Bevo, PSP, and Other Stuffs

The last few days have been the opposite of fun. I am an intensely private person, so I seldom go into details of my personal life, except with close friends and family. I have intentionally not gone into a lot of details on my surgery earlier this week, other than it went well, and recovery has been painful. I may discuss in more detail later, because certain men’s health topics should probably be more open, to help with awareness. Enough about that; let me move along.

You may think that taking three days off of work would provide for some great gaming time, but not so much. Day 1 was surgery day; afterwards was the effects of anesthesia, so no gaming at all. Day 2 was a little better, but the pain medicine (think good narcotics) kept me off my feet for the most part. I did play Pinball Hall of Fame (PSP) some. I am still trying to “complete the race” in Victory to open up the next machine. I am finding that to be a total bitch; near impossible. Talking about frustrating.

Day 3 (today) has not been much fun. I thought I was doing better, but the reality is that I feel like crap (and I hurt). I guess it is only 48 hours since the surgery; hopefully tomorrow will be better. The PSP is great for gaming from bed. I spend some more time with Pinball Hall of Fame, but finally gave up on Victory and moved on to Lumines, and then a few matches with Pro Evolution Soccer 2007. I started to play some Untold Legends, but it has been so long since I last played that I forgot the control scheme (I need to read up on that one before I play again). I would have played some MLB 07 The Show, but it takes too long to complete a game. Maybe later today or tomorrow.

One thing I am able to do is catch up on a huge backlog of reading material. Here is a funny bit from the June 18, 2007 ESPN the Magazine on several college mascots:

Lisa Wathne (PETA): “No matter what the living conditions are, animals are subjected to stress when they appear at these events. It’s inappropriate and not in the animal’s best interest.”

Mark Reed (Sedwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas): “He’s a domesticated animal. His other option is to be made into hamburger. This is a pretty good alternative.”

Bevo XIV lives on a 250-acre ranch, but PETA would rather him live in someone’s stomach. Classic.

Now that Tonya’s laptop is up and running again, I can actually play WoW from bed, but to be honest, I have not felt like that today. It is kind of cool surfing (and blogging) from bed, but I am sure that is something my wife does not want me to get used to doing on a regular basis.

Speaking of Tonya and her laptop, while it was busted, I showed her how we could use the PS3 to surf the internet. Pages look great on the 40″ Sony BRAVIA. She was not keen on using the Bluetooth remote controller or a Sixaxis to navigate, so I told her we could get a wireless keyboard. Talking about a (sneaky), err, easy sale.

Until the next post, remember that Bevo is happy not being in your Big Mac.