revue

went to fries to get a new hard drive and some wire cutters. i’ll spare the details, suffice to say they have exactly the style i like for five bucks, so yeah. anyways. got a 120 gig for $80, plus a 30 mail in rebate makes it 50, so i’m set.

they also had worms 3d for xbox for $20. given that we thought it had been cancelled, nice to see it finally out.

thought about getting doom 3 for x-box, the deluxe edition was on sale for 50 vs 60. it includes fully playable versions of doom 1 and 2 for x-box, including functional multiplayer. but they also had doom 3 for pc on sale for 30, and the new doom 3 expansion pack for 24, so i got that instead. once my computer is up to speed i’ll have that, half life 2, and halo pc which was also marked down to 20, for the next lan party.

i’ll probably get doom 3 dx for x-box eventually anyways, because i’m a sucker.

you wouldn’t think it would be too hard to pick out a new keyboard, but it is. i snagged one and had to take it back because i didn’t pay attention to the key layout. it was compact so everything was squeezed together, which meant the pgup/pgdown cluster had become a vertical column.

most of the cheap ones had either a half-size delete key, aka the most frustratingly stupid design choice ever, or some other wierd setup. i finally found one exactly like my currenty wonky keyboard, plus hotkeys to control system volume, media play/pause/etc, sleep mode, and launch some programs. nice.

had to swap my vacation from this month to next month, mixup in dates for the next lan party. oh well.

don’t get a credit card. ever. they’re evil. if you get one, do what i’m doing and leave it at home. don’t leave the house with it. try not to think about it while on the internet.

i found some clonetroopers over the weekend; the basic ‘quick-draw’ clone and the tank gunner with a removeable helmet. doesn’t look much like temeura morrison, but that’s okay. i could headswap with a better jango head if i cared that much. or with luke. ‘aren’t you a little short for a clonetrooper?’

i should link to my amazon wishlist, but just look me up, you should recognize it. it’s huge and disorganized and full of crap. actually, just give me a gift certificate.

i’m working on plans for my hobbit-style birthday party where everybody else gets something.

me and the gang caught the old 20000 leagues under the sea at the laurelhurst. god bless whoever designed the nautilus. when i become the new peter jackson and get rich, building a yacht styled after the nautilus is number three on my ridiculous list, after my zeppelin and bag-end mansion.