LadyCrimson

I'm not sure, really. The current US "diva" type of singing generally leaves me cold, even as I can respect/admire the technical polish of it. Maybe it feels too artificial/fake so it doesn't hit me emotionally? Other than that, it's probably more the style a singer sings in. Singers/music like , or Enya & Natalie Merchant are more likely to grab me, for instance. Haley does have a bit of throaty"growl" to some of her notes, which is all right. She's a little volume-weak in certain ranges and the "glory notes" put me to sleep tho. Vicci sounded pretty good, imo, during the battleround. Her funky weird "war dance" is endearing, too. lol

Assuming I read that right...lead isn't actually weightless. If you have thousands etc. it'll weigh you down. The only items that are truly weightless are the ones with -- in the weight column. If it says 0, it still has weight, just too small to be listed as "1." Edit: not that this ever amounts to much for most people.

I'm buying it tomorrow. Probably not the very instant it's available on Steam, but I'll get it. Going to go in lowish to middling clvl and with a fairly weak weapon load-out with a low DT outfit. I don't want to start it as a buffed out terminator.

Somehow I haven't yet leveled a new FNV chr. for HH, so after the ballgame I have to buckle down and do that. Luckily it won't take too long, since I only plan on being between level 13 and 17. Haven't decided exactly.

I liked the episode much better than last week. The political intrigue is ramping up, the scenes re:Tyrion & all that were great and/or twisted-ly funny, there was a bit more action feeling with the jousting & the end, loved the scene between the rotund bald guy and...uh, whoever that bearded guy who "still has affection for Mrs Stark" is, etc. (I can't keep all these darn names straight)

Nope, not kidding. Haley is definitely more polished. Vicci has the passion & energy. To me it's like the difference between, say, Janis & Whitney. Which is not to say that I think Vicci actually compares to the legendary Janis (not even close). I'm just saying I prefer raw energy to polish, overdone vocal run type stuff, and vanilla staging. eg, I find Haley boring/doesn't evoke any emotion. Just my opinion tho.

Bah. That chick Vicci did it much better on The Voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMbnbgq58GA :D Haley has a nice voice (let's face it 98% of the ppl on these shows have at least good voices) but it's so...diva-vanilla.

I dunno...I don't see how this is any worse than having the Emergency Alert System come on in the middle of your TV/radio program, which you also can't "opt out" of, at least in terms of inconvenience. Especially in this day & age where more people are likely to have a cellphone than be sitting in front of a TV/radio. I don't have any sympathy for people being possibly upset because their Facebook, Twitter, or phone call was interrupted for a possibly important tornado/tsunami warning or whatever. But if there are possible data-privacy concerns re: the software/techniques being used to relay the EA's, that's always a sticky thing (don't know if there actually are, just saying "if"). Still, "smart phones" already have that in spades, what's one more?

If you mean those double-sided DVD's, then no. I'd fill up 100 of them or something, way too much clutter, I'd rather have HD's. And many of the video files are way more than 4-8GB since I use direct stream copy to splice stuff together into one huge file. If you meant some other tech gadget that I'm not familiar with, then...dunno. And today so far I woke up very early (again) and have been playing around with voice recording. Just for kicks, no projects. Mostly an attempt to fill some time and to try to ignore the pounding of the neighbors who have been nosily replacing their roof for over two days via drowning them out with my bad karaoke singing and narrations. Later, baseball & Game of Thrones.

I have one of those. It's more than half full of raw, uncompressed FNV videos that I still can't make myself delete. I need to get another one for other backup stuff again. Also...I hate FOX and their blackout contracts on MLB. I pay MLB for their MLB tv, I should be able to watch any game using it. IMO. Curse you FOX.

Not from me. I watched it for a few years. Lost interest when Cowell left tho. I tried, but without his "mean" wit & interactions w/the others I find AI kind of boring. Such shows have so much boring fluff filler that if the judges don't work for you, it's hard to watch for long. imo. Sometimes I watch the singer-only clips on YT but that's about it now. I'm liking The Voice a lot more at the moment. It still has a lot of filler but just nice to see something a bit different from AI I guess. I'm sure I'll get bored of it before long...it was mostly the blind auditions I liked so much, + Adam & Blake are funny.

Getting ready for a SG-1 marathon. Netflix has all 10 seasons on instant. Haven't seen the earlier seasons in a long while. Forgot how in the 1st episode, Sam makes a MacGyver reference. Haha, funny. Long live Richard Dean Anderson.

