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SAS
In the news lately has been the New Zealand SAS (NZ Elite Unit) after a picture was published showing New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata deployed in Afghanistan, followed by a slip of the tongue by John Key and now more detail is to be given about the NZ SAS's operations overseas. I believe that the veil of secrecy has been lifted because John Key said too much and to save face the government made the move to be more open with as much operational detail as they could (without putting any NZ soldiers in jeopardy that is). What surprised me about this was that it was said so often that the NZ SAS hadn't fired a shot in anger on their present deployment followed by a bunch of tame, mundane bs.
How is that a good thing? If we have elite forces overseas in a warzone don't we want them to be killing the enemy and doing damage in general? Should be telling New Zealander's that the SAS is 'kicking ass and takin' names', that's what I want to hear instead of the government making their involvement to be no more than that of some scrubly security force.
A New Leaf
at this time I would like to inform you all that I have launched a new site. mapmonger.com/life
This site will basically serve as a journal for a recent lifestyle change I've initiated. I don't have much to say on the matter right now but the site is updated daily so check it out :)
At this time I will also inform you that this site will be having a massive change of its own. I am no longer involved in game development and I've been on hiatus for a long long time; it's fair to say whatever motivated me to do this is now gone therefore mapmonger needs a change. I am still contemplating exactly what to do with the site; the best bet is that the site will be overhauled and /life will be included in the main site in addition to my works and other nonsense. Stay Tuned.
Of hope...
I feel that life changes in milestones, in changes that add or subtract, life is a journey of personal evolution; the struggles we face, the challenges we meet and our course builds who we are as people. It fills me with joy knowing that I control the life I lead, we can be worried and oppressed by our fears and insecurities but if we have the courage to identify our dark hindrances and find a way to benefit ourselves by changing we can live happy in knowing that we are pursuing our bliss.
Best Format Ever?
Today one Travis 'garandhero' Christie formatted, a regular task performed by people who spend way too much time behind computers. Travis however did not backup World of Warcraft the game that stole over 2 years of his life with some 2,500 game hours played over the period.
I AM FREE at last! As someone who suffers from a few very destructive addictions this is a huge victory as it is the first one I've beaten. There is hope? I hadn't formatted for almost a year and I still had a very much updated World of Warcraft install; until today I simply didn't back it up. Re-installing WoW itself is a painstaking process of furious patching which takes a long time to complete and a lot of patience - I WILL NEVER BE BOTHERED TO DO THAT AS I KNOW IT'S ADDICTIVE PROPERTIES WILL DESTROY MY LIFE.
I finally figured out how you beat WoW.. Finality is winning by quitting the game and salvaging your life.
V
Put themselves in a bad situation there, seemed to be a damned if you do; damned if you don't situation.
CNN's MORALLY BANKRUPT JOURNALISM
Made a video, chucked it on youtube, had a smoke
New Project!
Yay for finding some motivation to get something done, I am not mapping however. Over the years I have committed many things to paper covering a broad range of subjects I have written some 70,000 words which is a reasonable amount.
Overall my writing has been aimless and a great learning experience, I have always had the goal of finishing a book and having it published; I am now focused on doing just that. I am not taking all my ideas new and old and focusing them into one book project covering social and political ideology, I would say it's a work of philosophy more than anything else. I suspect I will be done within a year, I don't write everyday but always when I have the inclination to do so (artists will understand this :O)
argh
I haven't been able to bring myself to map for some years now, I gave it a go a few months ago but nothing came of it. I guess now I feel apathy when it comes to the subject, I'm so disappointed that no good games have been released in some years. There is no motivation for me to continue.
Hopefully Natural Selection 2 will be amazing and reinvigorate me, I remember what it was like to have that passion burn but now it's gone. I'm pretty bitter about the whole thing.
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