... in which the fool suffers from withdrawal symptoms

I haven't been playing Ragnarok for a few days now (this should be the fourth day I've gone without it...). My brother came home and took over the computer for several days, leaving me with nothing else to do... Of course, there's the PS2 at home just asking for my attention, unfortunately I'm not quite motivated to play it. Maybe after I finish with my mage on Ragnarok...

To pass the time at home... I've been catching up on my reading. Thankfully, my other brother left the new Dune prequels when he moved out. With each book nearly 700 pages long, the books should keep me sane for about another week. Until our phone line gets reconnected...

I say reconnected because last night, the telephone company cut off our line because we haven't settled our accounts yet. I found that out as I was about to call Terence to ask about a homework that was due yesterday (as a result, I had to submit that particular homework late... sometime today). I lost all my enthusiasm in working out the bugs of the system, and lost all hope in getting to play Ragnarok this week... Somehow, I have to find a way to pay the phone bill as soon as possible, otherwise, I'd be forced to go to internet cafes just to play my character. It would appear that I now have an unhealthy addiction to the game -- although to me, I'm still functioning in tolerable levels...

The first book of the Dune prequels is the first Dune book I've ever read. All my knowlege about Dune (about a thimble-ful) comes from the various real-time strategy games that have been produced between 1990 and 2000. I was looking forward to finding any hint about House Ordos in the book, and resorted to asking people about the prequels... Unfortunately, they all say that there is no mention of any House Ordos in any of the three books (and even the original six books, if I didn't hear wrong) and House Ordos seems to exist only in games. The gamer in me is suddenly asking for a new Dune game despite my relative dis-interest in RTS games...

The setting of Dune somehow feels like a Medieval Era Europe, with various houses all jockeying for the favor of the galactic emperor. Only with a touch of (okay, not a touch, a heavy helping ) technology for fun. I haven't read the entire trilogy yet, so I can't offer a decent review...

Ah, I wonder when I would get to play Ragnarok again...?