So, I started Metal Gear 3 yesterday. I...really don't have much to say at this point. I started it a touch too close to bed, as I didn't realize that 'playing' it meant 'a small fraction where you can actually move Snake, but mostly you're watching a movie'. Which I only really understood bits and pieces of, as I was tired when I was playing. ( Read more... )

Feeling much better today! A long hot bath and a night's rest have put me back to pretty much normal shape ( Read more... )

I am so sorry I scared people over the weekend! :( I was monthly sick, and not up to even sitting let alone turning on the computer. It hit me Saturday morning, and the bad stuff started in the late afternoon/early evening while out. So outing was cut short and we went right home after dinner, and I crashed on the couch while movies were ( Read more... )

taradilien! Thank you so much for the beautiful holiday card! It came today - perfect way to kick off the season! :D

Also, new icon and temporary holiday LJ layout! :D

Holy crap, it's cold!

It was 30 degrees when I woke up. And that was after the sun had been up and out. Even the rooster was inside and not out crowing like normal. I immediately took a hot shower and bundled up, and while it's up closer to 40 degrees now, it's still damn cold.

Last night we stayed in and watched movies. nijawial had never seen Road ( Read more... )

LJ OTP MEMECome on, who would you ship me with ( Read more... )

Holy hell, how is Christmas Eve day after tomorrow? Where did the time go ( Read more... )

So, last night and the night before, some local station - ION? - was airing the BBC live action Hogfather miniseries. This is vastly amusing to me, because day before yesterday while I was wrapping presents, we had six or seven wild pigs wander into the yard. With the snow and the boar-like critters, my mother made the joke that the Hogfather had ( Read more... )

Update on the DVD situation!

We went to Hastings. I got my gifts, and my folks decided instead of trying to find what I would want, to just have me pick out stuff. And they wanted to be sure they got me the right DVD set, so I took them over to the TV boxed sets cabinet. I'm looking at the 'Cs', and my mother, again, while she has her list in ( Read more... )

Oh sweet Trisha, mother of Elrics, what a day ( Read more... )