I don't know. I think there's something in my brain where, even if I really could index Oz characters for a living, I'd consider it a hassle instead of fun once it became an obligation. It kind of already is that way when I go back into a book I didn't particularly like, but I'm trying to be thorough.