The Future's Bright, The Future's Orange
28 June 2007
Success! I got my phone line sorted out on Monday night and it was activated on Tuesday afternoon. I immediately went to the library and used the internet to sign up for Orange Broadband for £19.99 a month. They're sending me out their Livebox router and say it'll take about 10 days for them to activate the connection. Therefore, I should be back online for good sometime next week. I can't wait! The internet! Without having to travel to another city or be limited to 1 hours use. It's going to be great. I can finally resume my Final Fantasy XI career without too much concern. There'll be a lot of stuff I'll need to catch up on again. You can't quite beat that feeling of first coming back to the game though. It's like playing for the first time. You get that same feeling of overwhelming possibilities, like you have a million things you want to do but can't decide where to start. First port of call for me will be to finish off those Ninjutsu scroll quests I started on Tanakacchi. Then I should have a decent amount of money to level Corsair to 60 on Hocchan. One thing I'll definitely have to experience is that new battlefield Einherjar. I wonder if people have set up linkshells for it. If so I'll see about getting into one. Next week can't come soon enough!
While I was at the library on Tuesday I decided to take a look at the HMV website. Perhaps foolishly I went and searched for House season two. It was on sale for £12.99 on the website. I got too tempted and rushed over to the store in town and bought it for £15 instead. Now I have something to watch while I wait for the internet. One thing I have noticed about season two is that there's a lot more humour written in. The first season was a bit more serious and didn't have quite so many jocular (I love that word) moments. It also manages to be a lot darker at the same time. Gregory House's addiction to painkillers and drugs in general is delved into a bit more. You see a darker side to his character that wasn't quite so apparent before. I noticed they also changed the title sequence music. I preferred the original. The new one isn't quite as catchy but I guess it's better than the one for the pilot episode. I need to start pacing myself or I'm going to finish the whole season by tomorrow. It's just too damn compelling!
Posted byHocchan at 4:23 pm
I LOVE house. Michael and I always end up having big discussions after watching an episode. We wonder about the ethics of all that House does, or the issue of "bedside manner" in helping patient recovery. I like to see the way each doctor has a different view on patient needs. I don't like all the side romance stuff. It's like they don't want to bring in new people so instead they just all date each other or something. I suppose when you work closely with the same people of opposite sex it's natural to think that their might be some sort of attraction but they way they do it on the show, I just don't buy it. Glad to hear you've obtained an internet connection!
You have to admit, Dr Cameron is quite attractive... /laugh