December 27, 2013

The other day I bought some DLC for Saints Row 4 because it was on sale for cheap and I have been waiting for that to happen. I got two new campaign quests and played through the Christmas one because 'tis the season. I defeated Clawz and got a cool ugly sweater, a mechanical flying reindeer, and a couple of cars. Very cool. I also the pirate and hillbilly DLCs, mainly for the cool cars.

I spent a lot of my day, lost in my head, thinking about bookshelves. I think I have decided where I can put one in my room and I did a lot of internet searching to find something that would fit my needs. I came up with a couple options but now I'm thinking about making one instead. I don't know that I will, because I went to great efforts awhile ago planning out a bookcase design that I never made, but I'm still thinking about it.

Tonight at work I played a bunch of Animal Crossing, read an issue of National Geographic, and watched The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. In Animal Crossing I opened an exhibit on the second floor of the museum and filled it with all the statues I have dug up. I also spent a lot of time on the island catching stuff. I made a bunch of money on my first trip and will make even more with my second trip when the stores open so I can sell it all. In National Geographic I read about the beginning of a man's seven year journey to walk from the cradle of civilization to the last spot humans reached. So he is walking from Africa to the bottom of South America. I also read about cougars in the United States, the possible origins of skiing and the men who still use them to hunt, walruses, tumbleweeds as an invasive Russian species in the United States, and groups of specialists using lasers to scan historical things and recreating them digitally in 3D. A lot of really interesting stuff.

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty was pretty great. It reminded me of movies like Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World and Stranger Than Fiction. Not that it was anything like those movies, those are just the ones that came to mind. The plot was interesting but slightly ridiculous. But I liked it. The music was really good and the locations were beautiful. It made me want to go on an adventure. And I can easily see that being the next DVD I purchase.