The trailer makes it seem a lot more interesting to me than the 1st DLC. I much prefer more world space vs. what seemed to be in Dead Money. Going to have to make a new character who actually finishes the game again, just in case I want to go ahead and get this. Was going to wait for all DLC's first, but...eh...I've been bored.

My new favorite YT video: Why I Like Tyrion (Joffrey Gets Slapped)

I'm having a difficult time feeling like I'm really doing anything in Amnesia. It's a tense/suspenseful march around, looking for keys or whatnot, but actual motivation to keep on progressing is a little light, for me. The scripted flashbacks & such are a bit immersion breaking too. But I'm still enjoying it for the "scares" and fun of wondering what's around the corner.

That pic is I don't mind talky per se & I didn't expect this series to be a fight action-fest since I did read the book. Some of my favorite films are like one long series of conversations...but depends on how it's done. Maybe it's because with a long series it starts to feel drawn out soap opera style. Or how Shakespeare on the actual stage can be awesome but often filmed versions (even Branagh's stuff) can never quite capture it (imo). But it wouldn't surprise me for the series to be like the book, for me ... kind of a struggle to get through most of it but by the very end I'm suddenly "MORE I WANT MORE." So I'm patiently waiting.

My husband, who hasn't read the book, when the episode ended: "That was unexpected." (reaction to the very very end/Tyrion) but also: "That wasn't nearly as interesting as the previous episodes." (for me, I'm still going to watch every week and I still like it, but I still feel like something is missing.)

I like Amnesia so far. It's not as shock-scary as System Shock2 was (yet), but it definitely gives you that tension filled sense of dread as you're stomping along through dark hallways and rooms. I'd say "sneaking" along, but Daniel's footsteps are so loud I'm not sure you could call it sneaking. The use of darkness and light (candles, your oil lamp) is a much better example of such than the flashlight in Doom3. Much much better.

Bigger as in a bigger hit (under rated?), more gameplay/things to do or bigger environments? I was interested in the game but I never got around to it. I mean that it's a bit underated. The concept it's truly attractive; a Diablo clone with FPS mechanics, it's just one of those things that make sad that people are so obsessed with top notch performance that they can't look past it into the finer points of games. The good news it's that it will be making a comeback....in Korea What I couldn't stand about the game were the sections that played like, I dunno, a bad strategy game. The weird little mission set pieces vs. the normal action-rpg gameplay. Couldn't stand that....otherwise it wasn't a bad game for singleplayer, imo (never tried MP). Not great, but not worthy of total bashing either. I just bought Amnesia: The Dark Descent, because it has decent overall reviews + I figured it's not the kind of game I typically play, so maybe it won't bore me to tears from the "same as it ever was" syndrome. Plus I wouldn't mind a "scary" game.

The Way Back - 6/10. Beautiful scenery. Some good acting. But lacking characterization that makes you care whether anybody survives or not, so the whole trek eventually starts to feel a bit too long. That kind of thing. So good, but not great.

Bought more system RAM for a total of 12GB. I wanted 24 but I would've had to buy the entire amount new (to get 24 in my case/slots & be matched) & that would've been a lot more. So I had to buy (3x2GB) of the same that I already had...only $100. Not as RAM-studly as I wanted to be, but still more than I had before. Now just need an upgraded video card. Still not sure which yet...keep hoping prices will fall a bit more first...

If I could toss Lackey into the lion pit, I would. Watched ballgame. Bought a Bradley Cooper 7-11 cup filled with cola Slurpee. Sat in the sun. Surfed the web. Now wishing the neighbor would move her car so I can squeeze my own car out of the driveway to run errands.

The Hawaiian restaurant is a sort of fast-food grill type place. Does BBQ meats, seafood (mahi mahi!) and things like that. Also, a lot of Spam dishes. Apparently Spam is popular in Hawaii. So nothing special but it's tasty. I usually go for the BBQ beef & chicken. And today I'm starting to think about putting the A/C unit back in this room. We really need to insulate the roof space someday.

So far, I've coughed a lot. Time to put some clothes on and grab some take-out lunch. Chinese or Hawaiian, that is the question.

A few games of Solitaire. Sometimes it surprises me how addicting it can be for an hour or so. I used to love playing the various styles of solitare, with real cards. Some of them are rather elaborate. But it's so much easier to just click the mouse.