Nothing too special today. Had a long day at work. 1-close. Didn't do much there, as usual. Well, I did what my job is. Only today it felt like I was teaching entire lessons about computers and televisions to people. It's actually pretty amazing how much people do not know about these things. It's even more amazing when people are adamant about something being true, when it is completely false. I didn't even want to bring up, to this one man, how Monster cables were ridiculously overpriced - and for no good reason. He just knew that he was right already. He knew that Monster cables are the best ones because they have "speed ratings". Yeah, okay. Doesn't an HDMI cable have to be a certain speed to even be called an HDMI cable? Isn't the "speed" processed within the units you are connecting? Don't tell this man that.
Or don't tell this other lady, looking at laptops, that 2 gigs of ram for a laptop that she will only be using for school and internet is more than enough. But she just had to have at least 4 gigs. I didn't stick around for long. She gave me the "wife of Tom Peters" vibe. You know, that terrifying woman on Tom Goes to the Mayor. Oh well...
We're closing in on a new season of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and I'm excited. I can't wait to experience some new underlying quirks, meanings, and subtleties. Boing Boing once called them 'Connoisseurs of Fine Funny'. I like that, and I think its fitting.
We had spaghetti (with meat!) tonight. Staci was worried that she burnt the meat, but it turned out delicious.
We made a new friend who lives in CA on Animal Crossing tonight. I'm going to get his friend code tomorrow.
Oh man, I'm excited. I purchased a 'lot' of M:TG cards tonight on ebay. I bought a Lot containing 500 cards, no fillers (lands), rares and uncommons included, and no more than 4 repeaters (if any, it says). Sounds like a pretty good deal. You can only have 4 of any certain kind of card in your deck anyway. And I also bought a Lot of 200 basic land cards, so that I can actually build decks when I get them. These were all extremely inexpensive. Considering theme decks and stuff only have 40-60 cards and cost 10 bucks. And I spent 15 for 500 cards. I can't tell you how nerdily excited I am. Just to touch them. Smell them. Remember them. I hope I get a lot of my old favorites, but I don't really know if I will or not. I'm going to be such a n00b player for so long. I just love to play. I'm hoping to have a decent collection together and maybe understand a few things better before we go to Akon this year. I want to see if I can join in on some of that. Maybe even enter a tournament and get slammed.
I can't wait.
Things are looking up. Or more like... things are starting to look very fun.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
2 Days Off and Some Anime
Well my laptop cord went out last night to where I couldn't write a blog (unless I used the other computer, which I really didn't feel like doing).
But yesterday was pretty fun. I watched Skip Beat, Akikan, and Choas; Head. I've been a bit in the mood to watch a few animes recently.
Skip Beat is about an aspiring actress with strange motivations. I've actually really been enjoying this one. It tends to be very funny and at times have some very touching moments.
Akikan is, and this is scary, about a girl who is a soda can... and materializes into a girl when it's juice is drunk. After the first episode, I actually feel like watching a few more just to see where they go with this story. So far it seems to be taking the traditional anime route. The main character now wants the girl to go to school. And the antics ensue. Let's see how cliche it can be... before we dismiss it. It is pretty funny, after all.
Choas; Head is a psychological anime about delusions and their interactions with reality. I've watched quite of few of these so far, and it has had its moments. But I think I haven't made up my mind about the series as a whole yet. Well, I guess I can't do that seeing as how it isn't over yet. Sometimes it is very good. The first few episodes were everybody's favorite, it seems, since it involved just him and his very anti-social, hyper awkward behavior. Very interesting for a main character. Though the fact that he is the main character hasn't changed, it seems like the whole focus of the anime has changed a bit. I don't know. I just have problems with villians like to explain their whole plan and idea. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to keep your enemies in the dark? Plus you get the joy of figuring out the plans along with the main characters. Eh, who knows. I think it is still going to be good series. I might post more thoughts on it later.
So last night Steve and I went to Wal-Mart to try to find a new adapter for my laptop. A puppy chewed it a long time ago and I've been fitting and tying it off with electric tape since. I had noticed that Sam's Club had a univeral adapter for 30 bucks. If I'd have known it was such a steal I probably would have dropped the ball and bought it. Because the one we found at Wal-Mart was around $100 after tax. Yeah, I resolved that I would never pay that much for an adapter. So today, this morning, I cut up the cable, connected and spliced the correct wires (it took about an hour to get it correctly), and taped it off again.. and it worked. I don't think I can use it on my little modulating surge protector however. For some reason.
Meh, so the rest of today has just been watching some more anime, watched a bit of tv with Grace. Oh and Staci has been really into playing online with Animal Crossing. That's been fun stuff. Met some people online that were from Europe yesterday. Why is everyone's accent so much cooler than ours? Our hick accent. But yeah, Staci's been all over animalcrossingcommunity.com. It's a really cool site.
