An hour a day paint and any other business

Now that the marking of group project scripts for the 1101E babies are over, I can finally get back into the flow of things. Will want to work on my thesis, and read a little. Bought a book called A History of Political Thought at Borders the other day, and will be reading through it soon.

Also, I’m planning to enforce upon myself an ‘hour per day painting’ rule. Gotta finish painting the Hordes minis, and if I don’t do it soon, Stella and I will never get down to playing it. So starting tomorrow, I will dedicate one hour (and one hour only) to painting, and I hope that I’ll get something done in due time.

Boardgame Review Blog coming soon

Stella and I have decided that it was time to embark on another project together. Since boardgames is a key point in our relationship and a common hobby that we enjoy very much together, we have decided that we would start a separate blog together, centered on board game reviews. The address and actual specifics of the new blog have not been properly fleshed out, but check this space for more details soon.

the end is nigh..

In hindsight, the holidays has been a good one. I got to do what I wanted to do, and I had a relatively good break as well. What worries me constantly is my compulsion to put work aside and just laze around. I HAVE work to do, and I will have responsibilities that cannot be ignored in future. Maybe I need to learn to prioritize better, that or have better discipline to get down to work when I need to.

I have barely 15 days to write one and a half chapters.

what are weekends for if you can’t get anything done

I realise that during the weekends, my work productivity tends to reach new lows. Either I’m playing too much games and reading too many gaming sites for hours, or I end up watching too much tv with the family. The latter is not too bad, as I get to spend some time with my parents. But I’m starting to spot some sort of pattern with spending too much time at home and the quality of work I actually get done. Perhaps it’s my own fault for making my room too ’stay-in friendly’. I have boardgames, miniatures to paint, tv shows to watch, games to play. I almost forgot to mention that I actually have work to do. This becomes a great distraction more often than not, and I end up getting out a lot less, exercising a lot less, and interacting with anything except things in my room a lot less. It really doesn’t help that at a time like this, I don’t really have the time or mood to meet up with friends either, so it becomes a spiral of inactivity. It’s almost ridiculous – aren’t we supposed to have more and more things to do as we grow older since we are supposed to a) have more money b) have more friends c) have more freedom from parents d) have more time away from school? The good thing is that I still have school, and that gets me out a bit, and makes me think a little more. Tuition too helps, and so does the little meals and outings I get with the girlfriend (although we’ve been out a lot less beceause of night classes). I’m a person who has to be kept busy, and busy with different kinds of things at the same time such that I get different kinds of interactions, and mental stimulation from different sources, if not sooner or later I’ll get really bored and irritable.

One of those weekends. Hey at least I’m thinking.

Some changes to the page

I’ve added two extra subpages to the main page that everyone is reading right now. Food related posts go into the Gastronomicon, and gaming related stuff goes into the Gaming tab. The main page will be used for everything else.

Litany

I’m pushing the deadlines. Stacks of books on my table. Papers strewn all over. PSP untouched. Games unplayed. Models unpainted. I feel like a grad student. Somehow doesn’t feel too bad.

Sunday already?

Due to the fact that we worked at a music theory exam yesterday, the week has extended itself to Saturday, and today feels like what’s left of a very very long week for the both of us. Woke up from a nap aching like crazy, as if I haven’t slept for 3 days.

Gotta get down to work and press on for the remaining few weeks before the exams hit.

More geekiness

You know that I’m stressed out at school when all I think and write about is about gaming. Thinking of running a Cthulhu game soon, and perhaps a dnd4e on the go as well. Been looking out at the 4e stuff, and the products that Wizards is putting out has been really promising, from a non-hardcore dnd player’s point of view (heck I’ve never even run a game before, cept for AD&D more than 10 years ago). Think it would suit Stella and some of my other friends pretty well for a night of monster bashing.

of dogs and other manner of creatures

Some of the miniature catalogs that I ordered over at Malestorm arrived today. Together with one of the random Lizardmen figures that I ordered, they mistakenly gave me an extra figure by mistake. Seems like I’m always getting lucky goodies in my shipment here and there nowadays.

Oh and some updates : I repainted the Samael model to a darker black colour. Think it looks ‘darker’ that way.
Watched Slumdog Millionaire today with Stella and Stacey. Pretty good show, and I really liked the cinematography and storytelling. Don’t know if it deserved to win the Oscars or not though. I’m not really interested in that anyway, and it’s a good movie as any other in my book. Am glad that Stella is recovering well, too. The swelling seems to have almost gone already, so I’m happy.

Signing off with my very bored dog lazing on my room floor as I packed my room today.

we live in exciting times

Referring to games and movies actually. haha. Couple of want to watch movies coming out, and want to play games as well. Marley and me, Watchmen, Underworld 3 for the movies, and dawn of war 2 for the game which I would rush out and buy come February 10th. Sims 3 is stated for release around the 20th as well, but I’m not a fan. I’m sure my brother would be excited though.