City Dweller or Wilderness Junkie?, Which are you?

   Are you a city Dweller? or a Wilderness Junkie?
     Do you love the street lights and cafes? Do you love the sound of the wind whipping through the trees and the smell of pine needles? Or maybe you like both? I honestly feel there are people of both sets of worlds, and yes I mean "worlds". The difference in opinion and location not only echo what one persons choice is, but of what one person feels deep inside.

     Ask yourself this, have you ever felt your mood change, or your spirits lift when heading towards a city you like or a favorite camping spot? I myself am a person of both worlds, I grew up in the cities of California, but also at times resided in the mountain ranges. I have at times felt the need to uproot for a bit in order to get my thoughts straight. I find it interesting that I am not the only one who does this form of relaxation.

     There is something about being in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nature,rivers, and various plants and wildlife that speaks to me. Can you imagine waking up one morning and exiting your tent with your toes reaching into the untouched dirt. Your eyes adjusting to the light that flickers through the tree branches and the birds chirping you a friendly hello. The soft wind caressing the trees and your face with the sweet smell of wild flowers. As your eyes reach back down towards the ground, they find a beautiful view into a ravine only described in books..

    That was my yesterday, and today's zen ...


    Feel free to comment and chime in with your spot in the world that helps you rediscover your passion.
  This was just a bit of Food for thought :)

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Gamefly and its failure to satisfy the old Direct2Drive Customers

      As many of you already know, Direct2Drive was bought out by Gamefly sometime last year.( May 25, 2011 ). What many people don't know is how fractured and flawed the big merge actually was. Also the lack of support on Gamefly's end to fix this ongoing and neglected issue. The only people who have really noticed this problem is the late Direct2Drive customers.

NOTE!-- ( Alright!, I'm just going to throw up a brief summary of D2D and Gamefly for those that don't know what it is. Those who do just scroll down! )

     Direct2Drive was a company that based in online digital distribution of movies,memorabilia, but mainly PC games. It was created and managed by IGN and was at one time the premier online distributor of digital downloads for PC games in 2003.

     Gamefly is a company that dabbles in the video game rental industry. It has even expanded beyond the US borders and now has branched off into the UK. You can pay a subscription fee to the company and rent console games that will arrive to your doorstep via the postal service. 

   

    Over a year has passed now since Direct2Drive was purchased and merged into Gamefly and still,very little has changed in the way of customer support. The D2D downloader would
be renamed the Gamefly downloader and tweaked to provide less then satisfactory service then the original design. Not only that,but previous D2D customers have still yet to be able to access the digital downloads that they purchased from D2D. Gamefly promised during the merge, that there would be a temporary hiatus in the transition, but have yet to fulfill any of those obligations. 

   
   My 2 Cents 
   
   Alright, here is my take on this entire matter, it is either #1 or #2

   

#1 It is possible that Gamefly did not fully purchase the rights to the video games that the company they purchased (D2D), had the rights to sell. 

#2 It could also just be a way of increasing there profit by purchasing D2D company and providing little to no service to D2D customers.I'm sure there were many loop holes in the purchase of the franchise title.

    Whether they are lacking in customer support or just plain ignoring the constant amount of forum posts and blogs such as this one, one thing is certain. It is pretty obvious that this issue will not be solved anything soon, or if at all. Also, ignoring the complaints and claims of your customers which provide the foundation/capital that keep your company afloat, isn't exactly the most modest, or best business plan in this day and age.  Just a little FYI :)

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Food for Thought

As I sit here at this old desk, by the looks of it, a walnut base with an oak finish. This desk has been around longer than I have been in existence. Passed down from my grandfather who - - well who knows where it came from.

My point,
         Imagine just for a moment, there is no desk, just a tree sitting somewhere on some mountain far from forethought. Who knows how long the tree had been planted there. Maybe 20, or 30, even 50 odd years of life. Eventually the world came and found it. Chopped into quarters, dragged across the mud into the mills. Preciously cut into many different measurements and so on. Shipped through many towns and cities, handled by different drivers, load workers, and eventually handed off to carpenters. Once they have the imagine of what they want the pieces to be, it takes shape. . . .  and POOF! you have a hand crafted desk that someone put there blood sweat and tears to build.

        Now, .  . In Hindsight of what I am sitting at now. From seed to root, from root to tree, and tree to desk.  This desk has seen more adventure, than the average person who only seeks adventure through the screen of a television. Not many take risks into the outside world, or not as much as a person did 50 years ago. Slowly but surely, the majority of the American population is diving into the couch potato haze. So as I sit here, sipping my coffee, and typing away into what could be considered a haphazardly rant. I cant help but think of what this desk had gone through to be where its at and where I could lead myself to be.
             So I stare looking out through the window, of a life that I not only don't know, but could know. Surely there is more to life then we want to experience, but fear to.
       
       If a desk can have an adventure, I think we as people can too. . .