BETA: Bricks, Sticks and Dogs

It's damn familiar. The lobbies, the perks, the ranking system, the load in, the status screens. The little tips and reminders. The grendade indicator seems more detailed, the guns sound different, but mostly it's COD4.... downgraded. You can really tell that the COD4 engine is running this thing, but the facade is a mockery of what could have been wrought by better hands.

So what about CODW@W did IW not contribute: The Maps... and the maps, suck.

Imagine Bloc over and over again. All three map offerings at this point are large, cluttered pathways centered around a focal point that is certain death for anyone that wanders towards it. So far I have done well by staying to the perimeter and keeping out of tanks, and off of ledges. The maps remind me of that fatefull three hours I played COD3; and kept getting stuck on a board laying on the ground, or a mysterious plant in the middle of a path. There is simply too much shit in the maps. It's like my grandmothers house, but instead of cats you have killer dogs.

With the maps being the only thing that makes this a Treyarch game.... my vote is that they move away from COD and leave it IW for any future series.

Release the HOUNDS!!! Jeep

Yes I Enjoyed it Very Much...

Sooooo.... My old boss, well boss of my boss, President of the Company just called me to beg me to return to work for him. 

After the initial... HAI!  HOWZ UR FAMILY BS.... he jumped right into it.  They are hurting so badly.. sales so down.... he really needs his "Money Girl" back.

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Inside voice: Well, dumbass, you shouldn't have left the company in the hands of a self-serving consultant that milked it dry and fired anyone that butted heads with his "Tornado of Pain" sales techinique.  I hope you enjoying hopping around in your private plane, spending money like it was your duty.  It's pathetic that it took 2 years and millions of dollars in sales losses for you to figure out that you were being duped. 

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Outside voice:  Oh, I couldn't possibly!  I love my job now, and I am really vested in it.  I feel like I am really helping my community and I enjoy the laid back atmosphere. 

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Damn it felt hella good to say NO to that man. 

Attention Everyone...

My  husband just texted me some very important news.....

THE MCRIB IS BACK!  BWAHAHAHAH!

Up Up and Awaaaaay!

I finally got to ride in a Blackhawk this weekend.  It was pretty cool.  Our pilot made the smoothest take off and landing I think I have ever felt.  The day was perfect: no wind, cool temperatures, and just a little haze.  Totally worth the wait.  I took that shot over Lake Norman.

Dad Spam just spooked me a little

Dad Spam:

Those three Fannie Mae executives that walked away with millions in golden parachute money.... wond what became of them??

                 FRANKLIN RAINES? Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor
                 TIM HOWARD?  Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama
                 JIM JOHNSON?  Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee
 

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A friend of mine called us late late night this week with the oddest question:  Are soldiers allowed to vote?

Of course they are!  My husband explained the process of absentee ballots.

Apparently out of the 19 people having this discussion, my friend was the only one that questioned it.  Everyone else assumed that they were not allowed to vote - one person said, "like felons... you can't let soldiers vote!"

/me shaking head

I worry about our future more than ever now.  These people weren't high schoolers, or druggies, or washouts.  These are my yuppie friends.  College graduates, young professionals.