There's nothing like sneaking up behind a guy and ripping right into him with a chainsaw. Of course, I did it because he was shooting at my squad mates with a mounted machine gun. If you haven't guessed it, I'm talking about a video game. Not just any game, but Gears of War. It rocks.
I guess I should start elsewhere. On Friday, Jess and I went out at 2:30 in the morning to get in line for Best Buy. The line was already really long. They handed out tickets for items that they had a limited supply of and were on sale. We were there to get an HDTV. I had been looking at the 32" Westinghouse for a long time. Best Buy had it for $800, and Consumer reports said it was a great buy at $1000. Then I saw the Flyer on the Best Buy Website for the day after thanksgiving sale. It was on sale from 5 a.m. to noon, for $479. The exact tv that I had been looking at. But each store had a minimum of 12 and there were many more than twelve people in line in front of us. So we were a bit worried when we got there. At 4:00, one hour before opening, they gave out the tickets. We got one. It was a great feeling. In fact, we got ticket #12. We were in and out of Best Buy in 30 minutes with our TV in our car.
After that we headed over to Circuit City. I wanted an XBox 360, and had been saving up for that. Circuit City had a special giving you one game free with the purchase of the System. I went straight to the video game section and picked out an XBox 360 Pro, and Gears of War. Then I waited in line for 2 hours to get to the checkout. I played Gears of War this morning. It was worth it.
Anyway, I'll review the game in a post to come.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Semester's almost over
I can't believe it. I have barely started my seminar term paper. I've done some research, but as usual, I'm having trouble getting motivated. And now I'm writing this, when I could be researching. The problem is I don't really know what questions my paper needs to answer. It's my first non-legal law school writing assignment. See it's a paper about a legal topic, but it's not a brief or a memo or the type of thing I would do working at a firm or anything. It's an academic paper. The topic is a California law that allows judges to review cases in which woman who have been convicted of murdering their husbands and have been denied expert testimony about Battered Women's Syndrome. I've found a newspaper article and a law review article regarding the law, but I feel like my research would be aided by a specific question to answer. I guess I should be talking to the teacher. Or maybe more research will help me think of a question.
My Birthday was one of the nice ones. My family remembered, and so did a bunch of people at school. Mom and Dad's card even got here on the day. Jess and I went out to a great restaurant called The Dogfish Cafe. The food was impeccable. It's not too far from our apartment either.
Jess bought The Marvel 1602 trade paperback yesterday and I've been reading it here at work because she said she wouldn't be able to right away. I really like it. As much as I'm a Superman fan, I do enjoy the Marvel Universe. And Neil Gaiman rocks. I'm told I should read his Sandman. I probably will.
My Birthday was one of the nice ones. My family remembered, and so did a bunch of people at school. Mom and Dad's card even got here on the day. Jess and I went out to a great restaurant called The Dogfish Cafe. The food was impeccable. It's not too far from our apartment either.
Jess bought The Marvel 1602 trade paperback yesterday and I've been reading it here at work because she said she wouldn't be able to right away. I really like it. As much as I'm a Superman fan, I do enjoy the Marvel Universe. And Neil Gaiman rocks. I'm told I should read his Sandman. I probably will.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
November
I really like November. More and more I think of it as my favorite month of the year. There are a number of reasons why, and some that know me might think that it's because my birthday is in November. But that's not completely it. In fact, there are times when I dread my birthday. Anyway, lets go through the 5 reasons I like November (especially even year Novembers.) I'll try to go in order of when things happen in the month.
1. Throughout the month: Football season is in full swing, and football is my favorite sport.
2. First Tuesday following a Monday: Election Day. This is why I prefer even year Novembers: more is at stake. I don't know why, but I love to vote. I really like politics and things really heat up leading up to this day. It seems that more people than ever are thinking about voting this midterm election. It's great.
3. November 15: My Birthday. This year I'm turning 25, so it's not that great, but when people remember that it's my birthday, I love it. My problem is that I don't like telling people before hand that my birthday is coming up. I'll drop a few hints here and there in the weeks approaching it, but I absolutely hate just coming out and telling people it's my birthday on the day (unless they ask). I also dislike the fact that my family members don't always remember, but then again, I'm not the best at remembering other family member's birthdays either, so I guess I can't blame them. But at least my parents should remember. Not only that, but long ago did the days pass when I actually got presents from my family on my Birthday. I'm lucky if my parents get me something small, or at the most some clothing, but no one else in my family usually gets me anything anymore (other than Jess). So yeah, I have mixed feelings about my Birthday.
4. The third Thursday in the month: Thanksgiving. I really like seeing my family and eating Turkey and Stuffing. I also like that it's a Thursday with Pro-football games on tv. I haven't watched football with my dad in a while so this Thanksgiving should be more fun than last (last year we went to Jess's where they don't watch football).
5. Day after Thanksgiving: Start of the Christmas Season. I love the Christmas season sometimes more than Christmas itself. The actual day of Christmas is often disapointing for me because it means that all the anticipation and decorating and preparing are over. I love the way Concord looks in the days following Thanksgiving because downtown is magically transformed. The decorations in Portland are nice too, but they are designed by the winner of a contest and therefore are usually contemporary artforms. It's a little strange sometimes, but last year's were pretty nice.
Anyway, those are the five reasons I love November. When I was younger, I would have added the reason that it's the beginning of ski season, but I haven't been skiing in forever. Anyway, right now I'm thinking with glee of the upcoming election. Regardless of the outcome I'll be up late next Tuesday night.
1. Throughout the month: Football season is in full swing, and football is my favorite sport.
2. First Tuesday following a Monday: Election Day. This is why I prefer even year Novembers: more is at stake. I don't know why, but I love to vote. I really like politics and things really heat up leading up to this day. It seems that more people than ever are thinking about voting this midterm election. It's great.
3. November 15: My Birthday. This year I'm turning 25, so it's not that great, but when people remember that it's my birthday, I love it. My problem is that I don't like telling people before hand that my birthday is coming up. I'll drop a few hints here and there in the weeks approaching it, but I absolutely hate just coming out and telling people it's my birthday on the day (unless they ask). I also dislike the fact that my family members don't always remember, but then again, I'm not the best at remembering other family member's birthdays either, so I guess I can't blame them. But at least my parents should remember. Not only that, but long ago did the days pass when I actually got presents from my family on my Birthday. I'm lucky if my parents get me something small, or at the most some clothing, but no one else in my family usually gets me anything anymore (other than Jess). So yeah, I have mixed feelings about my Birthday.
4. The third Thursday in the month: Thanksgiving. I really like seeing my family and eating Turkey and Stuffing. I also like that it's a Thursday with Pro-football games on tv. I haven't watched football with my dad in a while so this Thanksgiving should be more fun than last (last year we went to Jess's where they don't watch football).
5. Day after Thanksgiving: Start of the Christmas Season. I love the Christmas season sometimes more than Christmas itself. The actual day of Christmas is often disapointing for me because it means that all the anticipation and decorating and preparing are over. I love the way Concord looks in the days following Thanksgiving because downtown is magically transformed. The decorations in Portland are nice too, but they are designed by the winner of a contest and therefore are usually contemporary artforms. It's a little strange sometimes, but last year's were pretty nice.
Anyway, those are the five reasons I love November. When I was younger, I would have added the reason that it's the beginning of ski season, but I haven't been skiing in forever. Anyway, right now I'm thinking with glee of the upcoming election. Regardless of the outcome I'll be up late next Tuesday night.
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