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Oct. 22nd, 2011 10:51 pmHello. I'm still mostly playing Oblivion. Which is all going fine and lovely, except that it's kind of pissing me off, because it seems really up and down with the hardness of the quests it gives you. Even in a linear sort of storyline, like the series of quests you need to do to get a better rank in a guild. It's like, one will be going and fighting a few monsters, then the next one will be going and fighting some easy person, and then the next one will be going and fighting a monster you have no hope of ever beating, and then if you do, fighting 10 more of them. And then if you manage that, you get a quest which is basically going and talking to someone. It makes it very difficult to judge how quickly you're going to be able to rank up. But unpredictability is one of the things I like about the game, I suppose. And it's better than them all being ridiculously hard, I guess. And they don't seem to mind how long you take to do them. And I'm sure this is quite boring for anyone who isn't playing the game, so I'll stop now.
I have also just joined the game's assassins guild type of place though. Which I don't normally go for in role-playing games, despite my general love of assassins. But the one in Oblivion seems kind of creepy and awesome so far, so I am looking forward to doing a bit more of that.
Also I did trade in my rubbish old horse for a fancy new one. I feel some guilt over that, but my new horse is basically the fastest type and kind of awesome, so I also feel brilliant about it.
Anyway. Oblivion talk over. In other news, I did manage to catch up on the Resident Evil walkthroughs I wanted to. It turns out there's still a bunch more, and probably a lot more characterisation stuff and story stuff I haven't caught up on, but I'm probably not going to, and apparently it's not all that consistent with each other anyway, so I've seen all of the stuff I really wanted to. Which I am fine with. Hurrah. I still haven't really been watching much else, although I do want to catch up with Hollyoaks. The problem is, what I'd really like to see, at least, is last week's episodes and this week's episodes. Which is two full omnibuses. And I'd ideally want to see them before the new episode on Monday. And you know, I like Hollyoaks at the moment, but five hours worth in one, maybe two days, still seems like a stretch. But hmm. Perhaps I can manage it. Or a bit of it at least.
And the other, non-fannish things I need to do, are make a decision about a necklace that was made for me, whether I want any changes doing to it before I finally pay for it and get it sent out to me; have a look at a job opportunity my employment coach woman has sent me, and possibly apply for it; and get ready for the employment service appointment I have this week. I don't have my jewellery course, as it's half-term. Although that reminds me that it's half-term this week, so my nephews are probably going to be over at our house for a bit longer than usual this week. Hmm. Oh well. I'm sure it'll be fine. And then next week it'll be Halloween! Or nearly. Gosh. Time flies. And so on.
Speaking of the jewellery course though, I learned to solder this week! Sticking one piece of metal to another. It was quite reliant on using the mini-blowtorch, and you have to do things like make sure the metal is sitting right against the other bit of metal, with no gaps. I was quite nervous about it, but I tried it, and I totally managed it. Sadly, I put the bit of metal in my bag after class and it got a bit squashed. But on the bright side, the metal got bent, but the two pieces that were stuck together didn't come apart. It's quite cool, soldering. Apparently when we go back to the class after half-term we'll be moving more onto the 'designing and making pieces' bit of the course. But I'm quite looking forward to it. Hurrah.
Oh, also, I watched the pilot episode of Once Upon A Time. It was quite good, some bits were a bit odd, but I enjoyed it. I had probably heard about it before, but the fact that they're advertising it as "From the writers of Lost" makes me a bit nervous. But I liked quite a lot of it, so I will probably give it a go. Only Grimm to try out when it begins now. And maybe watch those Secret Circle episodes I've got recorded on the Sky box at some point. Um. Perhaps.
I have also just joined the game's assassins guild type of place though. Which I don't normally go for in role-playing games, despite my general love of assassins. But the one in Oblivion seems kind of creepy and awesome so far, so I am looking forward to doing a bit more of that.
Also I did trade in my rubbish old horse for a fancy new one. I feel some guilt over that, but my new horse is basically the fastest type and kind of awesome, so I also feel brilliant about it.
Anyway. Oblivion talk over. In other news, I did manage to catch up on the Resident Evil walkthroughs I wanted to. It turns out there's still a bunch more, and probably a lot more characterisation stuff and story stuff I haven't caught up on, but I'm probably not going to, and apparently it's not all that consistent with each other anyway, so I've seen all of the stuff I really wanted to. Which I am fine with. Hurrah. I still haven't really been watching much else, although I do want to catch up with Hollyoaks. The problem is, what I'd really like to see, at least, is last week's episodes and this week's episodes. Which is two full omnibuses. And I'd ideally want to see them before the new episode on Monday. And you know, I like Hollyoaks at the moment, but five hours worth in one, maybe two days, still seems like a stretch. But hmm. Perhaps I can manage it. Or a bit of it at least.
And the other, non-fannish things I need to do, are make a decision about a necklace that was made for me, whether I want any changes doing to it before I finally pay for it and get it sent out to me; have a look at a job opportunity my employment coach woman has sent me, and possibly apply for it; and get ready for the employment service appointment I have this week. I don't have my jewellery course, as it's half-term. Although that reminds me that it's half-term this week, so my nephews are probably going to be over at our house for a bit longer than usual this week. Hmm. Oh well. I'm sure it'll be fine. And then next week it'll be Halloween! Or nearly. Gosh. Time flies. And so on.
Speaking of the jewellery course though, I learned to solder this week! Sticking one piece of metal to another. It was quite reliant on using the mini-blowtorch, and you have to do things like make sure the metal is sitting right against the other bit of metal, with no gaps. I was quite nervous about it, but I tried it, and I totally managed it. Sadly, I put the bit of metal in my bag after class and it got a bit squashed. But on the bright side, the metal got bent, but the two pieces that were stuck together didn't come apart. It's quite cool, soldering. Apparently when we go back to the class after half-term we'll be moving more onto the 'designing and making pieces' bit of the course. But I'm quite looking forward to it. Hurrah.
Oh, also, I watched the pilot episode of Once Upon A Time. It was quite good, some bits were a bit odd, but I enjoyed it. I had probably heard about it before, but the fact that they're advertising it as "From the writers of Lost" makes me a bit nervous. But I liked quite a lot of it, so I will probably give it a go. Only Grimm to try out when it begins now. And maybe watch those Secret Circle episodes I've got recorded on the Sky box at some point. Um. Perhaps.
