Patagonia (Day 155)

I keep letting myself get distracted. I've been meaning to start writing this entry since early this morning, but now we're heading into the afternoon and I still haven't started. It's not as if I'm not inspired. I actually have several ideas I could explore, but for some reason I keep staring at this blank white text box and my fingers refuse to spring to life. I hesitate to call it Writer's Block, because I don't think that's a valid excuse. I guess part of it is laziness, but I think it's mostly indecision. How to begin?

I've spent the last couple of nights hiding under the covers of my bed as my house's heating failed and the temperature outside dipped to 1 degree. A small space heater has been my constant companion. Fortunately, the cold front seems to be moving on and although my heat has not been fixed (and likely will not be in the foreseeable future), I predict the space heater will be more than adequate for the rest of the winter. If not. . .well, I'll figure something out.

Tomorrow I think I will begin the monumental task of cleaning the house. It's something I've put off for far too long and I'm honestly kind of tired of all the random things strewn around the house. Everything is disorganized and cluttered. I can't fix the problem completely, but if I can at least somewhat alleviate the issue I think it'll go a long way in lessening my irritation.

I wrote yesterday about playing short increments of a lot of different games and writing short blurbs about them. I think I'd still like to do that, but I should probably wait until I've gotten a few more important things done. If I can remember to do so, I'll start compiling a short list of games to try out. I'll also try to take at least one screenshot of each game I play. This blog does not have enough pictures!

I skipped playing Titan Quest last night because I was sleepy and it was incredibly cold. I'm definitely going to try to play tonight not only because I'd like to finish the game, but because whatever meager socialization I can get, I should try to maintain. I'm essentially trapped here for the time being, so playing games with people online while voice chatting is literally the best I can do.

Going to try to play some Gungnir and possibly some Orcs Must Die 2 as well--Rob and I have started intermittently playing that again. It's still a great game but for the longest time I thought I would be unable to run it without a video card. With some experimentation I was able to get it to run pretty adequately, though it does lag occasionally.

This entry is sort of a clusterfuck of different things, but I think it's probably the best I have to offer today. Hopefully I'll have something more substantial to talk about tomorrow.