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So, this is the first day of school after the two week chrismtas vacation. I wasn’t really looking forward to it, and apparently not without good grounding.
I’ve had only one class of English in which I had to write an essay on a given choice subject, mine being: ‘My dream of becoming a ‘real’ archeaologist in which I linked my path to the study with the story of Pinocchio with me being a puppet on strings at the Grafisch Lyceum and our slightly bulbous course manager being the Fairy Godmother.
In any case, the whole thing of getting together with classmates again ended with me being fully occupied for the next two days with absolutely no respite…
Between the normal college classes, finishing my last internship and staying awake due to severely bad nights(which won’t really get any better with 8:30 to 18:30 work days) I’ll have to jam a few hours tomorrow evening, decide what parts of the Zandhege project for Geldersch Landschap I am going to write for in the report, make lasagna with Leon, get my Dark Elf army ready and build a 2000 point armylist for a massive 6000 point 5 sided(Me,Leon,Bastiaan,Vincent,Nadie) Warhammer battle of Sunday.
The thing is that I probably won’t have the time for any of these things in the coming three weeks leading up to my next internship, since the schedule is already bursting at the seams there.
12 exams in two weeks is way past the limit my brain can take…
Had a nice vacation, not spectacularly interesting but had some fun times, which were direly needed.
Christmas was fun: good food(got myself truly stuffed) lovely family(got to really meet Gerard’s new girlfriend), wonderful presents(got a pictorial book on archaeological sited across the world and one on the history of religion in the country, explained through archaeology) and a slightly weird visit to Hans who initially didn’t want us there because of Catherienes disposition and general mood(but that was suddenly fine when she left the house for a day of Harp shopping(yes, she bought no less than 12 harps for the local cultural centre))
Spend new-year with Nadie in Halsteren playing games(700p Warhammer, Senet, Elfenland) and having a good time.
Nadie gave me my birthday present 26 days in advance because she couldn’t hold on to the awesomeness of 5 hand-made wooden dice in a burned and polished wooden case; a truly amazing present.
During the holidays Steam had a maddening sale with huge discounts and giveaways every day.
This resulted in me getting:
The Polynomial
A 3D space shooter which creates your environment and the enemies you face in sync with your music of choice. Lovely relax to once in a while.
Left 4 Dead 2(and a copy Nadie and Marcel, still got one left for anyone interested)
Better than the first, and absolutely amazing in multiplayer. Also, zombies.
Revenge of the Titans
Wonderful little castle defense kind of game with an alien invasion running down your quickly erected defensive bases.
Mass Effect
Got it for about €1,75. Which nice for the prequel of one of my favorite games of the past years.
Trine 2
Side scrolling platform adventure in an amazingly beautiful world. 3 classes of character with different abilities can be swapped on the spot. In multiplayer every player is a single character.
The Guild 2(+Pirates of the European Seas expantion)
Just incredible…A mix of RPG,RTS and Sim…you play a Rpg character in a simulated 1400 world where you can live your live as you please. Getting a spouse and offspring will add them to your party and family, which in turn are controllable Rpg characters as well. As time progresses your family grows and you can build your dynasty through the ages gathering more influence and renown.
Terarria
Not sure about it yet, commonly known as Minecraft in 2D. Although it is far more adventure orientated where Minecraft is more crafting building centered(which makes me prefer the later more, I guess)
Magicka
A top side action adventure featuring little mages. It’s more fun in multiplayer, but nice on its own as well. Anyway, the base concept of creating your spells on the spot with a combination of 8 elements and a few output types and a wonderful pop-culture referring humor makes for lots of awesome times.Tm
And I obviously spend a good time playing these.
But, yeah, that’s kind of enough for now.
Thanks,
Yanik