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Badass

This weekend I went to get a Playstation 2 and a couple of games.

I got MK Shoalin Monks and God of War.

MK Shalin is pretty good. It's what MK Mythologies wanted to be minus all the suck.

The other game...

God of War is the most badass game I've ever played. Period.

That's a pretty bold statement, but it's the truth. From the moment you enter the game you realize that you're a badass and can beat the living shit out of anything in the most brutal and satisfying ways.

Basically God of War is about Kratos and without giving much of the story away, he's got 2 swords attached to his body with chains, and he can whirl them about dealing death and destruction. The game is for all intents and purposes damn near flawless.
I can't say enough good things about this game. However, there is one thing that is good/bad.

The bad is.... This is a HARD, HARD game. It's brutal, unforgiving, and can be frustrating at times, however, the way the story plays out, it really drives you through the game.

If you own a PS2, YOU'VE GOT TO BUY THIS GAME! It's only $19.95

If you DO NOT own a PS2, go out and buy one just for this game, but also for the huge library of cheap games you can get for it.

MK Shaolin Monks.... Unfinished, but so far I'd say a 7/10

God of War.... Beaten, I'd have to give it a 10.

Random babble #425

It's time for bed as I reflect on my life.

I've had some good times, I've had some bad times, and I've had a lot of times that were just wasted, unimportant, useless moments of my life. I've wasted a lot of time, and I'm not just talking about time spent unemployed, or single. I mean wasting time living life. Getting caught up in your own life. Getting too busy for yourself. Getting lost in the complexity of everyday living and wasting the rest of your time just falling into a routine. How many lives have been squandered this way.

You look up and one day it's time for retirement and your life is gone. I've got about 30-35 years left to work, and I'm not sure if I'll even aquire enough fundage to retire. This is what I hate about life. You spend all your time worrying about things to set you up for life, and your life is almost over when your ready to use it. There's got to be a better way.

Funny how people will pour their most intimate details of their inner being into a blog. Most of the things you'd never tell your friends, much less the whole world.


I'd chat more, but I have to hit the sack so I can be at work in the morning at 5am. :(

Earning ZERO RETIREMENT.

The New Hotness.

Well, I finally got the new computer. Everything is rocking along quite nicely at the moment. I'm still downloading and installing all the crap I've gotta have. You know, the typical.... Divx, Quicktime, Adaware, Windows Defender, Different games etc.

Speaking of which, I just played a little Half-Life 2 at 1920 X 1280 at full detail, anistropic filtering etc., and it really blew my mind how badass it was. I also played UT2004 at the same rez and it seems like the framerate was way too fast. I guess faster than I'm used to maybe. But that's o.k. Played Doom3 at Ultra detail and while it looks amazing, it's still Doom3, so I had to take points off for that. Plus I think I've got my monitor's brightness set a little too high, so it just didn't look right when I played it.

My main concern now is getting all my old stuff from the other computer on this HD.

Saving up for this thing at my salary has been an incredibly difficult chore though. I'm not sure I could do that again.

I guess one of the coolest things about my new computer is the monitor. I can play HD video at 1080p which is better than many HDTV's out there.

I've been an LCD hater for years, and I still think I prefer CRT monitors, but this monitor is so hi-rez it really doesn't matter that much.

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I think I'm going to get a haircut today. Then I'll probably go hang out at best buy for awhile. lol ;) I was gonna post a little something, but I got busy doing other things. May post more later. ;)

"Spritual Quest"

Here lately I've been reading "The Purpose Driven Life" For those of you that don't know, this book is all about finding God's purpose for your life. I know some of you don't believe in God, and I know some of you also do, but don't take it seriously, or you do. Spirituality is a personal thing, but it's also something that's meant to be shared.

I've reached a point in my life where nothing really makes much sense anymore, and I have to do something in order to have a life worth living. I don't know how things are gonna go over the next year or so, but I hope my life improves, and I hope to improve the lives of others.

Life is pointless without God. It just doesn't make sense.

I'm gonna try to change the way I am and become a better person, because I'm getting nowhere on my own.

Don't think of this post being depressing, cuz it's really not. I'm exited and am really looking forward to what changes life may bring. I just hope that it's not too late to make a difference.

Catching up with the blog.

It's been a rough week. But it's over for now. I HATE split off days, and generally I'm off one Saturday and Sunday, then the nex week I'm off on Thursday and Sunday. This has been the Thursday/Sunday combo, and I'm beat. When you have split off days like that, it's like you don't have a weekend, you just have a couple of days off.

Anyhow, the computer thing is moving right along, I'm about $50 short, so I'll have to wait another week. I also found a monitor I REALLY, REALLY want, and it's $850. So that'll mean MORE saving. It's a bitch, and it requires a lot of patience.

Yesterday, I came home and found my Aunt and Uncle were visiting. They had a DVD with them that was tons and tons of old home movies on 8mm film. lol The film held up pretty nice, and it was amazing to look at all that old stuff.

Most of it was video from Christmas's, Vacations etc. I saw my first Birthday, and several incredible moments. One thing that is "REALLY FREAKIN' WIERD" is 2 of my nephews look almost EXACTLY like my brother and I. I'm not exaggerating, it literally looks like them. Seems kinda wierd to me cuz I've never had anything to do with my sister-in-law. lol.. Brandon looks like his dad, and Carson looks like me. The only real difference between us is I had curly hair, and he has straight hair, other than that, it's uncanny.

One thing that really struck me when watching these movies, is how fast time flies by. 35 years gone by in a flash, it was really strange seeing my parents so young, Seeing my GRANDPARENTS so young as well. It's an awesome treasure really that you can't put a price on. I'm gonna start filming everthing when I get a camera.

That reminds me, my cousin had a 30 Gig Video Ipod. It was SMOOTHE. I'd love to have one and it's not that expensive I don't guess. The 30 gig is around $250 and the 60 gig is around $360 or so. Hell, it's worth that to me, even if it's just for a data wallet.