So I was supposed to be taking this giant truck mech thing and delivering it to a destination where it would then release something into a crowd. The truck would drive until you flipped a switch where it would turn into an upright walking machine of sorts. I had to deliver it on the other part of the river, but in order to get there I had to jump off of a cliff that was close to ten stories high. I tried to use the truck mech to jump to small landings, but then my shoes fell off.

I couldn’t even watch my shoes fall all the way to the water below. I woke up rather than deal with it.

So, I made it to St. Louis no problem. Well, ok, I ran into a few problems, but I still made it here late Sunday night. On Monday I went with my wife to buy a few things for the house and ended up with a new HDTV. Yeah, I know…

Anyways, So I spent the rest of Monday attempting to get my internet working at home which caused some problems with my normal column… and which I never managed to get fixed. So Tuesday rolled around and I decided to get the TV and the internet working. I messed with them all day and then sometime in the after noon I could not get the damn TV figured out at all I resigned to the fact that I just needed to call technical support.

While I was on the phone with technical support the power went out and when I went outside I noticed that there was a huge storm coming through. Dust, dirt, leaves, and debris were getting kicked up all over the place and blown at high speeds towards me.

The power came back on for about an hour Thursday morning from about 6am to 7am. My wife was up and had to go to school. I thought that she was joking with me… but it was true. I went back to sleep happy that things could get back to normal and I could enjoy my vacation. When I woke up around 10 am it was out and I found out that it was barely on.

I am going mildly insane here. This is the first chance I have had to use the internet since the power went out. I THOUGHT I GOT AWAY FROM THIS SHIT BY MOVING AWAY FROM A HURRICANE ZONE!

So… yes I am attempting to keep my self from going insane. I slept for most of the day yesterday, and was only up for about 6 hours total. 460,000 people are in the same situation, so when ever I try to go to a wi-fi hotspot all the power outlets are being used, so I can’t use my laptop. This is honestly the first time I have gotten a chance.

Anyways, I have a bunch of other things I need to do while I actually have the internet so I apologize for not reading/responding to other people’s journals.

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A Scanner Darkly was shockingly faithful to the original book. I highly recommend it if you are a fan, and I can say that I recommend it if you like good movies.

Berserk Vol. 12 was a disappointment. There were a good 4 chapters of filler and the story was only moderately progressed. Now I have to wait 3 more months for the next volume. This is really the first volume that I have felt this way about. I mean, it was still good, it just feels like there was only a couple chapters of progress made over an entire volume.

The Maxx is still good, even after all these years. I know that I never finished the comics while they were out, but I also know that I made it most of the way. I just finished up volume 3 last night and still remember a good 90% of it.

Tank Girl is a movie that is sort of a guilty pleasure for me. Watching it I know it should be a “bad movie” but I just can’t hate it. In fact, I terribly enjoy it. I watched it again the other night and it is still as bad good as I remember it.

So, this is the last entry I am ever going to make from this desk, in this office, at this job.

I am leaving for St. Louis soon, I just have a very few loose ends to tie up.

If you see a sudden and long drop from me making entries it is because of my new job most likely. I will still be reading and checking my LJ as often as possible, but I just can’t promise much.

Well, wish me luck!

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So this is what the fireworks looked like for me tonight. This is the first 4th of July in about 20 years that I have not attempted to maim myself with fire and explosives. It is kind of weird as it doesn’t even really feel like the 4th of July.

Anyways, I have spent most of my day playing Half Life 2 on and off as well as purchasing games from a Mr. Jones. Half Life 2 is damn good, shockingly good actually. I am playing Half Life 2 on my Xbox 360…

Yes, I caved in and got an Xbox 360. It was really all for Dead Rising, which isn’t even out yet. The demo for Prey was what really did it too me though. That game was damn funny and it was pretty neat to mess around with.

The first thing that I did once I got the damn thing hooked up was play a DVD with it! Yes, with all this technology I watched a movie. You know what, it felt good too. I really haven’t been able to play a movie on a TV in my last hotel and it feels good to do it here. Here meaning that I have moved hotels and this one is much more accomodating, in fact it is damn nice. It’s a shame that I will only be able to stay here for 14 days total and I had to sit out 5 months in that other hell hole.

Things are winding down for me here in New Orleans. It kind of feels like it too, especially with me getting moved into a new place. I am starting to get fairly sad that I won’t be able to see my friends from here too often. I would really like to, but 750 miles is a good chunk of driving. I don’t really want to leave them, but I really don’t want to stay in this city any more. It is tearing me apart.

I will probably finish Half Life 2 here, in New Orleans. It will probably give me that nostalga feeling when ever I think about it. I already have a feeling it will. I finally get to the point in this city where I feel like I know it and am comfortable enough with the surrounding, and then I have to leave. It has happen a couple of times to me now, but I think this is going to be the last time. I own a home now, and I would really like to settle down. I feel like an old man for talking like that, but I do. I want to persue new careers and all that, but I want to do it from my house.

Anyways, I don’t know the point of what I am saying anymore. Aparently my column at GameSetWatch is getting pushed back to the late PM. Whatever. Comment on it if you have anything to say. I know I don’t promote the column much here, but I actually like this one.