Somebody put Vick in the pit!

I was soooo going to aviod this as it really chaps my ass.

I just finished reading Eric's blog on the whole Michael Vick trial, and I couldn't hold back any more. Celebs really piss me off when they do something so stupid and inhumane then expect us, the reason for their idolization, for a slap on the wrist and no supper. I say fsck that! Put his ass down there in the fighting pit and let him survive. If he doesn't, string him up out back and see if he survives. He needs to be somebody's biotch for a little while.

There. I said it. Vick, how could you be so damned stupid and inhumane. I'm ashamed to call you our QB.... Know this: karma's a bitch. I hope you get yours.



l8rs.

This is just.... wrong.

Hey, I love video games, too. I like to think I have a life outside of them, tho. Apparently, this guy is very confident in his geekiness.

Yes, that is a SEGA tatoo on a leg.

Speaking of lives... I have one right now, so my posting is probably going to dwindle away to nothing for a while. Yay me! :)



l8rs.

BTW, I have a little more than 2 months to make my launch date for the webcomic I set last year. Think I'll make it? Guess we'll have to see. ;)

Rumors abound...

I'm going through my blog subscriptions from the last week to kill time before my road trip. The guys over at the Xbox 360 Rally have been eating up the rumor-mill, and I just have to throw in my $0.02 worth (because it's not worth $0.10).

To start off, I'm peeved that Sony is discontinuing the 60G PS3 model. Not that I plan on getting a PS3 any time soon, but in addition to that statement, they will no longer be using the "Emotion" hardware chip for games backwards compatibility (in favor of a software solution, al la 360). This was the primary selling point for me with Playstation in the past, and an extremely pisser point when I bought my 360. Now I'm going to have to scour eBay for a 60G model once the new Ratchet and Clank and Final Fantasy games are released. The point? Is Microsoft ditching the Core? For their sake, I hope not. This next-gen (if you can still call it that) console war between MS and Sony is getting ridiculous. It's starting to sound a lot like the HD-DVD and Blue-Ray competition. Meanwhile, Nintendo is sitting back in their corner laughing.

Next on the list, the 360 price drops are getting insane. The Premium went from $399 to $349 and, now, to $329? Talk about trying to make up for bad blood with the "red ring of death" problem. To top it off, come September (just in time for Halo 3), the Premium consoles should be having their own little HDMI ports! Now the question begs, is it really worth an extra $170 for a 100G more and a black exterior (as apposed to white)? Sounds like MS is up to something devious... but what? ;)

Ok, so my ranting is done. I need to get on the road. A 4hr road trip awaits me, and I need to hit my destination before 6:30p. 3nj0i mulling over those rumors and keep an eye on the Rally for more detailed coverage than I'll ever give. :)



l8rs.

Totally stoked!!

Ok, so remember how I said my 360 needed repairs? Well, it turns out, I got it back a whole lot faster than I had anticipated. To top it off, they just sent me a whole new unit. I'll have to post a scan of the letter, next time. It just needed a new DVD drive, sheesh. Well, I guess with all the changes to the support infrastructure and the 3 year extension on all systems, they're just canceling out any risks by making sure all systems meet the new internal hardware requirements. So, anyway, I'm totally stoked to have it back. I've been jonesing to play some Guitar Hero.

Well, after a completely unproductive post, I'm going to get back to cleaning my DVR off. It's at 99%, again.... You'd think I'd learn by now quit recording shows that I'm never going to watch.



l8rs.

The city stinks, today.

I don't know what happened downtown this past weekend, but almost every block around my building reeks of garbage; the lobby of my building smells like a seafood processing plant; and, there are industrial size portable air filter units all over the floor. On my way back from grabbing lunch (yes, it's another late lunch as usual), I kept looking around for the garbage dumps but never found any. Now, City of Atlanta is well know for it's crappy sewage system (no pun intended), but it's never smelled this bad before. Pee-eww!



l8rs.

The E3 "Business Summit".

