Running and Reading

I found another activity to do while listening to an audio book: running. I've gone walking/running a couple of times in the evenings. I'm reading "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". I had that book for a couple of years when I first subscribed to Audible, but never listened to it. Now I started listening to it last week when I finished "the Gunslinger".

Have a good day :D

The Room

In one of the podcasts I listen to, they were talking about this game called The Room. It's an iOS and (as of recently) Android game. It's a puzzle game. I'm not talking Tetris kind of puzzle, I mean real head scratching puzzle. You get clues and things to help you get more hints and more stuff. I don't really know how to explain it, maybe a YouTube video will explain it better:

That is the actual gameplay.

I was going to buy it right away, it's $2 dollars in the Play Store, but I found out that I already had it from one of the Humble Bundles I had previously bought...I seriously need to play some of those games at least once...

You really have to see and examine everything you see. I really enjoyed it, although I felt it was a little short. Maybe I'm just asking for much.

Have a good day :D.

House of Cards

Today I watched the first episode of House of Cards, the Netflix show. I'm not big on politics or drama shows, but I gotta say I was left intrigued, so I will probably watch the rest. After all, they're only 13 episodes, and it's not like I have to wait a whole week for each episode. I really like that. I don't normally watch TV series when they're airing, I wait 'til they're on Netflix or someplace else I can watch them, but I can't wait a week to watch the next episode, I like how Netflix releases entire seasons at a time, at least they've done so with their 3 series so far, and I don't see them doing it differently in the future.

I had been hesitant to watch it because the shows are almost an hour long each. So pretty much like any HBO series because there are no ads. I like to watch series when I eat, but I eat in 5-10 minutes, so an hour is on the long side. But everybody that talks about it says only good stuff so I decided to give it a shot, and I'm not disappointed.

Have a good day :D

Jícama

I had no idea that jícama in english was jicama, haha. There are a bunch of words (usually food related) that I've heard both in english and in spanish, but I don't know that one is the translation of the other. There are other words that I simply don't know how to say in english. I consider myself pretty good at english, but I don't talk about food all the time so I don't know a bunch of food words.

Anyway, I had a jícama today, and I can't remember the last time I had one, but I fucking love it. With lime and chile.

Have a good day :D.

Free Movie

Last Saturday the cousins and me went to the movies. One of them, Daniel, didn't have money for the ticket, but he had a free ticket to to see a movie any day in April from Mon-Fri. I paid for his ticket on Saturday and he gave me the free ticket. I was trying to save the ticket for when Iron Man 3 came out (it comes out this Friday in México), but I just couldn't, so I went today. And I didn't spend any money because I have this card that generates 10% of all expenses made in the theater, I had enough money to buy the popcorn and coke :). Saw Olympus Has Fallen, I liked it.

Also, Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid 4-1...it was a pretty good game. Nothing is written in stone yet, but I would like to see a German final.

Have a good day :D

What A Game

Today was the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals. Bayern Munich vs Barcelona. You can't go wrong with two of the best clubs in the world facing each other. The game just ended and I'm extremely happy. Bayern won 4-0...four...zero! Any game with four goals is entertaining. And also, it means that Barcelona needs at least 4 goals in the second leg, so they will probably give it their all, which will result in a super fun game. But a single Bayern Munich goal will mean Barcelona would have to score 6, damn!!! If somehow that were to happen, I would really want Barcelona to win the final too.

The other semifinal is promising too. Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund. I don't really have a favorite, but I like it when Real Madrid loses...

These kind of games are the reason why I just can't watch Mexican league games...they always leave me wanting more...

Have a good day :D

Drawing A Blank

I can't really think of what to blog about. I know I have to write a post, but usually after thinking for some time, something comes to mind. Not today, I have absolutely no idea what to write about, except for the fact that I don't know what to write about, so that's what I'm writing about.

I'm going to look through my phone pictures to get ideas for posts, but I'm very tired right now, so that'll have to wait.

Have a good day :D.

Low Internet Speed

Apparently, México has the lowest average internet speed on Netflix (well, out of the countries they release data for, which aren't really that many):

I know I don't contribute positively to that number, because my internet connection rarely ever is what it should be. And for the past few weeks, as soon as I do something that requires some consistent bandwidth, the connection drops for some seconds, something between 1-10 seconds. That's usually not a problem when browsing a website, but just try to watch a video, any video, any quality and it's fucking buffering more time than it's actually playing. Every so often the connection drops, and it's back to buffering. Downloading something larger than 5MB? Yeah, the internet is probably going to disconnect and odds are, the download won't finish and I'll have to restart it. The most annoying thing is I can't play always online games (like Diablo III or Starcraft II). I'll be monitoring the connection, and it'll seem fine. But some 3 minutes after I connect to the game server, the connection will drop, and the game will kick me off. THAT is why those kind of games shouldn't make you be always online (I know they have their reasons, but I don't care).

