What did you do today? Nothing. That’s right, nothing. It was as wonderful as I thought it would be. Today is my sole weekday off work where I have absolutely no responsibilities what so ever. No classes, no promises, no meetings, nothing to buy, nothing to pick up for the house. Nothing. I spent the day lounging around and looking after Yoshi. I spent my time doing things around the house that I usually don’t have time for.
For example, I watched another Rifftrax title. This time I purchased "Star Wars: Episode one: The Phantom Menace". I had a longstanding dream I would get to hear the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 condemn this movie in the harshest words. Well, they were none too kind to this "film". I hadn’t watched this movie unedited in a very long time. That’s probably because I value my sanity more than I did when I was a hardcore MST3ie and spent my time watching terrible movies as a hobby. Even with the Rifftrax crew joking around during the film, this was a punishing experience that’s not for the weak. That movie is freaking terrible.
Next up: Battlefield Earth. (Note: If this blog ceases to be updated for a few days, assume I’ve gone insane trying to watch Battlefield Earth without drinking enough alcohol first.)
Since I was bored, I reinstalled Warcraft III, and the expansion, The Frozen Throne. Since I completely can not win a game of strategy online, I slowly worked my way through some of the single player campaign maps that came with the game. I couldn’t last a minute online or versus a computer AI opponent, but the campaign gradually introduces units and has a nice learning curve. I haven’t played this game in years, so all this is new to me. I’ll probably just play through enough so that when they show Warcraft tournaments on television I’ll have a clue about what is going on. I know Starcraft well enough to see why a player is losing and what they should do to counter, but Warcraft remains a mystery. Besides, with my newer computer and full sized keyboard and mouse, the game is a lot more tolerable.
Between gaming and watching movies, I’ve worked in some resting, sloth, and laziness. The long days of classes really wore me down mentally. I’d love to take the whole week off, but I only have one more day of "rest" before I get to jump into the next set of classes and materials. I’ve got some stuff to do tomorrow that keeps me from really calling it a day off, but I’ll at least be working less. It never ends.
