Hello again, have we met?

I feel like my life is on media overload. Sometimes I wonder what it was like to live in a world without music at my fingertips, video games, DVRs, movie theaters, books and new ebook readers on which to read them, etc. It just seems like so much, and it's stressing me out. But I guess if that's all I'm worrying about, my life can't be going too bad, right?

Our Tivo is always full now, I still need to scale back on the shows I watch, I think. Heroes specifically. We've got 7 hours worth of episodes (haven't watched a single one this season) and I'm ok with that. It was never my fave, and with so many to watch it's easier to be blase about the show and just give up.

I'm still reading The Historian, it's been like 4 months, but I have progressed farther than I did the first time I tried to read it several years ago. I still vow to finish it, and won't start a new book until it's done. It's not that I don't like it, just so much media! (re: above)


In other news, our house is shaping up nicely. In the past several months we've put on a new deck, gotten a new toilet and dishwasher, and generally made it a little more liveable in the process. It's nice to see how the house looks now, considering how it looked when we first moved in. It's a nice feeling. Still on the docket is new fixtures in the bathroom shower and fixing a phantom leak/drip behind our kitchen wall that has been driving us (mostly me) nuts. There's also finishing the driveway extension and drywalling/finishing off the basement with a laundry room/bathroom and a nice storage area. Part of me just wants to tear out all the walls in the basement and reconstruct in as we see fit, I'd kill for some more space down there, considering how big our furniture is.

I'm liking my job, but at almost five years in I'm wondering if it's what I want to do for the rest of my life. I don't know if I want to head back to school and learn a trade or get a laptop and try my hand at writing. God knows, though, I'll still be at Barnes and Noble, no matter what I do.

Well, here's hoping I keep the entries coming.

Lazy Tuesday Night

I have yet to play Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, but I'm already pumped about the sequel Uncharted: Among Thieves. Joystiq has a preview of the game and it looks pretty sweet. Plus? Claudia Black is voicing a character, and I love her!
I'm having a dilemma in terms of game playing. I'm currently mid-play of Silent Hill: Homecoming, but I can't get myself to jump back in and play. Dead Space is looking more fun at this point. And come March 13, I'll be Resident Evil 5-ing with no time for other games. So what to do? I'm thinking I'll probably pop Dead Space in and start over (I previously played a bit of it to get a feel, then went back to playing Assassin's Creed, which I've since beaten) from the beginning. Maybe I'll get back to Silent Hill eventually, I mean I was enjoying it, but I need something else.
I also really need to bust out the Wii Fit and give it a try. I read a rather distressing article that made me feel even worse for not giving it a go sooner. With the new PS3 and movies and TV and birthdays, my Wii has been collecting a bit of dust as of late, which also makes me feel pretty terrible. Oh well, they're just game consoles right?

I made a Sausage and Pepper Frittata with goat cheese crumbles for dinner last night (served with some crusty baguette) and it was really delicious! I still don't know how something like that can be considered dinner though, I mean it's essentially eating breakfast during dinner hours, y'know? For instance, I brought leftovers for lunch today at work and I've already downed it. It really was a good breakfast, and there's more at home. We're getting a bit low on protein at home, but I found our last chub of beef (*snicker*) in the freezer, and I have some kaiser buns, so I'm thinking sloppy Joes (a spruced-up Rachael Ray version of course) and roasted peppers and potatoes for dinner.

Ben and I watched the first episode of Heroes' new "Volume", and I have to say I enjoyed it more than I anticipated, but I also think they're coming scary close to copyright infringement or something with all the storylines they're blatantly stealing from the comics. Not to mention that there's about 3 characters they could permanently kill off and the show would be so much better. (Peter, Mohinder and Sylar? I'm looking at you!) It was a lot of fun to see Claire in a more "kick-butt" mode, as well as watching Hiro cope with the fact that he's not the hero anymore, rather the Oracle to Ando's...I dunno...Black Canary? Huntress? Whatever?. I liked their new digs, very cool.

I wanted to watch Fringe (possibly the best new series from the fall season) but Ben had American Idol to watch, so I cleaned up from dinner and then played some more RE5 Demo. I'm getting better, but I still can't beat the damn guy with the chainsaw.