Runescape my first MMORPG! (No. 36)

I have created my own person in Runescape. Her name is Chi'Ara, but in Runescape there is no apostrophe, so just Chi Ara. She has short blue hair, and a green shirt and a skirt over green pants. I have just made it off the tutorial island and have killed like three goblins. The hardest thing for me to handle is the camera angle I find a touch difficult to walk and change the angles with the arrows and the mouse at the same time. But, if I keep playing, I just might be able to work it out! This is kinda of fun, but I don't know if I could get as addicted as some of the kids that come into the library to play.

GeoMaps, GeoCache: modern day treasure hunt (No. 34)

1. n29 deg 48.63318, w095 deg 9.38058 north channel branch


2. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=da2e374b-baf7-4f76-8769-b562c84d796c ; N 29° 48.667 W 095° 09.889

This will be fun. I can't wait to go hunting! I don't have a GPS, though. Might have to borrow just to try it out. I can see the fun, but yes, there could be danger, ie. unsavory people in some places, trespassing. Did I mention that I can't wait to try it out?

Gaming? Is it beneficial? (No. 37)

I like being able to access games at the library. My home computer is so old that most modern games that I like to play, like the newly discovered WordSplay, would never be able to load on it in time for me to play the game.

Games have always been a way that people learn. Strategies that began in war have been applied to real-time physical gamefields, just look at American football, soccer, and baseball. Games force the mind to look at problems in different ways.

Computer games are no different. Being able to watch the screen, analyze a situation, formulate a response and then apply it helps the mind be able to multi-task. The immense variety of games that are available to the public via the internet enables people to test their skills and minds in new ways.

I just found wordsplay today and I really like it because it is just like boggle, which I totally enjoy, but can't people to play with me. The rules are simple and it was very easy to jump in the game and compete. No, I wasn't the best but boy was it fun. I like Boggle and therefore WordSplay because it forces my eyes to seek patterns (familiar words) and new words.

I also see the drawbacks, losing oneself in the game, playing for hours instead of minutes and eyestrain. But I always have hope that I will lean new things and new ways of solving problems.

Cleaning the Drive Train (No. 30)

I really didn't have much to take out because I did it awhile back, but I did erase a two month old report on 90 day holds not filled.

I created some folders to better organize the stuff I do like to keep like flyers and meeting agendas for the teen programs here at NC. I work really hard not to have personal stuff. I did move one short story from my Z to my thumb drive.

I will continue to keep working on keeping myself organized.

Deleting E-mail (No. 29)

Ever have to decide? That old song keeps coming back to me. I keep having to decide what e-mail is important enough to keep. Basically it falls into a couple of categories, families and ya stuff. I have three folders, I think, important memos, ingram, and coned (continuing education). The rest stays in my inbox where I have to look at it and decide.

That's hard to do.

The amount of stuff in my box varies but I try to keep it to two pages max. That's all I can keep up with and all I ever want to keep up with. Most mail I just delete, the rest I check and move or toss.

Getting Things Done (No. 28)

I have to admit that I always seem to have trouble getting things done. The article I read was nothing I haven't heard and everything that I have trouble doing.

No matter how hard I try I have a hard time deciding what to keep and what to get rid of and staying on task. I have struggled with this for as long as I can remember.

Part of the problem is that I start keeping track and then forget that I was keeping track.

I use google calendar, but I haven't since, well, July. Apparently, though it is keeping up with me. Yea!

I'll keep trying. Ciao!

Distance is a memory.

The following is a video of my little brother playing a video game in Tokyo Japan. His wife is videoing it and put it on youtube. Ahh, the days of distance and anonymity is over.