Thanksgiving was good, blah blah blah. I picked up Katamari Damacy, one of the coolest games I’ve ever played for about 30 minutes. After that it’s something you look back at fondly but don’t really want to do again. I started playing GT3 again – did you know that turbocharging a Miata makes it faster? Apparently I couldn’t have figured this out 6 months ago.
Anyway, I was in Gamespot again today because I was kind of looking at Xboxes. I ended up picking up Half-Life for the PS2, and then I found out that it’s buy 2 get one free on used games. So then I got Max Payne 2 (I finally finished the first one) and also SSX 3.
That’s it.
It’s true! I needed new jeans, so I bought some. From AE and from that Hollister place. Those who’ve been in a Hollister know that it’s fairly dark and the music is loud (not a bad thing, just a fact). In the midst of being there yesterday, though, the music went off suddenly. It was a bit bizarre – I’ll choose loud music over awkward silence any day.
I bought a trainer for my bike. It’s hard. Hopefully it will keep me in better shape now that I have away to exercise that’s convenient and not freezing during winter.
Did I buy anything else? I can’t really remember and it doesn’t really matter. I know I saw this game on G4 yesterday and now I need it badly. OK, pretty much.
Oh, save the whales. Although it doesn’t help that this is streamed – my viewing experience consisted of feet – feet – Toyota Supra – boring.
Friday night. Saw the new Mustang. It is definitely one of the best-looking cars this year. First impressions? Bad-ass. Super-wide. Bargain – well, it is if you don’t get a loaded one. I priced one out online last night (GT Manual) with a final result of about $26,000. That’s pretty impressive. Other cars I didn’t know I would really like this year:
- Chrysler 300C / Dodge Magnum
- Nissan Titan
- Subaru Legacy
- Scion tC
Anyway, got bored with my iPod (though they’re not that exciting to begin with) so now it’s German. I know nothing else.
I am still livid. We’ll start with that. I worry about what’s going to happen in the next four years. I don’t want to think about it but I can’t help worrying about it. At the same time, I can’t help being utterly appalled by the number of voters who call themselves moral and proceed to take away the rights of women (abortion) and of minorities (gays). I just don’t get it, I guess. I don’t understand how someone can claim they’re moral and belong to a religion that pushes for tolerance, but then NOT be tolerant. I don’t understand how a religion can claim to be tolerant but only to certain people. I don’t understand why two people of similar gender wanting to be together is such an issue. It’s apparently fine to start a war that has nothing to do with Osama bin Laden and kill thousands of people, both Americans and Iraqis, but you know, gay marriage, that’s the threat. That’s gotta come to a stop because only then will we truly be safe.
I watched part of the Daily Show last night – it was from last Wednesday. There was a report about voters, and a message similar to the following:
Red States,
You were able to find the real issues in this election. These acts of terrorism, the ones that occurred far, far away from you, you were able to see that Bush would be the one to save us from more of those.
But in addition to the terrorism facing our country, you were able to pinpoint the other problem: “homo-ism”. Because two men making out is just plain wrong. See, we here in the blue states, well, we’ve experienced this kind of thing firsthand. But what we really needed was a group like yourself, far removed from these acts of violence and homosexuality, to really tell us what we needed.
What I’m trying to say, Red States, is thanks. Thanks…for saving us from ourselves.
Tongue in cheek, I suppose, but any kind of commentary as of late has to be.
Let’s talk about some other sites that have piqued my interest lately:
Sorry, everybody. Also, FTS.
Let me start by congratulating you on you recent marriage with AT&T Wireless! Believe me when I say that I’d jump at the chance to take advantage of your services. Right now I’m stuck between backwater local services or Sprint. Not to say that Sprint is horrible, but they’ve never been my first choice.
Unfortunately, mine seems to be one of the only areas in the United States where your service is not available. How about being a pal and changing that, so no more will I have to watch your rollover commercials longingly. And hey, how abouts hooking me up with one of those Nokia 6620s. We could call it square then, and I can forget those hundreds of commercials you’ve shown me, effectively wasting hours of my life and using up quality TV-viewing time.
Thanks, Andy Laub
PS: T-Mobile, don’t feel bad. You’d be OK too, but leave Catherine Zeta-Jones and bring me a 6600 instead. That’s almost the same thing. I guess we could work something out with a Moto V600 or a Samsung too.
A long while ago, like August, I endeavored to make a list of all the video games I own. I was successful in completing the list and kind of keeping it up to date, but I wanted to also add descriptions of the games and never really got past the B’s. So instead, I logged on to GameSpot and lo and behold, they let you keep track not only of all the games you have, but of those that you want to have and those you’re currently playing. Pretty neat and worth a look if you dig that sort of thing.
For the next week I picture myself in the mourning with the logical half of the nation, and I plan not to mention the unfortunate incident of the 2004 Presidential Election.
So instead I’ll fill this page with more meaningless if not entertaining stuff.
Part one : go here. Click on that nice lil’ T-MAC TV button by Mr. McGrady’s feet and bask in the glory that is the new adidas T-MAC 4 commercial. One of the coolest, if not the coolest, commercials this year.
The OC is back too. Yee-hah.
I voted today. I hope it makes some sort of difference. That’s all I’m saying about that.
More things:
New iPods – eh, I guess they’re alright. I don’t really have a use for putting pictures on an iPod – I mean, it might come in handy if we see connectivity to camera phones or something, but that would require a much higher resolution picture to even make the iPod a worthwhile storage option. I am kind of sad that the 60 gig HD is exclusive to the iPod Photo, but then again I’m not buying another one any time soon so it doesn’t really matter. The U2 iPod is a neat admittedly gimmicky thing, but I wouldn’t consider any iPod that doesn’t include a dock, especially since for $10 more than adding a dock for your U2 iPod (which I don’t even suppose would match?) you can double your storage and get a dock anyway.
Grand Theft Auto – still fun.
I don’t overly know what else is going on. I am counting down the months (kind of) until my cell contract expires (I’ve got awhile – it’s July) and I can finally get a new one. I don’t know that I’ll stick with what I have now. Sprint is a viable option, but we’ll see what kind of phones are available when the time comes. I have always been a fan of Nokias although Motorola almost kind of has me liking them with the V600. Unfortunately, poor Mac support is enough to drive me away.
Cingular is merging (merged?) with ATT Wireless. Good for them. We’d be all set if they’d just come to Wausau (or buy Cell One)
Here’s a thought, Apple. You now have an iPod store. Don’t fill up the top space of the regular store with the iPod crap. I swear to God, if you change from a computer company that makes music players to a music player company that also makes computers I will drop you like a hand grenade.
Or will all that is good and logical prevail and lead to a new president. All I can really say is, like many other Americans, I am more than a little worried about the outcome of tomorrow’s election. Let’s hope for the best, I guess.
Anyway, speaking of the best, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is. There is more to this game than I ever could have imagined, and the things you can do are absolutely amazing. I can honestly say it was justified for me to take half of last week off just to play it, because there’s that much, and trying to play it only after work would have taken weeks. Rockstar has once again put out a fantastic product that bests the previous version and its competitors in every way.
My five favorite features:
- skydiving
- car customization
- clothing
- the jetpack
- Toreno’s missions
And least favorite:
- gang territories
- eating
- Zero’s missions
- girlfriends
- flight school
OK – that’s it.