1. I am forcing myself to make this blog post for 2 reasons. One, I haven't made a meaningful blog post in, like, forever. Not that it matters, really. It's not like I've got a quota to fill. Any meaningful event filters through GP in one fashion or another to you guys. But still. And two, I am procrastinating at work big time. I mean big time. If I could find a plausible reason, I'd go home. Seriously, I have nothing to do and I don't really want to be here anyways.
2. The girlfriend and I are taking a trip this weekend. We're going to visit her folks in St. Louis, where we have tickets to see the Young Frankenstein musical (we're apparently theatre-going folk, having just seen Avenue Q, which was freaking hilarious). It is our first overnight trip together. We've been dating 11 months. When it comes to relationship progression, I am slower than molasses on the moon. I blame not having a relationship until I was 30.
3. I've been thinking off and on about getting another cat. My girlfriend and my mother have been nudging me in that direction, but what do they know. How would that work? My cat is the cutest cat that has ever or will ever be, how could I add a second one? My love cannot be split.
4. My girlfriend took care of someones puppy this weekend (a common occurrence since she's a vet, pretty much everyone she knows has multiple pets). I am not a dog person, I really don't like them, but this puppy was pretty darn cute and a good amount of fun. But I'm thinking puppies are like children. Better rented than owned.
5. This weekend the girlfriend and I watched some movies streamed from Netflix over the Wii. Overall I'd call it a success. Occasionally there were pauses as the download had run out, and the screen resolution was pretty crappy on my 46" TV, but other than that it went well.
6. Today actually started out pretty damn well. I fixed a problem with my computer myself, which is a major victory. One of my drives wasn't getting recognized. I went in myself and found a cable that got knocked loose when the computer repair guy was installing my new graphics card. I thought I was going to have to take my computer into the shop, but now it's all good. Then I got an awesome parking spot. Sadly the good vibes didn't extend into the work day, but hey, the day started well.
7. I made a deal with myself. I am not allowed to buy a PS3 until I finish all the games in my backlog. Which is not to say that I will buy a PS3 when they are finished, but simply I am not allowed to until said condition is met. I've got to finish Okami on the Wii, finish Portal, finish Fallout 3 and it's associated DLC and then play Syberia and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 2. Not included in these conditions are Dragon Age expansion cause I'm not sure I'm going to buy it, and the game of Fallout 2 that I got halfway through but got stuck. I love Fallout, but I'm not sure I'll ever finish that game, I don't think all the mechanics got properly transferred to the GOG version I got. That or I just suck. Probably the latter. Why a PS3 instead of an Xbox360 you ask? Well, in actuality I imagine I'll get all of them eventually, but I've got my eye on the PS3 for a couple games. One being Heavy Rain, exclusive to that platform. I wants it. Plus there's Bayonetta.
8. I've also got my eye on recently publicized Red Dead Redemption. A cowboy game? Yes plz, that genre is poorly explored. It's made by Rockstar which has me nervous, but we'll see. Plus in multiplayer you don't join a group, you join a "posse". Awesome, yeah? Of course you'd have to play multiplayer, which I sincerely doubt I'd ever do, but still, cowboy game. Which leads me to believe there should be a cowboy MMO out there. Seriously guys, think about that. A persistent western world. I would open a saloon or a whorehouse. Or maybe I'd be a roving gambler. Or a pistol-carrying preacher. The idea is rife with possibilities.
