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Week of Almost No Gaming
Published on August 3, 2015 6:33 AM
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I only played some Minecraft on Monday and nothing else the rest of the week. I was at a car show all day Sunday, so nothing on the weekend either. Actually, I did bring my 3DS with me to the car show for street passes, but I haven't had time to check it yet. I'm looking forward to Tuesday when I pick up Etrian Odyessy Untold 2 and Rare Replay. I think I might pick up an Xbox One later in the week too. 

In other media: I listened to a bunch of 1994 music and watched most of the first disc of Batman The Animated TV show. I'm reading about the Beat writers: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs in The Rolling Stone Guide to the Beats, and I started an audio book on J.T. "Stonewall" Jackson, Rebel Yell. I'm not a big Civil War buff, but I am a fan of writer S.C. Gwynne, whose first book, Empire of the Summer Moon, I read a few years ago and thought was really great. It was about the ragged, brutal frontier, plains Indians,Texas Rangers, and all that stuff. 

That's about it.

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Posted on August 3, 2015 3:15 PM

My mom bought Minecraft for me so I can help her when she teaches her kids with it. Game sure does like to throw a lot of shit at you right out of the gate ...

Posted on August 4, 2015 4:55 AM

Yea, and not tell you how to make stuff. But I guess that's just part of it. It was like that from the beginning. 

Posted on August 5, 2015 4:08 PM

I really need to read (and write) more western novels!

Posted on August 5, 2015 8:39 PM

I want to take a western and make it scifi. The old west is cool, but on Arcturus it's even cooler.

Posted on August 5, 2015 9:13 PM

I'm gonna write a Batman Western sooner or later.  Tongue Out

Posted on August 6, 2015 7:43 AM

Sooner please.

Posted on August 6, 2015 7:25 PM

"Batman Versus Billy the Kid" 

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How does that sound?

Posted on August 7, 2015 6:01 AM

Just avoiding your question. . . Lone Ranger and Batman are kinda the same thing, aren't they. 

Posted on August 7, 2015 9:06 AM

I don't know much about Lone Ranger, but Bruce Wayne was inspired by Zorro to create Batman.  

Posted on August 7, 2015 8:41 PM

Urban cowboy, Batman is. Cue Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band song of same name.

Posted on August 11, 2015 3:50 PM

I'm back in the collecting Mii's mode. I like to thank Ultimate Angler for this. I know you were wanting a lens for the car show, but did you take any cool shots? 

Posted on August 12, 2015 8:26 AM

I took a lot of car shots with my zoom all the way down at 36mm. It doesn't distort much, but a little. I really wanted a wide view with some crazy distortion. I did work on a type of shot where the car of interest is in the foreground and the rest of the show is shown behind it. It was an interesting compositional exercise. I have the unedited shots on Flickr. I should edit them, but it's time consuming and I'm not finding time for it right now. Cars reflect a lot of light that throws the camera's sensors off kilter.