Author: Moby

Holy Plasma Weapons!

Ratchet: Deadlocked!

I just discovered they are releasing a new version of Ratchet & Clank! I’m ecstatic! R&C is one of my favorite playstation games. It has lots of action and skill levels and is more than worth the $40.00 bucks.

I just pre-ordered from Best Buy and I can’t wait! (The release dat isn’t until the 27th.)

This version seems to be heavily geared toward online game play which I’ve yet to venture into. Maybe this will be the spur.

I don’t like a lot of online games because they involve killing off other players as humans and that bothers me. I much prefer games where I’m dealing in complete fantasy and any killing involves monsters and gruesome bad guys. I could go on and on about my feelings on violent video games but lets save that for another day when I’m desperate for a topic.

Wouldn’t it be great if I get back from my vacation and there is a fantastic new video game in my mailbox just waiting for me?

Hello Mr. 115697522

Do you ever feel like a number when you have to call in for customer support? And what is it w/my phone/pda and vacations? Last time I went on a trip, I misplaced the damn thing. This time it just up and died.

Ok, died isn’t exactly the best term. Here I am sitting at work, dutifly working (uh yeah) and I get an email from HP about a new ROM update. I log on and dowload. Everything is going smooth as owl shit at this point. The software updates, reboots, powers up then it happens. It locks up on the startup screen. Soft reset, no luck. Hard reset, no luck.

@#$!

Forty-five minutes later after being thru an online chat w/HP and phone support w/Tmobile at the same freaking time, they decide to send me a replacement?

The irony is I was unhappy as of late w/the pda part of the phone. Tmobile’s phone service has been impeccable but they’ve put out some shoddy updates for the wireless & bluetooth services. This ROM update was supposed to fix all the previous bugs. Well, I guess my baby decided to give up the ghost and just quit.

And wanna hear something else? My warranty expires in just 7 days! I can’t believe how lucky I am. Normally, my shit breaks right AFTER the warranty expires. I have the old pocket pc at home so I have a substitute until the replacement arrives this week. I’m just hoping it arrives in time for the trip.

I can only imagine what hell this would have been were I not such a technophile! *g*

Return of “The Thing.”

Sunday, Bobby and I are going to see John Carpenter’s The Thing from 1982. I’m actually looking forward to it. The Castro Theatre is hosting a double showing of the 1950’s original and the 1980’s one. I never cared for the original as much.

For it’s time, it had cutting edge special effects. The scene where the decapitated head turns into a roaming spider rocked! Unlike a lot of today’s flash/bang flicks, it had a well developed plot as well.

Pictures to come I’m sure.

Blog Stuff

Yeah, I’m bored at work..can ya tell w/all the random blog posts?

I’ve been tinkering w/the blog. I added a music link but I’m not liking it. It will probably disappear. I definitely like the 3 column style template though. I also managed to fix all the links messed up during the import from Blogger. I blogged a while back about fixing’em so I finally finished. However, some of the posts w/pics are still throwing the columns off in IE. I don’t use IE so I can’t be bothered to worry about it for now. (*now’s a good a time as any to switch to firefox*)

I’m also thinking of adding a work-out tips section. I get a lot of requests for info on tribe regarding working out and nutrition so why not offer it here too.

Speaking of blogs, sp@mmers have been working overtime as of late. I delete about 10-15 bogus messages from the queue on a regular basis now. God bless WordPress for having a message moderation function. A lot of the free online blogging sites are getting hit big time. I actually had to go back into my old blog links on blogger.com and disable comments. Doesn’t affect traffic here at all but it effectively put an end to the constant junk emails. hehehe Score one for the good guys!

Ahhh…

I’m working a same day trade today. That just means I came in late and I’m off at 11pm instead of the normal 9. I got to go out and play last night. Yes, I was bad….very! Moving on…

So, it looks like Wilma is gonna blow herself out, so to speak. By the time she hits Florida, she’ll be a category 3 or less. That is very good news as I was very unhappy about the prospect of cancelling a second trip. I know a lot of people are still suffering so I’m not making light of it.

I’m on fire side today so work is blissfully quiet. I’m hoping it stays that way for the rest of watch.

Crap

Can’t think of any other way to describe it. Today has been a shitty day. Lots of bad calls at work today. Nothing catastrophic but just senseless violence and senseless stupidity.

Some bright news, I was working channel when an 852 (car vandalism) suspect got detained. I love it when we catch these guys. Frelling thugs just breaking into vehicles looking to steal stuff to sell for drug money. I wish we had tougher laws here to deal with’em. Guess I’m just too progressive for SF at times. *g*

I’m a tad more confident about my vacation. I think by the time Wilma does hit Florida it will be down to a Category 3 which they are so used too there. NO biggie. Some wind damage, trees down, blah blah blah. Some good news I hope. *crossed fingers*

Not sure why I’m in such a pissy mood today. Maybe tomorrow…

800

So crazy lady that threw her kids into the ocean plead not guilty today. It is times like this I just hate our justice system. Her lawyer will probably try to get her off w/an insanity plea. I just don’t have compassion for someone who murders innocent little children, crazy or not. I think they should throw her ass off in the water and say “sink or swim bitch!”

Course, that’s just me.

Bad News

We are still searching for the babies. In case you missed it, a psychotic female threw her 3 children into the bay last night. She was having some sort of mental break and stated she heard voices telling her to feed her kids to the sharks. The fire boats, coast guard, and other agencies are working together to search for the other two children not found. Sadly, they are presumed dead by this point. The bay water is very cold on the west coast.

And they freaking worry about ME adopting kids. . . Pathetic!