9. I may be the only honest man left in the world. My tax preparer fucked up my state taxes. Long story short, the state of Indiana gave me $2000 more dollars than they should have. In fact, they gave me a larger refund than I paid in taxes. And no one would believe me that something was wrong. The tax preparer couldn't figure out what he did wrong (the fucking moron, not using that guy again), and it took me a while on the phone with the Indiana Department of Revenue before they even figured out there was a problem, let along fixing it. I had to go through hell and high water to give back this money. Eventually it all got straightened out (the state said they wouldn't charge me a late fee amounting to $200 cause I was so honest, yo'reu damn right you won't, I ain't paying for other peoples mistakes). Seriously, the universe was shoving this money down my throat. But I wouldn't have it. Why? Simple reason, paranoia. If I had kept the money, every day I woke up I would've wondered if this was the day that the IDR goons knocked down my door and took me away in handcuffs. Plus I'm certain with that on the record I could never get elected to public office. I mean, I can't anyways due to other activities I'm sure (remember guys, I die, you are wiping my hard drive), but why make the pile any deeper. So how much is your peace of mind worth? Apparently mine is $2000.
10. I am going to cook tonight! That's right, not another hummus and bean dip dinner for tonight, there we be actual culinary processes at work in my kitchen. It's a big day.
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5 comments:
1. Post more!
2. Bastidge. I wanted to see Avenue Q but wifezilla was slackass and never ordered the tickets, then feigned ignorance of my repeated pleas. Le sad. Young Frankenstein musical? What is this wonderfulness?
3. My cat was awesome until we got another. Then she got mean as hell. Which, actually now that I think of it, is pretty awesome. Because despite being 6 pounds, she bullies the shit out of the dogs, one of whom is 40 pounds. Out of spite. The bullying, not the weight. Maybe the weight, too. I'm not sure.
4. I was going to say dogs are awesome, but mine just farted. Again. Help.
5. The streaming has been great on mine. Same for the picture quality, but I don't have a good eye for it. It all looks the same to me unless I can compare side by side.
6. You so totally rock, Squirt! Damn kids. They've got me doing it now.
7. Great idea. I did that about 5 years ago. Worked out great. Got a few games I'd been meaning to play forEVER knocked out. Seriously. I didn't finish Dragon Warrior until about 2005. Yes, 1. Even if you don't reward yourself with the purchase, you'll have a blast. Post the list and scratch them off as you complete them so we can cheer. Okay, so I can cheer.
8. Fucksocks. I might actually leave WoW for that game if they made it.
9. Been there. My theory is that the honesty confuses the shit out of them. They vaporlock because nothing in their experience has trained them to deal with it. Blunt honesty and politeness seems to be their kryptonite.
10. Om nom nom, hummus. There's a Mediterranean buffet near my new office that has awesome hummus. It's going to be the end of me. What bit of deliciosity are you supplanting the pasty goodness with?
I attempted to make a Breakfast Casserole, which basically eggs, hash browns, sausage and cheese all mixed together in a lovely, yummy, nommy baked mess.
It was a pretty dubious failure. I'll give it one more shot with a couple tweaks, then I'll ask my girlfriend for help. She's a great cook, and has already fixed one casserole I've been tinkering with for years.
There's a reason I eat hummus for dinner. I'm a terrible cook.
And I'm telling you, a cowboy MMO is sheer brilliance. I was thinking about it last night. Someone needs to make one.
I am both a dog and a cat person. Though only female cats. I'm allergic to the males. Weird.
I prefer to stream Netflix over X-Box Live. Hi def FTW and no disc required.
Speaking of, Bayonetta is on both and Heavy Rain is only the second PS3 exclusive I've wanted to play since the thing came out. I'll get Alan Wake instead while I wait for the announced sequels of Force Unleashed, Dragon Age and Arkham Asylum and Fallout: New Vegas.
If there were a cowboy MMO me and Noq would spend all our free time in it reenacting whole episodes of Deadwood.
If the government gave me extra money I'd stop at nothing to give it back assuming that if I didn't it would come back and bite me in the ass in a life ruining way some time in the future.
Evidently I'm the only person I'm friends with that isn't honest to a fault. Go figure. I've talked about that with friend Kr4ster before. Still not sure what's wrong with you people. :)
You should totally cook more. I find it to be a very meditative experience. Plus, food is the final product, which is good.
Love me some dogs. Love dogs more than people. Which, granted, isn't really saying much.
Hey, if you're going to do something, do it to a fault.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go molest myself to a fault.
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