Caught In The Whirlwind
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So…Tired
Dec 25th 2006
Wow, yesterday was exhausting.
I got a call from my sister at 8:22am. “Santa came! Get over here so we can open presents!” The plan was for me to head over at 9, but I guess she got a little antsy. Fine by me. I head over to my parents house for the ritual cinnamon bun and Christmas gift exchange. I ended up with a bunch of penguin themed kitchen items. Woohoo! Oh, and some cleaning supplies. It’s amazing how much you appreciate this kind of stuff after you move out. I also now have a LARGE stack of games that I need to play, and a pair of Sennheiser HD-595s which are AWESOME. I can’t stop listening to these things.
After the gifts, we hung out at my parents for a couple hours and headed for my apartment after lunch for the Wii party.
That part went really well. First of all, I discovered that I CAN fit 5 people in my apartment without some sort of a pry bar to get them all through the door. We mostly played Wii Sports Bowling, Tennis and Powershots from the training section. I tried introducing Rayman, but I’m not sure they were quite ready for that as far as wrapping their heads around the motion control. Maybe some other time.
The best part was my sister boxing her fiance. They REALLY went at it. My sister won.
We finished up with the Wii (My sister complaining that her arm hurt. I warned her!) and went to my grandmothers to meet with the rest of the family. 5 hours of kids running wild, catching up with everybody and, of course, the traditional Christmas Eve game of Pitch. As usual, we split up into teams, girls against the guys. The guys cleaned up this year.
After all of that I fell into bed around 10:30ish and just got up a few minutes before I started writing this post. This afternoon I’m headed out to my Aunts house to take care of the family stuff for my dad’s side. My parents might be coming back here for a little bit for some more Wii action as well. Not sure on that, we’ll have to see when they call me.
QotD: My Holiday Wishlist
Dec 14th 2006
What’s on your holiday wish list?
I’ve found that it’s hard for me to come up with a wish list now since I’ve got the money to just go out and buy something if I want it. Unfortunately, that didn’t really work out this year because of all the games I want to get. I’m full on into console gaming now, so I’m working on building up quite the collection.
First off, the big ticket item. My current headphones are getting pretty beat up, so It’d be nice to get an upgrade. Possibly to a pair of Sennheiser HD-595′s. After that, I’ve got the Grey’s Anatomy season 2 DVD on there and then a bunch o’ games. On the portable side, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy V, Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, Yoshi’s Island DS, and Children of Mana for the DS. For the PS2 I’m wishing for Lego Star Wars II, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria and Tales of the Abyss.
Too much gaming goodness I’m interested in. Too little time (and money)
Assorted Happening
Oct 12th 2006
So far today is going a lot smoother than yesterday was. I’m being left largely alone, which is fine by me.
My Aunt came back from her vacation in the Pennsylvania Amish country and brought me back some cookies. Woohoo! Didn’t expect that when I came into work this morning (She works at the same company I do).
I found out last night that my headphones that I use regularly, a pair of Sennheiser HD-555‘s, are starting to show some cracks in the plastic around where the earpieces connect to the headband. The headband is also starting to seperate into two halves (the bottom part is starting to come off. I’m not sure what happened, but I’m now starting to eye something to replace them with. I’m almost settled on a pair of Sennheiser HD-595‘s. I really like how Sennheiser headphones sound. I’ve been using them exclusively for 5-6 years now. I even have a pair of PX 100‘s for use at work with my iPod. I take my sound quality seriously.
I’m also thinking about getting a headphone amp this time around, possibly a Go-Vibe v5 or a Headroom Total Airhead. I hear the 595′s are ok without an amp though, so I think I’ll pick up the headphones and then go for an amp later.
Once I have the cash for it anyway. They’re not exactly cheap.
Also last night, I finished watching the DVDs of Season 3 of Buffy the Vampire slayer being lent to me long distance from a friend in California. Awesome series, I can’t believe I haven’t watched it before now. I’m getting back into the swing of excercising nightly (I ride a stationary bike as often as I can generally) and I watch TV shows on DVD while I do it to pass the time, so I’ve been watching Buffy starting from season 1.
Anyway, I should get back to figuring out how e-mail attachments work.
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