One would think that I am a hard core gamer.  I either own or have owned most game systems.  Right now, I have a Nintendo 64, Atari Jaguar, Dreamcast, PS2, PSP (which I traded my Xbox on, but kept the games) and the 360.About a month or 2 ago, I bought a Nintendo DS, but ended up selling it after about 2 weeks because it didn’t impress me.  I play the PSP more and like it lots better.   I do like to game, but rarely have time for it.  In fact, I have lots of games that I’ve bought, but never played.  Of late, I have taken more time to play.  I mentioned Call of Duty 2 for the 360 before.  Well… a couple of weeks ago, it started acting up.  It wouldn’t play properly, sometimes wouldn’t load, etcetera.  So, I looked at the disc to see if it needed cleaned.  It was cracked… starting from the center out.  It finally stopped loading.  So, I am without it.  Hopefully, it won’t be for long; as I sent it to Activision to get it replaced.

I decided this morning that I am going to get into better shape.  So, I worked out some with the weight machine.  It just so happens that I also ended up mowing later in the day.  So, I mowed, and mowed…. and mowed… and I think between the two, I over did it, today. I am feeling it.  But, I took a shower and then went for a ride on the motorcycle at about dark.  It was still really warm and it gave me a chance to get out some and get my mind off things and just ride.

I was at EBGames the other day and was going to buy another game for the PSP, but I had already picked out $30 worth of $3.00 movies.  So, the game has to wait.  It is puzzle games: crosswords and such.  There was another that I saw that looked good, but I forget what it was.  I also saw advanced orders on Call of Duty 3.  That looks really good, too.

So…. I’ve been playing Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360 in online multiplayer games.  Now…. I like a competition, also…. but I don’t like when people are rude, obnoxious, mean, etcetera.  I have typically gotten less than 10 kills, (a lot of times less than 6) but killed about twice that much or more.

I’ve met some people that are really pleasant to play with, even if they are much better than I am.  Those are the pleasant games… where you can have fun without being nasty.

Some people are just jerks and are ridiculous with their behavior and vulgar comments.  One group of players that had the same beginning name played as a team.  As soon as the game was finished, they made crude, vulgar comments to me and booted me out of the game. 

But, tonight was a bit different.  I played better and actually won my first game.  I had 20 kills in Deathmatch.  I was surprised.  I was looking for my name near the bottom and it was on the top.  I had a couple of games with only 4 kills… but had quite a few games where I scored over 10. So…. I think I’m getting the hang of it.  I said I was surprised I was doing as good as I was… and one of the guys said, “You’re not bad.”  So… I’m improving at least.

Wow.  This custom motorcycle is on auction at ebay.  It’s amazing.

H.R. Giger Motorcycle Custom

Watched “Hitch” the other night.  It was funny and was worth watching.I liked it.

Found out yesterday that “Perfect Dark Zero” is online co-op capable.  Also, saw some wireless headphones for the 360 that also have the microphone on them.  It’s funny I saw them today, since I was just thinking yesterday how it would be nice to have stereo sound when playing online, because the headset blocks the game sound from one ear.

This is funny and mean all at the same time.

http://www.break.com/index/alien_scare_scream.html

Apparently, religion in movies hurts kids.

Lawmakers Decry Christian Film’s PG Rating

One of my clients has a computer which needed repaired.  They left the DVD “The Sweetest Thing” Unrated Version in the drive, so I sat down this morning to watch it.  I turned it off after a short while.  The crude language, gratuitous sexual content, smut….. was ridiculous.

That sort of ties into my next post, which will be after this one about movie ratings and religion.

I received my certificate from Sam Goody for $15 off, so I decided to take the motorcycle and see what they had.  I had hopes of getting a game for about that price.  I finally settled on “Oblivion” since nothing cheaper appealed to me.  I usually use the credits or free rentals to get things I’m not sure I would like.

After getting that, I decided to just ride for awhile.  So, I did.  Sharyn didn’t get in touch with me, so I presume she didn’t get her S40, yet.

I have been thinking a good bit lately and the theme of my last post has prompted me to think perhaps it would be quite acceptable to stop fighting the idea; and embrace my coming future as a lonely, bitter (old) man.

I find myself feeling increasing resentment toward some of the people whom I have felt the closest to in the past. As a matter of fact, I am feeling resentment toward some people whom I have not been so close, too.

I’ve always said that if you think everything is racist, you can make everything racist.  If you think of everything in terms of race, then you are a true racist.  Lorraine Rees is a racist.

From “Tongue Tied” by Scott Norvell:

Monkey Business

The mother of a primary school student in the United Kingdom is calling her local school culturally insensitive because it cast the boy, who is of African descent, in the role of a monkey for a school play, reports the Press Association.

Lorraine Rees say the Ashley Down Infant School in Bristol acted in a racist manner by asking her son Myles to perform the role in a production of The Enchanted Island. Myles had wanted to play a hunter in the production.

“I think what the school have done is definitely racist and should never have been allowed to happen in the first place,” she said. “It is just not acceptable. There is no way that black pupils should even be asked to play monkeys in any type of play.”

Three other students, all of them white, are set to play monkeys in the play.

So… my USB turntable arrived already!  Now to find time to play with it.