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RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Kyren - 07-29-2013

It usually goes in this order...

1. *Stare at the Aion icon. Remember the grind. Move on.*
2. *Stare at the Tera icon. Click on it. Catch myself at the launcher and exit.*
3. *Log into GW2. Immediately remember there's nothing challenging anymore. Log out*
4. *Log into SWTOR. Think about working on the video project I have going. Eh, it'll wait till tomorrow. Log out.*
5. *Log into Mass Effect 3. Play a multiplayer match or two. Get bored and log out.*
6. *Check if there's any new FFXIV news.*
7. *Go watch netflix or hulu.*

Rinse and repeat about every 5 hours.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - AkhutaiAngura - 07-30-2013

(07-28-2013, 09:21 AM)Fiona Wrote:
(07-27-2013, 11:05 PM)Kari Illderthane Wrote:
(07-27-2013, 12:17 PM)Tarath Wrote:
(07-27-2013, 08:07 AM)Kari Illderthane Wrote: Rp on Skype, Shadowrun Returns, Pay day 2 beta, talking to people on Skype and dog walking!
What kind of dogs do you have? Surprise

I have a Border Collie and an Aussy.

They are awesome, but my aussy is a pain in the butt still.
I have one dog called Dagur and he is a Beegle.


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Dogs!
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(07-28-2013, 08:41 AM)Teardrop Wrote: Rosetta Stone Japanese, and recovering from surgery Dodgy

Get well soon!


Awwww, da beagles! 

Whiskey is my Beagle. Her and I go for a four mile walk atleast twice a week. We're gonna work her belly off. 

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RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Felix Sideris - 07-30-2013

(07-28-2013, 08:41 AM)Teardrop Wrote: Rosetta Stone Japanese, and recovering from surgery Dodgy
YES!

I have a Japanese Rosetta Stone..but I barely ever use it. I have all four levels too. -_- I should really use it more often.

Sad It is hard to do when I have no one who knows Japanese to talk to. And I understand Japanese wayyyy better than I can speak it.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Teardrop - 07-30-2013

(07-30-2013, 07:57 PM)Tarath Wrote:
(07-28-2013, 08:41 AM)Teardrop Wrote: Rosetta Stone Japanese, and recovering from surgery Dodgy
YES!

I have a Japanese Rosetta Stone..but I barely ever use it. I have all four levels too. -_- I should really use it more often.

Sad It is hard to do when I have no one who knows Japanese to talk to. And I understand Japanese wayyyy better than I can speak it.

Well, if anyone ever wants to if someone said "The policeman is eating" in Japanese...I'm the one to ask Tongue Although I have to say, I do find my ears perking up more and more often as I'm watching anime, as words are used that I actually recognize...must be doing something right Thumbsup

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Remnance - 07-30-2013

(07-30-2013, 07:57 PM)Tarath Wrote:
(07-28-2013, 08:41 AM)Teardrop Wrote: Rosetta Stone Japanese, and recovering from surgery Dodgy
YES!

I have a Japanese Rosetta Stone..but I barely ever use it. I have all four levels too. -_- I should really use it more often.

Sad It is hard to do when I have no one who knows Japanese to talk to. And I understand Japanese wayyyy better than I can speak it.

I'm actually using Japanesepod101.com.  Got a really good deal on a long term sub.  I need to use it more just calculus tests and bonus dev projects have been stealing away my time.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Chickpea - 07-30-2013

(07-25-2013, 01:08 PM)Fiona Wrote: Swimming of course, It's July!

That said I hate having tan lines so lately I just hide inside with the AC on and play Animal Crossing. Then as it turns out you get tanned in there too.. no place is safe!

Ditto this.

I've been swimming (albeit infrequently), writing, reading a TON (currently finishing up Cory Doctorow's Homeland before moving on to more regular fantasy fair) and playing a lot of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Also, reading up on game lore and prepping for getting my characters together Smile

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Fiona - 07-30-2013

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Woo beagles! I've been bad about walking Katie past couple of days, so hot out. =T

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Orlog - 07-30-2013

Oh, tomorrow Shuck and I are taking a 3 hour long drive down to see the Mutter Museum. I'm so damn excited!

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Averis - 07-30-2013

Mostly been playing Skyrim, Dragon's Dogma and other random rpgs and games. Also been working on story for a unconnected personal project. I've got plenty to keep busy, if not too much, but it still seems like ARR is taking forever to get here.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Felix Sideris - 07-31-2013

(07-30-2013, 08:30 PM)Teardrop Wrote:
(07-30-2013, 07:57 PM)Tarath Wrote:
(07-28-2013, 08:41 AM)Teardrop Wrote: Rosetta Stone Japanese, and recovering from surgery Dodgy
YES!

I have a Japanese Rosetta Stone..but I barely ever use it. I have all four levels too. -_- I should really use it more often.

Sad It is hard to do when I have no one who knows Japanese to talk to. And I understand Japanese wayyyy better than I can speak it.

Well, if anyone ever wants to if someone said "The policeman is eating" in Japanese...I'm the one to ask Tongue  Although I have to say, I do find my ears perking up more and more often as I'm watching anime, as words are used that I actually recognize...must be doing something right Thumbsup
That is exactly how I feel XD

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - CallmeYahweh - 07-31-2013

Life is keeping me fairly busy in its own right. I had the junkie jitters for a solid week and a half after phase 3 ended but it's (mostly) gone at this point.

Doing a lot of reading, especially out of my comfort zone: I picked up three Haruki Murakami novels a few weeks back and I'm chewing through those at the moment, then it's probably off to retry reading Dhalgren again. Lots of editing; helped out a buddy with his third novel, and read through a script with another one.

As far as videogames go, playing a lot of League and Warframe. With a little Borderlands 2 and various titles I picked up on the Steam summer sale here and there.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Naunet - 07-31-2013

(07-31-2013, 02:28 AM)CallmeYahweh Wrote: then it's probably off to retry reading Dhalgren again.

It took me two attempts, but it was well worth it. Samuel R. Delany is incredible.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - CallmeYahweh - 07-31-2013

(07-31-2013, 02:44 AM)Naunet Wrote:
(07-31-2013, 02:28 AM)CallmeYahweh Wrote: then it's probably off to retry reading Dhalgren again.

It took me two attempts, but it was well worth it. Samuel R. Delany is incredible.

Another Delany fan! Huzzah! I love most of his work with a special fondness for his short stories. Dhalgren's been a hard one to figure out though.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Uther - 07-31-2013

To keep myself distracted from phase 3 to phase 4, I've been hiking like a madman. I'm trying to summit all 53 of the Colorado mountains above 14,000 feet elevation. I've got 7 so far.

RE: The art of Distraction: Keeping yourself busy till phase 4 - Celsius - 07-31-2013

Been banking on Tales of Xillia to spend time on till the game is released.