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Long Weekend, Spider Therapy, Batman, Wedding
Friday, September 25th, 2009 11:27 amPublic holiday this Monday. It's that magical time when I get to experience what a normal weekend is like, when I get two whole days off in a row. So far I haven't got much planned, and I'm liking it that way, especially since mid to end of October is packed, and next weekend is booking up too. I do know that I will need to sacrifice my precious do-nothing-time to edit an essay - something that I'm good at and don't mind too much while doing, but does suck away my time and is boring to get into and do. I'll no doubt play Batman Arkham Asylum on the Xbox some more. I may even be able to have the time and inclination at the same time Zig is free to maybe fit a dirt bike ride in. Hoorah! I will also need to draw some more spiders...
Spider therapy gives me the heebie jeebies. I draw three quick sketches the first time, and two quick sketches the next time. Picking up the book the second time with drawings already in it also gave me the heebie jeebies. It is interesting to note my heebie jeebie reflex growing as each drawing get closer to completion, then how it sort of resets to a lower level and starts growing again with the next drawing. I've processed through a lot of spider stuff over the years, mostly with the real life things. Still scare me, and prolonged exposure or being too close when they move sets me into fear mode. But nevertheless, a lot better than before. The heebie jeebie stuff that I get from drawings, pictures, and the knowledge such stuff exists around me...that hasn't been addressed. So I guess that's the stuff that I'm dealing with now. I've only just thought of that since I've started these drawings and experienced it though.
On the note of Batman Arkam Asylum, I'm really enjoying it. Batman is fantastic. Mark Hamill does the voice of Joker apparently, at least imdb.com says so. Me? I'm actively listening out for it, and I still find it hard to believe. You hear Joker's voice a lot, he's the main archvillian, and so his voice adds a lot to the game. He's really quite awesome at it. I'm even slightly more inclined to agree that a FPS style game isn't necessarily crap on a console. Prince of Persia 4 was definitely better on the PC, the mouse was invaluable in getting the camera angle just right for jumping to the right places, whereas the camera angle mover on the xbox pissed me off. However Batman doesn't jump in this game, and the camera angle doesn't snap back to annoying places when you don't want it to. So I would say it's possibly better on the xbox than the PC, although I haven't tried the PC version.
At some point I should plant some lavender and rosemary, if I ever want to be able to have a decent chunk from my own garden to use at my wedding. Not sure where to plant it though, plus it'll take a bit of physical effort, and I haven't had a lot of physical effort spoons lately. So far I'm still relying on the gardens of friends and family. Not too worried, rosemary and lavender are both quite common. Speaking of wedding, I've found out that I should definitely be able to get the dress I'm thinking of and the bridesmaid dress for $1200 together, which is about the budget I gave it. If I shop around, I might even be able to get a shirt made for the male bride attendant in the same budget too :D This is important when the total budget you've set for yourself is $5000. The partial breakdown of "must haves" is currently $1000 for food and drink, $1200 for clothes on the bride's side, and $500 for a celebrant. That's $2700 used up already! I've hashed and rehashed the budget many times though, and $5000 is still definitely a workable budget. For those who are keeping track (which is none of you ;) ) it is now 624 days to go, according to my igoogle countdown timer.
BTW, essay person, can I get that by Saturday afternoon? Then I get a choice about how I want to arrange my time to do it between Sunday and the rest of Saturday.
Spider therapy gives me the heebie jeebies. I draw three quick sketches the first time, and two quick sketches the next time. Picking up the book the second time with drawings already in it also gave me the heebie jeebies. It is interesting to note my heebie jeebie reflex growing as each drawing get closer to completion, then how it sort of resets to a lower level and starts growing again with the next drawing. I've processed through a lot of spider stuff over the years, mostly with the real life things. Still scare me, and prolonged exposure or being too close when they move sets me into fear mode. But nevertheless, a lot better than before. The heebie jeebie stuff that I get from drawings, pictures, and the knowledge such stuff exists around me...that hasn't been addressed. So I guess that's the stuff that I'm dealing with now. I've only just thought of that since I've started these drawings and experienced it though.
On the note of Batman Arkam Asylum, I'm really enjoying it. Batman is fantastic. Mark Hamill does the voice of Joker apparently, at least imdb.com says so. Me? I'm actively listening out for it, and I still find it hard to believe. You hear Joker's voice a lot, he's the main archvillian, and so his voice adds a lot to the game. He's really quite awesome at it. I'm even slightly more inclined to agree that a FPS style game isn't necessarily crap on a console. Prince of Persia 4 was definitely better on the PC, the mouse was invaluable in getting the camera angle just right for jumping to the right places, whereas the camera angle mover on the xbox pissed me off. However Batman doesn't jump in this game, and the camera angle doesn't snap back to annoying places when you don't want it to. So I would say it's possibly better on the xbox than the PC, although I haven't tried the PC version.
At some point I should plant some lavender and rosemary, if I ever want to be able to have a decent chunk from my own garden to use at my wedding. Not sure where to plant it though, plus it'll take a bit of physical effort, and I haven't had a lot of physical effort spoons lately. So far I'm still relying on the gardens of friends and family. Not too worried, rosemary and lavender are both quite common. Speaking of wedding, I've found out that I should definitely be able to get the dress I'm thinking of and the bridesmaid dress for $1200 together, which is about the budget I gave it. If I shop around, I might even be able to get a shirt made for the male bride attendant in the same budget too :D This is important when the total budget you've set for yourself is $5000. The partial breakdown of "must haves" is currently $1000 for food and drink, $1200 for clothes on the bride's side, and $500 for a celebrant. That's $2700 used up already! I've hashed and rehashed the budget many times though, and $5000 is still definitely a workable budget. For those who are keeping track (which is none of you ;) ) it is now 624 days to go, according to my igoogle countdown timer.
BTW, essay person, can I get that by Saturday afternoon? Then I get a choice about how I want to arrange my time to do it between Sunday and the rest of Saturday.
