Also started seeing a therapist recently for the first time. I'm not sure how much I like him, cuz I feel like I just have to babble a lot to fill time, and his questions always seem like a variation of "so… why do you feel that way?" But I do actually feel good coming out of them, because it feels good to just talk…

Ugh, super high resolutions on OSes that were not build for it are the woooooorst.

Oh also Silicon Valley — halfway through season 2. I'm a little worried by how much I like Erlich. Also everything Jared says and does is inherently funny to me.

There are AV Club accounts again? How long have I been gone?

'enry 'iggins, just you wait.

Finally into Angel season 5, which I'm really enjoying 6 episodes in. (See my capsule reviews on the PCW!)

Yeah, I at least have better ideas of the cause.

Yeah I'm getting a new 27" monitor at work pretty soon, so I'll probably use that to judge if I wanna go 4k at home. Definitely over the top, but, y'know, treat yoself.

Hooray (but also fuck) health issues. After having some intestinal issues for a while, I got a colonoscopy last week. Came back with a mostly clean bill of health, and a little bit of insight, but things are on the mend. But after that, fuck the fact that I've been unable to get a good night's sleep in about 3…

Hmm, I was thinking about a GPU upgrade for the new Deus Ex. Maybe a 4K upgrade would be a nice splurge…

Finishing Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age. Never read it before, and I like it a lot. The Nell plotline is excellent, and others, particularly Hackworth's, are occasionally baffling, but still pretty interesting.

Replaying Half-Life 2, which really does hold up extraordinarily well. While the likes of the Bioshocks have come close, nothing has really matched its gameplay to me. The physics engine really makes the world feel like it has a real, satisfying heft. All it really needs is some higher-res textures and higher-poly…

The Merv Griffin Show

So… is this album, like, coming out on any particular date?

That's why you're the judge, and I'm the law-talkin'-guy.

They don't care. It drives traffic for them.

Yeah I spent most of the morning ignoring this, all "I don't care", but this is really fun.

Angel Season 5

Angel Season 5

Can we also talk about how weird Kevin Conroy's Batman voice sounds? It sounds more like Wayne than Batman, and he *just* did a good Batman voice for Arkham Knight, so it's not like he's lost it. It contributes to the sense of this whole thing being done half-assed and on the cheap.