Crackdown!

So I forgot to mention that I have been thoroughly entertained by Crackdown on my Xbox360. I am indeed a supercop! At this point I can jump about 30 feet straight up and lift things weighing up to 10 tons. That makes for a lot of fun. Not to mention all the guns I've collected and how well I can shoot now...

Out of 3 islands I have cleared out all the gang activity on 2 and I have made a dent on the third. And I am gonna take down the Shai Gen SO HARD!!!!

They should really just give up.

They're done.

I'm Back!

It's been a while, but I'm still here!

And... Good news! The good folks at Lego came through for me and sent me the piece that was missing from the kit I bought at the MOA. Now my Hellfire (Lego calls it Hailfire) droid is complete!

Hurray!

So now here I am trying to write something interesting...

Wait! Here's something interesting!
Check it out!
Optical illusions are cool. I think it's always interesting to find out that your brain can be tricked into lying to you when given the proper visual input.

Also, tonight, for one night only! If you live in Minnesota like I do (or perhaps the entire Central time zone), get outside and check out the moon around nine tonight so you can see the eclipse! To all my people out in California, you can try to see the eclipse around 7pm (it's dark by then right?) This page spells out when the eclipse will be visible in different places if you want some more detailed information.

Celestial events are cool. Hope you get to see the red moon!

I'm hungry now, so I know it's time to go.

Later!

More to the mall....

There is more to my story...

But I can't write it right now.












I'm just so sad about the Legos....
(sigh)

The MOA is AOK

Went to the Mall of America today. Even after so many years, that is still a pretty cool place.
Got there bright and early, right at 10am. Most of the mall doesn't open until 11am.
Went to Underwater Adventures right away. They open at 10am.
Then headed out into the mall.
Got some lunch at the 3rd floor food court next to the mini-golf course.
I got a gyro with some spiced up fries and tzatziki sauce to dip'em in.
And a tripleberry Julius.
Then it was shoppin' time.
Little V and his dad went to play some mini-golf. Little C and Ms. H went' to Build-A-Bear. Ms. K and the baby headed off to find some clothing. And Mr. S and I took little H and roamed around.
We cruised around the 3rd floor stopping by any shops that looked interesting.
Twice we were accosted by attractive young women who were quite interested in selling us something for our wives or girlfriends, just in time for Valentines day.
Stopped in to Air Traffic and LegoLand during our travels.
Both Mr. S and I picked up some things at Air Traffic and I got some Legos.
I got this and this and this (enjoy the Flash animation on this last one, I didn't).
BUT THE STUPID LEGO SET IS MISSING A PIECE!!!!
GAAAAaaaaaaAAAHHHHHhhhhhhhHHHH!!!!!!
Already sent a message to Lego customer service telling them all about it... I hope they get me a replacement quickly. I can't make the (Hell)Hailfire droid without it. (In the movies it was called a Hellfire droid... but Lego changed it Hailfire... more PC I s'pose.)
Guess I just have to play the Xbox.
Darn.




It's like punishment.




I was gonna build some droids.
Boooooooo.

Disappointment fills Mr. W's heart.

Things have turned 360

I got my Xbox!

I got my Xbox!

I GOT MY XBOX!

Wheee!!!

Now I can be a supercop (in Crackdown) and an intergalactic "peace" officer (in Mass Effect)!!!

I'm totally gonna kill a bunch of gang members and decide the fates of various people and planets!

It's gonna be so cool!

YaHoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Who's the man?

I think it's Mr. W.

I'm Helping!

I just found out that a gift from myself and our Grandmother is going to prove to be the last thing my sister needs to qualify to buy a home!

It feels so nice to be able to help make this happen for her! I'm so glad I can help.

Awesome.

Awesome.

So congratulations li'l sis. You guys deserve it.

Mr. W is smiling all over.

Adverse Weather Conditions!?!!?!

UPS can be so disappointing sometimes. Just because they didn't want to drive through the snow storm that stranded hundreds of people on interstate 94 for half a day, it means that I don't have my new Xbox today!

Lazy truck drivers. They could have made it if they were serious about delivering packages...

Now I have to hope that my new toy shows up tomorrow. And I am hoping SO hard.

I WANT MY MASS EFFECT!!! I wanna be an intergalactic "peace" keeping officer... Why won't you let me be an intergalactic "peace" officer? Did I do something wrong? Is is because I abused my blog? I'm really sorry about that. I was just... angry, you know... it was a bad day at work and I needed something to take it out on... Please could I just have the video games I payed for? Please?

It's gonna be so cool.
I can't wait. (Ok, so I can, and I will, but I don't have to be happy about it.)

Mr. W's patience is waning.

Thank you.

It's so nice to see you again...
I'm so glad you're back.

Is there anything I can do for you?
No?

Are you sure?

Ok, well I'm going to try to be better to you, but I'm going to need some help. I don't know how to do it on my own, so you're going to need to give me some direction.

I want to make you happy baby... I really do. Just let me know how and I......

STOP YELLING AT ME!!!

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout.... Just let me.....

DAMN IT I SAID I WOU.....

Shhhhh... it's ok, don't cry I'm not going to....

GET AWAY FROM THE PHONE!!! I'M GOING TO TEAR IT OUT OF THE WALL!!!! IF YOU DON'T STEP BA.....

That's better, just sit down and we'll talk about this... It's ok blog. I won't do this to you again.
(unless you make me.)

Goodnight.

Hey there baby

I'm so sorry about what I said before.

I wasn't thinking clearly.

You're not stupid. You're beautiful.

I love you, blog.

I wish we didn't fight like that. I miss you baby.

Come back to me, huh?

Please?

I'm so sorry...
Please...

please...

Oh, hello there...

Hello blog.
Did you miss me?

I'll bet you did.

I would apologize for not posting since Feb. 1, but I'm not sorry.
Take that blog!

Take that.

Sucker.

That will teach you to trust your author. I know it's a hard lesson to learn, but it's the reality of this world so you'll have to get used to it. GET USED TO IT!!!

I will neglect you and you will accept it!

Stupid blog.

You're so STUPID!

$

The federal government gave me back the extra money they took last year... so now, February first, my taxes for last year are all done and over with. I win! (an Xbox360) !!!

Wooo, just what I need, one more thing that I will want to spend money on over and over and over. But more importantly, another thing to compete for my free time. The other 4 current game systems I have aren't enough. Plus I wanna play Crackdown and Overlord and Mass Effect and the only way to do that is with a 360.

Woohooo!!!

Video games!!!

Think I'll surf on over to Amazon or something...