The final piece of the puzzle arrived today when I got home. I wasn't feeling too well, so it was a little bit of a pleasant suprise (I forgot I ordered it). The package was light and when I opened it if found my Ratpadz GS hard mousing surface. Its a piece of plastic with a crackle like finish on the top. My Logitech MX mouse was having problems mousing on my old Falken mousepad that I got from D1GP last year, so I figured I might as well get a gaming mousepad. My first impression of the pad is that its a lot larger than I thought it'd be. Compared to a regular mousepad, its a bit longer vertically and quite a bit larger horizontally (almost 1.5x as long). After using it for just a day I can tell you that it is very nice.
Definitely a lot better than mousing on my Falken mouspad or even the Wacom Tablet I was using temporarily.

Honestly, after using my current mouse/keyboard set-up I can safely say that if you're not using an optical or laser mouse with a real gaming pad, you're not using a mouse.
The accuracy and feel of the set-up is unbelievably better.
I just wish I was better...
I've been so sick lately. I started taking medication at the beginning of the week (on Sunday) and haven't really had the energy to do anything. It started off with a sore throat and a cold and now its mostly just the throat. I thought it was getting a bit better, but it seems to be taking a dive for the worse. I've just been sleeping lately and drinking a LOT of water, but I don't know if its helping. I honestly feel like shit right now. I remember thinking last week (when I was healthy) how much I take being healthy for granted and then .. bam! I'm sick.

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