Today was my first (that I know of) Thanksgiving away from home, and it was largely as I expected. I don't get excited about holidays, it's just not something that I do. Sure, I like eating big meals and getting presents, but more than that, I get excited because everybody around me is excited. Were I completely on my own, I would likely forget about holidays altogether, not due to distaste but to negligence. Holidays are marked largely by getting a paid holiday, just as they were once days with no class. Alleigh decorated for the fall season with some garland strung along the stairway and across the mantle, which is nice. But again, it's not something I ever would have thought to do. My decoration style can be described most accurately as "efficient." I don't like a lot of things in my way, though looking at my desk may lead you to believe otherwise. Inasmuch as I dislike clutter and unnecessary things in my decor, I am also decidedly lazy when it comes to cleaning and organization. I'm not sure how I got on the subject of interior decorating. Long story short, the focus of my living room is the TV; the center of my bedroom is the bed and/or computer, and nothing else in either room is all that important to me.
I've been playing a lot more video games lately. Mostly Guild Wars, actually, which is strange. I guess I just needed a break... of a few years. I should be playing Fallout: New Vegas, but for whatever reason I'm not. I keep telling myself it's because my current machine isn't doing the best job at keeping the graphics pretty, but really, I just haven't played enough to let it get its hooks in me like Fallout 3 did. I know I'll enjoy it, it's just a matter of being able to devote the time to getting truly immersed in the universe. A new computer couldn't hurt, though. I never did finish Bioshock 2 because it is so damn boring. I got the a point where I realized that I didn't even care about the story anymore. The gameplay is annoying and repetitive, the characters lack character, and the game as a whole is like the awful level in Bioshock where you played as a Big Daddy except stretched out to a full-length game. I should go back and finish it, but I just don't want to. I also never finished Mirror's Edge. I ragequit after failing the stairway level for the hundredth time. Mirror's Edge is an incredible game based on a fresh idea that was implemented well - except for the levels where they pit you against hordes of armed men and don't give you any effective way to fight back. Never (with the exception of Braid) have I been more frustrated with a video game. And then today I picked up Batman: Arkham Asylum because it was 66% off on Steam. These holiday sales are too tempting. If I was any good at games, it might be dangerous.
Work is work. I go and do things and come home at the end of the day. I'm starting to actually get into some more interesting work, and I enjoy it. I also like answering to customers, especially when they are engineers. While I am capable of communicating effectively with non-engineers, it is incredibly helpful to have competent people on the other end of the phone.
Honestly, I haven't been doing much lately. Lots of TV and video games and hanging out with church folks. I've been doing a bit more digging around my car project plans, and I've learned a great deal about CAN at work from asking folks what they know. I'm still working my way through The Machine of Death, savouring every story as I read along. It is truly an incredible book. You should read it.
I'm sure that there are more things that I should have thought to write, but I am yawning with come regularity now, and that means I should sleep.
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