I’m.. tired.
We’ve been in crunch-mode at work.. moreso than usual. I’ve been pulling overtime since I got back from Boston. I’ve even worked a few saturdays. This is the final stretch though, three more days and I can resume a regular schedule. But..these next 3 days are going to be…bad.
I’ve been asked to come in at 5:30 am, because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. I don’t have to tell you that I’m not exactly thrilled about that. That early should only exist in the frame of “Yeah, we stayed up until…” not “My day started at…”. That’s just me. I like to gripe about things. Keeps me human. Can’t be all smiles all the time! Well, I could.. but those people tend to get funny looks by the people with the white jackets that hug you oh so tight.
I picked up a new phone a few weeks ago. It’s the Motorola Droid. I LOVE IT. Technically speaking, it is Verizon’s answer to the iPhone. It also happens to be open source, vastly customizable, and pretty fun to use. I’m sure that half my excitement for it is just having a smart phone, but I still love all the things I can do with it. E-mail, web, stupid games, fun games, star maps, GPS. Only thing it doesn’t have? A force-feedback bluetooth codpiece adapter. Though it has something close.
I played the hell out of Borderlands for the PC. Borderlands is an FPS RPG in a garbage-heap of a world. The comparisons to Fallout 3 are pretty apparent, but while Fallout 3 is an RPG first, Borderlands is a shooter first. It feels more like a shooter with a skilltree than anything. The game has unique characters, fun weapons.. TONS of fun weapons. Tons and tons. procedurely generated to have (airquotes) “millions” of guns.
The game doesn’t take itself seriously at all. There are little robots, called Clap Trap, which serve as comic relief. They have very distinct personalities and are great fun to watch! Don’t believe me? Watch some videos. The “elite” creatures in this game have different names. Alpha, Enraged.. Bad-ass, BadMutha, and Superbad. The first time I ran across a Bad-ass Corrosive Alpha Skag, I knew I was in for some shit. 
The best part of the game is the co-op play. Nothing beats mowing through enemies with three buddies. In fact, that can be said for my outlook on life right now.
Nothing beats mowing through enemies with your buddies.