Rise of Mercy

I had a dream last night in which there was a viral outbreak of a zombie disease, but then it took an odd turn. I began the dream as myself, rounded up because I had very visible symptoms (weakness, skin turning grey), and I was imprisoned with a few other people in a government facility where they could keep an eye on us. The cells were weird, no bars or anything, but they were raised platforms with partial walls between the cells, and a two-story drop in front of them.

Somehow the disease passed and it was everyone else that was affected by it, not the people that had visible symptoms earlier.

Oh, did I mention that Andrew was in the cell next to me? Yeah, me and Andrew.

For some reason the cells then lowered themselves, and...erm...we....Well, we morphed into our WoW characters. Kataron and Angrus. And there weren't any zombies in the facility, just...for some reason...wolves. Like the kind you would find in the starter zone in Elwynn Forest...

My dreams are usually about zombies, occasionally about WoW, but this is the first time I can recall them being both. Also there was some kind of nuclear reactor. And someone that resembled Kevin Bacon.

I think my subconcious is crazy.

CRAAAAAAAZY.

So we downed the second-last boss in Ulduar on Thursday, pretty exciting. We're up to the old God now, and we're gonna rip him a new one.

I went drinking with Eric and Cameron last night. Not so much for the drinking, but for the obvious entertainment of seeing those two get drunk. Not a big fan of the Rockwood bars, or most drinking in general, but it was fun. Cameron is a hilarious drunk. I stayed mostly sober, only three rum and cokes and a shot of something Jenny recommended, but that was over the four hours we were at the bar, while the others had a constant stream of drinks. I think they were up to six or seven pitchers and two shots when Eric made friends with the bathroom floor. I had to help him walk home, as he had trouble just standing still, or getting off the bathroom floor for that matter. Sort of reminiscent of Dave at my birthday.

When I got Eric home, I walked Cameron most of the way back (he seemed more sober than Eric, but he had done no predrinking and had eaten a full meal just before coming down), and we had a nice chat about WoW.

Then I got back, tried to play TF2, but my reflexes were somewhat slowed, I was a little tipsy. I am an easy, easy drunk. So then I chatted a little, and went to bed.

When I woke up, Kate had called, and then I hung out with her all afternoon. We watched 21 and Sex Drive, both of which I have seen before, but both of which are pretty good. 21 being a movie about blackjack, Sex Drive being a decent sort of teen comedy.

So far it's been a pretty good weekend visiting my parents, and it's Father's Day tomorrow. Well technically today.

Unfortunately I am missing Seth's last night in Cambridge before he goes to work at a camp for the rest of the summer. Which is a shame, because I miss that glorious bastard something fierce. Some of the best weekends I had in high school were the ones I spent with Seth.

I still remember the first time I met him, I was hanging out with Jared and Seth's sister, whom I was already friends with, and then Seth and I got talking about video games, and I realized "This kid is fucking awesome". So when he gets back from the camp job, I have got to go spend a weekend with him like the good old days.

...So I downloaded The Sims 3 the other day. Didn't really want to pay for yet another Sims title that will have repeated expansions, each as costly as the last. So I hit up TPB (The Pirate Bay, you fools) and got it for freeeeeeee.

I'm glad I didn't pay for it. I played it for about three hours, then got bored of it. The character customization is pretty good, but what's the point? When am I going to be locked in on my sim's face? All that matters to me, for the most part, is the clothing, And the hair. Aside from that, I could not possibly care less what my sim looks like. So allowing me to customize the facial features, the nose, the eyes, it's completely fucking pointless.

Aside from that, my favourite thing about the franchise is flirting with ladies and getting some woohoo. But in this game it is so fucking easy. Just set a trait as "flirty", and you get all kinds of social options to woo the ladies...And if THEY have the flirty trait, then it's like shooting fish in a barrel. But in this case the fish is a woman. And the gun is my penis. And the barrel is the bed I guess? Shit, I don't know.

I have no interest in the ease at which I can seduce women in this game. The challenge is gone. In the three hours I played, I got to the point where I was literally meeting the women, and bedding them the same day, with no effort whatsoever. Boring.

So I've already lost interest in the game.

Also, the aging process has me irritated. When I have a character go to work, they generally come back with a hundred and some-odd dollars, but when I only have a limited amount of time, a limited number of days to work and move up and try to reach the height of a profession when I have a limited time to do so. It makes all of the money my sims bring home for a day of work....Lessened.

Yeah. Anyways...

I think that's all for this particular moment of time.

Until next time,
If I was a criminal mastermind, I would put explosive labels on all barrels without explosive contents, and no labels on the barrels with the boom boom.
~Kataron