Mehnu Mehnu Mehnu

Please ignore the title. My brain's having a bit of trouble recently...

I've gotten stuck on my novel, which isn't so bad considering I'm only on the "first" draft, but when you consider that I really don't know where the heck I'm going with it, this draft might never be finished.... It sort of sucks actually. As much as I hate the thought of it, I might have to take a break from writing and just work on some basic outlining. Maybe I'll be able to untangle this mess and figure out where to go next.

CampWriMo 2012

On June 1st, the first Camp of the year begins. It's a spin-off of the National Novel Writing Month, created to give people a chance to participate in the NNWM experience during the summer. I actually participated last year, though that was a pain in and of itself.

This year, they split up the months to June and August, as opposed to both July and August. It'll be nice to have a month to "relax" between the Camps.

I started planning my June Camp today. I've got a few characters starting to shape up, thanks to my Pinterest boards, and I'm working on the plot (very, very slowly). I think it's going to be connected to the story that I'm writing right now, but I don't know if any old characters are going to be popping up very often.

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do in August.

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Bunionectomy 2: Day 4

I went to the doctor this morning for my first follow-up appointment. They changed the bandages around the incision. I forgot just how nasty it looks (though it's completely understandable). The bruise covers about all of the top of my foot from my heel down to my toes. Only my pinky toe doesn't have a bruise growing on it. The redness made the doctor give me a week's worth of antibiotics, just in case. Other than that, my foot's looking good.

Bunionectomy 2: Day 2

Yesterday was not the best day for me. I got about 13 hours of sleep in about 45 minute bursts, and let me tell you that I apparently have some weird-ass dreams while stoned on hydrocodone. I also got some lovely bouts of nausea, though thankfully nothing worse than that.

I managed to bleed through the bandage on Tuesday, but it stopped later that day. The doctor had the bandage a little tight so my mom helped me loosen it. Got the first follow-up appointment on Friday.

Now the pain is coming in, and my legs itch like the dickens. I took my painkiller for tonight so I'll see how I sleep this time around.

Bunionectomy Take 2

I got my second bunionectomy today, and I don't expect to see my foot more than a quick check-up for another three or so weeks. At the minimum. The pain isn't too bad so far, since I'm keeping ahead of it for now.

The doctor put a pin in my foot this time, though I'm not really sure why. Maybe this doctor just wanted that extra support or whatever.

Hopefully I'll recover just as fast as I did last time.

Prototype 2 Review

I finished Prototype 2 about 45 minutes ago. I enjoyed the game a lot, especially the storyline and characters. I liked how some of the "bad guys" were not really bad guys. James Heller's evolution from a man bent on revenge to a man hunting for what's left of his family was well-done.

The only problems that I had with the game were the lack of variation for the devastator attack and the ease with which it was to get power-ups. I had gotten all of the evolution upgrades available through the missions and hunting, and I had only a few stat upgrades left through the level-ups.

I wish that they had kept the upgrade style from the first game. I liked the ability to buy numerous skills for each power, not the simplistic way they made Prototype 2's upgrades.

The web of intrigue was also one aspect that I liked from Prototype 1. It made the first game deeper, more engaging, but the hunting skill in Prototype 2 was a boost as well.


Final Grade: B

Summer's Here

The semester has finally come to an end, and I'm now waiting for my grades to start trickling in.

The temperature's starting to rise down here in Phoenix. It's definitely the start of summer, or as I like to call it, Hell. It's already in the 90s, and I can't wait to spend the next four or five months sweating horribly.

I hate living down here sometimes.