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So right now, we are playing Star Ocean: Til the end of time:

And let me tell you, I hated the first 2 hours of play. The pacing of the story was just horrible, and the gameplay is so complex it almost requires a freakin’ college degree to understand. There is still so much to understand and research that’s it’s a little frustrating, but over all once I got past that first bit I’ve really grown to enjoy playing it. Honestly, at this point, if I had my way I’d pull all nighters like I used to be able to do when I was younger.
I guess my point is that it’s a pretty good game. I’m estimating it’ll take me probably about 80 hours total (not including dying of course). Maybe more if I try to grasp the entire invention system.
On another note, with the year coming to an end I am preparing my next years desk calenders. This time I got two of them from Jen. and . Is it sad that I’m excited to open them up and use them?

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What is a dimple stein? A dimple stein is a type of mug made by a company called Libbey. Libbey is quite the prodigy when it comes to dishes in your house. Odds are if you look on something around you, you’ll see that characteristic cursive “L” on the bottom of something.
Well the point is, we had bought 5 of these in Maine one time, but haven’t been able to find any locally.

So after Jen “sacraficed one to the hot tea god” we finally decided to find out how to buy more. Skip forward to two days ago and the UPS guy delivered a box large enough to ship a midget in.
Needless to say, we will probably never run out of these.

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Today was a good day. I picked up my new glasses from the Doc’s today, the best part was that they were free. In exchange for some work I did for him on his computer systems and office wiring on his PBX system (moved the fax machine on the punch down block). Actually the sad part is I enjoyed the work….I bought a used tone injector awhile ago and it gave me an excuse to use it. Funny thing is, the PBX system killed it’s signal on one of the jacks, so I had to lift the pair to track it. Oh well, it still went smoothly considering how messy wiring can be if something goes wrong.
They look a lot like my old pair (which were my replacements for the pair I sat on) but i’m hoping after I get used to them they’ll be more comfortable. I really wanted a silver pair, but they didn’t come in that color and these were the most comfortable.
So, yesterday I had to upgrade my version of Quicktime in order to view some housing blueprints a friend sent me. So I figured no problem, I’d just go to apple.com and download the new version. Well apparently now they are bundling iTunes with Quicktime, and no where on the page could I fund a way to unselect it.
WTF do I need iTunes for unless I have an iPod? I mean jesus christ people, this is just needless crap your forcing me to install for no good reason at all. It’s bad enough that Quicktime installs itself in the startup directory each and every single time you use the damn program, but now I need to install iTunes for no reason at all? No wonder it’s so hard to keep a modern computer down below 30 processes. It’s practically a full time job to keep a computer running in peak condition with bullshit like this.
After some searching, I was finally able to find , but it wasn’t from any links on Apples’s page, that’s for sure. Seriously, what a scummy thing to do. Bad Apple…bad.
- Working from home, isn’t always what you think. He brings up some good points, but I also think the situation can be further exaspberated by somebody who can’t stand up and draw the line between work and home. But I will agree with some of the points, I miss the social interaction that used to come from working with my peers. A lot of my teammates are spread out in all 4 timezones.
- A link given to me a while ago by Craig Kirschner, Mewvies…movies for your cats. Make sure you watch the sample videos of cat’s watching the “mewvies”. Pathetically cute
- Backlight go out on your LCD monitor? Bet you didn’t know how easy it could be to replace it.
oh yeah, and two more things. I removed the google search feature from my site (to the right there) and put the old one back. I didn’t end up liking the google one very much. And today I renewed this domain for another 3 years. I figure once me and Jen get married we might switch to another domain and that way we could both post. Just something we’re kicking around.

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I found a higher resolution copy of the video online, so I added it to my copy of the original in my post.
Click here if you want to watch it.

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It’s funny how sometimes you wonder what your going to fill you days off with…and then afterwards you wonder why you didn’t get anything done because you were to busy.
So I’ve finally had some time to upload a few Christmas pic’s. Since Jen’s family lives out of state, it was just us this year and the cats. You’d think that means there would be less under the tree, but I swear the damn thing is always packed. Thank god we bought a bigger tree today for next year (btw, great deals $17 bucks for a 7′ tree….that’s a freakin steal).

Isn’t that giant foam board snowman just so wonderfully kitschy? Jen managed to abscond with it from work before it was sacrificed to the dumpster. And that middle pick is Moxie forcing her fat ass under the tree regardless of the available space or not And of course our cat Chloe…the purple really brings out his eyes.

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Would you like an apple pie with that?

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Driving back today from the shopping center, it occured to me that there was no way that this many bad drivers were on the road just by chance. So as soon as I got home I checked the newspaper, and sure as hell….there was the proof

Finally, after all these years, my theories have been proven valid! I knew there was no way that many idiots could gather in one area just by the laws of attraction (or even the cheerio theory). I mean even the “flies to shit” theory didn’t explain why I felt more like I was playing Galaga than driving.

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I got a package today in the mail….well actually a few, but this one in particular was worth posting (since I can’t open the others until christmas).
My free Dragon Quest VIII keychain showed up:

That is one big honkin’ blue slime.
Now I just need to play the game
- Ok, so something funny has come from SNL recently. A skit called “Lazy Sunday”. It’s a rap about going to see the Chronicles of Narnia movie. .
- Crazy Santa…tell him what to do and he does it.
Oh, and I finally finished Final Fantasy 1 today….thank god…been working on it for like…evar. That’s what I get for not having a white mage in my group.

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Last night we finished playing Lego Star Wars on the PS2. Really cute game, obviously made to be geared towards smaller children and adults as well. It’s surprising how simple and hard it can be (at least for me).

The only real thing that bugged me is collecting those minikits is pretty much useless, but it did give us a reason to go back and play the levels a second time with all the characters we unlocked. Over all it was a fun little two player game, even if sometimes the screen just felt a little to cramped for two people (often resulting in pulling your friend off a ledge to his death, when you respawned).
The real gem of the game was a sneak peek at episode IV (the original star wars). Screw playing the first three stories, give me a game that plays the originals. I’m pretty sure they’re coming out with it eventually…and it will be hella cool when they do.
Update on the site. The google ads have been a bit shakey at first, but I think I have everything the way it should be (with some help from Jen). The good news is that I’m confident that the money I’ll make will pay for the site’s upkeep, so I have decided to renew the domain and hopefully keep things trucking along. I should probably get on that since it expires in January.

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