Monday, November 20, 2006
And what a weekend!
Saturday: Went to see Happy Feet. If you've seen a trailer, you know what to expect: lots and lots of cute dancing penguins. YAY! ...except...the last 45 minutes of the movie veer to the left and turn the whole thing into a big fat anti-fishing eco-message, and not a subtle one, either. Thus, I am retaliating by eating as much fish as I can this week. Thanksgiving dinner should be mahi-mahi ;)
Sunday: Got up, went to Target... yea, no Wii for Mii yet. Did pick up 3 games and a spare wiimote, which I've been merrily pointing at things. Zelda:Twilight Princess is a lot more fun if you have a Wii between the game and the controller; I have scientific proof!
Daunted in my Wiisearch and wanting to avenge the preaching of yesterday, we saw Casino Royale today. No messages here, folks, except "Don't trust anyone" and "Daniel Craig's chest is HOT." We've been Bondless for far too long(Die Another Day sucked), and CR's a good return to form. Too much poker for me, though...oh well.
And Beyond: Work for three days, followed by turkey and family. Wii-hunt is ongoing. Later!
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Saturday: Went to see Happy Feet. If you've seen a trailer, you know what to expect: lots and lots of cute dancing penguins. YAY! ...except...the last 45 minutes of the movie veer to the left and turn the whole thing into a big fat anti-fishing eco-message, and not a subtle one, either. Thus, I am retaliating by eating as much fish as I can this week. Thanksgiving dinner should be mahi-mahi ;)
Sunday: Got up, went to Target... yea, no Wii for Mii yet. Did pick up 3 games and a spare wiimote, which I've been merrily pointing at things. Zelda:Twilight Princess is a lot more fun if you have a Wii between the game and the controller; I have scientific proof!
Daunted in my Wiisearch and wanting to avenge the preaching of yesterday, we saw Casino Royale today. No messages here, folks, except "Don't trust anyone" and "Daniel Craig's chest is HOT." We've been Bondless for far too long(Die Another Day sucked), and CR's a good return to form. Too much poker for me, though...oh well.
And Beyond: Work for three days, followed by turkey and family. Wii-hunt is ongoing. Later!
Friday, November 17, 2006
WAHOO!
What a day. So work is normal, nothing special to report there. I'm driving home(if you can call that much traffic "driving"), windows down, BELLOWING Corey music and feelin' just plain great when I get a phone call.
Her: "Hi, Andrew Bar?"
Me: "Close enough, this is Andrew Bare. Who is this?"
Her: "This is Stephanie from the San Luis Obispo Circuit City... You won our opening day raffle for an XBox 360!"
...you can imagine the rest from there. MEGACOOL! Bryan entered my name in the raffle last night, and it got picked. He picked up the 360 and the two games it came with tonight... I(and he) are still amazed... we DON'T WIN these things. Typically, I'd manage third place in a one-on-one contest...so this is flat-out wonderful. It's in SLO for now, so I'll meet the newest member of our family in January. In the gaming short term, gonna shoot for a Wii on Sunday, wish me luck! Thinkin' some Zelda action and a healthy dose of Monkey Ball to round it out. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE ME! =) =) =)
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What a day. So work is normal, nothing special to report there. I'm driving home(if you can call that much traffic "driving"), windows down, BELLOWING Corey music and feelin' just plain great when I get a phone call.
Her: "Hi, Andrew Bar?"
Me: "Close enough, this is Andrew Bare. Who is this?"
Her: "This is Stephanie from the San Luis Obispo Circuit City... You won our opening day raffle for an XBox 360!"
...you can imagine the rest from there. MEGACOOL! Bryan entered my name in the raffle last night, and it got picked. He picked up the 360 and the two games it came with tonight... I(and he) are still amazed... we DON'T WIN these things. Typically, I'd manage third place in a one-on-one contest...so this is flat-out wonderful. It's in SLO for now, so I'll meet the newest member of our family in January. In the gaming short term, gonna shoot for a Wii on Sunday, wish me luck! Thinkin' some Zelda action and a healthy dose of Monkey Ball to round it out. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE ME! =) =) =)
Thursday, November 16, 2006
...So I've been needing an excuse to get back to blogging, and there it is: http://vlyandra.livejournal.com/55050.html
We'll see if that link's still valid in a billion years when someone finds this blog on googleplex. So back to it!
RULES:Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.
1) I was DEATHLY afraid of roller coasters until I was about 10 years old. Star Tours, too; that robot scared the hell out of me.
2) Although I'm still pretty much neutral from a sexuality point of view, I'm starting to look around again for the first time in 4 years...
3) Foodwise, I've got some HEINOUS guilty pleasures. I've used a spoon to get the salt out of a microwave popcorn bag before. A lot.
4) For all the talk I give about video games, I've only beaten one Zelda(Link to the Past, this summer) and one turn-based RPG(Golden Sun, 4 years ago). I own about 6 of each.
5) A short list of childhood obsessions I've done away with: Astronomy, Postcard collecting, Photography, Conservation, Rock collecting, and Tennis(although that may come back). I'll add more if I think of them.
6) I still haven't been in another country. I've seen Mexico from across the border, but that's it.
7) I got kicked out of my first preschool for biting. Seriously.
8) I have never watched a porno, and still have zero porn on my computer(kama sutra.pdf notwithstanding).
9) When I get depressed(yes, it still happens; yes, it's different from angry; I do try to make it hard to tell), my favorite way of dealing with it is closing the door, putting on music, and singing/screaming till my lungs fall out. =)
10) I think I'm allergic to horseradish sauce. If not allergic, certainly can't stand it. Took me 4 years to forgive Carrow's for that one.
And that's it! Also, time to leave work, so I'll give a quick HELLO again to the blogosphere, and drive off. Oh, and I tag Dark, Des, Joe, Jew(Yahweh knows how I'll get you to see this and post yours), Ashlee, and the first other person to read this(Comment when you do!). WAHOO!
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We'll see if that link's still valid in a billion years when someone finds this blog on googleplex. So back to it!
RULES:Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.
1) I was DEATHLY afraid of roller coasters until I was about 10 years old. Star Tours, too; that robot scared the hell out of me.
2) Although I'm still pretty much neutral from a sexuality point of view, I'm starting to look around again for the first time in 4 years...
3) Foodwise, I've got some HEINOUS guilty pleasures. I've used a spoon to get the salt out of a microwave popcorn bag before. A lot.
4) For all the talk I give about video games, I've only beaten one Zelda(Link to the Past, this summer) and one turn-based RPG(Golden Sun, 4 years ago). I own about 6 of each.
5) A short list of childhood obsessions I've done away with: Astronomy, Postcard collecting, Photography, Conservation, Rock collecting, and Tennis(although that may come back). I'll add more if I think of them.
6) I still haven't been in another country. I've seen Mexico from across the border, but that's it.
7) I got kicked out of my first preschool for biting. Seriously.
8) I have never watched a porno, and still have zero porn on my computer(kama sutra.pdf notwithstanding).
9) When I get depressed(yes, it still happens; yes, it's different from angry; I do try to make it hard to tell), my favorite way of dealing with it is closing the door, putting on music, and singing/screaming till my lungs fall out. =)
10) I think I'm allergic to horseradish sauce. If not allergic, certainly can't stand it. Took me 4 years to forgive Carrow's for that one.
And that's it! Also, time to leave work, so I'll give a quick HELLO again to the blogosphere, and drive off. Oh, and I tag Dark, Des, Joe, Jew(Yahweh knows how I'll get you to see this and post yours), Ashlee, and the first other person to read this(Comment when you do!). WAHOO!
