April 03, 2006
What's the first thought you all have when I haven't posted in over a week?
"Is Amy OK? I haven't heard from her in a while?"
"Is Amy dead?"
"Amy must have found a new game to get lost in"
Yep, it would be the third one.
Got myself sucked into the world of Albion in Fable. My favorite Sloth recommended it about a year ago, and I picked it up since it's now on the PC.
As far as fantasy games go, it's a small game, I can get through it in about 20 hours, which is short, but I can play it multiple ways, and my character's look changes on how good or evil I am. I try being evil, but it's not really in my nature, so it's a bit disturbing when I start stealing and killing random people.
Trying to sell this house has been a game in patience. During the week, I am in and out of the house because we'll have a random showing, but over the weekend, when all we want to do is relax, we are usually displaced both days betweek 11am and 6pm. It's paying off, as we have a few people interested, but they are not quite ready to make an offer. We lowered the price a bit and it's brought more people out of the woodwork, which is a good thing.
I have a few beefs though (you knew that was coming). Mostly with my in-laws, who, I must say right off, I love dearly. I pretty much hit the jackpot as we get along great. However (there had to be a however), they took a trip to Bulgaria for a week. Then they decided to extend it another week since they are having a great time. This is all fine and good, for them, but here's where I get a bit irritated. My MIL is our realtor. I imagine it's going to be fairly difficult to negotiate a contract when there is an 8 hour time difference. My FIL is supervising a worker on our "new" house. Said worker doesn't work when FIL is out of town. We currently have a foyer that resembles Beirut, bare wood, beams exposed, wires exposed, plastic curtains up to try to contain the dust. So it's another week delay. If we get a contract, we can expect to close in 2 months. But being that the people who will be submitting an offer are relocating, they may want to bump up the closing, which we have no problem with, as long as our new house renovations (for now) are complete. And round and round we go. I'm nervous enough about moving (I still have those niggling doubts as to whether or not we made the right choice - just fear of the unknown), and this added pressure isn't helping much.
So my trip into the world of fantasy games is in some part a response to the stress. It's escapism, pure and simple, and I'm put into a world where I can control what happens. So much feels up in the air right now. My home is slowing becoming someone elses (since it is practically spotless 24/7, and we can be kicked out for an hour at a moment's notice), our new house is currently uninhabitable, and the stress of everything is eating at me. I'm not sleeping as well, I'm a little testy with all the interruptions, and I just want a contract on our house so we can stop having perfect strangers traipse through and criticise the colors on the walls, the condition of the carpet, the lack of trees in the backyard, and whatever else ridiculous things they can find wrong with the house. Don't get me wrong, I don't take it personally, it's just that, my goodness, what some people expect is outrageous. And we are perfectly willing to jump through a few hoops. Don't like the colors? Give us a contract and we'll paint everything off white. The family room is too long (yes, we got that one, wtf?), sorry can't fix that. The carpet isn't in perfect condition after 5 years? I'll do my best to clean it, but some of the dinginess is just not going to go away, be glad we don't have a dog. You see a few minor things that need fixing? No problem, give us a contract and will put it right. What people don't realize, and the realtors are not doing their job if they don't tell their clients this, but EVERYTHING is negotiable. Hell, we're willing to leave the big screen TV in the basement, just so we don't have to wrestle it back out of there. We barely got it downstairs, getting it upstairs is not going to be any easier. We are flexible, within reason. The house is 15 years old, we have replaced EVERY mechanical component possible (down to the sump pump, and the sewer where it connects to the house), so the workings are all no more than 5 years old. The roof is original, but we've never had leaks and it's got a good 5-10 years left in it. We put in professional landscaping last year, and upgraded this house in a lot of ways.
Just got a call from the realtor whose clients want to submit an offer. He wanted to know how old the roof was and what was going to happen with the paladian window over the entryway (the seals are gone and there is condensation between the glass). Told him about the roof and said the magic words, "We are willing to negotiate on the window". Now submit an offer dammit!
