So, I've been sitting at home a lot this week, and I have a new favorite television show.... It's going to surprise anyone who knows me, because I don't give a damn about football.
I am completely in love with "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs." It has re-affirmed for me that football is basically a fraternity for giants, but I have somehow come away from the whole viewing experience completely endeared to the team and with a more open mind about football in general.
First of all, the photography in this series is AMAZING. Obviously who would know how to make a television show about football better than NFL films, but I can't get over the production value. It makes every other reality show look disgusting (which of course, they are.) But NFL films has taken reality television to high art with "Hard Knocks" and even a non-football fan can enjoy the show. I was so sucked in that I found myself experiencing real pathos when the team didn't win their pre-season matches, and I'm the girl who is perfectly happy to spend the Super Bowl perfecting the art of the appetizer and only wandering out of the kitchen for the commercials. Good work, HBO.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Rhymes with Smeckonciliation
That's right, it's all fixed up for the time being. Thanks to those of you who listened to me vent and spew forth nonsense. You are all my favorite. A nice talk and a few compromises fixed everything right up.
Now, onto the real blogging... I watched "Big Love" last night. I really think that I am over that show. Instead, I spent most of the show playing my new favorite game on yahoo games--"Chocolatier." In "Chocolatier" you are a--well, chocolatier--and you travel around the world finding recipes, sourcing ingredients, and selling your wares. It's actually a lot of fun, and highly playable for me, because it appeals to my love of systems (and chocolate.) Of course, after the one hour trial, you either have to buy it for $19.95 or play it in 5-minute "extended trials." I tried to buy, it but yahoo locked down on my credit card account for some reason, and I was so hooked I literally kept playing this game for two more hours, five minutes at a time.
After losing some ground in the first few "extended trials" I developed a plan for how to use my five minutes most effectively. There are some missions that are so time consuming (switching one of your factories to a new kind of chocolate, for example) that you can only really start them at the beginning of the time, or the clock will run out in the middle, and all your work will be lost. So, I worked on getting my factories setup at the top of the five minutes, and sourced ingredients at the end. I was getting quite a little system going, really.
Honestly this five minute extended trial has added a whole new dimension to the game for me. Now I'm not even sure I want to buy it, because only having five minutes at a time adds another level of challenge.
Anyway, I highly recommend "Chocolatier" for anyone who has a five minute attention span, and enjoys systems.
Now, onto the real blogging... I watched "Big Love" last night. I really think that I am over that show. Instead, I spent most of the show playing my new favorite game on yahoo games--"Chocolatier." In "Chocolatier" you are a--well, chocolatier--and you travel around the world finding recipes, sourcing ingredients, and selling your wares. It's actually a lot of fun, and highly playable for me, because it appeals to my love of systems (and chocolate.) Of course, after the one hour trial, you either have to buy it for $19.95 or play it in 5-minute "extended trials." I tried to buy, it but yahoo locked down on my credit card account for some reason, and I was so hooked I literally kept playing this game for two more hours, five minutes at a time.
After losing some ground in the first few "extended trials" I developed a plan for how to use my five minutes most effectively. There are some missions that are so time consuming (switching one of your factories to a new kind of chocolate, for example) that you can only really start them at the beginning of the time, or the clock will run out in the middle, and all your work will be lost. So, I worked on getting my factories setup at the top of the five minutes, and sourced ingredients at the end. I was getting quite a little system going, really.
Honestly this five minute extended trial has added a whole new dimension to the game for me. Now I'm not even sure I want to buy it, because only having five minutes at a time adds another level of challenge.
Anyway, I highly recommend "Chocolatier" for anyone who has a five minute attention span, and enjoys systems.
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