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So my phone did die finally and I went and picked up a new one. The suck part is my phone was so destroyed I couldn't get any information other than my original number off of it.
So... yeah. Call my phone or text me or message me online so I can get all your numbers back.
:D
So after Mango's LAN I decided I should probably expand my gaming empire past that of World of Warcraft. Two days later I bought FEAR and Quake 4, just installed them last night.
Now I haven't played FEAR yet but I have played Quake 4 and I am very pleased with it. It uses the Doom 3 engine better than I thought could be used and it keeps you on your toes without being stupid. In Doom 3 the point of the game was to scare you it seemed, and not much deeper than that. In Quake 4 you get scared but it fits in perfectly. And to make it all better, it's a sequal to Quake 2 (which is included in the DVD version :O)!
I have yet to tried the Q4 multiplayer, but from the look of singleplayer it will hold very true to Q3's multiplayer, which was the BEST deathmatch experience I've ever had since.... Q2 DM.
The people at id know their shit.
Also Lost Coast was released yesterday and it looks pretty as hell, I mean... really pretty. Like "Slow down my computer" kind of pretty, which was odd to see finally happen :(
So I'm back home from it, had much much fun. Got to play Armagedtron advanced against like 6 other people, played some Serious Sam 2 (not that fun), and... one round of starcraft. Mostly it was hanging out and stuff.
I got to show off my big monitor, which felt awesome. I think of it as a justification of sepending so much money on it, even if it is a silly justification.
And I got to snuggle with DarkRage finally #n..n# That was nice, hehe.
I got a couple (like 3) random pictures I'll put up in one second)
Well on the left is Mango.
The hand is Felkitty.
I forget what was going on but it was probably hot.
Also, Strife snores a little. (1.37mb WMV)
So today I have to go back into work, I feel fine, just a little cough which I'll have forever again :/ I have to train someone else to close... again. I am really tired of training people in how to do things. I could never be a teacher I'm finding out. It's great to meet new fresh faces and to help them out but when I have to retrain them the same things I've trained countless others before it gets annoying on my part.
When I train I can't just do what I normally do and coat through work being a friendly guy. I have to explain and point out every little thing I do, 5 days in a row. Then I get one day I'm not training and shazzam, we have another trainee on the floor. Baaaah. I just want to go a few weeks again without having to hold someone's hand at my table, making it seem like we're a noob company.
Yesterday was my mom's birthday, so we went out to dinner. The waiter we had was awesome, like... I want to be like this guy kind of awesome. He was just really friendly and talkative and whatnot, something I think I really have to try. When i get up to a table I'm friendly, but I'm not too good at the smalltalk, I just get to the point and if you have a conversation to bring I'll keep it going, I just never have one to bring myself. Then again we do work at two different places, I work at a steakhouse where people come with families and are more interested with themselves than me.
Tomrrow is Mango's party/LAN/thingamabob :D
And I did request those days off so I can go and have fun. Hopefully this time my car won't get towed away :D (;..;)
Oh well, can't think of much else.
Oh: Felkitty, you're a brat #o..o#
So I have a cold now.
Ughghghhhhhhhhghawg hh
When I don't respond to an IM I just don't have anything to say. I'm not ignoring you I just don't like to talk on IMs really if I have nothing to say, I don't like making small talk for the sake of talking.
Sorry, I'm just feeling pissy latley; kind of hating myself.
I work 5 days a week and you all seemed to die as well.
sup.
So I don't update nearly as often or change around my designs or anything now it seems. I'm too busy trying to farm and collect more honor in World of Warcraft. I have hit 60 and I'm still pretty shittily dressed up but PvP is still a fucking blast.
I just hit First Sergent with a standing of 31 (woot) and I have bought my epic mount, which has left me very hurting for cash. I could also go and talk for hours about WoW and my character and all the cool fun things but I wont.
Something more relevant to what you'd care about reading however is my move. So after talking to my parents and whatnot I am going to wait until Janurary to move. Mostly to get past the holiday season and to let Bryan hold his job longer than 90 days, just to continue feeling things out.
This really blows because we had a place all lined up, a very nice place at that. But because Bryan had just got his job and both sets of parents were a bit worried about it we decided to push it back... again. This time however I'm going to take an active step in making sure we leave this next date. I am going to put in my notice at work, letting them know December 20th will be my last day here, so after that we will have to really work on getting out of here cause I won't have a job. My DM (District Manager) has been floating around all week at my job so I'm going to talk to him about my transfer again, ask him if I can just call him up before I go, so I have a few weeks to get my move and everything together and packed up.