I just ate a meatball sub. Yay, five dollar footlongs.
I'm ready for a big tax return.
But yesterday was pretty fun. I watched Skip Beat, Akikan, and Choas; Head. I've been a bit in the mood to watch a few animes recently.
Skip Beat is about an aspiring actress with strange motivations. I've actually really been enjoying this one. It tends to be very funny and at times have some very touching moments.
Akikan is, and this is scary, about a girl who is a soda can... and materializes into a girl when it's juice is drunk. After the first episode, I actually feel like watching a few more just to see where they go with this story. So far it seems to be taking the traditional anime route. The main character now wants the girl to go to school. And the antics ensue. Let's see how cliche it can be... before we dismiss it. It is pretty funny, after all.
Choas; Head is a psychological anime about delusions and their interactions with reality. I've watched quite of few of these so far, and it has had its moments. But I think I haven't made up my mind about the series as a whole yet. Well, I guess I can't do that seeing as how it isn't over yet. Sometimes it is very good. The first few episodes were everybody's favorite, it seems, since it involved just him and his very anti-social, hyper awkward behavior. Very interesting for a main character. Though the fact that he is the main character hasn't changed, it seems like the whole focus of the anime has changed a bit. I don't know. I just have problems with villians like to explain their whole plan and idea. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to keep your enemies in the dark? Plus you get the joy of figuring out the plans along with the main characters. Eh, who knows. I think it is still going to be good series. I might post more thoughts on it later.
So last night Steve and I went to Wal-Mart to try to find a new adapter for my laptop. A puppy chewed it a long time ago and I've been fitting and tying it off with electric tape since. I had noticed that Sam's Club had a univeral adapter for 30 bucks. If I'd have known it was such a steal I probably would have dropped the ball and bought it. Because the one we found at Wal-Mart was around $100 after tax. Yeah, I resolved that I would never pay that much for an adapter. So today, this morning, I cut up the cable, connected and spliced the correct wires (it took about an hour to get it correctly), and taped it off again.. and it worked. I don't think I can use it on my little modulating surge protector however. For some reason.
Meh, so the rest of today has just been watching some more anime, watched a bit of tv with Grace. Oh and Staci has been really into playing online with Animal Crossing. That's been fun stuff. Met some people online that were from Europe yesterday. Why is everyone's accent so much cooler than ours? Our hick accent. But yeah, Staci's been all over animalcrossingcommunity.com. It's a really cool site.
I just ate a meatball sub. Yay, five dollar footlongs.
I'm ready for a big tax return.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Years and Benjamin Button
Well, we actually had a fairly good turnout for our New Year's party. A little over 20 people showed up. There is a pretty good picture that I want to post that shows almost all of them. Even Cody came down for the party, which was pretty cool. Things seem like they've been getting easier for everyone lately. I'm not sure what I mean by that except exactly how it sounds. People have been seeming less uptight. I hope that doesn't change.
New Year's Day was spent eating at Cracker Barrel (something I haven't done since the last day I ever saw Samantha. I didn't really bother mentioning this to anyone, however) and watching the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The most interesting thing about the Benjamin movie is how the book was completely ignored except for the 'getting younger as you get older' theme. This is perfectly okay, seeing as, after reading it for myself, the book seems to be almost a joke. It was 69 pages long in ebook form, which is probably about half that in real book form. Nothing else was really the same. Comparisons definitely do not need to apply.
I wish I could pay better attention to lots of things. I don't really know how best to explain what I mean. For example, there was a time in my life where making a new friend such as Sam Parker would be at the top of my list of 'one of the most awesome things that happened to me this year'. But within the last few years, I've tended to focus on different things. I still think it is awesome that I've made quite a few new friends and basically a new 'gang' since moving into this house, but I don't tend to notice them quite as much anymore. I just feel so 'busy' even when I'm not. As if I don't have time for the little things anymore. As if I'm going to be in trouble by someone if I take too much time for myself. Is that really all in just marriage? Hard to say, actually. I don't know if that's the way I feel, but I have told Staci on more than one occasion that I was beginning to feel that marriage is mostly a bad institution. This changes nothing about how I feel about Staci, of course, but marriage is just one of those things that I feel needs to be reworked somehow. After a while, it needs to mean more than just financial stability. Somebody somewhere needs to come to an understanding.
I'm still unsure about whether or not to go ahead and get in on some classes this semester. I'm not sure if we'll get help financially. I mean, I'm pretty sure if we ask we can get help from Staci's grandparents, but we hate to do that. They said they would, but we still abhor the idea. And I'm still unsure about the possibility of a pell grant. I hope it's not too late in the game. I still have a chance to register, but do I still want to?