It has begun. The once highly coveted mecha of all video gamers has now gone corporate media. My opinion of this transition is it's just another mass marketing ploy to get gamers all hyped up about hardware and or software they won't be seeing for probably another 6 months to a year. As you can tell, I'm all wrapped up in that hype. ;) Pretty much the only tracking point for us gamer lackeys is G4TV's and GameTrailer's coverage. Other than looking forward to the release of Halo 3 (and any media related to it), the Unreal engine v3, and the next-gen version of Ratchet & Clank, I don't really know if there's anything worth looking forward to. Hence, I have my eyes glued to G4's coverage.

I'm stuck playing my original Xbox and PS2 for the next month. My 360 has fallen victim to the gremlins that most have. No, not the red rings of death, just a simple dying DVD-rom. I don't see what all the biotchings have been about. I called their tech support; 15 minutes later, I had an RMA and a box on the way to ship it to them. Admittedly, I'm not to happy with the turnaround time (5 days shipping the box, 5 days returning 360, 7 days in the shop, and 5 more days returning it back to me). But, I can't complain too much if this 30% failure rate is true. There's no proof in that #, but Microsoft has bitten the bullet, and announced yet another extension of the warranty to 3 years. I need a bigger hard drive. Yes, there is a seemingly continuous price drop in hardware, lately, (including the console drops), but I still have no desire to drop that much for a 360 Elite. I don't have HDMI, and won't anytime soon.

Also, I'm still trying to convince myself of a good reason to get a PS3. The discounted price and Heavenly Sword (along with other seemingly empty promises) just haven't been enough to convince me to make that type of "investment". Sony probably would have done a whole lot better if they had taken their time and waited a year for the game producers to get some games made. ...Oh, this is new..... I just found out that all future PS3's will not have the emulation chips for backwards compatibility. They're using a software solution this time around (like the 360). That blows. I hope that all games are backwards compatible and not just a select few (like Xbox titles). That has been Sony's bonus, in my opinion.

Ok. I've been trying to type this for too long. Not to mention, I went link happy in this post. I'm gonna get back to the end of this E3 coverage, then go to bed drooling over the all the hopefuls I might get to see in my local store in about 5 months.



l8rs.

Did I mention how much I like sake?

Mmmmm.... Nothing like taking the edge off with a bottle of sake. The sad thing is, I always end up drinking the whole bottle. Good thing I found one that's pretty cheap. ;) Speaking of Japanese influences, I won a contest! Now I just need to figure out what I'm going to spend my gift certificate on. I've always wanted one of those pvc figurines. Or, I could be nice and finish my sister's Madlax DVD set. My friend told me she wants Pocky. Either way, once I get home from work early enough, I'm sure I'll find enough to spend it on.

Speaking of, being on the patch (yes, I'm trying to quit smoking, again), I'm concentrating waaaay too hard when I sit in front of the 'puter. My usual mid-afternoon break no longer happens, so I catch myself leaving work between 7:30 and 8 the last 2 weeks. Oh, well. At least I'm finally concentrating on that project I've been devising over the last year.

Enuff of work. I've decided I need some sort of regimen in my spare time (and I need to try to keep up with this crazy blog), so I'm going to try to start commenting on specific genres during the week. One devoted to video games, one to computers, etc. Besides, I have a good list of other blogs I try to keep up with that I want to rant something or other about at least every couple of days. This should be the motivation to do that. Either this or I need to get off my arse and start working on the comic. Gotta pee.

....

Ahhh... better. I know; TMI. ;) Newayz, I'm gonna get back to my sake, and Outlaw Star (finally got it on DVD). This and Cowboy Beebop on the original Adult Swim many a years back is what turned me into the Anime fanatic that I am today.



l8rs.

Just because I refuse to let myself sleep.

My sleeping habits are getting worse. It needs to be rectified, and soon. But since I'm still awake....

I haven't been too keen on constant blogging lately. It's even been suggested that I take on one of those blog for money kinda things. Pfeh... money. Offer beer and food then we might talk. It's not like there isn't always something happening in my day worth poking fun at or ranting about. It's just that by the time I get home, the motivation for putting fingers to keyboard just isn't there.... Kinda like now. I keep switching tabs in my browser looking for anything to attract my attention. Oh, well. This didn't work out quite as intelligently as I wanted it to. Too bad I don't have any beer. Hey, maybe that's been my problem; I haven't had any in the fridge for pretty much the last too weeks. Good thing pay day's tomorrow. ;)

I was considering spending some quality time with Lady Croft, but I do have to go to work tomorrow. Guess I'll call it a night.



l8rs.

