Hello again all. Thought I should do another post just to let everyone know how I've been doing since I last wrote. The bad news is that my car needs to go into the shop again this week, though this time it only needs an oil change. Still, I really wish that this sort of crap with my car wouldn't happen at this time of the year, which it usually always does. It makes things inconvenient for me in many ways.
The good news is that my copy of Pokemon Sword is working properly again. I turned it on the other day and found that the game's daily features were working properly again. It seems that it really did just need twenty-four to forty-eight hours to correct itself after I innocently messed with the clock to try and get the correct time. Anyway, I've still been playing it a little less than before. Of course it kind of helps that I'm "between projects" in regards to what I'm doing in the game. It seems what I usually end up doing with these Pokemon games is beat the storyline almost as quickly as possible, and then focus my attention on training and raising one particular Pokemon at a time to get it to peak performance. Two examples of what I'm talking about are a Sylveon and a Lucario that I both raised from eggs, but I've kind of put their training on autopilot for the moment, and I've yet to decide what Pokemon I should train next for the time being.
Anyway, as the title states, I'm starting to get a little into the Christmas season, but so far only just a little. For the last few years it's seemed like my Christmas spirt always needs a shot of adrenaline and a defibrillator before it can stir to life. Of course it doesn't help that I'm currently working a job in retail. In that sort of job, you really get to experience the dark side of the holiday season up close and personal. There's a line from Miracle on 34th Street that I believe goes, "Christmas isn't just a day. It's a frame of mind." Over the years I've come to realize how true that statement really is. Each year it seems to take me just a little longer than before ti get into the frame of mind that is Christmas, and the terrible Christmas music that blares over the intercom at work does not help.
Today though, I'm starting to feel it just a little bit. There's a fresh layer of snow on the ground from this morning that's still there, and I finally got some decent Christmas music loaded onto my iPod (yes, I still use such an antique). Later tonight, my dad and I will be putting up our artificial Christmas tree (he wrote with a look of disgust) and decorating the house, at least just a little bit. Well, I had better close this post up. It's getting a little late in the evening, and my dad is on the way home. Plus I have a book of manga that I still haven't finished. Until next time everyone.
