Yesterday, it was my responsibility to hang the lights from our new Christmas tree. Now, this whole process took a few hours. That was because I was taking several breaks throughout. Anyway, as I look at the tree right now, I am rather disappointed in the overall quality of the tree. Unfortunately, I picked the damn thing and now I am kicking myself in the ass for doing so. When Kevin and I were at Prairie Gardens, in Champaign, I found this "gem" and I thought that it was the best one for the price we were willing to pay. Who knows, maybe it was the best tree there: The whole batch of trees they had just seemed jacked-up. We paid and came back home.
As I was hanging the lights there are just some big gaps between the branches on the bottom half of the tree. I think that is the part that bothers me the most. This tree is just gap-y on the bottom. There is an area of the tree trunk that is so exposed I think I am going to have to turn the tree counter-clockwise 90° just to hide the gaggle of tree light plugs that are nestled against the trunk. The top half of the tree is a whole other deal. The branches grew in a very unconventional way: They seem to wrap and twist around each other. So weird. As I was hanging the lights from those branches I realized I had to double-back on one branch several times just to ensure I got most of the tangent branches.
Anyway...I sincerely hope that the decorations fill in the gaps and hide the light plugs. Kevin and I should finish the tree tonight. Of course, I always enjoyed decorating the tree. The Christmas lights were aggravating me, though.
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About Me -- Confusion abounds
- monolith941
- Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Thirty-one-year-old gay guy blogging for blog's sake.
2008-12-06
Bits and Pieces XVII: Games, Dreams, and Elections
• It has been a while since I last updated my LJ. I've said this before to myself, and I'll say it again: There is no reason for me to not update on a regular basis. I guess I just haven't been feeling terribly optimistic about myself. I've also been having trouble sleeping. Strangely, my dreams have been even more weird and vivid than usual. That is saying something. Speaking of weird dreams...
• Not too long ago I had a dream about a Zombie Apocalypse. That was my first one! Anyway, the main plot goes like this: Zombies are roaming the Earth, but the (living) humans are winning against them. My dream started near the beginning of the end for the Zombies. The plot wasn't about the actual Zombie Apocalypse, but about why there was one. Apparently, these two friends would play chess together. One friend would always win; the other would always lose. The friend who always lost was so infuriated at his losses, that he decided release a Zombie virus on the population. Weird.
• I recently bought Sins of a Solar Empire. That game is, amazingly, better than StarCraft. There are differences between those two games, but they are also similar. I guess that is why Sins... is so much fun. With SC, performing mining and attacking actions was based on selecting those units and telling them what do do. In SC, if I needed vespian gas, I would have to manually select the little miner units to go to the geyser and collect that gas. In Sins..., once I build the crystal and metal miner colonies, they just automatically do. This hands-off approach to certain aspects of Sins... allows me to put more attention to actual technological research and planet acquisition. Of course, Sins... is just a really difficult game -- even set to easy. :(
• Thursday I was riding my bike returning from school. As I was entering Kevin's driveway, I braked gently and began to turn to my right. Well, apparently the sheet of ice I was riding over didn't like that, so I totally wiped out. I mean, I was on my ass and my left leg was between the bicycle tire and the frame. I quickly recovered. In doing so, I checked to make sure there were no observers. There weren't any, from what I could see. The last thing I need is to become some YouTube viral video.
• Hooray. My side won. The republicans got their collective asses handed to them. That makes me happy. Of course, the republicans tried their treacherous tactics of voter caging and voter fraud. That didn't work this election cycle. The reason being: Americans got off their fat asses and actually did something. Americans don't realize the power they have if they actually use it. I guess it is just easier to watch trashy reality television and shop for shit they don't need...or even want. Now, I do have hopes for Barack Obama, but he better live up to some of his promises. I think he'll be a positive force for this country and this world. He is pretty popular right now, but I feel the second he asks Americans to sacrifice anything for the greater good, his popularity will crash and burn faster than the World Trade Centers.
• My Mind: Blown.
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• Not too long ago I had a dream about a Zombie Apocalypse. That was my first one! Anyway, the main plot goes like this: Zombies are roaming the Earth, but the (living) humans are winning against them. My dream started near the beginning of the end for the Zombies. The plot wasn't about the actual Zombie Apocalypse, but about why there was one. Apparently, these two friends would play chess together. One friend would always win; the other would always lose. The friend who always lost was so infuriated at his losses, that he decided release a Zombie virus on the population. Weird.
• I recently bought Sins of a Solar Empire. That game is, amazingly, better than StarCraft. There are differences between those two games, but they are also similar. I guess that is why Sins... is so much fun. With SC, performing mining and attacking actions was based on selecting those units and telling them what do do. In SC, if I needed vespian gas, I would have to manually select the little miner units to go to the geyser and collect that gas. In Sins..., once I build the crystal and metal miner colonies, they just automatically do. This hands-off approach to certain aspects of Sins... allows me to put more attention to actual technological research and planet acquisition. Of course, Sins... is just a really difficult game -- even set to easy. :(
• Thursday I was riding my bike returning from school. As I was entering Kevin's driveway, I braked gently and began to turn to my right. Well, apparently the sheet of ice I was riding over didn't like that, so I totally wiped out. I mean, I was on my ass and my left leg was between the bicycle tire and the frame. I quickly recovered. In doing so, I checked to make sure there were no observers. There weren't any, from what I could see. The last thing I need is to become some YouTube viral video.
• Hooray. My side won. The republicans got their collective asses handed to them. That makes me happy. Of course, the republicans tried their treacherous tactics of voter caging and voter fraud. That didn't work this election cycle. The reason being: Americans got off their fat asses and actually did something. Americans don't realize the power they have if they actually use it. I guess it is just easier to watch trashy reality television and shop for shit they don't need...or even want. Now, I do have hopes for Barack Obama, but he better live up to some of his promises. I think he'll be a positive force for this country and this world. He is pretty popular right now, but I feel the second he asks Americans to sacrifice anything for the greater good, his popularity will crash and burn faster than the World Trade Centers.
• My Mind: Blown.
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