Agents of Empire

I should be sleeping, however, I felt compelled to make this entry.  Again, another reedit as I had jotted down some notes about this night’s successful pick-up group 10 man run in The Trial of the Crusader.  The post was a bit wordy, so I decided to condense it down to the essence of I enjoy working in successful groups.  While the run wasn’t a smooth run, it was fun.  To balance out this positive remark, I’ll also admit that I hate it when I’m sleepy because I start thinking about being productive.  Then when I fall asleep and wake up a few hours later, that productivty seems to go AWOL.  I hate the Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde motif going on.

As a side, over the past couple weeks I’ve gotten my hands on Halo Wars and Fable II: Episode I.  Both really well built games.  Halo Wars actually makes me want to play FPS games.  The cinematic cut scenes in the game were done rather well, almost felt as though I were watching the first Final Fantasy CG movie.  I didn’t quite know what to expect from Fable II.  My friend had raved on and on about it, however, I didn’t really feel compelled to play the game.  Since Microsoft was offering a free download of the first episode, I figured I’d give it a whirl.  Going in with no expectations, I must say that I’m very impressed with the quality in the game world’s environment and the simplicity in the game controls.  The quest/mission mechanic is very similar to that of a game like World of Warcraft and the reputation system seems familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.  All in all, I wasn’t at all disappointed by these two titles.  If I had the cash, I’d pick these up right now. 

Any how … I’ve just been accosted by a couple brutish yawns.  I’m thinking that it’s finally time to hit the rack.

Every now and then I feel compelled to write down some of things that I would like to buy.  In doing so, I take a snapshot of where my head is at.  This passage originally listed a few things that centered around a touch sensitive phone of some sort, be it the Apple iPhone or the T-Mobile G1 w/ Google or even the Palm Pre Phone.  Basically, what I’m looking for is an electronic planner that is both portable and capable of syncing with my Google Calendar and Contacts.  I also tend to start thinking about these sorts of things as my birthday approaches.

However, after watching a bit of Saw III – my wife is currently having a Saw marathon in anticipation for Saw VI this Saturday – I was not so gently reminded that I now have a daughter. For the price of one of those interesting – but highly unnecessary – gadgets, I could easily pick up five (5) to forty (40) toys for her.  So I started thinking about what sort of toys to pick up for her.  I find it odd that as a parents, my wife and I want her to be interested in fairies – so the theme we have conceived for her room is fairies.  Unfortunately, fairy dolls and collectibles aren’t infant/toddler friendly.  In fact, they’re not at all friendly until about nine years from now.  By then, she’ll probably have developed a style of her own.  Nine years from now, I’ll be 43 … *sigh*

At any rate, I really should be getting on with my school work.

Currently waiting to get medical clearance on a couple issues … that’s the only thing holding up my enlistment. At the very least, I think this will allow me to see my daughter’s first birthday. Speaking of which, I’ve finally added a gallery with some pictures of my wife and daughter from earlier this month. You can check it out here: http://www.iocontrol.info/photo/kandice-leilani/