So yesterday me Wii finally arrived! Unfortunately I couldn’t unpack it and play with it immediately as I was driving to my parents for Christmas. Still a few extra hours on top of the ten days I’d already been waiting is not problem.
Shall I turn this post in a kind of mini review? Well why not.
Firstly, some people that I read about seemed to have problems with the packaging. The only assumption I can draw from this is that they are fecking retards. Pull the ‘draw’ with the ‘1’ on it first, and the one with ‘2’ on it second. It couldn’t get any simpler.
So far the inclusive and fun nature of the contol method has been very obvious, playing any kind of computer game with my parents is rare (unless it’s Su doku or freecell or something like that). So playing Wii sports for an hour and a half gives you an idea of how fun and simple the games are.
We tried out tennis (the best in my opinion), golf and bowling. Strangly the score I got for the virtual bowling was pretty close to the kind of score that I would get at a real bowling alley, a bit higher but pretty close. Which goes to show how well the controls have been implemented. Golf was a bit of a simplistic affair with the strenght of your swing being the only real factor. This doesn’t bother me as it’s a compilation game and I think there is a ‘proper’ golf game coming out at some point. Tennis was cool, and the only game I’ve played so far that didn’t need you to use any buttons (a plus in my book).
One thing that I have noticed is that the ‘point and shoot’ mechanism for the menu, and for some of the other games (in Wii play and in Zelda) seems to be very slightly laggy. Admitedly I’ve not played Zelda yet, but it is noticable in menus and in the shooting games. Even my Dad was complaining about a delay. However it doesn’t take long at all to adapt to it and as I know how the pointing system works I’ve got no problem with it – basically I know it’s pretty hard from a software/hardware point of view.

Rob rating: Money well spent.

That are going round my head, just to keep you upto date.

Is it always true that the longer you work the more amusing you find dilbert comics?

Is the only reason that James Bond has such an air of cool about him because he doesn’t laugh much? Or even smile. When you think about it how often does James Bond laugh or smile? If it were more than once a film I’d be surprised.

I find the idea of a HideAway cozy both amusing and appealing.

It’s been a long time since I last posted!!

No wonder my traffic is going down (although paradoxically my spam comments are going up!)
The good news is that I’m ok, verging on happy I’d say. Really getting back into being healthy (although the weekend just gone was quite a setback) and getting exercise. Which is good, I never really got my rhythm back after the enforced stillness of glandular fever at the beginning of the year. Which is quite ridiculous when you think about it.
Still I’m going to the gym about twice a week and I’m going to breakdance, capoeira and yoga again.

Life is good, it’ll be even better once I’ve recovered from the weekend (not sure if it was the junk food or the beer, probably both)

Saturday afternoon is the time, my living room is the setting, the company is my housemate Dave. The time has come. The hangover from the night before has subsided to acceptable levels and we both have 4 pills and a pint of water. The time has come.

The pills in question are Dionysos (mentioned before) and we’re both taking a full dose. The effects reportedly take forty five minutes to an hour to kick in (or one shower in some parts). We swallow them down, personally I felt a bit silly, like it was still ‘wrong’ in some way. Certainly not like taking vitamin pills that’s for sure!
About an hour later the nausea hits Dave, I’m affected about 15 minutes later. Fortunately it’s not to heavy, in the grand scheme of things, just rather unpleasant.
After about two hours our extreme Englishness kicks in:
“Ooo, I don’t like this….. Cup of tea?” Says Dave
Immediately this is an excellent idea, tea and biscuits. Much better.

And that was it. I felt nothing other than slightly ill, Dave reported feeling slightly ill and ‘a bit spaced out’.

The only possible way that these pills were ‘mind broadening’ is the appreciation for simple things we gained through the experience. Simple things like fresh air, tea and biscuits, and a comfortable sofa. A bit disappointing for £10, but to an extent I was expecting that. It’s unlikely that I’ll find my ‘ideal drug’ first time out.

I just wish it had been a bit less crap.

So, before I recount the experiences of the first trial I’ll tell you what I got and from where. In order of strength (from what I can tell) I have Dionysos (no idea how to pronounce that), Purple Ohms and 1 gram of 5x Salvia standardized extract. It seems that I made a bit of a mistake with the Salvia as it seems that the stuff I have is intended to be smoked. I should have gone for a tincture. Haven’t decided what to do about this.

Anyway, the Dionysos is the first one I tried last night. As I said in my last post, the recommended dose is 3-4 capsules, I started with one. There did seem to be an effect, it can only be described as rather mild… Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I bought some drugs.

I can imagine that this statement can arouse a whole host of differing reactions from different readers, so let me elaborate. No they are not cough/cold type drugs, no I’m not breaking the law. They are the herbal highs that supposedly mimic the effects of popular illegal drugs. I find it strange and interesting how these kind of drugs are still a bit of a social taboo in most circles. Stand-up citizens would have nothing to do with such distasteful alterations of mental state. But then they wouldn’t think twice about getting a bit tipsy at a dinner party, or kick-starting the day with a strong cup of coffee. These drugs are ‘normal’ socially acceptable methods of altering ones brain chemistry.

-rant off.

To be honest I am sceptical as to the potency or actual effect that these drugs will have, but that simply raises the curiosity stakes in my book. After all they are completely legal for people over the age of 18 so why not give it a go and find out?

I am not however, in any way, assuming that legal means safe. I will be taking these pills with caution, and I hope to share the effects (or lack thereof) here. To me this seems like a fairly sensible course of action as there seems to be little to no first person recounts of these drugs, and the reviews that are available are only on the sellers websites and unsurprisingly give no mention to possible negative experience. I already know from reading a new scientist article on the subject that some of these drugs can cause hangovers and in some cases the actual trip can be unpleasant.

I plan to start this weekend, with the weakest of the selection I’ve purchased. It has a recommended dose of 3-4 pills, I’ll start with one.
Stay tuned to find out the names of these drugs, where I bought them and any other background information I can find as to the possible effects.

And of course my recount of the experience itself.

It has been a while, gentle reader, far too long in fact. So I will update… Now!

I’m going to America! Probably. It’s a definite maybe. For work, next week. To Arizona. I’m looking forward to it, although it was a bit of a surprise when I found out on Wednesday.

A birthday has been and gone, I’m now 26. Not sure if that has any relevance at all, other than the slight sinking feeling of being closer to 30 than 20.

Photographic stuff is getting interesting, I have a flash waiting for me at my parents place, I’ve agreed to do a wedding (FEAR!) and I’ll be doing some shots for the-housemates-that-are-in-a-band. I can almost imagine this accelerating to an exciting level, fingers crossed!

I’m now on MySpace! I won’t link as I’m keep this site as a separate thing for the moment. Still not too sure about it but it certainly is something to fill in the rare bored moments in life (they really don’t happen very often but that’s a good thing!).

Work is great, loving it.

That is all.