Sleepy

I came home today feeling not so much tired as worn out. Then I fell asleep for an hour and a half. No wonder I didn't get much work done today. Is this what I get for waking up before 6:00 again? I thought after three years of college my body would be used to lack of sleep, but apparently it still goes numb on even six hours of sleep. Kind of annoying after a while.

Videolamer has a huge dump of Street Fighter Alpha reviews I did. You probably won't be interested in them unless this niche genre appeals to you, but its there regardless.

So Gamespot has a new video feature in which they tell you how to beat certain difficult game bosses. Now the typical geek response would remark how stupid this is, since "all those bosses are easy", or something else equally silly. I've actually fought all four of them, and while I consider two of them to be fairly simple, the other two can be quite a challenge for anyone without master skills or patience (or in my case luck; I dont' know how I beat Ninja Gaiden's Alma in two attempts). So I think that the program is a good idea, but in usual Gamespot fashion, they screw it up a bit. Howso? Bad acting. These people are game journalists. Understandably they're not professional actors. But have they seen how silly they sound when they try and play out these ridiculous scripts? Just be yourselves and it will sound a lot more convincing and natural.

Regardless, I thought this would be a pretty stupid feature at first, but except for the tips on Agni and Rudra, they actually give some of the most important tips on how to fell the bosses, and watching battles on video may help some gamers actually see what it is they have to practice. So I apologize GS, you did better than I thought. Just...stop with the cheeziness.

So in my personal life, I've been living completely alone since the Fourth of July, as my relatives went on vacation. And when I say alone, I mean it. I have to tend to the house, go to work, buy my own real, nourishing groceries to feed myself with. Basically what I'll be doing for real a year from now. Its interesting...while it gets a bit quiet, I've always being on my own as much as possible, a sentiment that a lot of folks my age probably wouldn't agree with (who can say "I bring my clothes home for mommy and daddy once a month" at Loyola? Quite a few I imagine). Plus I know the sting of a large grocery bill will be lessened when I'm making more than an intern's wage, though when that comes around I'll also have bigger bills to tend to. Post college life should be interesting indeed.

Today at work I noticed that the Coke I was drinking had two columns of Nutritional Information, one for the drink, and one for a "Standard" 8 oz serving. Since when was a standard serving ruled to be 8 oz., and why would someone need to compare it to a 20 ounce bottle? If you're health conscious, just buy Diet. And to think that for half an hour I thought I had some bottle of magic Super Coke that had more sugar and calories.