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June 29, 2005
Gearing up for the mainland
Next week launches my trip to the mainland. I've made the trek countless times and each one seems a little harder to take. I'd say it's a ripe mixture of fewer liberties, fear mongering, and good old fashion age. But thankfully, there are new pain killers to help offset these. The most recent is my PSP. With movies, games, music, etc., the 7-8 hour flight should almost be tolerable. Ah, whom am I kidding? It should at least help until the battery dies. This will also be my first trip on American Airlines. But I suspect all airlines continue to change significantly in their thrashing throes of thlipping thales (sorry, alliterative license).
I've not quite entered the "what the hell am I going to pack" stage--that's usually an hour before it's time to head to the airport, but I have a ritual of thinking about thinking about packing well in advance. It goes well with my procrastination. Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
Regardless, I'm hoping it will be a successful trip to a part of the country I've never been.
In preparation, I've already weened myself off of World of Warcrack. But I found both a new and old habit to keep my occupied until the flight: Battlefield 2 (single player), and Master of Magic.
MoM, released in 1995, is quite possibly the best strategy game of all time. Not for it's depth of strategy, but simply for the pure and simple enjoyment it brings. Like all games, it suffers from bugs and play quirks, but damn it all if I can't stop playing it.
Posted at June 29, 2005 10:46 AM | Life and Work
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