No Rest For The Wicked

So whilst my bout with hives winded down (still having outbreaks, though very light), I began to feel the beginnings of a cold kicking up. I don't think this cold, rainy weather is helping my cause any either. I also guess having a reaction does more to one's body then simply having weird marks/bumps and itching like crazy.

Great.

Regardless of that, I absolutely want to go out and see the new Sherlock Holmes movie (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) and I am determined to drag myself out of my house if need be to get it done. The plan was to see it yesterday, but both myself and my girlfriend fell asleep just before we were thinking of going and when we awoke, it was just too late.

The only plus I see here is I have some time to play a bit of Skyrim, which I've been keeping away from simply because many hours of life disappear whenever that game is on. I just can't believe how time consuming the side quests are! I've been trekking all across the land and have found encampments and enemies I didn't even know were my enemies. It is, however, quite difficult to ignore someone dressed in skins and throwing fireballs at you. My plan going forward? I think I'll take my Nord character and join up with the Stormcloaks. Screw the Imperial bastards, hate that smug attitude of theirs...

Four Days of Hell

So much has happened in such a short period of time, I think I'm still trying to figure it all out. I think the events of this past several weeks will play a role in shaping how 2012 starts out for me. Good or bad, that part remains to be seen.

For starters though, I spent just about a week recovering from a mysterious allergic reaction from food(s) and/or contact with materials/substances unknown. All I know for certain was I had a pretty nasty reaction to it and had a nice little introduction to what I now know as hives. Life threatening? I don't really think so, but thanks to the power of the internet, I was almost convinced I was going to be stuck with it from anywhere between a week or three or maybe even the rest of my damn life. Thankfully, that doesn't appear to be the case and it has all but cleared up at this point.

This was all fairly scary stuff to me as I've never had such a reaction to anything before in my life. I am absolutely thankful for my mom, who gave me all the right advice and I have to think that is what spared me from a prolonged bout with whatever happened to me.

Thanks mom.

I just hope it is done and over with, because have that many itches on both of my arms, legs, back and bottoms of my feet was absolute hell. I do not want to ever have to experience that again! Ever! Never!

Going For Broke!

Yup, the title for this entry is the surest statement I can make because I am backed up on games till probably some time in 2012. Of the few (read: many) games that I've been playing, Skyrim has been put on hold for the moment, just because I tend to spend way too many hours at it during every session. That is a digital drug, I shit you not.

One little gripe that I can recall from my last time around with the game was having a fight with a dragon and it did not fight back. I mean it did circle above, it blasted the jeebus out of me from the sky and all of that. But then it just landed and looked at me. Surely it was a menacing beast, but he/she/it just stared at me and so I did what I've been having fun doing so far: Summoned my magic sword, equipped my dead enchanted sword and hacked it to death.

Epic, but totally not epic all the same...

WWE '12 is/was pretty damn disappointing in that the controls seem like they've only gotten worse since last year. I kind of wished they'd include an option to have the controls function as it did back in 2010. As for Universe 2.0... it is slightly better, but a little boring and just not really that fun to play. And the whole SUPER COOL presentation of stringing the matches together is just so silly it is stupid. And to top it off? Community Creations (online portion) does not work. But wait! They are working on fixing the probably 24/7 right!

That must be one hell of a fuck up somewhere...

So what have I been occupying my time with lately? Surprisingly enough, Saints Row The Third has been my current choice of mayhem.

It is a little over the top, but it isn't like every single thing in the entire game is completely bat-shit insane or anything like that. The gun play does seem better, so at least being swarmed by rival gangs and cops doesn't feel quite that bad like before (and you will be swarmed by gangs and cops a lot).

Just kind of a quick post onto my dead blog, for what reasons I cannot say. I guess I like repetitive shit that equates to nothing. And yes, I am very quickly losing my goddamn mind and I just want to jump up and down and rant and rave and just scream at every living being that crosses my path.

But I won't.

Yet.