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[filkertom]

I probably shouldn't have spent the money.

I don't freakin' care.

The damn game wouldn't run on my old card and my van isn't out of the shop yet and the video card I've had my eye on for about six weeks was on sale at CompUSA and there has been a lot of stuff going on in the background lately and I'm trying to maintain a good attitude about the universe and all will eventually be well but it isn't right this second and I fuckin' deserved a small break.

Even if I had to make one for myself.

I can't even play the damn thing for more than a day before getting on the road for this weekend, what with the snow in Ohio.

But, by damn, I can play it.

And it looks great.

Comments

[braider.livejournal.com]

*hug*

[druidsfire.livejournal.com]

I'm about to have one of those moments myself, so I feel yer pain, Tom.

Safe drive to MidSouth.

[bardicwench.livejournal.com]

good for you! *hugs* Sounds like you picked up what you needed for a boost.

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

So what'd you get?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Visiontek Radeon X1300 w/256MB RAM. For once, I actually have a mid-range graphics card -- but, for how long? How long...?

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

[Turns to everyone on Tom's LJ Friends list]

SHHH!
He's zoning.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

*snort*

Oh. Shhhh.

*grin*

Gessi

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Good for you! It's important to do something good for yourself once in a while, especially when things are sucking.

Gessi

[sylverwolfe.livejournal.com]

*hugs* the world of retail therapy is a wonderful place, innit? and besides, everyone needs a chance to unwind, even professional filkers who get interviewed by wired magazine. :-D
enjoy your game.

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

We geeks have to treat ourselves now and then. Nobody else knows how or wants to learn how.

[indyellen.livejournal.com]

You deserved it...sometimes, ya just gotta do it.

(Sorry royalcrow & I couldn't hook up with you at Millenicon. We caught the end of your concert, but then things just kind of got away from us...)

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Is there a reason you can not fly and thus avoid the dangerous driving conditions? Assuming it is not a cost thing or a "if I am going to travel then I want to see the attractions along the way" kind of thing. Snow and Driving are things I will never feel comfortable mixing together, and that's with living near Boston for all but four years of my life.

Okay, You Asked For It.... ;)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's more expensive to drive, if it's anything over a day's travel. But, in a plane, you're hurtling along at 500+ mph several miles above the ground with absolutely no control at all, and the seats are designed for people half my weight, and the motherfucker behind you always complains when you lean back but the guy in front of you jams his seat into your collarbone and then starts coughing straight up so it lands in your cheap-ass unstable plastic cup of Coke-flavored ice, and the bathrooms are apparently designed for Roswell aliens and/or the most anorexic of supermodels, and the lines at the airport -- all of them, check-in, security, food service, boarding, you name it -- are stupidly long and managed badly, and they're so freakin' spread out that most major airlines have shuttles to other parts of the same building, and I don't like having to take off my freaking shoes because some asshat thought he was a Bond villain, and I don't like being cooped up for multiple hours with screaming children, and if there's a problem they will make you sit on the fucking runway a hundred yards from every service you could need or want on the off-off-off-chance that they'll get going again now now now move it move it move it, and if you need a connecting flight you've got about a one-third chance under any circumstance of saying Well fuck that, and they charge stupid amounts for emergency tickets, and they don't seem to give bereavement fares any more, and why the fuck should I patronize an industry that overcharges hideously and seemingly capriciously, can't maintain fiscal solubility anyway, makes your use of their service as difficult and uncomfortable as possible, treats its customers and employees like shit, and tells you that if the fucking plane crashes at several hundred miles an hour, you can pry the seat cushion out from under your bleeding zombie corpse and it'll float?

Apart from that, I find airline food a bit lacking.

Re: Okay, You Asked For It.... ;)

[indyellen.livejournal.com]

*APPLAUSE*

One of the best rants I've read in a while. Thank you, sir. (I shared it with metaquotes I liked it so well.)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

[bows] Tenk yoh, tenk yoh. :)

[nomaddervish.livejournal.com]

It is purdy, ain't it? A lot of surfaces seem to reflect light weirdly, which could just be a side effect of the installer laughing at my old Radeon 9600 and setting all the fx options to low, but it's absolutely gorgeous aside from that.

So how long did it take to make your first character's face? I spent probably an hour and a half to two hours playing with all the sliders before I finally noticed the "random" button was there... *facepalm*

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Without doubt, it's the older chipset and low fx options. I've got a fair amount of options turned on, and it's amazing.

Thing was, I'd forgotten about that aspect of character creation. So actually seeing it was a revelation. And, yeah, I spent about a half-hour tweaking that sucker. Haven't tried the "random" yet....