Keep drinking... maybe it'll get better...

You go to frikin' "Country" bar and you expect Country music and line dancing. Yeah... not tonight. Since I was in no mood to waste my evening playing video games, I got a wild hair up my butt and figured I've give Wild Bill's a chance so I didn't have to drive so far to Cowboys. That turned out to be a bust. I'll have to give props to the house band, however. They are very versatile in their set list. And good at it, too. I gotta get outta this city. I'm not a yuppie. I'm not country folk either, but still. I spent the last hour I was there sitting on the sideline drinking beer and praying for a line dance. I don't exactly consider Kennesaw a back-woods kinda town, but it's better than 5 miles outside the northeast side of the perimeter. The "perimeter" is Atlanta talk for "in town", BTW. I did score points with the 60+ some odd year old line dance teacher, and she gave me a half-price card to get in. Doubt I'll be going back, however. At least, I won't be going back by myself. It's definatly the older crowd that does the line dancing (which is the whole reason I go to "country" bars). Hell, other than that, the best I did was light some chick's smoke and buy her a beer. Didn't see her again for the rest of the evening (which didn't suprise me). Not like I really tried looking for her, either.

Being a white boy, you can't exactly drop your a$$ out on the floor and dance. You start looking like one of those desperate jokers similar to the Indian dude on the floor tonite. The poor sap didn't realize that everyone coming up to him was either giving him props for being so brave or making fun of him.

I gotta find some chick to go to dance clubs with me now that my sister is no longer in town. I miss having a bar/dance club crowd to hang with.

So, that was my waste of a Sat evening. How was yours? :(



l8rs.

Simple entertainment.

Isn't it interesting to notice the simple and stupid things we do to keep ourselves entertained while we drink?  I just noticed a group that strolled past my apartment that were headed to the pool.  How did I know the pool?  One of the chicks came back by wet in a towel.  Rawr!  ;)  Newayz....  Me?  I've only had a third of a bag of M&M's all day to eat, so three beers into the evening, I'm feeling pretty adventurous.  My hair has finally started to grow back out, so I decided to see how much I could get it to stick up (too much hair goop left in it from today).  For all you old schoolers, I look like Hair Bear.  ;)  w00+!  K.  Just felt like sharing.  I'm going to play video games, now.  :p~



l8rs.

Back in the fold.

I can't decide what's worse: making up work or catching up on recorded tv after being on vacation.  It's weird.  I actually went for 8 days with no internet, and amazingly enough, there were no withdrawal symptoms.  I've got pictures and a video from Bush Gardens, but I still need to pull them off the camera, so that'll have to be another post.

My gaming riduculousness has been crazy.  The TV season is more-or-less over (minus one or 2 shows), so all I have left to do is watch cartoons and play video games.  I wasted no time diving into G.U., Vol. 2.  After a plethora of late nighters, I completed the storyline in about a week and a half (or 2).  I've started watching the .Hack//Roots series to keep me occupied until Vol. 3 comes out this fall.  I guess with all the TV shows over (and only 2 new ones to keep up with for the summer, I can finally start catching up on my Anime.  Back to gaming.  I picked up Guitar Hero II last week (you know I couldn't go a week without having the 360 with me).  Let me tell you, that game R0X0RZ!!!1!1!!  It's a bit tricky at first, but after a couple of hours and a hand cramp later, you've worked your way through the medium difficulty.  Now I realize why I gave up on trying to learn guitar.  My fingers weren't meant to bend in those weird-ass patterns.  Either way, the game is extremely addictive.  My goal, if nothing else, is to be able to play "Jessica" (Skynyrd), "YYZ" (Rush), and "Miserlou" (Dick Dale) perfectly on the expert difficulty.  I better practice up.  "YYZ" and "Miserlou" kick my ass on medium.  ;)  "Jessica", I almost have.  So, today, Lady Croft resurfaces with the remake of the original Tomb Raider classic (newly titled "Tomb Raider Anniversary") using the "Tomb Raider Legend" engine.  Needless to say, I'll be stopping by GameStop on my way home.  ;)  I've been lucky enough to dig a few hours into the Halo 3 Beta, and let me tell you, the graphics on the next-gen hardware are astounding.  I'm a little dissappointed the the multiplayer is still nothing more than your typical multiplayer; but, Bungie has done a great job of improving the Matchmaking, Lobby, and post-game rollover into a new match.  You can now veto a map (majority rule, of course).  And... you are immediately kicked into a new match about 20-30 seconds after your previous one ends (you can, of course, cancel back out to the Lobby, if you prefer).  That fact that you don't have to go back to the Lobby to find a new game, if you don't want to, is impressive, to me.  The maps are beautifully designed.  You can tell there's still some minor tweaking in the graphics left (I hope).  This is a beta afterall.  the re-emergance of the Assualt Rifle is the most impressive touch to the weapons.  The Spartan Laser is "one shot, one kill" deadly, but you have to wait 5+ seconds for the damn thing to charge.  Not very useful in an 8 man Rumble Pit grudge match.  The new items (bubble shield, portable grav lift, etc.) are kinda cool, but I haven't really been able to survive long enough to figure out how to effectively use them.  I do like the new grenades; 'specially the Brute spike grenade.  Drops some serious damage if you can corner your enemy in a narrow tunnel (like the snow map). 