Anyway, have a good day :D.

Playing Some Cards

I love playing cards. It's one of my favorite things to do to pass the time with a small group of people. I also love board games and puzzles. But there's a history of playing cards in the family so at family gatherings it's usually easy to find enough people to play cards.

I'm not taking Texas Hold 'Em or Black Jack or Vegas games. I guess the games we play are Mexican, but I'm not sure, they were taught to us when we were younger by our grandmother. They have names like Conquian, Viuda, Sangre, Patada... but that doesn't mean I don't like Vegas games.

I say that because today we played some cards :). $1 peso each game... more for fun than for money, because it's not that much money.

Have a good day :D.

New Blog Theme

Today Google announced that now you can use Google+ comments on your Blogger posts. Of course I enabled it. I've always thought that the comments were broken the way they were. There's a bunch of stuff wrong with them, but the one that always annoyed the hell out of me is the page refresh after you comment. That was acceptable like 10 years ago...maybe 5, not now. Not on a Google product.

But anyway, I couldn't see the changes to the comments in my blog, it was probably just a matter of waiting some minutes for it to appear, but I didn't want to wait. So I just applied one of the themes they have there to the blog and now I see the changes. I felt too lazy to do any kind of customization. I just left it like it was...maybe in the future +Angelica will give me hand with it :).

Have a good day :D.

What Kind Of Review Is That?

I was browsing the movies in Google Play and I notice that a lot of movies have a bunch of 1 star ratings, even movies that usually have high ratings elsewhere.

Naturally, I was intrigued. So I go to read the reviews and I found out why. I'm not kidding when I say half of the reviews are among the lines of "it's too expensive, you can download it for free in the computer", meaning, of course, downloading a pirated copy (I'm talking about the Mexican store, I don't know about other markets). Other reviews are something like "I think they should offer some movies for free like in the internet", meaning sites where you can stream movies illegally. I think about 1 percent of the 1 star reviews I read were actually legitimate reviews.

I am so very disappointed. First of all, because of piracy. I admit, in the past I did download things like that. But not anymore. People worked hard on making the movie or album or book or video game, and I want to support them.

Second of all, because apparently people don't know that downloading movies through bit torrent or stuff like that is illegal, or they do know but it has become an acceptable way to acquire things. I mean, to give a bad review to a movie because it's too expensive compared to the illegal copy is just incredibly stupid. If you say, "it's too expensive, I found it cheaper at [other store]", then that's okay, I have no problem with that.

Third of all, because they weren't even that expensive to begin with. They just want to pay like $1 dollar to own the movie. No manchen!

I'm afraid of what this will mean for Google Music. Because that's the one service I'm waiting to be available in México.

Anyway, have a good day :D.

Pricing BS

I like digital media. If I have the option I'll buy an album or a movie or a video game in digital form. Except when the pricing is total bullshit.

Let me explain. As I had mentioned before I want to buy the new Luigi's Mansion. So I go to the 3DS eShop and attempt to buy the game. It's $40 dollars, same as in retail. I put my credit card info and it tells me to fuck off. Hmmm...oh yeah, I have the DS in US region, I'm going to change it to Mexico and try again. I change the settings and come back to the store. I find the game...it costs $800 pesos (about $65 dollars)...what the fuck!!! Why? It's the same game. You're not importing it. I know games at retail cost a lot here in Mexico but it's a digital copy! Take your fucking game and shove it up your ass!.... could you tell I'm pissed off? OK, that was my little rant.

But I really do want to play the game so I bought it on Amazon haha...and now I have to wait for it to arrive...

Anyway, have a good day :D

Got My Mom Hooked On Plants vs. Zombies

I think I've talked about this game before.

This game was part of one of the many Humble Bundles I've bought. I showed it to my mom, and she found it interesting enough to make me install it on her tablet. She's been playing it non-stop. It's cool to see how she plays it, because it's a strategy game, and she plays it very different than I do, she uses different plants and placement, and I admit I've stolen a couple of her moves, haha.

It reminds me of the time I got her obsessed with Tetris for the Game Boy.

My day was pretty uneventful. Worked a little, which apparently is a thing I do now on Sundays. And I'm now halfway through the first Dark Tower book. At this pace, I'll finish it in the middle of the week, and I'll have to wait half a month to get my next credit in Audible to get the second one...

