A funny conversation that took place with Bob yesterday…
Bob: I think you’re the best writer I’ve ever met.
Me: You mean second best, right?
Bob: Second best? To whom???
Me: Ray fucking Bradbury?!
Bob: Oh yeah… Like I was saying, I think you’re the second best writer I’ve ever met…
A comparison to Ray Bradbury is still quite the compliment to me – I’ll take it! 😉
Fun Things I Want to Do Before Christmas…
Seriously, nothing makes me happier than spending an hour working on the next day’s comic, only to have Photoshop crash before I get a chance to save the damn thing.
I guess it’ll just have to go up tomorrow evening because I can’t stay up until 2AM to redo the whole thing when I have to get back up before 6AM…
I almost forgot about this until I stumbled upon it while I was cleaning my office this evening – a little something a friend gave me to add to my autograph collection. This guy seems to be a pretty talented writer … perhaps you’ve heard of him?
I’ve been reading up a lot on the new X-Box over the weekend for a couple of reasons – a) somebody at work got one and I’m about ready to invite myself over to play it; b) because I’ve been watching the auctions on eBay for these things top $1000 and I think it’s crazy; and c) because I’m overall still extremely pissed off at Microsoft for letting their shortage get this out of hand, and I didn’t even plan on buying one! But nonetheless, that’s an argument that is going to have to take place at another time for me to truly do it justice, so we’ll just skim over that one for the time being…
No – the truth is, after reading all that I’ve been able to find, gawking over screenshots, and generally letting myself get built up by the hype with everyone else, I must admit that this is a gaming machine that I actually wouldn’t mind owning. Although it’s predecessor was also more of a computer of sorts, this new model blows baby brother out of the water with a whopping three 3 Ghz cores and its no secret that Microsoft is technically losing money on the sales of the consoles themselves (again, not another argument for today because I’m certainly not going to feel sorry for Microsoft for losing $75 or something with each $400 sale) – bottom line, this is going to be a sweet-ass gaming machine that, especially with HD compatibility and Dolby Surround Sound, could easily gobble up hours upon hours of just about anybody’s time.
Which is exactly why I can’t have one! (and the price tag is a little out of my budget, mind you) Somebody made the comment to me the other day that they never really knew me to be much of a gamer, which for the most part is true – I certainly don’t consider myself to be a gamer and you’re more likely to find me either watching movies or doing web development than spending hours in front of the TV playing some game. But when you do…look out! Case in point – I haven’t really spent any considerable amount of time playing games for months, however this weekend a friend loaned me Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and guess how much unpacking I managed to get done this weekend! Just about as close to zilch as one could possibly get! I think I unpacked a box of pots and pans, but that was only because I was hungry and have made a vow to stop eating out through the end of the year! Other than that, I’ve pretty much been plastered to this thing from dusk ’til dawn…
…and ultimately, I suppose that’s technically OK – one of the perks of being single is that you really don’t have to get up for many things other than work if you don’t want to, but I do want to and I find myself postponing life until I can at least beat a few more of these missions! Today I did 50 reps with 60 lb. dumbbells…or at least my character did – I pretty much just pressed those two buttons really fast and watched him bulk up. At the end, the game chimed and my guy seemed quite fulfilled, and I was left wondering why my own workouts couldn’t pass by that quickly!
So maybe I’ll get one of these fancy 360s in a couple of years – I don’t know. As it is, in a couple of weeks I’m going to be buying an old X-Box off of one of my friends who’s looking for some extra cash, so it should be interesting just to see how I deal with the time management issue on that one! I keep telling myself that I’m buying the thing more so to act as a media center so that I can stream music and movies through my home entertainment system, but then again, there are some pretty cool games that have always been exclusive to the X-Box that I might just have to try my hand at as well. Oh bother… 😛
Oh yes, and I’m also thankful for discounted DVD sales because I’ve probably spent more on movies in the last week than I have all year long! (…well, close anyways…)
20 DVDs for less than $200, including the 6th season of The Simpsons for $16, an entire season of Project: Greenlight for $23, and a few old holiday favorites for $7 a piece that aren’t even supposed to be available anymore – who can argue with that?! See – I knew it was a good idea to get that extra DVD rack when I moved here… 🙂
It was a fairly quiet, lazy day, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t go through the motions. Here are some highlights for 2005:
Lafave Signs Plea
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBL1FT6DGE.html
All others’ opinions aside, I’ve got to say that I remember being 14-years-old and for some reason I really don’t think this kid is going through as much emotional distress as the world seems to think he is! His teacher was beyond hot and he’s now the envy of not only his male classmates, but probably half the men in Tampa to boot! Maybe if she had been forcing herself upon him, it’d be a different story, but come on – she’s not exactly the kind of girl that you’d kick out for eating crackers in the bed, now is she?!
I don’t know why, but I’ve been really big on personal responsibility lately, even when it comes to children. I’m sorry, but I just don’t buy the “ignorant until eighteen” rule of thumb that we reign by in this day and age. The kid’s going to brag about it in college anyways…or at least he’s going to brag about it more, that is…so give the hot chick a break…
Sam Walton Taught Google More About How to Dominate the Internet Than Microsoft Ever Did
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20051117.html
Anyone who’s been following Google’s gargantuan growth spurts recently will find this article particularly interesting – if there is one company that I’ve ever wanted to work for more than Disney (or Pixar, or Industrial Light & Magic, but you get the idea!), it’d be Google. These guys eat and breathe innovation, and it’s no wonder that they’ve got everyone from Microsoft to Wal-Mart shaking in their boots…
Like the author says, “…Web 2.0 IS Google.” Good for them!
Who knew that tiled floors could be so COLD?!
🙁