Tomb Raider Legend

Today I couldn’t decide what to do. I should start writing again on my thesis after a period of useful and useless reflection, but I still can’t set myself to do it. Instead I focused my attention on eating and exercising, which is good in itself, but is also something I use as an excuse not to study. After this I went to university to check out some things on the internet and to write here.

 The only computer game I bought till now for my laptop acquired a couple of months ago is Tomb Raider Legend. In the first level ‘Bolivia’ I am stuck at a point that seems very easy. I already went online a couple of times to see whether there was some kind of trick I was missing, but the walkthrough guides just say ‘shimmy, jump, swing and jump’. The problem is that after the first jump I can’t grab the pole good enough to make the swing. A couple of minutes ago I found something that in fact may be useful. (using the interact button after making a one-handed grab) It is really frustrating, since I definitely like this game. Being stuck casts a shadow over other activities I could be doing instead.
 
I will try again till I succeed. Hopefully I can complete this level this evening.
 
The frustration of falling and dying is something I tried to remedy by playing free cell too many times. At least there you (nearly) always win.