I was planning to go to NASNI today. I need to copy my Navy Leadership Certificate for the advancement exam in january. I only get one attempt at making chief and all though I neither expect nor even care about making chief I have to try anyway. Because as a service member I think it is part of my duty to seek the next higher pay grade. If I am not meant to man that level of authority than God would not be with me in this venture. But if it is meant for me to be chief than I need to ease the way by making board. Anyway my plan was to make it to NASNI but I didn't even get out of bed until 1100 so that kind of nixt that. By 1100 PSD would be at lunch and like the rest of the navy wouldn't be back until 1300. So instead wasting the rest of the day waiting on PSD to return to work I'll just wait until tomorrow.
The reason I didn't get to bed early enough to get to NASNI, I'm ashamed to say, is I got caught up in Civ 4. Sure it's loaded with alot gravy that saps memory like summer heat saps strength. I has alot of window dressing like the extra detail place in in the graphics, not to mention when the units clash the screen zooms into maximum. Close enough to see individual buildings of each city. In previous games All players were shown were a city icon and a name. If one wanted to actually see what the city looked like one would have to view on a different screen. Now all one has to do is zoom in and every improvement you had will be shown to you. All this sparkle is nice and entertaining but all I want to do is rule the world. In addition my computer doesn't have the resources to see all the effects. Most of the terrain is lost in shadow, and the leaders are only floating eye balls.
All this aside though Civ 4 is awsome. I can train different units to meet certain situations. Whether to guard city, or fight in wood, and on hills. Diffierent units are better suited for different purposes. Archers are best suited for defending towns for instance. I could go on and on but in the end it is just as addictive as the last four, Yes Call to Power was a sequel, and it's just as easy to sucked in for hours.