... Well, I thought I was going to get wet.  I dropped into Ribs and Blues for a late lunch/early dinner.  Looks like I was a day late in anticipating that rain that been creeping up from Central Fla since last week.  It was pouring a flood.  Luckily, this is Georgia, and the old saying still holds true, "If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes."

OK, enuff Halo drooling.  I need to make a list of some hardware I need purchased.  It'd probably be best if I get it done before I forget my "wish-list".



l8rs

Vacation!

45 more minutes to go....

I'm eagerly awaiting, and trying to find BS to do while counting down the last few minutes.  Hopefully, the requests will stay resolved, and nothing will break.  Then it's off to the Oakley store to see if they have those flops I wanted last year.  By this time tomorrow, I'll be half-way to my weekend destination of Bush Gardens.  Next week, I'll be getting some much needed sun and relaxation on the east coast beaches.  I swear I'm solar powered... and I've been in desperate need of a recharge for quite some time, now.

w00+!

BTW, if you listen to 'net radio, I'm sure you already know this, but visit SaveNetRadio.org.  The RIAA's been at it again.  They're backing this bill that went through Congress a little while back that ridicuously increased the royalty rates that "free" internet radio stations have to pay; most all stations will be put out of business if this bullshit gets finalized.  So there's this "Internet Radio Equality Act" trying to debunk it.  If you ever want to listen to something other than typical "airwaves" sanctioned radio stations on the internet, notify your Senate Representatives.  Even if you don't listen to 'net radio, give your Senators something useful to do.  ;)  Besides, it's already passed in the House.

Ok, I'm outtie.  That killed.... crap... only 14 minutes.  *sigh*.... 31 to go....



l8rs.

BTW, Halo 3 R0X0RZ!!!!11!111!!

Virtual identity crisis.

There are times when I'm note quite sure about continuing my virtual existance on the net. I mean, I can't decide if it's an extension of who I am in reality or if it's an escape from that reality. Other times I wonder if it's become nothing more than just a burden I've brought upon myself to continue to carry. What started almost 15 years ago as random appearances in an IRC chat room on a "Freenet" system has culminated into today's blogging and online commnunity memberships.

Maybe this existance and its transitions are just fads that I've eventually grown out of? Maybe I'm finally growing up into a more physically social person? Who knows?


All I do know is... I'm still here... and posting this.


On the lighter side, I will go ahead and admit, you won't see me again for at least a month. ;D .hack//GU Vol 2 was released today. I'll be picking up my copy tomorrow. Then, the Halo 3 Beta starts next week (May 16). Add that to my social obligations over the next couple of weekends and my vacation at the end of the month, I won't be posting again any time soon. But, hey, the next time you hear from me, I'll have experienced info on Halo 3. :D



l8rs

Return to virtuality.

