Sunday, February 6, 2005

Half-assed revelations!

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Alex- Exactly. I'd like to take this character further, but I'd feel bad, given the Pope's current physical condition. Even if he was healthy as a horse, I'd probably go to hell for it.

Mimmi- I had a funny feeling you'd say something like that.. ~_^

Shin- I had you in mind while doing it.

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Newsflash, I posted on OB. It must be a sign of the endtimes. For some reason, I have a desire to post tonight. Let's hope this is just a phase, or else Lucifer will part the earth and send his hordes of lost souls to feed upon our sinful souls.

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I beat Half-Life 2 today. I thought I had a while before I was done with it, but it turns out I only had two more chapters to complete before it was over (one of them was more cinematic than gameplay, though). It didn't disappoint in any way, though I was aggrivated with the cliffhanger. In the back of my mind, I was expecting G-man's monologue to be longer and more elaborate. It wasn't as creepy as what he said in the beginning of the game, either.

Now I have to wait six years for Half-Life 3. Great.

It's always bittersweet to beat a game that you love playing. Knowing that you're not going to gain any new experiences from a game that relies more on single-player than multiplayer is sad, and at the same time there's a strong feeling of insignificant accomplishment. I'm assuming it's like watching your kid go off to college.

Spoilerness:

I could go on and on about how amazing the second gravity gun is, but I'm tired. Let's just say that there is nothing greater than picking an enemy up by his leg and chucking him at two of his buddies.

End spoilerness.

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I went to the library today. I can't remember the last time I was there.. It's been quite a while. As far as I can remember, I've never gone to the grownup library for entertainment- it's always for research. This time was no different. I picked up five books on World War II propaganda for an upcoming essay.. These look like very promising resources. The internet wasn't very helpful, because you can't type the word "Nazi" in Google without coming up with a thousand pro-Hitler websites.

Our library is nice. The building is decent-sized, and it's nicely decorated. The computers are all in a little pit, as I like to call it. In the middle of the first floor there is a sort of indentation, with three stairs leading down into that area, which has a bunch of old-looking computers and desks. I didn't really need to use those, except for searching for books in the database.

I remember the second floor. There's a winding staircase up there, and it used to be filled with magazines and newspapers. They closed that area off recently, it seems, because there are "staff only" signs everywhere. All the magazines are stuffed in the back now.

I saw a couple of friends in there trying to research, too. It was funny because they somehow found a way to their procrastinate research.. In a library. A LIBRARY, for God's sake.

Libraries are the kind of place I feel at home in. It's comfortable, quiet, and intelligent. I need to go there more often.
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