Little Big Planet 2, I Choose U!

Category: Hobbies/Pastimes
Posted by Callie Mollari on 01/21/2011 4:35PM
So yeah, it\'s been like 5 years since I last posted anything, blah blah blah yadda yadda, but I\'m really enjoying Little Big Planet 2 and felt like posting about it (not that anyone will probably see this, but... )

I\'ve only just finished the first level with the various training things at DaVinci\'s place. I\'m liking the grappling hook a lot as a tool, but it does have one small flaw. Because it uses the left stick for both back/forth movement and up/down length changes, it\'s really hard to swing back and forth without constantly changing the length of the grapple! Argh! Maybe it\'s just because I\'m an old fart that didn\'t grow up with a controller in my hand and the young\'uns can do it just fine. It\'s annoying nonetheless.

I\'m looking forward to the levels with the sackbots in them as I really enjoyed playing with those in the demo version.

The only problem I have is that if I play LBP2 too close to bedtime, I\'m restless all night because my brain is dreaming LBP2 levels. I\'m like that with lots of games though. I think when I\'m sleeping my brain is mapping levels so that I can play better when awake. The only problem is that when I\'m restless I don\'t sleep well and then I\'m too tired to play the next day!

Oh well, that\'s all I have to report so far. I\'ll try to check back in with more commentary on LBP2 as I progress through the levels, but I can\'t guarantee I\'ll remember to do it.

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What I Learned Last Week

Category: Random Musings
Posted by Callie Mollari on 02/27/2006 5:08PM
Wow, it's been eons since I posted anything here.

Anyway...what I learned last week is that one can cough/sneeze so hard that they can break a blood vessel in their eyeball, causing a bloody spot on the normally white part of the eye. Eww!

It's called a Subconjunctival Hemorrhage and it usually takes a week or so for the body to absorb the blood, so I've got a gross bloody eyeball right now.

I guess they're common in people on blood thinners (which I'm not) or people who eat lots of garlic and/or cayenne (which I do). And I'm sure the fact that I'm taking fish oil capsules thins my blood out too.


I'm just getting over the nasty cold that had me coughing and sneezing so badly that this happened. I think next time a cold comes on, I'm going to lay off the garlic/cayenne/fish oil until it's over because looking at my bloody eyeball in the mirror each day is grossing me out.

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Internet Psychological Profiles

Category: General
Posted by Callie Mollari on 10/25/2005 4:05PM
I don't know how much stock one can take in online tests, but I did find my results for this one rather interesting.

Stability results were moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.

Orderliness results were high which suggests you are overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense too often of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:

self revealing, neat, craves attention, prefers organized to unpredictable, needs things to be extremely clean, worrying, perfectionist, emotionally sensitive, respects authority, social, vain, does not like to be alone, likes large parties, controlling, social chameleon, not a thrill seeker, enjoys leadership, takes precautions, puts the needs of others ahead of their own, assertive, rule conscious, makes friends easily, always busy, heart over mind, phobic, aggressive, clingy, compassionate, dominant, outgoing, suspicious, hard working, strong

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Really, I talk like a Yankee?

Category: General
Posted by Callie Mollari on 09/29/2005 4:34PM

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% Yankee

40% General American English

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

Let's see, I've only lived in New England all my life. You mean I've picked up the regional terminology of my surroundings? Wow, earthshattering news!

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Burnout:Revenge, ♥ at 1st sight.

Category: Hobbies/Pastimes
Posted by Callie Mollari on 09/23/2005 5:34PM
In early September, Playstation magazine put out an issue with a demo version of "Burnout:Revenge" on the enclosed disc. We popped the disc into our PS2 and it was love at first sight. The cars were gorgeous, the tracks were gorgeous and the explosions were gorgeous. Sure, the demo was only one track/race but it was enough to get us chomping at the bit for the release.

Soon after that we got the call from the store we'd pre-ordered our copy from and I was there in a flash to pick it up. With iron will, I refrained from popping the game in the moment I got home, so that SirGeek would be able to experience it all at the same time as me. That evening was a blur of speeding through races, traversing courses using my car to "body check" as much traffic as possible and marvelling at the new crash events. It's been over a week and it's still true love. SirGeek and I alternate off, taking turns with our our profiles every three events. Then to cap off the evening we play the multiplayer events for another hour.

Unfortunately, as with its predecessor, I have to stop playing several hours before bedtime or I'll spend my entire night restlessly dreaming of driving/crashing at high speed.

The Criterion teams deserves kudos for taking a game that already was awesome and tacking on a buttload more of awesome. I foresee another Burnout version on the horizon if this one does as well as the previous one did. I can't begin to imagine what delights they'll bring us in that.

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