Damn, that's kinda scary. Was that bombing anywhere near you?

On the other hand, I love the idea that you watched eight porn movies in the last 24 hours and provided synopses. Please keep the blog informed of further developments! Hilarious!

I've eaten bagged Indian food (from Trader Joe's) the last two nights for dinner. Holy shit, I am a gas production factory today. Fortunately I have a bunch of people coming over for gaming! This could be my Bean Soup Day.

I've put some time into Half-Life 2. It's really not as good as the first one, is it? It's technically impressive, and the shooting is fun, but the storyline doesn't have the oomph of the first one. I think part of what hurts the immersion, for me, is that you never have a clear idea of what you're doing besides in the loosest sense ("go find this dude"). You just wander down the one path available to you shooting things until you get where you need to be. That seems silly in the context of being in a huge city. Also, the AI soldiers don't really seem to be strategizing as much as they did in the first game. With only a couple of exceptions so far I have been able to run straight at every opponent while firing my machine gun and do just fine.

Also what the hell is with this stupid boat, they should have called this Disney Presents: Half Life 2: Jungle Cruise Adventures.