Just got back in after seeing Wolfmother at the 9:30 Club. Great band. Great venue.

I only knew one song of theirs but they definitely rocked the house all night!

Here's a YouTube link to the one song you all may recognize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWkd62hwocE

Their other stuff is just as energetic! Highly recommend!

OK, I was tagged. And since I've enjoyed reading about everybody else and getting a little insight into everyone's personality, here's my Ten Things (& Ten Pictures):

1. I'm an Architect. I design, detail, and write specs for buildings (mostly commercial stuff). Licensed and registered in 2 states. Not that crappy "software architect" job description that has clogged up the job search engines for the last decade for us regular architects.

part of my house

2. I'm 36, married, no kids. That's right...DINKs...dual income no kids. We spend most of that dual income on fixing up our house...see #1...kinda a passion. The cover of the Sears catalog in the year I was born:

alas, i was too young to trulyappreciate the fashions of the early 70s

3. I'm a girl gamer. We're a rare breed in the over 30 crowd.

my xbox avatar...scary resemblance to the Sears covergirl, eh?

4. My dream job would be a stunt car driver. I love driving fast, but I don't drive too fast anymore...see #2 above. My first car was my grandmother's hand-me-down which I had in college...a BLUE 1969 Volvo 144S...fun to drive in the snow with that rear-wheel drive...a whole lot of fishtailing going on. My first new car was a black 98 Acura Integra GS-R...stick...still own it, but almost crashed it in the rain the first month I owned it. I also bought a bike...a 2000 Suzuki GS500E, which I've since sold...affordable 0-60mph fun/adrenaline. I figured I'd upgrade the 500, but never did...which at least makes my husband happy. My vehicles:

the volvoi love my integraso long old friendthe dream

5. I like sports...playing and watching, but I guess more watching now than playing, because I'm slowly getting more and more out of shape...see #2 and #3 above. I also like outdoorsy stuff like snowboarding, hiking, camping, etc. Not much of a bicycle rider, though, at least not as an adult.

my trusty snowboard

6. I like art. Old art, modern art, contemporary art. Cartoons, comic books, computer animation. I really appreciate the effort that goes into the creativity on all levels. I like sculpture the best. I minored in Art/Architecture History in college.

7. I also like regular history. Art history, architecture history, European history. Pretty much anything prior to the 20th century. Not a huge fan of American history even though I'm American. I minored in European History in college.

8. I like books. Clas-sics, historical fiction, comic books, sci-fi/fantasy, architecture books, and the occasional sappy love story. But haven't been an avid reader since a few years after college...an event that probably coincides nicely with the release of the PS2. My favorite book of all time is Catch-22.

Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

9. I like movies. Clas-sics, dramas, film noir, thrillers, action, adventure, animation, anime (but not TV episodes). I really appreciate the cinematography the most. Not much of a horror film watcher, though. Favorite film is Citizen Kane.

...rosebud...

10. I'm a conservative...which probably doesn't seem to correlate with #1-9 above, but it really does. I like to live big, but in the end, I'm not a huge risk-taker.

For one, I can't figure out what would be the short way of saying Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Is it R6V2? I can't say I've seen that around.

Anyhow, the game's pretty decent, once you get past a handful of bugs. Which surprises me for Ubisoft game or for a Tom Clancy game. Maybe I'm just ignorant or something (kinda like my total biff on knowing the World Cup was in South Africa... ).

Anyhow, this is the first game I've really gotten into where I control a team. I have GRAW, but I never got into the single-player because of having to control the team. I just played its multiplayer. That made me stear clear of these kinds of games in general. But with this one, I've gotten my mind wrapped around the fact that this is a tactical game and not a run-n-gun, so I'm working covertly, and have been making great use of the team to flank the enemies or draw their fire, etc. I have not tried controlling them with my voice, because although cool use of technology, I think that's a little queer.

Of course, controlling my guys is where thefrustrating bugs come in. Occasionally, they like to get stuck on a wall (a bad glitch that forces me to go it alone and die, or just restart because I'm going to die if I go it alone) or they get stuck tripping over each other (which isn't as bad because I can go back to them and get them untangled). With that second one, it's more an issue of the AI not being so intelligent...one of them will take cover at a corner, blocking the other one from passing his position, but the first one won't leave his cover unless the other one passes him. It can get frustrating because you're expecting their support in a firefight, and they're hanging out on the corner, leaving you high and dry.

Hey Guys, come back here! (this picture's off gamespot, but I wanted you to see the two yay-hoos that I get to call my tactical team.)

I'm also only a couple chapters in, and have had a couple other bugs, too...An 'invisible' enemy guy (showed up on my scan and on my infrared) but on normal sight, he was not there. And the typical floating guns, and whatnot. Of course, they fixed those earlyglitches like the infinite respawns that were getting people to 'Elite' level in a day, and I hope they fixed the achievement problems they had...I'll have to research that a bit more.

Still, though, it's a pretty cool game in terms of outfitting your dude with armor and camo and weapons. And the gameplay's not too hard, even on 'realistic'...so long as you keep thinking tactical.