Project 365 (5): Bright-Eyed & Bushy-Tailed

I almost gave up on this project just a few pics into it. But this morning, when I was getting dressed, my cat Maynerd made a kinda growling noise. When I turned to look at him, I saw a picture perfect moment. Good kitty!

Project 365: Stay On Target

I caught dart fever a few years back and I set up a board in my man cave. I usually throw late at night to unwind after the days work, school, or what ever.

Poject 365: (Plastic) Girls Gone Wild!

This just goes to further prove just how much social morality has degraded. Shame on you girls!

Project 365: Spoon!

I took this one this morning in the garage. I wanted to capture an image that fit my mood today.

Project 365: 1-365

Hey y'all!

I've been encouraged to put my fancy cameras to use. The project is called "Project 365". The plan is to take and post one picture per day. The goal is to become a better photographer. Amongst ourselves we provide feedback. But y'all are welcome to critique my work as well.

I came into this project late. So I'm playing a little catch up. Also, I may miss a few days once school starts. However, I'm going to try to remember to bring my trusty pocket digital to school. There are always lots of photo oportunities there.

Here's 1-365

Afro Samurai (the game). My review.

Thus far, I give Afro Samurai a B-.

The graphics are good, not great. Game play seems kind of easy and repetitive (mind you I’m only in a couple of levels thus far). The actions are also kind of confusing. Pushing the d-pad down gives you an on screen guide (Samuel Jackson) to point you in the right direction. But he’s very quick. Sometimes you don't have a chance to find him before he disappears.

There are no traditional health bars. There’s a star kind of thing that trails behind you that changes colors as well as some heart beat sound effects that activate when you’re close to dying. You definitely need to read the instructions on this one, they tell you how to restore health and restore your "focus". “Focus” is kind of weird, but kind of cool also. It allows you to concentrate your attention towards one enemy (or direction) as well as perform special offensive maneuvers.

Speaking of fighting, you can actually hit two or more characters with the same sword swing. Nice! Not that the fighting in RPG’s should be too complicated, but here it seems a bit too easy. All you need to do is move the stick in the direction of your enemies and push the jelly bean colored buttons like a crazy person! Now, there are fighting “strategy” directions available when you push the back button during game play. But I was able to get the character through all the major moves without even reading it. Carpal tunnels risk is greatly increased with this game. So make sure you put the controller down frequently and massage the wrists. Oh, and no greasy finger foods either, trust me. Otherwise your controller may become a deadly UFO.

All-in-all, it’s not bad. It sure as $%^* ain’t worth no $59.99! (Which reminds me that Samuel does a fair amount of cursing in the intro and during gameplay.) Fortunately, I paid much, much less than that. Else my grade for it would be quite a bit lower.

I owe it to my pocketbook to put more time into the game. However, only time will tell if I'll be a true fan of the Afro.

Happy Cinco de Quatro?

Latest Obama Gaffe, "Happy Cinco de Quatro"

Just another silly slip of the tongue I agree. However, would the media jackals have ever let Bush 42 get away with that? We all know the answer to that question.

This president's likeability factor is HUGE! I have to admit, it is genuinely nice not to hear the press badmouthing a sitting American president. On the flip side though, they adore him so much that they let him get away tearing down America, brick by brick..

One has to listen to conservative talk radio and scour the internet for stories on what President Obama is doing after the cameras get turned off. Yes it is up to the citizenry to stay informed. But part of how we stay infromed is my responsible news organizations doing their job.

Heck! Here in DFW we have been bombarded by stories about what happened at the Dallas Cowboy practice facility. But we hear nothing about the "Former Gitmo Detainee Now A Taliban Boss". Obama still wants to close this facility even though these prisoners are about to end up back in the saddle again; but doing much worse things. And mass media says...

I pray that the media wakes up soon TO DO THEIR JOB.