Assassins and Boredom

Dear Blog,

I beat Assassin's Creed II today! Yay! I hope the next game (and conclusion to the trilogy) comes out soon. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood comes out in November, but I'm not all that excited about it. I just want to finish the story and find out what happens to Desmond and friends.

I also can't wait for The Force Unleashed II. It comes out in October, so you can bet what I'll buy for myself on the 21st. It looks quite promising. I had a lot of fun with the original, and the sequel looks to increase in awesomeness. Fallout: New Vegas also comes out in October. A good month for games? Of course! Halo: Reach comes out in September, but I don't know if I want it as soon as it hits shelves or not. I'm sure it'll be awesome, but I have a few other games that I want more (Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2, for instance). And then, sometime next year, comes the game highest on my most wanted list, The Old Republic. I've half tempted to invest in upgrades to my laptop for that game.

I went to a baseball game yesterday with a few of the RAs. Free tickets were nice, and we watched from the grassy area in the back. The games were slow and kinda boring, but the company was awesome. I probably won't go watch another game unless it is with other people. I convinced David to get the iPhone 4, and let other people watch the Star Wars TomTom commercials. We left early because of the impending storm, but it was still lots of fun.

I want new ringtones, but I don't know which ones I want. Something special for Victoria and Mom, something quirky/random/funny for Dad, and maybe one for Linda (but she never calls). And a ringtone for other resident assistants and desk workers would be nice, too. Just to add variety to my technological marvel of a machine.

Nikki handed (tossed/threw) Pete the Pike to (at) me today while I was working the front desk. Pete the Pike is part of the RAs' FISH Philosophy (Be There, Play, Make Their Day and Choose Your Attitude) and is passed to people who have exhibited these qualities in their day-to-day work. She isn't going to be here for our staff meeting, so she gave him to me early and said she'd give me the reason as to how I deserved it via text message to read to the group. I'm trying to remember if I had done anything noteworthy this past week, or if it is simply my time to receive Pete. Now I just have to remember to bring Pete along tomorrow and next week and I'll be good.

I think I want Wii Fit. Or at least a good work-out game for the Xbox 360 (which might involve the soon-to-be-released Kinect device). I need to exercise a little bit, but I want to play a game as I do it. Why? It'd like to have some sort of result clearly shown at the end of a session (Gamerpoints on Xbox Live, avatar items, points to collect for random in-game items, anything other than the simple satisfaction of a job well done). Plus, I know I work really well if there is a reward system in place. "A little exercise equates to some prize" would encourage me more than "a little exercise equates to nothing tangible." It'd be a good way to sell the idea of Kinect to my parents as a Christmas present to me.

I think I will wrap up this blog now. Once I discussed exercising, I knew I had talked too much. Perhaps tomorrow will lead to more exciting topics.

Could you enjoy movies/books/games if you were omnipotent? You're know how it ended, the work involved in making it, and all the right moves without even trying.

Until next time!
-Daniel Golden