It wasn’t glorious. I was in fact kind of ugly. I finally beat Master of Orion 4 over the weekend.

The reason for my failure at the beginning was stimulation overload. There was just too many things to take in a go “Oohhh” over for me to notice the little intricacies of the gameplay. Either way it is now done.

It is now Monday again and here I sit on the train heading into work. I spent a week playing that game, trying it out, and doing my best to conquer the galaxy. With the galaxy now conquered (yes it was on easy mode) I am once again freeing myself from my little mental vacation to start writing again.

Side observation. Yeah I got squirreled just now about how difficult it can sometimes be just to get an answer out of somebody. I wrote a fellow author a question about a project they were promoting and haven’t gotten a response back. I even googled for what I thought was the answer and sent that to her asking for her to verify what I found was the right thing. She couldn’t even bother to reply back with something as simple as “Yes that is it.” I mean what is with the lack of answering back? I hope it’s not because she is wasting her time playing some stupid computer game?

Speaking of squirrels, I just saw a truck totaled on the road that parallels the train’s route into the city. The scene, at 6:08 in the morning, didn’t look that bad aside from the trucks front being totaled. The CHP car was already on the scene though I didn’t see any physical bodies on the scene. That is the trouble with it being just thirty feet off from the side of the train and us going past it at forty miles an hour. By the time you see it you are already passing it by.

What else… I watch “hold the door” episode of Game of Thrones last night. Ow… wow… That was interesting. I read some peoples reviews of it after watching it and most people’s opinions seemed split between it being cliché (as in shark jumping) and it being great. I’m leaning more towards great. I haven’t totally decided yet as I think I want to watch the episode a second time before making up my mind.

I think I’m going to write another Tony E. Milf piece right now as the mood strikes me.

– Hodor