Honestly I've been using this more as a personal diary than anything else lately. But I do have stuff I'd like to share with people. So hopefully, with the creation of a writing journal at http://fraybard.livejournal.com/ there's going to be a whole lot of stuff to read in the future. Feel free to friend it if you like, my aim is to post to it every day with all kinds of writing exercises.

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Turkish. Omg. Turkish turkish turkish.

Especially those stuffed pide, though straight up warm pide and dip is heavenly.

My favourite cuisine full stop.

Thankyou Nintendo.

Bit of a mixed bag, but enough of the big stuff that I'm willing to put that rocky patch behind us.

Can I just say, I can not wait to see more of the new Golden Sun. Super Mario Co-Op sounds like a fun opportunity, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 should be as magic as the last.

Heart monitor? Yeah that's a wtf. But if you say so, whatever.

But here's one more thing they're going to announce.

An "edgier" game from Nintendo...

And Team Ninja? What have we...

New Metroid Game.

Holy Hell.

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<3

I guess that means E3 is back to it's former glory.

But I don't think I've laughed so hard in a good long while.

http://twitter.com/kimikoross

Trust me, wouldn't usually recommend this kind of thing at all, but this is too good to pass up.


Since I last wrote. Let's see now:

Missed out on the CSIRO job. *sadface*

Went to Newcastle for a week. Might talk about this one later. *happy face*


Am writing furiously atm while I wait for opportunities to call me on my phone. I call out to them but so rarely hear back. Frustrating.

Haven't been sleeping well again. *sigh*

Hasn't the weather been getting cool lately?

Peppermint = 5(Earl Grey > Chai = Lemongrass & Ginger + Honey > Lemongrass & Ginger)

Peppermint > everything.

Thus concludes the tea experiments.

Earl Grey > Chai = Lemongrass & Ginger + Honey > Lemongrass & Ginger

Earl Grey > Chai

So. How awesome am I?
( I'm glad you asked. )

Talk about just what I needed. Been down the last couple of days, but damn I'd be lying to say I wasn't still buzzing about this. Great fun.

She takes this.

And turns it into ( This )

I felt it was my duty to share it to the world. All both of you reading this.

I have to have something worth saying.

Not just yet. Promise I will soon though, I'd like to start updating this damned thing once again.

I've almost written a book, The Quiet Disunited, it's pretty good. Not quite ready to share it yet, it has to first undergo a shiteload of revision before I share it with people generally.

If people are interested in a bit of world lore I'm happy to post some of that though. I've been working very hard on it so I'd love to share if people want to listen.

Still unemployed. Stopped studying for now. My life's kinda been dull for the last 5 or so months.

Good chance it'll pick up soon I'm sure.

Well. Nintendo. What can I say?

I mean seriously. Animal Crossing, Wii Sport 2 and Wii Music and that's it? I mean it's good you want to try new things. I'm glad other people are having fun with these new games, but I'm just not. Thing is after a while these games become chores, not to mention they're insultingly lacking in what I as a gamer want. Not to mention you're taking a step backwards here. Wii Speak and the new 1:1 motion dongle? That's just chucking a bandaid on and hoping it's enough. It's not. In the same sense that now you've been doing it a couple of years, it's no longer innovative.

I mean look at the Xbox 360! Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, Resident Evil 5, Prince of Persia and a few others beside them. And they managed to cram in a little bit for the casuals. Which is nice of them, I mean it is a step in the right direction. But now I'm looking at that list and I find myself thinking, well why can't I have nice things like that? Especially since those guys can have both.

Well? Waiting for an answer, and tie it to a game this time.

http://www.lhcountdown.com/

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What?

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Yeah. I'm still here, alive and well and all that.

I've had lot's of nicknames. Currently I'd guess my 'nickname' is Cody, but only because that isn't legally my name for now. In the past I've had:

Chas: My initials. I sign my email's off that way and to some people, it stuck.
Chook, Chooky, Chooken, Evil Chook of Death and variations: I get this most from my parents (who else but my father could devise a pet name like that last one?) and Cally as well as a couple of others. Never had anything against it, always loved chickens so they tend to stick.
C-Dazzle: Admittedly only ever been called this once, but I laughed so hard I may as well include it here.
Grim: I do get this from time to time, from grim_chook, my old user name. I daresay I'll get Fray from those same people now.

Had a few gaming nicknames as well:
The Chook: Because you just got pecked. Probably my first online persona, when all I used the internet for was playing online NOLF.
Target, Roadkill, Creampuff: Creations of my Dad and my Uncle I adopt from time to time. The idea is to have a name with a certain edgy quality to it and would result in a humiliating kill. That is, no one cares if you killed Roadkill, but it's hilarious if Roadkill kills you.
Oscar Wilde: Q3A tradition :D, I think it just came from a joke from Uncyclodpedia.
Colfer, Astrin, Sarenta: Original characters whose names I steal from time to time for heavy fantasy games. No particular reason, just like the sound of them.

Pretty sure that covers the whole bloody lot of them. I like having nicknames. :D

VALVE meme

Favorite Half Life 1 enemy? Marines. It was bad enough having hordes of angry aliens coming after you but to then have members of your own species trying to kill you as well? The thought was chilling. Special mention to those bad-ass ninja fellas towards the end because, bad ass ninjas!

Favorite Half Life 1 ally? Labcoats. I'm sure there were people wearing them, but I only loved them for their spiffy white coats.

Favorite Half Life 2 (including the episodes) enemy? Hunters look awesome.

Favorite Half Life 2 (including the episodes) ally? Can I say Gordon Frohman? I think I can say Gordon Frohman. Otherwise Dog or Father Grigory

Blue Shift or Opposing Force? Blue Shift was terrible, Opposing Force.

Counterstrike - great or not great? Great, but not even remotely as great as people make it out to be.

Favorite Team Fortress 1 or 2 class? Before I saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xuHumXoeV0 it was the medic. But then I fell in love with the firestarter, twisted firestarter. In all honesty though, I'd probably play as the scout the most. Agile units for the win.

GlaDOS is...? One of the most striking characters to come out of any game ever.

I'm typing this up on River, with Alyssa sitting at my side. I'm looking at Wesker and wondering if I'd like to play a little more Metroid Prime 2.

Surely everyone name's their electronics right?

River and I are also good buddies most of the time, everyone around me knows that XD.

Iron man is awesome.

That's all I've got to say for now.

Life's shiny again, time to start looking for a job.

Well since it's been the sixth of may for a little over an hour I guess I'm not.

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*sighs*