I just beat God of War on Hard.

Except by 'beat' I mean 'defeated the 3 last impossible boss fights and had the game hang at Mt Olympus so now I have to do it all again.'

Fuck.

Edit: One doggie walk to calm down later and now it's done.

I played Assassin's Creed 2 for about 6 hours yesterday, in two 3 hour blocks.

I didn't mean to.

Just one more viewpoint, I said. Just one more treasure box. Just one more leap from a building blade first onto someone's face.

The Curse of Chalion is a great book and you (yes, you) should read it.

My kingdom for a 21mm offset wrench.

My fun 2 hour DIY car repair things keep turning into 2 hour DIY drive around the metroplex looking for tools things.

I am now accepting applications for the important position of Listening To Me Angst About Finding The Right Car To Get And What Should I Do And Is This One Too Much And Boo Hoo Hoo because my wife and several of my coworkers have quit this job in frustration. I'm just about sick of hearing me talk about it, too.

What's a holiday without a trip to the ER?

During basketball this morning someone dropped their shoulder into my throat while trying to steal the ball. It sucked. Then I lost my voice. After a CT scan, hours of waiting, and a shot in the butt I'm home again with a prescription for Vicodin. Fun.

When you're old and married like me, an exciting Friday night involves buying a $400 vacuum cleaner and then vacuuming the entire house, marveling at all the crazy crap you pick up even though you vacuumed with the old cleaner only a few days ago.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Apparently after nearly 10 years of off and on lifting weights I finally figured out how to give myself exertion headaches and now I have to take at least a week off.

Hooray.

http://www.mnftiu.cc/2009/03/23/my-plan-to-fix-the-economy/

We bought our 360 a year ago, specifically so I could play DMC 4. I only just bought DMC 4 a few weeks ago, though. Today I finished it. It was incredibly pretty and a whole lot of fun. My only minor complaint is that Trickster Style in it isn't quite as good as in DMC 3. Switching weapons and styles on the fly and the game mechanics with Nero ( Read more... )