So yeah, that kind of blows.
But that's how it goes :/
*personal props for my title*
(I'm slowly slowly slowly working on a new design. I don't know what the devs at SixApart were thinking when they designed the templates for the new MT, but they really changed a LOT of shit. Makes me want to go back to my old templates cause I understood how to use those. I'm not even sure how I want it to look right now, I'm just trying to get these things to behave and float around like I want.
Well no, I have SOME idea, I saw this cool website and and I want to do what they did (read: copy) and adapt it to my own style.
You may have noticed I have all but dissapeared from the internet and whatnot. Or I'll be there and not saying anything. I blame this partly on my new monitor. It's so fucking sexy. Playing games in widescreen is cooler than I'd ever think. Recently I reformatted and have new drivers and so everything is running like I'd want it to run, 100% awesome to the MAXX.
The only downiside to this is I don't really do much else but play World of Warcraft now. I just hit 60 and so I'm having fun with all these end-game instances and whatnot, trying to build up my gear and PvP the shit out of Azeroth.
My mouse finally died on me about two days ago so I had to go out and buy a new mouse. But I couldn't just get ANY mouse, oh no. I had to get the Logitech MX1000 Laser Wireless. I never thought a MOUSE could be this sexy, but it is. I also bought a new mousepad because... well, mine was a piece of shit. Some pos thick fabric squish pad from the 90s. I "upgraded" to a gaming pad, which is very slick and slightly textured so the optical/lasers pick up easier. My precision has increased two-fold easily.
And now onto GOD.
So I have been going to group therapy every week for a while now (Tuesdays) in order to get the chance to see my brother. It really sucks and I have to listen to some heavy stuff but hey, if it works then all is good: I want the best for my brother. There is this one kid there however that is... off. All the kids there are weird but he is really really weird. Today and the week before however we found out more about him. He was raised in a house with 13 kids/people. Lots of shit has happened to him... lots of shit. I will respect his confidentiality and not list them but if you heard his story you would just wonder why he is still alive and how he could smile.
But what amazes me most is his constant talk of God. God was there for him, and is there for all of us. This kid knows his religion. He knows his religion damn well. Nothing gets by him, he has an answer to it all and it's working for him. I have never seen someone so... devoted to their faith. And I use devoted as a good term this time. He isn't stupid catholic or crazy mormon. He doesn't care if you believe, he believes in his faith and it has kept him alive. That's some powerful stuff. It also changed my view on things. I still don't believe in a higher power/god/dao/diety, etc, etc: I need proof. Science IS the final word on all things.
What changed however was my general view of religion. If people were like this kid here, it wouldn't bother me. They wouldn't be protesting outside of abortion clinics or reminding homosexuals they are going to hell. They wouldn't be starting holy wars, violating constitutional rights, silencing those with different moral views; they'd just chill with their faith and be cool with it.
Religion in doses like this is not only fine, it is encouraged. If you have some kind of higher power in your life that stops you from doing dumb things or just makes you a better person for christs' sake (lol), follow it. Just follow it until you... get wherever you're going.
Just stop reminding the gayfolk they're going to hell, it's kind of old now.
Another thing of notice, one of FelKitty's entries about harrasment has put me on a slightly odd pedastool here. I dislike harassment, a lot. It's almost as bad as pointless trolling, and very harmful to egos and whatnot. But I also see the other side of things. People who make their blog friends only, or pre-approve every single thing they will ever read is a bit much.
It's the internet. The grandest creation in modern electronics EVER. This magical connection and network of computers allows me to converse my topic to anyone and everyone in the world at once. That's fucking powerful. Just think about that one. Somewhere across the town, country, ocean; somebody is reading this. And out of all those people, one person might be a dick. But you know what: it doesn't matter, let them waste their time away harassing you. It's a bit attention whorish of me to see it this way but if THEY are comign to harass YOU then apparently you are worth the time and effort.
It's not like you're reading their every single post waiting for a way to strike back at them.
Also: Annonymous comments are kind of cute. It's the fucking internet and if you can't fess up to what you said then that's just sad. Even if you give telephone, address and e-mail what are they going to do? Come over to your house and sucker punch you for calling them a dumbass?
Ps: I miss your feedback. I don't write this for you but it's nice to know I'm being heard.
