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Won’t be nothin else to talk about, nothin else to say

Wow, two updates within a weeks span, am I sure that I am feeling all right? Meh, who cares, lets roll with it.

Its the holiday that marks the end of summer. Sure summer doesn’t actually end for another few weeks but as a kid Labor day always marked the end of summer and that really pretty much has continued to hold true as time has continued. A little melancholy about the end of summer as it seems to have flown by. One the one hand its a shame to see it go already on the other hand it means that I had a pretty good summer. Things have certainly moved quickly which indicates that it was a good, albeit busy summer.

So I finished up Assassin’s creed. I will probably replay it at least once, but I am not entirely sure that it is worth more then that. However it was certainly a fun game and without a doubt worth the $25 I paid for it. Guess I will probably start up Mass Effect at some point soonish, but not until the weekend is over. Also, I have started working through Halo3 on legendary in Co-op with Andy and am still impressed with the lack of lag and with how much the difficulty ramps up. That hammer is still a wicked weapon but with my tendency towards close up contact it makes me some what more of a liability depending on the level. I also need to get around to getting some MSpoints so I can go ahead and get some damn games from the dashboard. I also need to figure out how to stream media to my 360 but that’s for the future.

So i paid my ticket today. So far there has been no notice of court but that might change. We will see what happens but I am not going to let myself lose any sleep over it. What will be is what will be and I can deal with it as time continues. Till something happens, I can continue to live my life just fine.

I have been working a fair bit on my resume, spending about 30-45 minutes per day on polishing it up. I am not afraid of losing my job right now but I am burned out and once the resume is taken care of to my satisfaction I will be actively looking for a new job. Setting my goals on that front realistically but at the same time making sure to remember that its important.

Which leads me to a conversation I had recently about whether or not I was happy with my life. I am generally pretty happy, even though there are things that I would change about my life. But who wouldn’t? But the gist of it is that I am not only working to change the things I want to change, I am actively working to maintain the things that I want to maintain. Its something I never really had to worry about too much before, maybe due to luck or not, I have no idea. But I can’t rely on blind providence, with good reason since when it has failed it has been … spectacular. But it is something that has been on my mind on and off again.

So to drop the philosophical crap and move back towards the mundane: with the weekend here and the weather supposed to be beautiful I am thinking that I will be getting some good rides in. Nothing overnight and probably noting more for today but if I play my cards correctly I can go riding for a good chunk of tomorrow and probably for at least a bit on Sunday. And I am almost assured that if the weather holds for Monday I will out riding for a good chunk of the day. I made sure to not make any plans for Monday and think that will continue to be true.

Well I think that about wraps this up, I am going to go take care of more things now that this brief interlude is past.

Oh, and the “At the moment” section has been updated. Talk to you kids later.

I know a world that’s destroying itself

Welcome to semi-regular update number whatever the fuck. 67 or so I think. Not that it really matters in the grand scheme. So lets hit this shit.

So most of last week is pretty boring, lets fast forward close to the weekend. Thursday night I finished co-op Halo 3 with Andy, still impressed with how the network handles it. We got a little lag towards the end once or twice but that was it. Other then that it was a quiet night.

Friday I took a half day to help a good friend move and then ended up being un-needed so I went over there and socialized and saw the new house. Pretty damn nice place. Then it was home for a little bit before heading up to the north burbs for a night of drinking and pool. Got a surprise phone call but more on that when we get to Saturday. Anyway, went undefeated all night (which means that I obviously was both on my game and playing somebody who is worse then me) and had a few beers. Pretty good evening.

Saturday I got a speeding ticket which is mucho bad news but we will see what ends up actually happening with all of that. Hopefully nothing too bad but I should find out before too long I imagine. So i went home and spent the day playing Assassin’s Creed. Have one kill left to make before what is, I think, the end of the game. Then I met up with my buddy John, which was a pleasant surprise. Turns out he was in town for 24 hours or so due to a memorial and had the foresight to give me a call once he landed. great to see him and great to catch up with him. Its impressive how much better we are then any of the other times we have seen each other.

Sunday I finally got the ride I wanted. Was out for about 11 hours on the bike for a good few hundred miles. Still feeling way more relaxed then I was before I rode, so I obviously needed the ride. The weather is supposed to stay good so I might manage to get some more rides in too which would be great for me.

Today was back to the grind which isn’t any fun but it happens. Not a big deal that’s for sure. But work is work, sending my resume off to be reviewed by an expert today and get some feedback there. Figure it will be constructive seeing as he hires people fairly often.

In gaming news, I played the demo for the force unleashed (which makes me even more impressed with the 360 since downloadable content is right there) and enjoyed it. Seems there are a number of games headed soon that actually look interesting. Including Fable II actually since, from what I am reading, its going to be a lot of the things that the first game promised and didn’t deliver.

Also got news that the Zombie pub crawl has been announced. Should be a good time and doesn’t conflict with oktoberfest this year either which is a bonus to me.

Well I think that’s all she wrote, besides murder so there we go for now.

You’ll have a few bones to pick with a fractured skeleton.

Been a not too bad week or so. Lets start midway through last week I guess.

Last Tuesday I got together with one of my buddies and watched more of the Olympics along with a few beers and some very interesting conversation. Seems to be a damn good way to spend an evening.

Wednesday I dropped the bike off to get the turn signals replaced. When I picked it up the rain was so bad that I had to ride the bike home and change before going back to work because it looked as though I had been wading in a swamp. That evening my sister was in town so I went over to my parents house and spent some time visiting with all of them, pretty nice. Then it was off to Mortimer’s to introduce my sister to some people.

Thursday was back to the Olympics but just chilling around the house style. Friday I went out and picked up a 360 and a couple of games. Ended up playing games until about 2:30 in the morning then picked up again in the AM pretty quick. That evening was a BBQ up in the north burbs with some friends and just relaxing.

Sunday was an all day man-date with Andy and Master Chief. What a great way to spend an entire afternoon, playing video games with somebody who is in another time zone and experiencing basically no lag. I am still impressed. Oh and Assassin’s Creed is pretty damn good too even if parts of it are strange and/or annoying (particularly getting from one town to another).

Today was spent working and shit. In training that was supposed to last until Wednesday was over but thankfully that’s no longer true. In fact I have no training to be doing tomorrow. Other then that I am continuing to update the resume and working on finding myself something that I might actively enjoy doing rather then tolerate.

Other then that, not much going on which is kind of the goal at the moment. Thinking that I might head out of town this coming weekend but I am not sure where to or anything along those lines, just want a night out of town I suspect.

In other product news, I have started to use my Mac almost exclusively. I really am starting to love that computer. Course now that I have fixed some niggling issues here and there with my other computer I might stop using it quite so much, who knows. Really though I seem to be spending a lot less time online which is somewhat surprising. I still enjoy the internet when i take the time to be on it but it seems like there are just so many more things I want to do offline lately.