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Been a few days since I've posted, not a whole heck of a lot going on! The wife and I have our insurance situations all-but-finalized now, basically just ready to put pen to paper-- so that's a relief! Helped our ninety year-old priest last Monday, then led a Pastoral Council meeting on Tuesday.
I start my new job on October 13-- just two weeks away, I'm super excited to finally be back into a job I think I'll love-- which being totally frank, hasn't been the case since 2004 when I worked at that non-profit place.
Other than that, have finally been able to get back to some video games! I started playing "Donkey Kong Bananza" again. It's a good game, but there's no aspect of it which is making me love it; actually, it's kind of overstaying its welcome a bit, and from the looks of a walkthrough I'm not even half-way through the game, which isn't a good sign.
I also started up "Astro Bot", another game I never finished. I'm on what looks like the last level, and am seven bots away from one hundred percent according to the in-game counter. This last level says it contains five of those, not certain where the last two will be. I also on a whim started up "Gran Turismo 7", at some point they added "weekly challenges", and I was actually having a lot of fun with those yesterday, earning some big cash!
Also at some point, they added my wife's car, the GR Corolla! It's the version of the car with no back seats in the game, but cosmetically and from the outside it looks identical to our real life example: carbon fiber roof, black accent pieces like the rear spoiler, and so forth. They even had it in white in the game! So now if I could ever rope the wife into it, we could race our real-life cars against each other right in the game: GR86 versus GR Corolla!
I also appreciate the PS5 Pro enhancements in the game: you can get ray-traced reflections in race, with the 120 Hz mode and VRR enabled! I don't know what framerate it's hitting exactly, but it's definitely higher than sixty as it looks insanely smooth, and at a reconstructed 4K resolution to boot.
Outside of video games, we have a big overnight campout at our church tonight. As part of that my friend Gary and I are going to cobble together a makeshift outdoor A/V setup so people can watch movies outdoors via a projector we have. Should be a great time, pot-luck dinner as well. Anyone who lives in my area is more than welcome to stop by!
I start my new job on October 13-- just two weeks away, I'm super excited to finally be back into a job I think I'll love-- which being totally frank, hasn't been the case since 2004 when I worked at that non-profit place.
Other than that, have finally been able to get back to some video games! I started playing "Donkey Kong Bananza" again. It's a good game, but there's no aspect of it which is making me love it; actually, it's kind of overstaying its welcome a bit, and from the looks of a walkthrough I'm not even half-way through the game, which isn't a good sign.
I also started up "Astro Bot", another game I never finished. I'm on what looks like the last level, and am seven bots away from one hundred percent according to the in-game counter. This last level says it contains five of those, not certain where the last two will be. I also on a whim started up "Gran Turismo 7", at some point they added "weekly challenges", and I was actually having a lot of fun with those yesterday, earning some big cash!
Also at some point, they added my wife's car, the GR Corolla! It's the version of the car with no back seats in the game, but cosmetically and from the outside it looks identical to our real life example: carbon fiber roof, black accent pieces like the rear spoiler, and so forth. They even had it in white in the game! So now if I could ever rope the wife into it, we could race our real-life cars against each other right in the game: GR86 versus GR Corolla!
I also appreciate the PS5 Pro enhancements in the game: you can get ray-traced reflections in race, with the 120 Hz mode and VRR enabled! I don't know what framerate it's hitting exactly, but it's definitely higher than sixty as it looks insanely smooth, and at a reconstructed 4K resolution to boot.
Outside of video games, we have a big overnight campout at our church tonight. As part of that my friend Gary and I are going to cobble together a makeshift outdoor A/V setup so people can watch movies outdoors via a projector we have. Should be a great time, pot-luck dinner as well. Anyone who lives in my area is more than welcome to stop by!