a close $700 mistake

It was a standard Friday day. I went to work and back, dehydrated and ready to enjoy the weekend. I tracked my order and noticed that it said, "Delivered and left at front door." I instantly ran to the door like the day I had received the N64. The Gamebridge TV was here. I ripped the package open and in several minutes, the installation ended. I was like "Holy shit, holy shit, this is going to be so awesome." Then, all hell broke loose. It seems like my laptop isn't good enough to display the picture properly. There are all these lines and the picture/sound jitters like crazy. Goddamit. Motherfucking goddamit. I tested it on my dad's laptop and it was flawless. Goddamit. Why, oh why, does my laptop have to get the shitty 1.1 connection?

I got so frustrated that I got to thinking that I should buy my computer now. I saw a great deal on Tigerdirect.com of a microATX barebones kit. It included a SLi motherboard (with SATA headers, hell yes), a 3.2 GHz dual core Intel chip, a CPU fan, an Ultra microATX case, and a 500 watt power supply. The great thing is that it would only cost me $300 after rebates. I had to also buy RAM because it wasn't included in the bundle. I was thinking of buying OCZ 667Mhz DDR2 1028MB Gold edition so the system was going to be awesome.

But then, it hit me. Was I willing to sacrifice $700 for a new computer when I could use that money somewhere else? And after an hour or two of debating and talking to myself, the answer would be a definite NO. I have better uses with that money and a new computer can wait. Not all was a waste because when I was searching for good deals for the computer, I came across a product that made my brother jizz till his nose bled: a mini PCI wireless card. We had the port on our laptops so why shouldn't we use it? No need for a PCMCIA wireless card. I'm crossing my fingers for it to work wonderfully when it arrives next week. I also bought a new D-Link USB 2.0 Cardbus card to rival the one I have now. I'm assuming the low bandwidth rates have to do with the card itself since the Gamebridge works wonderfully on my dad's laptop.

Later peeps.

can we hold hands without the moaning?

Temptation is killing me. For several minutes, I contemplated buying a PSP with a 2GB stick and several games. But then, my conscience came into play. "No, you shit. You need to save. Don't you want a new computer? or the PS3?" I replied, "Damn, I'm right. I need to save for those things." So instead, I just bought that Adaptec Gamebridge. I was about to buy from amazon.com when I saw that if I bought from buy.com, I would get a $55 rebate. The Gamebridge will only cost me around $45 rather than $100 on amazon.com. So I went ahead and bought it from there. I hope this will be my last major purchase, so I can start saving for those huge purchases especially towards a better computer.

I'm really bugged by the lack of time I have after work. It's already 12:54am and it seems like I didn't accomplish anything since I got home. I encoded the I Against I footage since I got impatient with Jorge always forgetting to give me the source footage. And that was pretty much it aside from buying stuff online.

After dinner, my brother and I played a couple of rounds on NFL Street. I deleted it after I said that the gameplay was broken (which it is). I absolutely hate it when my defense would crumble or when my brother would use defensive interference to push my player on the ground while I was trying to tackle him. What annoyed me is that it happened EVERY freaking time. I never got a clean tackle. NFL Blitz is a much better game because it has that football arcadish feel while not being dumbned down like in Street. Bring on Blitz. If I lose in that game, then its alright because the mechanics in that game are so much better than in Street.

the fountain

Looks good? Check. Good actor? Check. Beautiful actress? Check. Good director? Check. Will this movie be awesome? Hopefully. I just love those shots where it is upside down then flips when the object goes by. Freaking awesome.

why i'm mental

There are dozens and dozens of reasons why I should be in a mental institution. One of those reasons came around 9pm when we were about to leave for Jorge's apartment to fix a PS2 problem. I felt my backpocket to see if my wallet was there. It wasn't. I searched for 45 mintues before my dad said to check the middle in the van. It wasn't on the floor. It was right here (crude drawing by the way):



It was right in the fucking middle between the middle contraption and the seat. Right where my human eyes couldn't see it. There was no edge that was popping out so that I could have identified it right away. Motherfucker.

"did he just say fuck my wife?"

Well, I pretty much did close to nothing over the weekend. I played Killzone on Friday, loaded 20 games on my hdd on Saturday, watched Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl and played Killzone again on Sunday.

A standard weekend. I am now playing Rise to Honor again for some reason. I can't stand to play another RPG. I'm actually quite scared to sit through 60 or more hours just for one game. Up to 20 is fine, but 60 was pushing it especially because it is summer.

The unrated edition of Harold and Kumar was still pretty funny. I thought it was lame that the only additional scene added was two asian girls flashing to get some mary jane but still funny nonetheless.

So yeah. Nothing new to report. Just spent $500 for my books and the deposit for my housing at ISU. I still have a bit of spending money. Hopefully I'll have enough money for the entire school year. Oh yeah, that brings up something important. Jorge and I were discussing why the hell we are only getting paid 75 hours for two weeks. We come to work at 8am and leave 4:30pm. It doesn't seem that we get paid for lunch so that leaves 8 hours per day. We should be getting paid for 80 hours not 75. It seems like they are deducting us twice. If that is the case, we shouldn't be working until 8:30am or leaving at 4pm. That is why Jorge and I are waiting until this Friday to see what we will get (it better be $500 something). If they still need us, then we have to do something about it. But if they are letting me go, (hopefully Jorge will stay on the job or get something better) I don't give a fuck.

the aliens attack

It's July 4 and it is not as amazing as before. Sure it is the celebration of America's independence from British rule, but after a couple of July 4's, you start to get bored. It was a standard weekend for me since Mama was not here. She was in Canada eating (what I was told) delicious poutine. We had dinner with Papa on Monday that was so awkward because he didn't turn on the television. I laughed a bit at the table because it was so quiet. But once we started to talk about movies, I got relieved. I felt so much tension without Mama at the table. Papa is a good father (plus he bought us Culver's and Gyros), but his presence freaks me out. It is only because he has a short temper. It is like he is going to kill every single person in the world. LOL. Oh well.

I kind of stopped my spending binge and now am trying to focus in saving my money. Sure I still have that Gamebridge to buy so that I don't need a television when I go back to college, but I have nothing to buy other than that. I decided not to buy a PSP or a PS3. I can deal without a PSP and just wait for the PS3 to get some AAA titles. So, for now, my money stays in the bank.

I'm finally on Goblet of Fire. This series is just so addicting to read. I read around 2-4 chapters a day, and it never gets boring. I remember reading Lord of the Rings, and I always kept dozing off. I can't wait to reach the 5th and 6th books.

Well, that's it for now.