Frustrations

Besides my job and other related subjects, there are a few things that frustrate me.  One is when you are playing a game and a storyline goes awry or you are placed in a situation that seems unbeatable.  This happened on both occasions with my Dragon Age game.  The first part is that when I play a game, especially one that is a RPG, is that I will try and do all the side quests as best I can and am very indecisive on what actions I make.  But what happens is if the side quests are too long then I get tired and just move on.  So point of the story is that I spent several hours running through this town and I got to a point where I was growing tired of the people of Lothring, so I decided to leave.  Well it turns out, after having several conversations with friends, that I completely missed picking up one of the best party members (for story and play purposes).  So now I am stuck in the Mage tower (which I always messed up because I pissed of the person who is suppose to be the healer in the party) and I can't go back to pick up the bard...ugh!  Which leads to the second part of my frustrations, since I didn't pick up either of those characters, it was darn near impossible to beat the boss in the Mage tower.  From what I had heard it was suppose to be a few try thing and then be able to beat it, but not with my party.  It took me over an hour of just trying and then Danny had to come in (as much as I hate to admit it) and help me out.  After he played for 30 mins, it was finally by stroke of luck that he managed to win.  Needless to say after that experience I was ready to quit the game.  Of course I am not going to just quit because I do love playing it so much, but I am finding that I have a shorter attention span.  Most of the other games that I have played and finished are multi hour games, like I would say over 10, but not much more than that.  I found that after playing DA for over 14 hrs now, I am barely scratching the surface...which is kinda overwhelming to think that I have another 40-60 hrs left before I finish. 

Another thing that I find frustrating is when some best friends for life live too far away and it puts a damper on our weekend plans... ;)  But for real, it does suck a lot because there are just so many times when I need a dirty martini and some BSG time and they just aren't here.  On a positive note though, Danny and I are going to plan a trip up to see them and can't wait!!  The idea of going, one to a place I have never been, two seeing their AMAZING apartment, and three seeing them, makes me so happy and really just overthrows any of the frustrations I have.