So WhoDa Thunk It

Exams

2010-11-09T14:24:00.000-08:00

Not had time to post much due to having university exams, trying to cram Chinese in 2 days! Will hopefully return to blogging at the end of the week!
p.s. New Cataclysm news looks exciting for WoW

Flatmates

2010-11-01T15:23:00.000-07:00

Short rant here today, was getting fed up of my eyes playing tricks on me when it came to the levels of food/ drink of mine in my flat so I put markers on everything. Lo and behold after a stressful day of learning Chinese to stock levels are 1" lower than when I left them. Upon calling my flatmates out on this I was turned on and called petty etc and of course no-one owned up, all were 'oblivious'. I pay retarded prices for food from my supermarket to feed me, not those bloody sods!

Total War

2010-10-31T10:20:00.000-07:00

While in GAME (UK Gamestop equivalent) I happened accross the Empire Total War DLC Pack, it was on sale so I purchased it while already planning milatary and economic domination like a giddy schoolgirl! After spending 30 frustrated minutes with steam trying to recall passwords, secret questions and such I was finally free to conqur the world as Spain again. Not even 30 minutes in and the dissilusionment that stopped me playing the first time had set in again. A common feature that I have noticed in the Total War series seems to be wasted potential and insanely retarded AI.
As an example after building up a stupidly good reputation with the minor nation of Genoa, protecting them from Austrian expansion etc, gifts gamore, the still refuse to become a protectorate, and before that it cost me half my balance (admitedly unnesecarily large) just to open up trade links.
While the game is a military simulation to all extents and purposes I tire of 1 area nations declaring war on the 50+ territory supergiant that has spent 100's of thousands and half the game trying to open up trade with. No side will ever surrender in a seige, no one wants to play economics/ diplomatic buddies for longer than 6 turns before they declare war e.t.c. I eventually feel frustrated to the point when I feel it would be easier to just conquor them. Oh Well, at least I will always have France as an ally -.-.

New Hamster

2010-10-28T16:17:00.000-07:00

Just popped down to my local pet store the inocculously exists at the bottom of the street. Not expecting much I entered to be greeted by the most adorable tiny hamster I have ever seen. Being an expert at impulse purchases the tiny creature was purchased on the spot! I took the Female Russian Hamster of 5 weeks home to an unsuspecting girlfriend who was overjoyed with our new pet. :)

Lolercopter

2010-10-25T14:28:00.001-07:00

New blog is here. Reporting in.