Sorry that I've been slacking badly on my blog. I need to catch up on Dark Lord Day (April), our Disney trip (April/May), geocaching (June?), my sprained ankle, cub scout stuff including family camp (June), my upcoming trip to my childhood summer camp, Camp Edwards, etc. Now that I'm off World of Warcrack, I might be able to get those blogged.
- schneid
Monday, June 23, 2008
World of Warcrack
In college, I spent a lot of time playing MUDs - Multi-user dimensions, which were a precursor to the massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) of today, like World of Warcraft. I eventually became a programmer for some of those MUDs, including the famous HERO MUD. After college, I stopped playing.
Shortly after Ben was born, I borrowed Might and Magic 5 or 6 from a friend. That game is a single player game and isn't even very good, and I played it in all my spare time for a month. I believe Suzette's exact words were "It's us or the game". I gave it back and made my friend promise not to let me borrow it.
A week ago, Suzette gave me a subscription to World of Warcraft for Father's Day.
I am proud to say without any uncertainty and beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I must stop playing this game right now. It's so thoroughly addicting and the hugest time suck. While playing, you check the time and think 30 minutes have gone by, and it's been 3 hours. And I'm not even playing with a group of people, just soloing.
There's a reason they refer to it as World of Warcrack. It's highly addictive. Just like giving samples to kiddies, they give a 10-day free trial, knowing you will get hooked. And I am.
Fortunately, I used the 10-day free trial instead of the subscription, knowing what might happen. I'm going to Target to trade it in for something less addictive like heroin. :) There's a reason that we have never owned an Xbox or other gaming system. Hmm, I wonder if they have those at Target?
- schneid
Shortly after Ben was born, I borrowed Might and Magic 5 or 6 from a friend. That game is a single player game and isn't even very good, and I played it in all my spare time for a month. I believe Suzette's exact words were "It's us or the game". I gave it back and made my friend promise not to let me borrow it.
A week ago, Suzette gave me a subscription to World of Warcraft for Father's Day.
I am proud to say without any uncertainty and beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I must stop playing this game right now. It's so thoroughly addicting and the hugest time suck. While playing, you check the time and think 30 minutes have gone by, and it's been 3 hours. And I'm not even playing with a group of people, just soloing.
There's a reason they refer to it as World of Warcrack. It's highly addictive. Just like giving samples to kiddies, they give a 10-day free trial, knowing you will get hooked. And I am.
Fortunately, I used the 10-day free trial instead of the subscription, knowing what might happen. I'm going to Target to trade it in for something less addictive like heroin. :) There's a reason that we have never owned an Xbox or other gaming system. Hmm, I wonder if they have those at Target?
- schneid
Monday, June 02, 2008
This was supposed to be the Summer of George!
I haven't blogged in awhile because there's nothing to blog. I sprained my ankle badly on May 9. Plyaing basketball, I made a good cut (unusual for me), got the pass, went up for the shot...and came down hard on someone's foot. I saw the doctor, spent a week on crutches, then hobbled around for a week, but the pain was so bad, I went to see a specialist. He gave me an aircast (the boot) and told me to wear it for 2-3 weeks.
It's a bummer because I was getting back into the groove of running regularly and had lost a few pounds before the injury. I had our bicycles tuned up and was planning on riding to work. We live near the Prairie Path and I can safely ride to work, and it's about 7 miles which is a great short ride. And the summer volleyball season is starting.
This was supposed to be the Summer of George! Do you remember that Seinfeld episode? George discovers that he has a 3 month severance package from the Yankees. He decides to take the summer off, and declares it the "Summer of George". But he gets injured, and the doctor says "Mr. Costanza, your legs have sustained extensive trauma. Apparently your body was in a state of advanced atrophy, due to a period of extreme inactivity. But with a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, I think there's a good chance you may, one day, walk again." Unmoved by the news, Jerry, Elaine, and Kramer go out for coffee and leave him. He shouts at them as they walk away, "This was supposed to be the Summer of George!"
I plan to wear the boot for a few more days, then start rehabilitating my ankle. I hope to ride my bike pretty soon and play volleyball by the end of June. I had planned to seriously get into shape this summer and drop a lot of weight. Unfortunately, the injury has interfered with the Summer of George but I'll have almost two months left when I'm ready to go.
- schneid
It's a bummer because I was getting back into the groove of running regularly and had lost a few pounds before the injury. I had our bicycles tuned up and was planning on riding to work. We live near the Prairie Path and I can safely ride to work, and it's about 7 miles which is a great short ride. And the summer volleyball season is starting.
This was supposed to be the Summer of George! Do you remember that Seinfeld episode? George discovers that he has a 3 month severance package from the Yankees. He decides to take the summer off, and declares it the "Summer of George". But he gets injured, and the doctor says "Mr. Costanza, your legs have sustained extensive trauma. Apparently your body was in a state of advanced atrophy, due to a period of extreme inactivity. But with a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, I think there's a good chance you may, one day, walk again." Unmoved by the news, Jerry, Elaine, and Kramer go out for coffee and leave him. He shouts at them as they walk away, "This was supposed to be the Summer of George!"
I plan to wear the boot for a few more days, then start rehabilitating my ankle. I hope to ride my bike pretty soon and play volleyball by the end of June. I had planned to seriously get into shape this summer and drop a lot of weight. Unfortunately, the injury has interfered with the Summer of George but I'll have almost two months left when I'm ready to go.
- schneid
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