I guess after such a hiatus of ignoring my blogging rants, I should at least return here ocassionally and let you guys know I'm still alive.  Work has been hectic.  The weather is getting more tolerable (which means I want to get out more).  Life in general is just busy.  But that doesn't mean I've been neglecting my gaming; well, not too much at least.  ;)

Since the end of the TV season is near and on temporary pause, I've been out of things to do during the week.  As I've stated earlier this year, I try not to get too involved in gaming during the week so I can make it to work at least by a decent hour the next day.  However, I've gotten really wrapped up in The Dresden Files on Sci-Fi.  Guess I'm going to have to start reading the books, now.  Speaking of books, I finally finished Harry Potter 4 (The Goblet of Fire) last night.  Lemme tell you, that ending was quite a bit different from the movie.  Before I get all wrapped up in the next one (The Half Blood Prince), I'm going to have to wait until I see the movie later this year.  In the meantime, I need to catch up on some of Steve Berry's other novels (read The Templar Legacy earlier this year) and try out his latest, The Alexandria Link (saw it in the Bookstore window on the way home from work the other day).  Also, I want to finish up The Vampire Chronicles (left off at book IV) and start up on The New Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (in case you didn't already know that).  Then there's the Eragon series that has peaked my interest since seeing the movie.  Only problem with all this "need to do" reading is I only read on the train to and from work.  After toting around HP4, I refuse to lug around those 400+ page hard-back novelettes, again.  Guess that means it's back to reading Manga.  ;)  Might as well considering I haven't been keeping up with my Anime all that much lately (how shameful).  But, I'm totally hooked on Avatar on Nicktoons.  Still waiting on the last couple of episodes for the 2nd season.  My new found friend (Comcast's DVR) has helped with that.  Oh speaking of, remind me to look up .hack//Roots on Cartoon Network when I'm done here.  I was thumbing through this month's Newtype USA, and I found out they're running it.  Gotta get my fix until Vol.2 of GU comes out later this year.  :D

Skipping around again and back to games.  I will have to say that I've fulfilled my quota of pixilated boobies and jello physics.  I picked up both Dead or Alive Xtreme Vollyball 2 and Rumble Roses XX last week.  Obviously I've been playing them too much as I thought of a great script for the comic (Ch33zip00fz) comparing/contrasting these two last night while I was trying to fall asleep.  Guess I better write it down before I forget, since I seem to be having serious motivational issues with getting around to drawing everything.  :(  But my next two new gaming targets are Guitar Hero II and Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix.  I've decided that if I'm ever to get my friends to come over and game (since only one of them more than a recreational gammer like myself), I'll need something with a little more "party" pizazz.  Besides, I got my dad hooked on Gears of War.  He's played guitar for fun since he was in high-school (bought himself a G&L for Christmas a couple of years back), so I'm sure he'll be giddy as a school-girl with GH II.

That does it for this installment.  It's Friday.  I should be out partying, but I'm not.  I know, I'm lame.  All my friends are married or seriously dating.  They have lives.  I don't.  LOL!  Looks like I'm sitting down with TMNT and Crackdown tonight.  Oh, yeah.  I broke down and dropped the $60 so I could have the Halo 3 Beta.  I'm sad, I know.  I'm still torn about the whopping $130 for the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, but I'll probably end up eventually reserving it instead of just the game, anyway.  I need therapy... that or a girlfriend.  But therapy's too expensive and girls are nothing but trouble.  LOL!



l8rs.

Another day older... a little more crustier.

:D

So more crustier is not correct grammer, but screw it.  It's my birthday.  Well, it was.  So how do I spend a Monday b-day?  Hot wings and beer a one of my favorite eateries, Taco Mac.  w00+!  Plus, I've re-kindled some old friendships.  They've been more like family to me in the past, so it's endaring to be in good terms again.  It's not that we ever were on bad terms; I've just been a badly un-communicative friend.

Enuff of the sapiness.  Today's was a good day.  St Patties was a good weekend.  I saw this really cool poster at a bar, but I can't find the image anywhere.  It translated "I shamrock Guinness".  :D  Schweet!  So I held up my yearly tradition of having a pint of Guinness.  Didn't hit an Irish pub or anything.  The big one in town is usually packed on a normal weekend; I couldn't imagine going down there for St Patties.

