Demo...

One thing I kinda miss about games is demos, being able to try a game before buying it. Now most of the times you either have to wait till a game is reviewed or hope for it to be good, or at least that it has most of the features that were promised, and that they don't have game breaking bugs. Most of the times games are enjoyable, but probably not worth paying up front 60 bucks, or 40, or even 30...
I won't lie, it has been ages since I bought a game at full price... the last one I remember was Diablo 3... and it came like 2 years ago... but it was in part because I didn't have a computer capable of playing most new games properly and I didn't have a job. Now that I have both, a good laptop and a job, I have been looking at new games again, one that I had in mind was TitanFall... it looked freaking awesome... but it didn't convince me because it is exclusively an online multiplayer game...

Yesterday I saw that it had a 48 hours trial and downloaded it to my PC, I have played it for a few hours and it was really good, I have been considering buying it... but I think I'll wait a little, I did enjoy playing it, but... I have some other games that I want to finish first...

Here is a little video I recorded today.

Pain...

So, for the past months I have had a mild pain in my hip muscles, they feel tight when I walk or stretch them more than I do when I run. At first it didn't bother me too much, but this past weeks I have been training a little harder and therefore I have been feeling more tired, sore and tight... so I started to read what was happening... apparently this kind of tightness is common among people that run long distances and have office jobs... but it's not a big problem, with some stretching exercises the tightness can be reduced, although I have been doing some myself this week for that same reason, but I just started doing them without reading or anything... it helps ease my mind knowing that I was doing them right, the last thing I want is to injure myself.

This week I'm resting and hoping this Sunday I can beat my record, and after that I want to start a real training program to run half a marathon.

Sometimes you forget your shirt...

...and yeah... sometimes you steal others titles :P
So... I forgot my shirt today at my house... I have been packing it on my backpack because I walk to my job most of the times and since it's like 3 km with a heavy backpack, I always sweat at least a little. And I don't like a sweaty shirt... so yeah... because of that I forgot it... but I have a Dream Theater t-shirt... still... I feel awkward since this is an office... lol

Also... since I said I was going to post about fruit... last week I found a match made in heaven, nectarine with Indian Chai tea, I liked it a lot, the combination of the fruit with the tea boosted the flavors and complemented pretty well.

Color Run...

A few weeks ago I had my first color run... I didn't plan on running it, but it was held on the park I go to run on Sundays. I got to the park at 7:30 and I saw people... almost every time they have events of that kind I don't feel comfortable running... there is way too many people and one way or another they close at least part of the race track so I have to run between people...

I ran anyway, but I changed my normal route, which is only running on the track, to an artificial canal they have in the park (called Paseo Santa Lucia). I made a trip around the park (like 7km) and when I got to the start of the race I noticed that the run had not started yet and it was just going to start... so I decided to run along with them, it was only another 5k and I was feeling like I needed more :P

So I did... it was just like any other race... except there where people throwing colored dust at your face... like literally at your face... at least to me... I think I ate some too... it wasn't that bad... but I don't think I'll run one again... it was hard removing the color from while showering... Also, I broke my record for 5k at 4:56 minutes per kilometer :P

Unfortunately I don't have any pics from that day...

Accidentally bought a game...

So... I accidentally bought a game a few days ago... but I'm just kinda happy... or not pissed anymore at my bank... which I kinda hate... but I'm there still because in the end it will save me money when I go to Juárez...

So why accidentally? In June I went on vacations and used my debit card on the cities I visited, apparently that made the banks system block it. But... only to buy things with it, I still could get money at a ATM and use Paypal. So I didn't notice until later.

Long story short... it was august and I still wasn't able to make the bank unblock my card... in august only I made at least 70 calls to try and unblock it, but I was never able to speak to any one, it always left me on hold for like 5 minutes then dropped the call... I was able to speak twice in July, the first time the agent told me that it was done, my card was unblocked, but it wasn't, the second time they told me that they where going to return me a call which never happened...

So after that I did the thing I should have done from the start, not after two freaking months (well... other than cancel it and go to another bank...), I reported it as lost and requested a new one, but you know how this things work... or don't work... I got it, activated it and had to wait a day or two before I could use it... or that's what they told me...

After the first day I wasn't able to use it to buy online... the second day it was rejected... then I linked it to my Paypal account and it didn't work... then the next day Netflix auto charged successfully (I have it with my Paypal account)... but I was able to use Paypal with the other one too... so I saw a game I had on my wish list on Steam and tried to buy it...

First time Steam told me that my card was declined... I changed my phone number to my old one (the one I had from Juárez) and... it worked... so I bought it not really by accident, but I didn't think that it would charge me, I'm glad it did though... but the frustration I felt... jkfdjska;jfd s;jkl;jfdksjl, unfortunately there is nothing I can do to make them pay for it... at least nothing legal -_-...

But on the bright side... the game is cool, lol. It's Kingdoms of Amalur and I have enjoyed it :P

New project...

For the last weeks I have been recording some game footage, mildly editing it and uploading it to Youtube, I have been doing this because I really like it, find it entertaining and want to learn more about it, although I don't want to make a gaming channel, not yet at least.

I want to use this as a tool to learn to speak English, by doing it this way I force myself to do it right, or at least that's how I feel. My biggest problem to learn to speak it is that I never had someone to speak to and practice... and let's get real, I barely speak to anyone on any language, so this might be the best way other than going to a club or a school, lol.

So my first project is recording a full play through Dark Souls and commenting it, and the second project I have is playing through a Horror Game, in that one I will be recording my reaction too... I have played that game for like an hour and it was freaking scary as hell, lol.

These are some of the last videos I uploaded, each boss was difficult and gave me a lot of hell, lol, specially the second one (Black Dragon Kalameet), when I defeated him I was like FUUUUUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! (not joking, lol)

Bread...

So I have been making bread for some time now, I really like to do it and have gotten somewhat good at it, to the point where I don't follow recipes or measure the ingredients. And since I like to experiment, I made my own sour dough (again), I have had this one for half a year at least, and it tastes really good, better than the first one I made back in Juárez.

Although, a great part of why I don't follow recipes is because I read a lot of theory of bread making, not just practice, it really is something amazing. I remember a Ted Talk video about bread that made me respect it a little more, how it is somewhat like creating life.