Time is NOT on my side.

I'm not sure that time is my friend. I keep thinking that we are buddies, but then it goes and makes things difficult for me. For instance, I was planning on not having much to do this week, and even having not much to do this month. After a chock full March/April, May was to be my siesta. Yet here we are, nearly halfway through the month, and I haven't been able to relax much yet. The rest of the month is ominously filling up as well.

You are a jerk, Time. You tricked me. You win this round...



In other news, I have found a new favorite video game challenge:

In the patches of "relaxing" that I have been able to get to this month, I spent time playing Grand Theft Auto IV with my friend Braddison. Now before you start throwing virtual stones at me, let me explain a bit. GTA is clearly wrong on a lot of levels, but my friend Val found a far more challenging and virtuous way to play it. I have tried to obey all laws, traffic or otherwise. That means no killing, no speeding, stopping at traffic lights and stop signs, and paying the toll to cross into Manhattan. Ironically, the game will allow you to do all of this. Essentially, you are driving around town, listening to the radio. As you stop at traffic lights, people will honk and swear at you. It should be called "Virtual Drive Around New York." It sounds dumb, but it's actually incredibly hard.

Also on that note, I have yet to be able to beat "Knights of Cedonia" by Muse on Guitar Hero III, medium setting. That song haunts me. I have become a very passable guitar hero, or if not an all out "hero," at least a guitar "decorated civil servant." Yet "Knights of Cedonia" still refuses to yield. I don't have Guitar Hero III at home, so I simply have to keep trying each time I visit Brad's house. One day...

Lastly, here is a treat for all of you:


This has been my background on my desktop for the past few months. I usually change ever couple of weeks, but this one makes me smile every time I turn on my computer. I offer it to you so that you can have joy on your computer as well.

Here is my previous desktop, which to me looks like a Panda version of "The Ring," especially if you imagine this as the panda not laying down, but rather walking toward you down this long corridor, eating a baby panda on the way...















That's all for today.

Via con Dios.