its been a while.... a new update or 2

alot has been going on....

new job is great.  something new. the hours are great. and the people i work with couldnt be more enjoyable.  The more time i have at home is awesome.  the kids and i played 4 player castle crashers which is awesome!!!!!!!!!! i had to get a new xbox. My other was yet again a victim to the rrod so i got the core system and am going to send this one in. Probably pass it down to my kids when i get it back.

the house is finally done for the winter, but i am making a list for the spring time to work on the outside. We have a woods behind the house i am going to clear out in the spring. Going to cut down 10 trees and clear the brush so we will be able to use it when the weather gets nice again. Camp out with the kids in the back yard.

I want a dog. 1 because i love dogs and ever since i have lived on my own have generally had 1, But i also want a dog for security. We live in a small town but still. i want a dog here for my wife and kids. I have done and been taught the same training that police dogs go through so whateer dog i get will be well trained.  i am looking at, german shepards, rotties, and golden retrievers. i am leaning more towards a golden because they are more of a family dog. Yes germans and rots are good dogs but they become attached to one person and a golden is more of a family dog.

www.nekslevel.com check it out Official launch will be in December. soft goods for hard knocks. the designs are awesome

neks and i have been looking for 2 people to play in gamebattles and MLG 09 season for an event or 2. we have alot of prospects and hopefully we will get a solid 4 in the next coming weeks.  i am ready to get back to the militant side of halo, the break has been nice but i am ready to hit it again. i am the type of player that will play any game type with anyone but the best part of halo for me is the down and dirty comp play............ 49 - 49 or 4 caps to 4 caps with both flags out ready to cap....... its a grwat drenaline rush and plaing at an event is even that more exciting. last years placings  at meadows was ok and orlando was a disappointment. but we know the follies and now its time to do what we know we can do. we have played pros and semi pros, won and lost games. We have a good base of teams to scrim to get ready. i have met in the last couple weeks alot of great players and teams. teams and players on the circuit now that or more then willing to scrim us. so hopfully things will go better and if they dont, o well, at the end of the day we are still the same people. some people look at it like a waste of time, i look at it like the road less traveled. There are plent of gamers out there 25 and older that probably could compete if they tried, but they just dont want to put the time into learning a new game like that......................... or they view it as a " young mans" sport. lol

I got gears 2, love the campaign i am slowly making it through insane by myself, and i mean slowly. G1 campaign really was great and G2 is even better cant wait for the thrid. I can almost say campign for gears is better then halo's camapign in terms of gameplay. both stories are great.  I love horde mode and the MP is a great relaxing break from halo.  the only real complaint i have about MP in G2 is the Chainsaw magnet. IMO if you shotty a rev'd chainsaw the chainsaw should drop....... shotty should beat Chainsaw not the other way around but no game is perfect halo has it's faults i generally dont dwell on them.  but MP is enjoyableand i have played with some guys and gals from 2o2p i havent seen in a long time, and its been ncie to reconnect with them.

beyond that i have been working out and have made promise to my kids to quit smoking on Jan 1, and when it comes to them i dont break promises.

more to come.....

F1R3

some fun stuff

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the Arkansas State Song ( this is for you eks sing along)

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Every guy who had a BB gun when we were younger

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Soup stars in his own

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there are alot more funny ones on that site

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The Fish

ok so a couple weeks back our town had a festival called Levi Coffin days. It's a big town festival with small vendors lining he streets and small carnival games etc... So the kids wanted to play the game where you throw a ping pong ball at small fish bowls and if it lands in one you get a fish.  Well Thankfully they won on the first try ( thankfully is being used sarcastically because well, it's a damn goldfish and thankful because if they didnt win the first time it would have been a i wanna do it and do it till we win, all the parents reading this should get what i am saying)]

So i went out and got a bowl and food. Which for the free fish we won at the fair is no longer free because if he dies now i am stuck getting another one, but The weird thing is, i think the fish thinks it's a dog. Anytime anyone comes into the kitchen he swims up to the bowl and stares at you then runs around his bowl and comes back. if you walk away or to a different part of the kitchen the fish follows. It's really a funny site to see. it seems he is happy to see you just like a dog.

Another note............... i have started my new job..... only working 40 hours a week is weird after working almost 70hrs a week for so long. and today is the first Saturday ididnt have to work in over 2 years. but it's good. i have started working out again and next week i meet with the local branches for IU and Purdue Universities in town so i can start school in the spring . Kinda nervous about that, havent been in a school setting for a long time but should be ok

Hope you all are having a great weekend I'm on halo if anyone is around

F1R3

YuP

I'm 30 today

a bit more info

ok So the house is great we have a huge back yard and 1/2 of it is dense woods. Next spring, (probably early marchish before everything turns green again) i am going to thin the trees out and build my fire pit and about 1,000,000 other projects i am finding to do next spring and summer. I am looking forward to it and i will be able to get the kids involved in alot of it so they will really enjoy it also.

My old Team CBTS (Calm before the Storm) is concerned with going to the Meadowlands event. After some long talks with Baron and the Mrs and neks it seemed to be the obvious choice for me to step down from the team. Neks and i have teamed together for a long time now and i gotta say i am most comfortable playing halo with him on my team. he and i work well together and can play a 2 v 2 with minimal communication because we know what the other will do. So Baron picked up our 2 former teamates We played with in Meadowlands this year, and Neks and i are forming a new team.  we will probably go to 2 of the events next year. so as i look for/find 2 more team mates we will be hitting the bricks hard and getting our strats and game play down.

Other then that I am getting a new job about the same pay but only 40 hours a week instead of 68 hours a week. And in doing so am going to go back to school and finish a degree, or start a new one. I seem to collect unfinished degree programs . but the time is right and mentally i am more prepared then ever before.

More soon

F1R3