A Long Delay

Well, I've been a combination of busy and unstable for the past week, which explains lack of post. Still, I have a few things to post about.

The first is that Will is coming home soon!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D =D =D =D. Because of orders from his commanding officer, he was "allowed" (err pressured) into taking his two weeks of vacation time on the eigth. Which means he'll probably hit the US on the 10th or 11th (stupid having to wait in Kuwait...). Still, he'll be coming home soon, so I'm so happy about that. I also hope that he brought back with him my copy of Dilbert and Invader Zim.

Indepence Day went by pretty well. My family, along with a some family friends, spent the night launching motar quality fireworks. A few of them exploded on ground level, which was both spectacular to watch and scary. There's a reason why they normaly explode in the air, and it might have something to do with public health. Except for the fact that a friend I invited (stupid coworker and her stupid other plans) didn't show up, it was a blast (hehe... pun not intended). Though we did the celebration on Monday the third and not the fourth.

Well, tomorrow will be my sisters Birthday (the 10th), and I got them some anti-virus software (yes, I know, I'm a geek). Still, that was one of the things they wanted. As I already stated, they're planning to spend their birthday at a hookah bar (tobacco only, I'm sure!). I hope them the best, and I hope they don't do anything stupid on their 18th.

To answer another question, as to playing Oblivian on my machine, well, here's my machine's specs: RAM 512, Video Nvidia Geforce FX5200 (128MB), Processor 3200 AMD Athlon X64. As you can see, I'd need a RAM and video card upgrade if I were to hope to play the game in its glory. Playing it in any manner that did not cast the game in a good light would be blasphemy against all that is good in the video game industry, something I'm not willing to do.

As for my dislike of Outlaw Star, well, I find the concept of Melee Space Combat to be completely laughable. I will sacrafice range and the ability to deliver explosive payloads to have the strategic advantage of being able to armwrestle my opponet's ship. Ya. That makes perfect sense. /sarcasm. There were other things about it I didn't like. I'm not a fan of a lot of combat in my anime. And I like to have good story, and good character development. And angst. I just really disliked it...

Anyway, I hope to post soon.