neurological dryer lint

can you believe it's going to be 90 here in cinci this weekend? yes, i'm sure you can, if you've lived here for more than a few months. ugh.

phantom hourglass came out on tuesday. i usually find myself subconsciously attenuating my opinions about media to reviews i've read beforehand, which is why i try to avoid movie reviews before i see them - if the reviewer thinks a movie is slowly paced, for example, i will feel like it's dragging while i'm watching it. it's a subconscious thing and quite inconsistent, but it's still there.

so the reviews for this new zelda have been pretty high, and i figured the same phenomena would present itself. not so. this game has annoyed me from minute one, and it's mostly because of the stylus-only controls. i adapted fairly quickly to twilight princess' new wii-based control scheme... this one isn't working as well.

i wrote up some thoughts regarding the control issues - which really are the most frustrating during fast-paced boss battles - about two hours into the game. another three and i'm a little more comfortable, but still missing the classic d-pad + button system, and since this whole game is based on the 'innovative controls' i'm finding myself wishing it was over already. i even had to switch off from the DS' tiny plastic stylus to a larger metal pen-stylus combo - because otherwise my hand blocks the screen the entire time i'm playing. apparently no one thought of that potential problem. don't believe the hype!

frozen strawberries + pineapple juice + cranberry-pomegranate juice + magic bullet == crazy delicious.

hey there's an ad on for an allergy-control drug called veramyst on, and in that ad, they say "The way VERAMYST works is not entirely understood". sweet, sign me up.