In all its old-age glory, that was my night (and weekend).  I was thinking of working on God of War II a little more tonight (been playing it since last Thurs), but I do still need to be at work at a decent time tomorrow (even though it is Spring Break).  There's just something so theraputic about beating a Harpie to death with its own arm after ripping it off.  ;)



l8rs.

Nothing but re-runs...

...and my Tuesdays have been replaced with what?  Veronica Mars is not on, but Pussycat Dolls/the Next Doll, is?  Yeah... no.  Even Stargate SG-1 is a re-run.  I'm done working (yes, I'm doing work this late, again).  I was thinking of being productive (you know... those things called "cleaning" and "organization"?), but 2 glasses of wine changed that real fast.  ;)

So... where did I leave off?  Oh, yeah!  .... wait... I just have to cringe everytime that damn Quizzno's commercial comes on.  That ditzy chick at the end of the commercial with her shrilling... giggle, or whatever that is... just chills me to the bone.  15 minutes of stupidity fame.  Gotta love this society.  ....Anyway.  Gamer's wish list for the summer (since I can't think of anything more practical to rant on):

• DOAX 2 (360) (been out for a while)
    - yes, I'm a sap for jello physics  ;)
• God Of War 2 (PS2) (tonight, so going to pick it up tomorrow)
• Command and Conquer 3 (PC) (Mar 28)
• Bioshock (360) (Spring 2007)
• !!!!! .hack//G.U. Vol 2 !!!!! (PS2) (Q3 2007 <- what kind of stupid date is that; why don't they just say "for Christmas"?!)
• !!!!! Halo 3 !!!!! (360) (not official, but October)
• Halo Wars (?) (no frikin' clue; 2008?)
• and, duh, Tomb Raider Anniversary (May 2007)

I know there are others; I just can't think right now.  Need more whine.  ;)  Ok, going to practice my God of War sk1llz for tomorrow's continuation.  :D  BTW, I love my new DVR and HD!!!  Now I can watch Avatar and Naruto!  ;D

Summer bookworm list next (maybe).  Since I don't have a PSP, yet, I gotta have something to do while I'm on "sMARTA".



l8rs.

I really should get out... less...

It's been a month?  Wow.  Guess I've been having too much fun with my tax return.  :)  I went a little overboard with my purchases.  Let's see.  I went clothes shopping with my cousins on one of their birthdays... and actually had fun.  I've increased my game stock... again.  Hmmmm, what else?  Been too lazy to go to the grocery store, so I've been eating out.  ...and at this current moment in time, I have a giggling 5 year-old leaning over my laptop that is extremely fascinated with the blue touchpoint mouse.  ;)

OK, all that's over.  Everything's been a little nutters (my new fav word - from the Harry Potter series).  Work has just been absolutely swamped.  I'm now in charge of all internal network and security auditing and scanning.  I've always wanted to do network security.  Now?  Not so much.  It's depressing.  All you do is spend all day finding out what's wrong with your environment, then you have to tell everyone else how to fix it.  I definately won't be considering this as a future full time option anymore.  Needless to say, I've just managed to start catching up on the last 3 weeks worth of work today.  I'm hoping to be pretty close by Friday.

Either way, I'm taking vacation during Spring Break.  1. It begins St. Pattie's Day.  2. I'm in dire need for some warm weather.  3. My sanity is becoming very brittle.  Funny thing is, my boss actually noticed it this time around.

So, what is happening in the gaming world?  I know they say, "third time's a charm", but I gave up on the Halo Beta.  Didn't feel like buying a game I didn't know much about.  Instead, I'm back on my Final Fantasy kick.  I started playing Dirge of Cerebus.  Neat little storyline.  Always wanted to know more about Vincent's past.  FF XII is progressing nicely.  Slowly, but nicely.  I finished up Lost Planet.  I so totally got my dad hooked on Gears of War.  That was hilarious.  He's now calling me, "What was the name of that game, again?"  "When's the next time you're coming down?  Can you bring the 360 with you?"  :D  LOL!  Oh, and I've upgraded to HD, finally.  Let me tell you... it makes a WHOLE world of difference.

