January 11, 2014

I didn't do much of anything today. I tried out Battlefield 4 with the latest headset and I was more focused on playing the game than on paying attention to the headset. Which I guess is a good thing maybe, because I wasn't distracted by discomfort or bad sound or something. I'm going to try again tomorrow and focus more on the sound. I would have to say it was pretty good though in terms of directional cues because I found myself able to turn and look up at helicopters flying by. And I didn't really notice the thin headband that I mentioned in my first impression. I still think it could be wider and more comfortable but as long it's not distracting I'm cool with it. This pair does seem to be more comfortable than the other two and the sound quality is good. It reminds me of the Audio Technica headphones I tried a bit ago, which sounded really good but crushed my left ear.

When I wasn't playing Battlefield 4, I caught up on DVRed stuff. I haven't done that in awhile but since I switched DVRs I haven't scheduled many recordings so I don't have a lot backlogged. Which is nice because I watched TV once a week or so at the moment.

At work tonight I watched bits of Lone Survivor and played a little Animal Crossing, but I spent most of my time reading. I finished reading Graveyard Shift by Chris Westwood, one of the books I got at the book fair. The book had an interesting concept, and spent most of the book setting it up, but then didn't spend too much time on the climax and resolution. It was kind of disappointing because I was looking forward to the journey. And then it was rushed and it was kind of a let down. Actually, it was a let down. It's like the author had the concept but nothing else before he started writing and tried to just wing it. It didn't work too well. After finishing that I switched back and forth between two other books until I went home.

And now I am going to go to bed, and hopefully wake up relatively early so I am able to go to bed relatively early tomorrow night, and be on track for a decent sleep schedule next week.