We may get to see Tim and Eric Awesome Tour Live this month. We're looking into it. It would require us going to Kansas City, but that would be fine to see such a thing. Speaking of which, I believe their new season starts this month.
ATM I love MegaMan 9, Smash Bros. Brawl, Beck, Interpol, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Animal Crossing: City Folk. Yep, never a shortage of things to fill of your entertainment around here.
Oh yeah and The Mountain Goats "Satanic Messiah" is one of the best things ever. Go check the website. I'm pretty sure its satanicmessiah.com. I'm pretty sure I was amazed at that domain aquisition.
New Year's Day was spent eating at Cracker Barrel (something I haven't done since the last day I ever saw Samantha. I didn't really bother mentioning this to anyone, however) and watching the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The most interesting thing about the Benjamin movie is how the book was completely ignored except for the 'getting younger as you get older' theme. This is perfectly okay, seeing as, after reading it for myself, the book seems to be almost a joke. It was 69 pages long in ebook form, which is probably about half that in real book form. Nothing else was really the same. Comparisons definitely do not need to apply.
I wish I could pay better attention to lots of things. I don't really know how best to explain what I mean. For example, there was a time in my life where making a new friend such as Sam Parker would be at the top of my list of 'one of the most awesome things that happened to me this year'. But within the last few years, I've tended to focus on different things. I still think it is awesome that I've made quite a few new friends and basically a new 'gang' since moving into this house, but I don't tend to notice them quite as much anymore. I just feel so 'busy' even when I'm not. As if I don't have time for the little things anymore. As if I'm going to be in trouble by someone if I take too much time for myself. Is that really all in just marriage? Hard to say, actually. I don't know if that's the way I feel, but I have told Staci on more than one occasion that I was beginning to feel that marriage is mostly a bad institution. This changes nothing about how I feel about Staci, of course, but marriage is just one of those things that I feel needs to be reworked somehow. After a while, it needs to mean more than just financial stability. Somebody somewhere needs to come to an understanding.
I'm still unsure about whether or not to go ahead and get in on some classes this semester. I'm not sure if we'll get help financially. I mean, I'm pretty sure if we ask we can get help from Staci's grandparents, but we hate to do that. They said they would, but we still abhor the idea. And I'm still unsure about the possibility of a pell grant. I hope it's not too late in the game. I still have a chance to register, but do I still want to?
We may get to see Tim and Eric Awesome Tour Live this month. We're looking into it. It would require us going to Kansas City, but that would be fine to see such a thing. Speaking of which, I believe their new season starts this month.
ATM I love MegaMan 9, Smash Bros. Brawl, Beck, Interpol, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Animal Crossing: City Folk. Yep, never a shortage of things to fill of your entertainment around here.
Oh yeah and The Mountain Goats "Satanic Messiah" is one of the best things ever. Go check the website. I'm pretty sure its satanicmessiah.com. I'm pretty sure I was amazed at that domain aquisition.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Animal Crossing: City Folk - My Opinion
I became a millionaire on Animal Crossing today. It's pretty nice having a fully squatted town that everyone actually plays on every day. In fact, I haven't seen it this way since 2002, when I first played the original. It's really fun to get a lot of inside jokes and nuances going between the players and the animals.
I actually think that all the reviews I read were somewhat unfair until I really think about it. And I guess that's a good thing, because all the reviewers should really be thinking about it. The problem I have with the reviews that I have read, however, has been that they look at it more from a "how much effort has Nintendo put into this" standpoint - as opposed to the final product. What we have now is the ultimate version of a very fun series. It is just an update, really, to the DS release, but it is the best version because of that. It has a lot of new items, including new complete sets of furniture. It has WiiConnect24 going for it, so sending letters to friends in other towns is awesome.
Oh well, I'm not trying to make a feature list or write a review here. Just state an opinion. Animal Crossing remains a fun concept, and a fun game. I'm glad we're all playing it. I will always buy the next "update".
I actually think that all the reviews I read were somewhat unfair until I really think about it. And I guess that's a good thing, because all the reviewers should really be thinking about it. The problem I have with the reviews that I have read, however, has been that they look at it more from a "how much effort has Nintendo put into this" standpoint - as opposed to the final product. What we have now is the ultimate version of a very fun series. It is just an update, really, to the DS release, but it is the best version because of that. It has a lot of new items, including new complete sets of furniture. It has WiiConnect24 going for it, so sending letters to friends in other towns is awesome.
Oh well, I'm not trying to make a feature list or write a review here. Just state an opinion. Animal Crossing remains a fun concept, and a fun game. I'm glad we're all playing it. I will always buy the next "update".
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