Communin’ with nature.
I’m surprised no one who went has really posted much about the trip to Renovo. Personally, I had a blast. I’ve never been camping before, so spending a weekend smack in the middle of absolutely nowhere is the closest I’ve come thus far. I got to swing my sword and toss my throwing knives, stuff I really don’t do often. I also got to finally break in my shinai. The cord that holds the top on, and by exension holds it together, snapped almost immediately, necessitating that I tape it back together, so now it looks totally ghetto. I probably got the worst of it, injury wise (took a crack to the face and a nice strike on the arm/back of the hand that I still feel) though I learned later that I might’ve been a little more concerned with preventing injury to my opponents that maybe they were. I didn’t care, though. Honestly, it never felt so good to get hurt. It was like being 15 again playing tackle football. Bruises are just part of the fun.
Kitt wasn’t kidding about the river. It was totally clear and almost totally devoid of life. It was still cool to swim in, though. At first I didn’t think I’d bother, but in the end I went in. Took a little detour to follow a stream. Didn’t really find anything interesting, but it was still fun to look.
I ate a my first s’more. A lot of grilling and eating took place, actually. All in all, we squeezed an awful lot into about a day and a half of time, and I even got back on Sunday in time to see Within Temptation in concert. So for me the weekend was packed from beginning to end. I’ll be better still if we manage to get up there for more than just a weekend next time.
I actually played Bioshock a few days ago. Rob got it for the 360. Thus far I’m pretty impressed, but as someone who considers the Shock games to be among the best ever made for any system, I’ll want to get through the whole thing before I render a final opinion. The graphics are amazing, but since I don’t come into contact with a 360 very often, I guess they would seem pretty impressive to me. I still think Return to Castle Wolfenstein has amazing graphics. Some of the features, like hacking guard druids and vending machines don’t seem to have advanced much sincs SS2, but they still manage to be entertaining. And, thankfully, the voice acting is up to the high standards of the series. Heh, been a while since I was so interested in a video game.
I leave for a week’s worth of Florida in two days. Get to go to Disney and Universal. Maybe do some shopping, Mom says there’s some huge flea market near where we will be. Still, I find that I have to work at manufacturing enthusiasm. I guess it stems from the fact that nothing about this trip was my idea. I’m just going because my dad asked me to go and keep an eye on the women. I do want to see Universal (construction on it hadn’t even started the last time I was at Disney) and the electrical parade again. I’m be up at the asscrack of dawn one of the days to eat breakfast with the characters. Still not sure how to approach that one. But anything is better than polishing the desk chair with my ass in work. I still think the trip has the potential to be really enjoyable so long as it’s oppressively hot and airport security aren’t total dicks. Maybe it’s because I don’t have a gameplan. I’m really not sure exactly what we’ll be doing and when we’ll be doing it. Hopefully it’ll all come together nicely when I get there.
So, anyway, it’s a short update, but I wont have access to a computer again for a week and I’m trying not to fall so far behind with my updates. Besides, I have a feeling that the trip will generate a lot of words, one way or another.
Kitt wasn’t kidding about the river. It was totally clear and almost totally devoid of life. It was still cool to swim in, though. At first I didn’t think I’d bother, but in the end I went in. Took a little detour to follow a stream. Didn’t really find anything interesting, but it was still fun to look.
I ate a my first s’more. A lot of grilling and eating took place, actually. All in all, we squeezed an awful lot into about a day and a half of time, and I even got back on Sunday in time to see Within Temptation in concert. So for me the weekend was packed from beginning to end. I’ll be better still if we manage to get up there for more than just a weekend next time.
I actually played Bioshock a few days ago. Rob got it for the 360. Thus far I’m pretty impressed, but as someone who considers the Shock games to be among the best ever made for any system, I’ll want to get through the whole thing before I render a final opinion. The graphics are amazing, but since I don’t come into contact with a 360 very often, I guess they would seem pretty impressive to me. I still think Return to Castle Wolfenstein has amazing graphics. Some of the features, like hacking guard druids and vending machines don’t seem to have advanced much sincs SS2, but they still manage to be entertaining. And, thankfully, the voice acting is up to the high standards of the series. Heh, been a while since I was so interested in a video game.
I leave for a week’s worth of Florida in two days. Get to go to Disney and Universal. Maybe do some shopping, Mom says there’s some huge flea market near where we will be. Still, I find that I have to work at manufacturing enthusiasm. I guess it stems from the fact that nothing about this trip was my idea. I’m just going because my dad asked me to go and keep an eye on the women. I do want to see Universal (construction on it hadn’t even started the last time I was at Disney) and the electrical parade again. I’m be up at the asscrack of dawn one of the days to eat breakfast with the characters. Still not sure how to approach that one. But anything is better than polishing the desk chair with my ass in work. I still think the trip has the potential to be really enjoyable so long as it’s oppressively hot and airport security aren’t total dicks. Maybe it’s because I don’t have a gameplan. I’m really not sure exactly what we’ll be doing and when we’ll be doing it. Hopefully it’ll all come together nicely when I get there.
So, anyway, it’s a short update, but I wont have access to a computer again for a week and I’m trying not to fall so far behind with my updates. Besides, I have a feeling that the trip will generate a lot of words, one way or another.