Anyway, have a good day :D

Tennis Once Again

Today we played tennis for the first time in at least some 3 months. Our lack of practice really showed. It was still fun though.

The bad thing about playing in daylight savings time is that the sun is infernal even at 6 PM. The good thing is that we can play later in the day. We a have been playing in a court with no lights, so sunlight is a must. However, I would actually prefer to play with no sun and artificial light, just because of the heat.

Have a good day :D

Snake

I downloaded this game for my phone called "Snake. Payback." It's the old snake game where you eat little dots and the snake keeps growing. Brings back memories.

Have a good day :D

Karaoke Night

Tonight I went to a karaoke. And I sang, oh yes :).

I sang a total of 5 songs: "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" and "Help" by The Beatles, "I Want It All" and "I Want To Break Free" by Queen and "Hotel California" by The Eagles. I also did backup vocals for "Ciega Sordomuda" by Shakira, haha... don't ask.

I really enjoy singing :)

Have a good day :D

Borderlands 2

One of the games I played while we weren't blogging was Borderlands 2. It's like a first person action RPG, if that makes sense at all. One of the things I like the most about the game is the loot. Searching for better weapons and shields is very addicting to me.

Amazon recently had a sale for the Borderlands 2 Season Pass (which includes all the DLC for the game) so I will probably start playing soon again.

I launched the game just to see if I remembered how to play and everything and I recorded a 30 second clip of me playing (it's like 800MB in 1080p, damn!):

Have a good day :D.

Audio Books

I have a subscription to audible.com because Gabrisol and me are supposed to read books together. I bought "Dammed" by Chuck Palahniuk so we could listen to it along with Mari's physical copy of the book, but we've only read a couple of chapters.

That was over a month ago, so now I have a credit for another book and I'm thinking of getting "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King.

What I love about audio books is I can listen to them while doing other stuff like driving or cleaning, hell, even while playing Diablo III.

Have a good day :D.

Nice And Cool

There's finally A/C in my room... it is now livable in here. That was the most interesting thing that happened today.

I spent most of the day working. Also, I went to the movies after two weeks, which for me is a very long time. Saw G.I. Joe, it was ok.

Have a good day :D.

Played Some Needed Pool

Today I went out with the cousins to play some pool. It had been a while since I last played and I really missed it. I was a little rusty but I still enjoy the hell out of it :).

Car Breakdown

I was going to talk about how we played some Monopoly (a game I hadn't played in years) tonight and how Gabrisol totally kicked our asses.

But as I was on my way to drop off the Duartes, my fucking car died. It was 4 in the morning so I didn't feel like bothering anyone. I guess the good thing was that it was only a couple of blocks from their house. We just pushed the car up to their house. And I'm going to spend the night here.

Have a good day :D

Phone Is Here

I finally have my new phone in my hands. In fact, I'm posting this from it.

Have a good day :D

I Wish There Was...

...a 24-hour movie theater.

I would totally go at 3 or 4 in the morning to the movie theater. Sometimes I actually look at the movie times and go "crap, the last showing is at 10:30pm, it's too early" haha.

And think of the emptiness! I like it when there aren't lots of people in the theater (though I'm sure the theater doesn't like it as much). But at 3 in the morning? It would actually be a surprise to see somebody else there.

I know, I know, it makes no sense...but I can still dream :).

Have a good day :D.

Computer and Heater

My bedroom is kind of small, which I like, everything is reachable very easy. And it can be a good thing when trying to control the temperature. If it's too hot, turn on the A/C and it cools in minutes. Same goes for a heater, it warms up the room pretty quick. However when you're NOT trying to control the temperature, it can be a problem.

My laptop gets very hot when playing games or doing something that's processor-heavy, and it starts spitting out all this very hot air. This actually makes my room very very hot in a couple of hours. And since I use the computer most of the day, it's almost always on. The A/C doesn't work right now, so that pretty much makes my room a sauna...I don't like that...

On another note, I just read Angélica's blog post where she links to this very interesting article about procrastination: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/procrastination-is-not-laziness/. And just like her, it also pretty much describes my life. It blew my mind.

Anyway, have a good day :D.

Not Browsing the Web Tomorrow

I don't like April fools'... I very much dislike it that I'm not going to read a single thing tomorrow on the internet. I'm just going to wait 'til the next day and read about what things were fake and what things weren't. I don't even think the pranks are funny or that clever. Well, I don't really like pranks in general, not only if I'm on the receiving end of it, just in general.

But I guess some people like it, which means other people make way too big of an effort on fake things...that's my opinion at least.

Anyway, have a good day :D.