drew: (dave sprawl)
Drew ([personal profile] drew) wrote2006-07-05 10:40 am

this will occupy at least some of my attention

I've got to learn to unsubscribe from a couple of my RSS feeds when I go away. I came in to work today and there were 650 unread items in my reader. ::cries:: I blazed through most of them, and kept only about 35 that were too long to read by skimming -- I suppose I'll tackle them this afternoon.

Hi friendslist, it's MONDAY WEDNESDAY, but *feels* like Monday. Don't you hate it when that happens? But tomorrow is Thursday and the next day is Piratesday, so I don't feel *too* bad about that. And it's looking like I only have one rehearsal this week, so I may have time to actually concentrate on, you know, non-music stuff. Of course, given my track record with summers, it'll probably degrade into a whole bunch of video games and not much else. Except the writing. Dammit. Then next week is rehearsals Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and shows Friday and Saturday and then FREEDOM.

I still have not gotten over the school-perpetuated feeling like I ought to have the summer *off*. It doesn't help that there aren't any students around, which makes the place feel even emptier than usual.

Okay, so it's not even 11 and I'm already digging into my lunch. This cannot end well.

[identity profile] babyofthegroup.livejournal.com 2006-07-05 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The lack of physics in racing games is exactly why I don't play them -- I don't get any feedback from the car/ATV/boat/whatever other than the visual! I need the pull of gravity and the rumble of the engine and all that.

I could, but I would be a better person if I went without them. ::resists::

[identity profile] bexone.livejournal.com 2006-07-05 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's a good thing that there's no non-visual feedback in racing games. Otherwise I probably would drive like that. *G* Of course, some days my commute home feels rather like a race -- and there's something askew in the world when a Neon has better acceleration uphill than a brand-new Mustang, lemme tell ya.

Well, hold the idea in reserve in case you do cave.

[identity profile] babyofthegroup.livejournal.com 2006-07-05 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
there's something askew in the world when a Neon has better acceleration uphill than a brand-new Mustang

Holy crap, really? That's... impressive.

::salutes::

[identity profile] bexone.livejournal.com 2006-07-05 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's what happens when you spend all your money on the options and after-market crap that weigh the car down without upgrading the engine first. The basic V6 engine they're offering in base model 'stangs right now does just fine on a base model coupe, but anything else really needs the V8. At least the Mustang put up a fight. It's not even a remotely fair contest when it's some guy with a small penis in a large luxury SUV who thinks he's gonna pass me on the big curve.

My engine may be very, very small, but then so is my car. *G*