EPTReally this one is just going to be a confused mish-mash of thoughts that run through my head. Transferring that whole inner monologue thing into text. I don't know, there's a lot going on in my mind. Always is. It doesn't help that everything is so easy. Gives my mind too much free time to roam and such. That's why I like Starcraft. It's hard, and it forces me to think about it alone.
In other news, I got my keyboard!!! My long awaited mechanical keyboard is currently under my fingers and dear Lord it feels good. The Steelseries 6gv2 is wonderful. It's a lot easier to get used to than I expected. And, comparing it with my original keyboard right next to me, I love this one much more. I didn't ever realize what a difference it would make. I actually feel satisfied when I press a key. It's a lot easier to press them, though, so typos abound until I can get used to it.
For now, however, I'm just running my fingers over it, typing this.
So, now I start going through the long list of thoughts in my head and talk about them. I'm certain I won't get all of them, or even half (My mind moves too fast for me to write anything even close to fast enough. By the time this sentence has concluded, I've gone through six unique thoughts), but I'm certain there'll be plenty here.
Where to start, where to start.... Let's start with my mood, because I want to complain. Sorry in advance.
I'm pissed off. Just in general. Not at any one or any thing in particular, just at the world. Last night was pleasant enough. I spent it with my close group of friends, and we enjoyed ourselves. We didn't do too much, just hung out and enjoyed each others' company. But this morning, when my ride was meant to pick me up, he didn't show. My dad was delayed by a meeting he was in, which is fine, but the two hour delay made me miss my chance to spend time with a girl I have my eye on.
Not happy about that. But I came home, ate an Italian sandwich, and relaxed. It's been one of those days where I just want to sit here and be mad. I don't often get these, but I do, and when I do, I usually don't want to do anything. So I didn't. I just lazed around, played a little Starcraft with the same friend that asked me to write this (Why, nerd? Really, you can't actually enjoy reading this?). We played 2v2's, where we just went random and cheesed game after game. It was going okay, but then we hit two guys. ILoveBieber and Puttputt. We owned them game one, but then were matched with them again. And again. We repeated our cheese game two, and that failed. Game three, my friend and I both rolled Protoss. Neither of us play Protoss. We wanted to macro game it out, but... we sucked. So we got rolled.
After that I took a nap, which felt nice. I was awoken almost two hours ago by a knocking on my door. My dad had brought me a gyro and seasoned french fries from a local diner. I'm still working my way through the fries. That's awesome of him. For as much as I'm upset that I wasn't back here, I must stress that it's not directed at him, just circumstance.
It happens. So here I sit. I'm watching Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog for the umpteenth time, munching on fries, typing this. Not a bad deal, objectively. Alas, emotions don't work with that whole logic thing.
And hell, the girl is sad that we couldn't hang out too. So there's hope on that front, as well.
What's next? I don't know. I can't organize this crap. It doesn't help that the incredibly catchy tunes from Doctor Horrible are in my head. Certainly doesn't make it easier.
See, the thing is, I really don't want to end it hear. I refuse to just complain in this thing. I will actually put something hopefully of value on here.
I was watching Jaedong stream earlier. He's pretty good, eh? He likes those base-race strats against Toss, though. Hehe. It would be funny if you had seen the games I did.
You know what, now is a good time to share a little music. I might be writing awhile, so we'll see if I can't drop a couple of songs in here to listen to. Wow, okay, after about five minutes of searching I'm turning up diddly squat. Oh well, back to searching. Well, when in doubt, it's best to have a standby.
That's a good one.
Alright, now to write something.
You know, it's funny, I'm sitting here and I'm writing this, but I keep throwing cursory glances around at the TeamLiquid pages in the forums or the streamers currently active. Of course, this information is outdated for me, because I've been on the same page for a long time. I could hit refresh on the tabs if I wanted, but I don't. Why is it that I keep looking for something new in the sidebars? I know that I won't, but I keep looking anyways.
I don't know, but that same logic is not applicable everywhere. For instance, every year I read two things without fail. I read 1984 in February, and I read the Lord of the Rings in March. I've done it for nearly five years now. I keep looking in those books for something new, and I keep finding it. That's what keeps them interesting. Admittedly, that's on a different scale: years not seconds, and books not websites, but it's still an interesting comparison.
This large enter key on this keyboard is throwing me off. It's extended upward into where another button would usually sit. That other button has been thrown next to the question mark and the shift key has been shortened to accommodate it. That's hard to get used to, I won't lie.
It's a nice night here. It's quiet on my street. It's snowing. It's dark. It's warm in my apartment. I'm enjoying it. My throat is feeling better. My cough has finally gone away from the musical. I never actually recovered. I nearly got there, then I got sick and my cough got worse. At the moment, I'm at what I think is the final stage in recovering. Now that all my ailments have left me and my throat is, for the most part, healed, all I have to do is wait for it to stop overproducing phlegm to protect it. At that point, I can finally start to rebuild my vocal abilities. I'm happy about that. Not being able to sing along with my music has literally been driving me crazy.
Speaking of music, I think it's time for another song. This is my favorite song, hands down, ever.
I love it, dearly.
Gah, I refuse to talk about the one thing on my mind at the moment. I won't give in, Garrett, this won't become a girl blog. Screw you.
I don't know why it's been on my mind, but it has. Luckily for you, I won't subject you or anyone else to listening to me talk about it. There's other blogs for that.
I discovered this Summer the joy of indie horror games. You know the ones. Slender and the like, no? Well, I recently noticed that Tobuscus (A Youtuber I keep subscribed to just in case he comes up with another awesome literal trailer) was playing a new one. It's a game called Haunt: The Real Slender Game. I figured, it's free, what the hell? So I downloaded it, and wow. That's my reaction to the game here in hindsight. Wow. I haven't actually played it very much yet, but it's literally just crazy. It's got a lovely graphical engine and does every bit as good a job as Slender did with the ambiance. Better, in fact.
It's dark, it's raining, and you're lost. You come upon the entrance to a park, with an idling truck parked outside. You think there must be someone close inside, so you go in to find them and ask for help. But as you open the gate, you see a ghostly visage appear only twenty yards in front of you, and your vision blurs. You hear a scream, and the gate shuts as the nightmare you see before you abruptly disappears. God it's good. I haven't quite decided if it's actually a good game or not: if it's on par with Slender for difficulty and replayability. But I haven't gotten very far at all, and I'm impressed. The atmosphere is brilliant, the sounds are fantastic, and it looks beautiful in the fancy engine.
I shall leave you with one last song, because I've run out of things to say, and I can't expect to hope to generate any more words. The thoughts running through my head tonight are fleeting, and I can't hold them in place long enough to actually say anything substantial about them.
And so, as I depart, I leave you with Wes King's Make Believe.
https://soundcloud.com/gravitonmatrix/make-believe
Ladies and Gentlemen, have a lovely night.
