I'm not sure if I really NEED another place to log my thoughts and daily activities... being jobless means my daily activities are pretty lame and meanlingless, even to ME.

The only thing that's really going on right now is how life has changed as a result of moving into an apartment with my gf of two years. We've signed a year lease, so I'm stuck with it for now, but I have a feeling that this will probably kill this relationship. If you know who she is and play games with her on xboxlive I would appreciate it if you kept this between us. NOt that anyone will read this anyway, but whatever.

All I'm saying is that we've only been in this place for like a week, and even though I love this apartment... it's weird to feel out of place somewhere that's supposed to be "Home". I haven't felt like this since I made the mistake of moving in with my father and step mother for a few months back in 2003, and I didn't like it then either. At least feeling trapped there helped make me artistically productive again. So at the very least, if this experience is good for nothing else, maybe I can get myself back to a point where I can consider myself an artist again. That would be nice.

I miss feeling creative, productive, useful, and appreciated for who I AM... and not what I was, could be, or might become with enough mollycoddling.

It's way too early to feel trapped, which is a horrible sign, but for the sake of arguement I'll do my best to remain causiously optomistic about the whole situation untill it blows up in my face.

~Jhon

I've done all I know to do and still havd the RROD. I have it in it's coffin..........er I mean box to ship it off to the hospital to get better. I still thank God for the spare but i feel kinda naked, (not a sight to behold, trust me), with just the one. The thing that scares me is if it happens again I'll do something drastic and go PS3. Not that Sony is bad, I just don't want to buy all my games over and downsize in picture quality. We have the extended warranty on both but I've heard thats even a nightmare. Do I buy a refirb as a third spare or just take my chances? I set up the XBOX downstairs so we can both still be online at the same time but it's not the same. My pre-order copy of Prince of Persia didn't come in today as well so I bought Sean White Snowboarding for the PSP. I just hope it's better than the reviews it's gotten so far. I can't help but be bummed. I think I need a cookie and a hug

Nope, it's not rain; it's bad plumbing. I'd really like to kill the previous owners, not to mention the home inspector  and the plumber I hired right after I moved in to fix another fuck-up.

When someone tells you "We've replaced all the plumbing," wouldn't you assume that statement to mean all pipes in the house running to the city sewer line have been replaced? Apparently that would be a false assumption. The old cast iron main pipe that all the drains connect to was not replaced. They simply punched holes in it and let the new pvc pipe dangle in it. I had to pay for that little understatement 2 years ago right after I bought the house and the toilet started backing up. I had the plumber check the upstairs bathroom as well; he said everything was hunky-fucking-dory up there. Wrong again.

They ran new pvc from the toilet and the sink, lopped off the old iron pipe in the attic where it plunges into the floor/ceiling, then dangled the pvc over the ragged opening of the iron pipe. I guess it's been working fine all this time, but my son clogged the toilet up, and when he freed the clog it must have sent a rush of water that overflowed the opening and ran into the ceiling. How lucky am I?

Hopefully I'll have enough room up there that I can get one of those rubber boots on to splice the two pipes together. If not... well, I'd rather not think about that right now. I guess I'll find out this weekend. Wish me luck - I have a feeling I'll need it.

In the following clip a pod of Orca descend upon a group of penguins. This clip proves that being bigger and stronger isn't always nessacarily the best attributes in a scuffle.

www.break.com/index/little-penguin-is-pro-at-evading-killer-whales.html

click images for full size!, and enjoy

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Oh and you bastards that think you are getting the Landing print away from me, or about to get pwned..

My xbox finally got to the repair center. They said something about it was received but not at the actual repair center yet. UPS or Microsoft delivers them to a central location in Texas and then moves them to the repair centers. So anyway it is getting repaired and I should have it back within a week.

On another note I picked up W@W the yesterday. I'm really looking forward to checking out Co-Op and Zombie mode, but not really that excited about multiplayer. From what I've been told Veteran on this game is ridiculously hard.

Last but not least don't forget to check out the 2old2play V3 Artist auction. All the proceeds go to the site redesign.

Have a good night.

NG

This is an mp3 created from soundbites from Left 4 Dead. And the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.

Make sure you have the audio turned down and/or headphones on if you're at work.

Kudos to the executives of the big 3.  They learned their lesson, no private jets to go beg congress for money to help their outdated and mismanaged companies.  But I still have issue with their means of transportation.  All three of the execs are driving to Washington, in seperate cars!

I think we should now get mad at them for not car pooling.  Think of the redwoods, you jerks.

What is it about being in a shower that dramatically amplifies the pungency of a fart? Because I almost killed myself in the shower this morning. Once I came to, I started thinking about it. Is it the humidity, the heat or a combination of the two? Maybe it is just because it is such an enclosed space. Please, science guys, help me out here. Is there some formula? If that is indeed the case, then I really feel for those of you who live in the more humid areas of our country (and abroad for that matter).

It also gets me thinking in another direction. Maybe I should open a bakery and keep the humidity level in the 90% range. People would probably be ready to kill once they entered the store and smelled the fresh baked bread amplified to infinity.

Anyway, I propose an experiment. If everyone reading this today would kindly eat something tonight that makes you deadly. Beans, cauliflower, crab cakes.... whatever you need. Then in the morning before your shower rip a good one. Take a whiff and remember it. If possible, ask a loved one to also sample your handywork for an objective opinion. Then while in the shower, let another one go and compare. Post here afterwards (once your head clears) and let me know how it goes.