August 03, 2004
15 minutes to blog
I'm giving myself 15 minutes to blog this morning. I've been MIA for a few days. I finally took a break from typoGenerator, and went on to obsess over a game Jason bought the other day -- Tropico -- a strategy game where you are the dictator of a small tropical island. It's way too much fun.
In addition, I'm setting my timer for 15 minutes while playing to take small breaks to clean. My husband came home to a very noticably cleaner house yesterday. If I continue to use my timer today I will get a lot more done around here. I only enjoy cleaning in small doses -- otherwise it begins to feel too much like work. ;) It's fun to see how much I can get done in 5-10 minute increments several times a day.
And so that about wraps up the time I have. I will try to keep my blog updated more often with the exciting details of my life, LOL.
Okay, it took 16 minutes, but at least setting the timer kept me from my perfectionistic ways of dragging it out way too long with the "all or nothing" attitude I tend to have. 17 minutes... Bye!
Posted by 2Flower at August 3, 2004 09:46 AMTropico! I played that a few years ago. It was a hoot. I kept having a problem with keeping enough educated people to staff all my facilities.
I liked how you had to assign strengths and weaknesses to your dictator, and one of the weaknesses was Extreme Flatulence, which gives you a -3 in all negotiations, or something like that ...
Posted by: brykMantra at August 3, 2004 02:02 PMOMGosh, Extreme Flatulence?! :O I have only been playing the scenarios so far -- very hard. I played an "easy" one yesterday. I lost 3 times before I was able to win.
Posted by: 2flower at August 4, 2004 07:21 AMThat is a really good idea.
Posted by: stephanie, daniels_mommy at August 4, 2004 10:00 AM