The Importance of Being Idle

Here Be Dragons

OMG! This morning I....

MOWED MY LAWN!!!

I know, this is verging on the unbelievable, it has been a very very long time since I did that, and it wasn't easy. 'Cos the grass fought back, some bits of it, I don't know the technical name but I call it Evil Bastard Chunky Grass actually had to be cut by hand cos it just refused to be cut by machine. Actually I was surprised that my lawn mower even worked, I mean it's been about eighteen months since I actually used it. So it actually starting up was pretty much the make or break moment of the day, but bless it it worked first time, and kept on working. I feel pleased with myself for taking this small, but important step. And even though by no means could you say my garden looks good, it sure looks better.
Last night I finished Resi 4. I still say it is one of the finest games I have played in the past couple of years. I mean obviously its still Resi (so there's clunky movement and all that) but it is without question the best looking game I have ever seen on any platform (it knocks everything I've ever seen on the Xbox on its ass), has fantastic sound and music which genuinely add to the atmosphere, has massively high production values and is just awesomely great fun. The last boss was actually surprisingly easy to beat, he hardly hurt me at all. I suppose I learned alot from fighting the other bosses, I know I was getting surprisingly cavalier about fighting Los Ganados towards the end (just run up to them, knee-cap 'em, then go to work with the knife). It did continue to be a Capcom game (ie rockhard) by taking the opportunity to kill you cheaply after you've killed Sadler, although the pay-off for that was the most awesome Millenium Falcon escaping the Death Star feeling I've ever had in a game, so it was worth it. Completion opened up new bonus games too! Yay! Go buy a copy of this game, and a GameCube if necessary, it really is that good.
Oh yeah, Friday the thirteenth note: today is the day that Stu flies home! That made my Grandma have kittens, bless her superstitious little cotton socks.

posted by BadMonkey @ 10:31 AM