My train of thought has now jumped tracks as I'm trying to watch Jericho (not like I need another new show to watch).  Well, I now have DVR, too, so I've become one of those ppl.  ;)  At least I get to watch my Adult Swim, again.  Oh, one last thought.  Target movies and dvds for the spring and summer:

• Casino Royale (now)
• Bridge to Terabithia (now)
• 300 (now)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (3/23)
• Meet the Robinsons (3/30)
• .hack//ROOTS (4/3)
• Spiderman 3 (5/4)
• Pirates of the Carribean 3 (5/25)
• Paprika (5/25)
• Knocked Up (6/1)
• Ocean's 13 (6/8)
• Fantastic Four 2 (6/15)
• Nancy Drew (6/15)
• DOA: Dead or Alive (6/22)
• Transformers (7/4)
• Harry Potter 5 (7/13)
• The Simpsons Movie (7/27)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (8/3)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (9/21)
• The Eye (10/12)

I'll do a gamer's wish list next post.



l8rs.

Vista-rific? (part 2)

So, yeah... I followed through with the re-install.  But I waited till about 3:30p before I started.  3 hours later (not paying attention, mind you), I'm still at work.  I finally left, and, over-all, I'm not all that dissapointed... so far.  Of course, I haven't really started doing any of my typical administrative tasks.  ;)  There is one thing I didn't think about until I got home: how am I going to use GnuCash to balance my checkbook?  Dumbass.  Now I've got to bring my old laptop online so I can do this.  Problem is, I left all the data backed up on a server at work.  Yeah, I really shouldn't go out during the week.  I'm killing way too many needed brain cells.  :)

Awite, I'm gonna piddle around with this a little more (get the basic apps installed), then I'm off to play Final Fantasy XII for the rest of the night.



l8rs.

Vista-rific!

It's funny.  I've actually been running the same OS on my laptop for going on 4 months, now, without a re-install.  Hang on... lemme thing about that.... Yeah, that's about right.  This is a rather uncommon occurance for me, and I'm not quite sure how to handle that thought.  Ever since the realease of Vista 2 weeks ago, I've considered, time and again, making it my main OS.  I'm finding myself going back to my VMware'd Windows XP to do more things.  Since I'm running Fedora, I can't exactly test compilations and applications for the systems at work (they run Red Hat Enterprise).  Using Linux out of stubborness is becoming less and less worth it.  I just refuse to dual boot; that's a pain in the ass.  Besides, I miss my power management.  And I won't have to boot a special kernel every time I want to use the wireless card.

Yes.  I think today is the day I head down the path towards assimilation; at least, until Red Hat Enterprise 5 is released at the end of the month.  ;)  Besides, my concentration today is scattered, at best.  That's what I get for going out to Cowboys last night.... and they had Bud Light half off.  Ouch.



l8rs.

Don't feel like doing squat.

You ever have one of those days where you just don't feel productive at all?  Yeah.  Today is that day for me.  I came into work (an hour late, as usual), answered a few requests, then just started surfing the web.  I totally forgot to check my email until a co-worker walked in my office asking about something they'd emailed me on Friday.  Whoops.  Good thing there was nothing important in my Inbox.  :)

I've been peeved with Bungie all frikin' day.  Remember how I was trying to get in on the Halo 3 beta?  Yeah, today is the sign-up day.  They've been pussyfooting around in getting the registration link up.  I've been having to keep checking the site all day.  I've been doing it since midnight last night.  I've signed up; now, hopefully, I made the 13,333 list (missed a 2 hour window in checking).  I had to cut my online play back unexpectedly due to an unscheduled trip back home this weekend.  The fat dog has an ugly scab on her head that hasn't healed, yet.  I'm a little worried, so I left her with my parents for the week to take to the vet (I have such awesome parents).  She normally only goes to the vet for a checkup about once every year and a half, so I never bothered finding one here.   Hopefully the "grandparents" won't spoil her too much.  If I'm lucky, she'll only gain about 10 lbs while she's there.  ;)  Anyway, I think I got my 3hrs worth of online play in, but I'm not totally sure.

(2 hrs later)
Well... looks like I actually ended up finding something to keep me busy after all.  Time to go home.  ;)



l8rs.