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I have thus-far spent the past several hours reading through a handful of topics over at HNZ, in order to understand how the role playing game is played, and I’m more confused about what to do than how I feel after I’ve just woken up.

Okay, so maybe I didn’t have any sleep last night; and I somehow managed to watch rubbish on T.V until about 7am; and maybe my head hurts too much to actually read anything, but I’m in the mood to find out what an RP is; and how they are played.

/me :glare:’s at Nicolas’ status.

Non of this entry makes any sense.

It seems the sorting process will take place in September. That’s like, a long time away; like, forever!

Oh noes, I over-used the work like. Eeek. /me feels icky inside.

If I join this RP thingeh, I don’t particularly want to participate in an adult role; since I have no character; or back-story; or personal development; or skills; or experience; or .. you see where I’m going with this. I’m thinking starting at the beginning will be largely beneficial to my role playing; and the overall development of my character. Eee, look at me; I’m soo getting into this!

/me requires assistance. /me waits for the on-line sound from Nicolas.

Hopefully Mr Cape Stealer can clear a few items up for me, and I can join in over there. Hopefully.

Mini review time.

The over-all storyline for this movie is, I feel, a little better explained. With you knowing what the characters are setting out to do, and not wandering aimlessly around for half an hour. There is more of a love angle being thrown at you, but then who wouldn’t want to galavant across the world with the love of their life to save said world?

For those of you who are a little bit older, prepare yourselves for innuendo after innuendo. The movie is full of them! And they’re mostly really funny. :D : /me sniggers at the childish humour.

The final battle scene is much like the first battle from the original movie; out in the dessert with explosions and flares and sand and stuff. The choreography in the second movie is really well done, and I don’t remember hat it was like in the first.

I can’t seem to remember any bad points, or rather; nothing springs to mind, so maybe that’s the sign of a good movie? I recommend going to watch this, even if your a bit sceptical. A movie is a movie after-all.

I still suck at reviews.

…you only have £30 in your bank account.

Yep. I have nothing left. And rent is due, and possibly a gas bill; and the internet bill; and cinema card bill; .. wait! .. The petrol I filled up on yesterday hasn’t been took out!

Sh*t.

I am in deep crap.

Having received the renewal notice from my current insurance provider, I have been looking around for cheaper deals; pretty much the same as everyone does.

My current renewal price is, I think, £827.68. I can’t be bothered to re-dig out the letter and check.

I have used the typical moneh-fulled-super-meerkats sites and Admiral comes back with the cheapest and most reasonable quote, of £798.something-or-other-pence. That quote was after checking the Admiral site directly. I think I shall phone them some time and see if I can actually get cheaper.

My main worry is, I don’t actually have enough money to cover the insurance. Eeek. That means I’m having to find money from places; or plan a bank robbery. Somehow, I don’t think I’ll be able to find the money.

I shall comment about the phoning; and status of Operation Bank Robbery soon, if I remember.

Just saw this on xkcd: http://xkcd.com/594/

Need I say more.

*/me ducks as all the girls attack him*

*/me needs to implement /me tags*

For the past few months I have been trying to purchase a copy of MoH: Airborne due to thoroughly enjoying the game the previous time I was on it. However, this isn’t as easy as one would dream (we haven’t quite made it to thinking yet); as the game is either out of stock; or just too highly priced where I live.

I tried to locate a copy on-line, but gave up since it meant actually looking for sites that would sell one; or registering on ones I did find.

I have an account with Game, as I have utilised the reward card since the day the Redcar branch opened several years ago. Sending an email to them came back negative. She wasn’t pregnant after all. Phew.

Wait, what!?

Quick, mention a game and side-track them.

In short, they don’t have stock orders for anything further than a week ahead. So they have no idea if a copy will arrive. The price currently loiters on my WishList at £14.98; which is a payable price. Heh, I actually want to give money away for once, and no-one is around to take it. :p

There are several other games on my WishList too, including; but not limited to:

• Wolverine: Un-Caged Edition;
• Assassins Creed 2 ¹;
• Saint Row 2 ²;
• and Max Payne 3 ¹

I remember back when games where half the price they are now. What’s with the mark-up eh?

¹ Un-released; and can’t afford the pre-order price.
² Yea, I still haven’t purchased this; but I have little monies and no tree to grow it on.

Driving back from college a few short moments ago (Yay for the active blogging!) I was behind a shiny, but dull looking dark red Corsa; with four lads inside.

Heading out of Marske (I took a longer; but still relatively short; route home) the driver turned out to be an old man, which explains the slow driving.

Once in Redcar, heading past the top end of town, the two lads in the back turn out to be two old ladies.

Indeed, the four lads I thought where in the car initially, happened to be much much older. Like, really old people!

I laughed. Yay for interesting bloggy of the week!

Over the past few days, I have been working on a handful of up-dates for two of my Windows Live Messenger skins; All Woollie Sheep and Enhanced Live.

Enhanced Live simply reverts a number of changes, as well as a bug fix or two, with nothing new being added.

AWS, at this time, has also had one or two fixes; and one or two reversions, but I plan on up-dating compatibility to the latest version of messenger (9.0). I’m not sure on when this will be, as I will need to re-learn a few pieces; and actually up-grade;¹ and extract the resources; and see what 9.0 looks like; and plan on the best attack; and possibly other stuff. It will take a while.

I have also up-dated the screen shots for use within the projects, and made some thumbnails for light-box. That was ‘fun’.

¹ After this, I will cease designing for 8.5.

I have since been referred back to Pertemps by the JobCenter, and have noticed a difference in how things are handled.

The first time was great, and I actually felt like going for each appointment; but this time, it’s not so great. In fact, it sucks. Maybe it’s down to the thirteen weeks they now give us, due to a stop in funding towards the end of the year; or they’re just shoving us into the system like everything else.

I just can’t be bothered with it if they’re not going to treat us fairly. Yes, maybe I don’t have a job, but that’s no reason to think I’m not worth the effort. Given the right support and an opportunity, putting learning difficulties aside; I can do most things others can do.

During my appointment on Friday, I managed to strike a deal with one of the staff. They would write up a letter for me, which I can read over and see if I like it; and I have to find two hotels or restaurants each week to post the letter to.

Hopefully I can have my so-called-adviser help me as well; and try like f00k to get into work. All I want to do is wash pots for several months¹, before moving up on-to prep, or cooking.

Argghhh, it sucks when you know your money is quickly running out.

¹ Who wouldn’t employ someone to do that?

I can only say wow!

Having just watched a game play video, I can only say wow!

This time around, there are new methods for eliminating the enemy, such as using the blade whilst sat on a bench; dragging someone into a cart of hay; grabbing a guard from a tower, whilst still hanging onto the wall, and pulling him over the edge; borrowing someone’s weapon to dispatch them ( before handing it back and saying thank-you, in the politest of ways ); and something really sexy, dual blades; meaning two kills at once.

The E3 trailer, coupled with the game play, looks immense; and places the sequel high above its predecessor, and in my view; above any other game set for release this year. ¹

I already have the game on my wish-list, but I can’t really afford to pre-order it; or buy it shortly after the release. I chose to gain my copy of the first game when I purchased my console, instead of CoD4, ² so I can always go back on that.

When I can spare the notes, I look forward to playing the new story-line; and look forward to any surprises hidden away inside. If there are any . . .

¹ The majority of games others like don’t interest me much. I enjoy relaxing games, like chess.
² Why not CoD4? See ¹.