Nick Postagulous
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Labor Day Nina
Well, Nina spent labor day hanging out with us, her mommy and daddy. Alison wanted to go to a craft n’ hobby megastore Micheal’s and we did. I think I spent more that Alison did since I got a teddy bear for Nina and three little cookbooks for me, but also one as a stocking stuffer* for Christmas.
The latter half of the day, she was tired. At 3 pm, we put her down for a nap and she cried and cried. See, the problem is that just a little while before, I had her giggling and having tons of fun. After about 20 minutes of crying and us checking in on her, I made the mistake (but only a mistake in hindsight) of getting her out of her crib. The next four hours were her having fun, trying to stay awake when having fun, and then, finally, massive mood swings as she struggled to keep her exhausted little self awake. Once she went down at 7 pm, she slept for a full 12.5 hrs. And, despite all our attempts to baba mmm her with the toilet, she crapped herself. Boo.
*Oh, yeah. This year we’re not doing stocking stuffers. Which means I just wrap this as a normal gift. Not doing stockings has been an ongoing thing with Alison’s side of the family. They always say we aren’t going to do them, and then everyone still buys little bits for each other and we basically do stocking stuffers anyway.
Finally Finished Freedom Fighters
I’ll just say right now, for those who are doing google searches to find out if this game rocks, yes, Freedom Fighters for the PS2 rocks! Woot! But, and it’s a little but, but it is a but, the last mission sucks. Why do I say this? Because I couldn’t find my way around inside the big fortress with walls that all look the same. I couldn’t find out how to get on the roof and raise the stupid flags.
See, I’d already taken out the attack helicopter base, and the supply thing, so basically, I’d driven the alternate universe Ruskies back to their big old fortress. And, then, when storming it with my 13 man team, we just plain ate their lunch. Earlier in the game, I had a harder time getting across a street so I could steal C4 from the Red Scare. Now, I’m wandering hallways full of dead soldiers I killed earlier trying to figure out where to go. Anticlimactic much? Yeah!
Now I am waiting on the game that I ordered last Friday, another squad based shooter, this one called Conflict: Desert Storm. I also read about one called Ghost Recon, but the problem with getting games that aren’t 5/5 stars type games is that, well, I really expect my games to be perfect. Crappy crap really irritates me.
Oh, and I did get the absolutely brilliant Two Towers game in and played some of that. It is the most cinematic, beautiful, and action filled game that I totally suck at. Heck, I played for maybe 20 minutes. Me playing as Legolas looks like a bad I Love Lucy skit or something. Just plain sad.
