To Boredom and Beyond

But mostly just boredom.

Over the last week I've made little progress on WMRR, writing only about 1000 words in total. I suppose some progress is better than none (if you can call that progress). At any rate, I've been bored out of my mind. I got God of War 1 and 2 since it was recommended to me by a few friends. After about an hour playing it, I was so frustrated that I was seriously tempted to quit. I haven't played a hack and slash game in a long time, so I don't know if I just need to get my game on, but I'm hoping that it grows on me. It cost me $30 and I don't have a job yet (though I'm pretty sure Staples will take me back). Yes, I have returned to my lowest denominator. Not THE lowest, just my lowest. Meh, who knows, could be fun.

I learned that one of the books I've been waiting for "The Ragged Man" by Tom Lloyd is coming out this August, which is something to look forward to. Another book "Republic of Thieves" by Scott Lynch is coming out around the same time (though I think the paperback is coming out in September). Maybe I can set the new due date for my book around this time and celebrate its completion with the buying of the books. I think normal people would go drinking or clubbing.

In the course of writing chapter 6 I've come up with a new class of special forces for the Popular government called the "Laelaps". I was looking for a mythological creature for their name and came across that. In Greek Mythology, "Laelaps" is a hound that can catch any creature. With this discovery I came up with the name "Teumessian", which will be summoned spirit that will appear later on around chapter 20. Teumessian is a fox in Greek Mythology that cannot be caught. They are essentially from the same story and form a paradox. I will have a lot of fun with this later.



Above: A picture of Laelaps and Teumessian...because I felt like putting one in.

Also, this guy is all kinds of awesome. He's a 45-year-old gamer from Britain who's learning how to play Call of Duty, and it's amazing how much he reminds me of my dad. Creepy in a way, but he plays just like him.

http://www.youtube.com/user/kensdailyrant


PS - FINALLY got Dungeon Keeper 1 to work in DOSbox. Turns out I was using the wrong file the whole time. After I used the right file, I used the wrong sound card etc. After four long days, I got the program to work so that I can record videos with FRAPS. I'm back in business. New videos by the end of the week.