Carol and Fidel are in town while mother is in southern California. Today I ventured out of the house for a bit. Remember this post where I wrote about our wonderful DMV experience? Well, that was a bunch of crock. I should’ve known it was too good to be true. The lady issued me an id card instead of renewing my driver’s license. Then, instead of giving me a disability placard on the spot as she was supposed to, she told us it would come in the mail and then never processed the paper work.
We went back today and straightened everything out. While it was busier and not as pleasant, we got everything we needed to get done… disability placard and temp driver’s license are in hand with permanent license mailed in three to four weeks. Afterward we had pizza at Amici’s and went to Peet’s for $3 Freddos. I wonder if they’ll have a deal for August. We nearly crossed the Golden Gate to go to Pearl’s in Mill Valley, but decided the O2 may not last, so we stayed in the city.
On Wednesday we had a few friends over for dinner. We can never finished a rotisserie chicken ourselves so we enlisted help, help who kindly brought delicious sides! It was nice having people over to eat and chat. Having company breaks up the monotony of being stuck in the house.
On a knitting note… I’m nearly finished knitting a cardigan for myself. I knit the sleeves at the same time using magic loop pulling one end from the inside and one from the outside. This resulted in a tangled disaster when I had to undo a bunch of rows. I finally gave in and took my own advice. I got a zip top bag, reinforced the bottom corners with tape and snipped off the corners. I divided the yarn into two separate balls and feed each end into the corners.
Next in line is a project for Carol. We struck a bargain. Since I can’t buy yarn this year she bought me some that I need for an upcoming project, and in exchanged I’m going to crotchet her a set of amigurumi toys from the book:
I can’t wait to give it a try! Hopefully they come out well. It’s been a minute since I’ve seriously crocheted. I also want to weave a new project, but I think I want to buy a stand for my loom. It’s a pain to weave with it in my lap.
Carol would like to share that she has coined a new term. PDC – Public Display of Clumsiness. A couple days ago she took a bad spill at Costco nearly knocking down a kid and then today she ran smack into a street cleaning sign.
Immunosuppressed Knitter 
I must have suggested this at some point earlier in your blogging tenure, but have you considered video games to allay your boredom with being stuck in the house? If so, I’ve got a bunch of recommendations. Most involve firearms violence, but take it from me, it’s great stress relief. (The kind you can’t get from crocheting.)
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I have a Nintendo DS lite. I have all the Professor Layton games, Animal Crossing, Super Mario Bros & Zelda. I also like games like Bejeweled, Bookworm, Tetris, etc. I have Super Scribblenauts and Logic Machines on my wishlist. I’m pretty boring. I don’t have any games where bloodshed is involved, but I can imagine that would be a great stress relief. I watched my friend play World of Warcraft but all the moving around and graphics made me feel motion sickness – though I suppose I may not get ill if I’m the one actually playing. Which games do you like to play? Do you have a video console that hooks up to your tv?
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I have an Xbox360, which is a video-game console that hooks up to the TV like a DVD player, which it also functions as. (Now that’s an ugly sentence.)
I tend to play games with plenty of violence and at least some story. Some of my recent favorites are Fallout 3 and Mass Effect 2. At the risk of exposing myself for the incredible nerd that I am, here are brief synopses.
Fallout 3: At the brink of the nuclear holocaust, millions of Americans took refuge in underground bomb shelters scattered throughout the country, each the size of small towns. Each of these “vaults” has been sealed from the above-ground world since the war, and each are self-reliant. You were born in a vault 200 years after the war, and after your father mysteriously disappears, you leave the vault to find him. The game (other than looking for your father) consists of defending yourself from marauders, scavenging for supplies, making friends, and adjusting to life outside of the vault. Or you can make friends with the marauders, terrorize and pillage the locals and become The Humungus (Google him — in fact, if you don’t know who he is, go watch Mad Max 2 right now).
Mass Effect 2: Humans discovered technology that lets them travel faster than the speed of light. In their travels they discover an entire intergalactic society of aliens from dozens of planets. The rest of the galaxy is distrustful of humans, who demand equal representation and influence in the intergalactic Congress despite appearing on the scene only recently. You play as a human war hero and you have to save the universe from evil robots all by yourself, since nobody believes they exist because you’re a human, who tend to embark on violent crusades against made-up enemies in the pursuit of glory. (Btw, the game is made by a Canadian company.)
I’m not sure if either of those sound appealing to you, but they’ll surely take a lot of time off your hands. I’d suggest starting with Fallout, as it’s an easier game to play, and requires less shooting. (You can just sneak around quietly.)
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Ed…you’re a nerd!!
I think Carol buying yarn for you is cheating!
Glad the DMV finally cooperated!! 😉
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Oh wait, I forgot the best part. Fallout 3 is also available for computers, so if your laptop is relatively new, you can play it without having to buy an Xbox system.
Word!
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The games sound interesting, but I think I’d rather spend the money on the ipod touch coming out next month. Talk about being a nerd!
The computer version is PC only. I wonder if would run okay on Parallel?
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I’m sad to say that goes beyond the scope of my nerdpertise.
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