Okay, so I go up to a rental property to figure out some TV/DVD tech problems. The situation wasn't dire, and the people were all friendly to be sure, but this is the worst of the worst kind of situations for me. I have an audience. There are at least 5 people behind me while I'm trying to disconnect the offending DVD player and connect our loaner. Whether the people are nice or upset I ALWAYS freak out in a situation like that.

So anyway, I "fix" the audio on a TV in the master bedroom (somehow it had gotten on SAP, and apparently some cable channels here don't even have an SAP signal, hence, no audio). I chat with the wife about the joys of having a Kindle, as I see she's got one too.

At no time do I feel anyone brush against me, though I am wearing my big warm fluffy coat.

I arrive back down at the office and stick my hand in my pocket to retrieve the house key that I didn't have to use.

My hand comes back up with $15.00, a very crisp $5.00 and $10.00 (which proves it couldn't be my money, as I have a magic insta-crumpling power with legal tender).

Did the guests just tip me? They seemed really nice, but it's not like I did anything AMAZING.

I could swear that the money hadn't been in that pocket last night. And I certainly didn't dump a complete set of teeth in that pocket, so it couldn't have been the Tooth Fairy.

I'm utterly confused by the universe right now.

I pulled myself together and won. Didn't get everyone's special ending or anything like that. Wasn't aiming for that. But yay! Another RPG won by me!

So I got home from work today and felt the need to restructure my desk space in my room.

I've set my desk at a 90 degree angle to the wall, which actually allows for a better separation of "sleeping space and computer space" from the "clothes and movie watching space."

Also will hopefully make sweeping easier. That'll get tested tomorrow sometime.

We'll see how long my satisfaction with this arrangement lasts.

Happy Holidays to y'all.

Not exactly a Christmas greeting, but a testing of my new camera.

Listening to:: No Surprise - Daughtry

I'm having one of my sad reactions to nearly everything right now. Nothing seems to be going on the way I want, I have no good coordination, and my motivation just is all over the walls right now. Too awake to sleep, too tired to pull entertainment together.

This half-conscious annoyance ramble brought to you by not wanting to go to work at all tomorrow, but having to.

(only paraphrasing)

Anita: "Just because a girl has pink hair doesn't mean she won't start something!"

There's just something about reading a high-tech future-scape book (The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds) on an electronic device. It feels more right than reading it on paper.

So ... apparently there is going to be an International release of this game on PS3, which will include multiple language options and additional content over the previous XB360 release.

This excites me. Partially because of the fact that, as a PS3 release, this should condense the game from multiple discs down to (hopefully) one BluRay disc. The annoyance of having to change discs to revisit previous destinations will be gone!

Also ... this seems to be my pattern of gaming now. I play the XB360 version of something until the (generally) newer, better PS3 version comes into existence. Admittedly, this hasn't happened often, but ... well, I suppose that might just be my Sony-centric self reapplying itself.

This news has also reminded me that I haven't finished the game on XB360. Which I may try to get done before the PS3 version comes out. Maybe.