Aha! An outlet! (Rant 1: Minecraft)

Alrighty, so now I know one of the main uses for this blog - ranting. I can't believe I only thought of this now. See, normally if I get upset about something, I'll message one of my friends, or scribble randomly on facebook. However, this gets tiresome after a while (for my firends... I could go on for ages), but it feels really good to get it out. Soooo...

RANTING ON MY BLOG IT IS! XD

Today's topic: Minecraft.

So the 1.8 version 'officially' came out today, and I'm convinced it messed with my game. By 'convinced' I mean more like crazy coincidence, since I'm really not all that smart when it comes to the whole mechanics of the thing, and I'm sure classic still works just fine.

But it doesn't.

That's the problem.

See, cheap as I am, I always, ALWAYS download stuff from the internet that is freeware. I... have never bought anything off the internet. I don't even know how PayPal works. Don't ge me wrong, I'm sure it's easy enough to work out, just I am notoriously hesitant, lazy and paranoid when it comes to figuring out stuff like that. Don't ask me why... it's probably something to do with being taught as a kid that all the internet was evil and if you ever typed out your first name on a site, everyone on the planet would know who you are. And typing in your credit card numbers? Ha... you'd go bankrupt in a day. Of course, I know this is far from the truth and information like this is passed through the internet daily, but I can never completely banish that little nagging thought in my head.

So, Classic it is.

And don't get me wrong - for the most part it is still really fun. (However, that may be just because I don't know what I'm missing). But I've always been more of a builder-oriented person anyways. No creepers to destroy my stuff... Minecraft 'physics' to screw around with... it's an interssting concept. And I had many, many ideas lined up and in the works.

And today it all went wrong.

For some reason or another, Minecraft has decided that it doesn't want to save or load my files anymore. Hours, COUNTLESS hours of work has gone completely down the drain with nothing to show for it. Days, WEEKS total! It... is a very depressing thought. All I can do is clutch onto my .mine files in a deperate final hope that this is only temprary, and one day the load list will come back.

In the meantime, I guess I'll just watch as the days slowly trickle by until Nov 11 comes along. I still can't decide if I should pre-purchase or not... I don't see any cons but I must say this experience has weakened my resolve.

If You're Looking For Answers, Just Keep Moving

Who am I? Why am I writing a blog? Who knows...

I suppose I'll tell people that it was only natural, seeing as how my laptop and I are attatched at the hip anyways. I'm a computer science student and all of my hobbies involve the computer in some way or another.

But also, it'll be neat to chronicle stuff going on in my life. However, there aren't many ways I've figured out how to do this.

 I tried to keep a diary when I was younger and absolutely failed. I don't mean forget-to-write-some-entires-then-never-pick-it-up-again failure. I mean losing-the-key-to-the-diary-inside-a-radio-and-tear-the-cover-off-the-book-itself failure. The pages got everywhere. (And yes, I won't lie... I did lose interest in it as well after a while). I mean, really. I don't care how pink, fluffy and sparkly that cover was. My seven-year-old self could not be that easily taken in.

Another alternative is scrapbooking. I really love scrapbooking. Problem? It costs money. And time. And commitment. For me, that's a recipe for disaster. I can never commit to any one hobby for long. (And frankly, as a university student I don't have the cash).

So, blog it is.

Maybe it'll work... maybe it won't. Either way this is my little space of me, so I'll welcome anyone to it who want to share in it. I'm a nerd, sharing my weirdo average life with other nerds. Because, after all, we all like to think we're different, and we are. :)