"Is Amy OK? I haven't heard from her in a while?"
"Is Amy dead?"
"Amy must have found a new game to get lost in"
Yep, it would be the third one.
Got myself sucked into the world of Albion in Fable. My favorite Sloth recommended it about a year ago, and I picked it up since it's now on the PC.
As far as fantasy games go, it's a small game, I can get through it in about 20 hours, which is short, but I can play it multiple ways, and my character's look changes on how good or evil I am. I try being evil, but it's not really in my nature, so it's a bit disturbing when I start stealing and killing random people.
Trying to sell this house has been a game in patience. During the week, I am in and out of the house because we'll have a random showing, but over the weekend, when all we want to do is relax, we are usually displaced both days betweek 11am and 6pm. It's paying off, as we have a few people interested, but they are not quite ready to make an offer. We lowered the price a bit and it's brought more people out of the woodwork, which is a good thing.
I have a few beefs though (you knew that was coming). Mostly with my in-laws, who, I must say right off, I love dearly. I pretty much hit the jackpot as we get along great. However (there had to be a however), they took a trip to Bulgaria for a week. Then they decided to extend it another week since they are having a great time. This is all fine and good, for them, but here's where I get a bit irritated. My MIL is our realtor. I imagine it's going to be fairly difficult to negotiate a contract when there is an 8 hour time difference. My FIL is supervising a worker on our "new" house. Said worker doesn't work when FIL is out of town. We currently have a foyer that resembles Beirut, bare wood, beams exposed, wires exposed, plastic curtains up to try to contain the dust. So it's another week delay. If we get a contract, we can expect to close in 2 months. But being that the people who will be submitting an offer are relocating, they may want to bump up the closing, which we have no problem with, as long as our new house renovations (for now) are complete. And round and round we go. I'm nervous enough about moving (I still have those niggling doubts as to whether or not we made the right choice - just fear of the unknown), and this added pressure isn't helping much.
So my trip into the world of fantasy games is in some part a response to the stress. It's escapism, pure and simple, and I'm put into a world where I can control what happens. So much feels up in the air right now. My home is slowing becoming someone elses (since it is practically spotless 24/7, and we can be kicked out for an hour at a moment's notice), our new house is currently uninhabitable, and the stress of everything is eating at me. I'm not sleeping as well, I'm a little testy with all the interruptions, and I just want a contract on our house so we can stop having perfect strangers traipse through and criticise the colors on the walls, the condition of the carpet, the lack of trees in the backyard, and whatever else ridiculous things they can find wrong with the house. Don't get me wrong, I don't take it personally, it's just that, my goodness, what some people expect is outrageous. And we are perfectly willing to jump through a few hoops. Don't like the colors? Give us a contract and we'll paint everything off white. The family room is too long (yes, we got that one, wtf?), sorry can't fix that. The carpet isn't in perfect condition after 5 years? I'll do my best to clean it, but some of the dinginess is just not going to go away, be glad we don't have a dog. You see a few minor things that need fixing? No problem, give us a contract and will put it right. What people don't realize, and the realtors are not doing their job if they don't tell their clients this, but EVERYTHING is negotiable. Hell, we're willing to leave the big screen TV in the basement, just so we don't have to wrestle it back out of there. We barely got it downstairs, getting it upstairs is not going to be any easier. We are flexible, within reason. The house is 15 years old, we have replaced EVERY mechanical component possible (down to the sump pump, and the sewer where it connects to the house), so the workings are all no more than 5 years old. The roof is original, but we've never had leaks and it's got a good 5-10 years left in it. We put in professional landscaping last year, and upgraded this house in a lot of ways.
Just got a call from the realtor whose clients want to submit an offer. He wanted to know how old the roof was and what was going to happen with the paladian window over the entryway (the seals are gone and there is condensation between the glass). Told him about the roof and said the magic words, "We are willing to negotiate on the window". Now submit an offer dammit!