It’s been an interesting week, so I thought I’d talk a little about these ups and downs and everything that has been going on.
Let’s start with the good. Last week, I had a job interview that went extremely well. It wasn’t the typical type of job that is on my radar, but I decided to take a chance, and it seems like its paid off. The interview went fantastic, and the pay should be more than I’m making now. The commute will be a bit more challenging, but I think the increase in pay should offset that frustration. I haven’t formally been offered anything yet, but they’ve checked my references, and I’m hoping next week I’ll receive an offer letter.
Monday was my birthday. Since I was already off for my birthday and Thursday and Friday, I decided to just take the entire week off. I had grand plans that included some car cleaning, headlight restoration, decluttering, general apartment repairs, and a lot more. But Friday, my wife became ill, and on Monday, she took a COVID test that came back positive. So, I’ve been nursing her back to health the last few days.
I tweaked my back on Saturday, after not sleeping in our bed, and that meant I hobbled around a bit this weekend, which really put a damper on things. I felt better come Monday, but Tuesday I woke up feeling a bit sick myself. I’m not nearly as bad as she is, but I’m definitely not 100%, which has complicated my plans further. It’s funny, I took this time to be productive, but it seems that everything is trying to prevent me from being that.
That’s not to say I haven’t done anything. I’ve done some cleaning and decluttering. In my last post, I talked about my relationship with stuff, and how I was donating quite a bit of the items I’ve collected over the past few years. Well, I ended up taking it further. I’ve pretty much packed up most everything I own that isn’t useful to be donated. I’m hoping to explore this topic in depth soon, but I’m feeling wonderful about my decision to let so many things go.
I finally finished up the final hour of Robocop Unfinished Business, so now it’s finished business. I had a lot of fun playing through both Robocop games, and I hope we get more down the road. It’s clear the folks Teyon/Nacon have an understanding of the source material, and I love the B grade feel of the game. It matches the movie so well.
I jumped back on the Jack Reacher train and read through One Shot in a couple of days. I cannot believe someone read that novel and then decided to tell the story that they told in the Tom Cruise Jack Reacher film. What a waste of a tremendous story. I doubt they’d touch it, but I’d love to see Amazon adapt that story as told in the book for their series.
I haven’t spent as much time online lately. I find myself stepping away more and more. I sometimes wonder if there will come a time when the internet just becomes more trouble than it’s worth? It really feels like that quite a bit of the time already.
Have you seen how far Playstation 2 emulation has come? It’s incredible. I’ve spent some time dabbling with it lately, and I’m considering making myself some sort of budget Steam Box that I can hook up to a TV and enjoy these games. Since I primarily use my Xbox 360 to play Xbox games, the PS2 emulation has made it rather useless as of late. The games actually look better and run better with PCSX2 than the emulator on the Xbox 360. I need to finish up my playoffs in ESPN 2K5 on my Xbox, but once that’s done I may get rid of my Xbox 360.
I watched the latest Jackie Chan flick, The Shadow’s Edge. Wow… it was fantastic. I totally recommend it for fans of Jackie Chan.
I enjoy combat sports, but I hate having my time wasted. The amount of time dedicated to introductions, explaining the rules, and what not turns me off. I have no interest in watching a four-hour event, so it’s pretty rare for me watching MMA or kickboxing live. Well, Fubo took the latest Bare Knuckle Boxing event and created a video called Just Fights. Now this is something I can get behind. I’ve also been watching a bit of November’s Grand Sumo Tournament. It’s so nice the way it’s presented in thirty minute chunks with English commentary.
Well… that’s about it for me. I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving.
