Journal

Oh so many things.

Really. There are a lot of things to do. Sure doesn’t feel like it, but it’s true. That’s because most of these things that I have to do don’t have a hard deadline. At least not for the time being. It’s either something that I have to do at my own pace (that is, it doesn’t require a submission of any sort or is a self-imposed thing) or the deadline is so far away that it feels that way too.

I’m getting things done. Very slowly, but I am. I do however get the feeling that I’m sliding down the muddy old slope and will be overtaken by work before too long. The usual school work balance (that is, inter-subject balance) has been complicated by the various things that I’ve undertaken in the recent months. It’s not necessarily a greater amount of work, just more complicated.

On the lighter side of things, Mass Effect 2 has been proving to be quite the enjoyable experience. The quests, for one thing, certainly show that the developers put more care and attention into them. I also like how the characters seem to be better written, regardless of how the story is compared to the first game. The choices I get to make also few less obvious (that’s a good thing) and more important. It doesn’t feel like, Hey, this is the bad option and that’s the good one, and if you save this guy you get to hear about him later. Definitely also feels like a much more interesting bunch of folks I’ve got with me. At least they actually seem like they can’t get along, which was the feeling it always should’ve had.

Of course, it’s still early days. But I’m having a good time so far. It’s surely a nice distraction from work.

It’s also been nice to hear from a few friends. I have plans to meet them this couple of weeks, but I get the nagging feeling that I’m going to have to be a disappointment once or twice. Always happens. But I’ll do what I can. And onwards to the midweek.

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