Things change and oftentimes, there’s nothing you can do to prevent it.
My XBox 360 failed. The Red Ring O’ Death shone down upon me and told me “YOU SHALL NOT WATCH NETFLIX ‘TIL 6 IN THE MORNING!”
The irritating thing? Anthony gave me 1600 Microsoft Points in order to purchase and download the Gears of War 2 Expansion pack, “All Fronts Collection.” Before I Red-Ringed, I was able to add it to my download queue. Hooray for that, right?
Ted let me borrow his XBox – the one Anthony and I did the case mod for last summer – but it wasn’t the same. I pretty much used it only for Netflix anyway, save for a couple times when I had friends over and we played some Rock Band.
According to the XBox website, it’ll take 2-3 weeks from the date my XBox was shipped out. I dropped it off at the UPS store on August 18th and it was shipped on August 19th. It finally made it to Mesquite, Texas (the final resting place for all Red-Ringed XBoxes) today.
Speaking of today, I pre-ordered “Batman: Arkham Asylum” a few days ago (after completely forgetting about when it was being released) and there was a midnight release for it that I attended … and missed all the “Midnight Release” festivities, though I did see a dude dressed like Batman riding shotgun in a late-model Mitsubishi Eclipse that had been customized to look like the Batmobile.
So yeah, I have a brand new video game that I can’t play. Nuts to that.
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I guess I’m doing all right. I’ve had days where I was sad, but the good days have outweighed the bad for the most part. I miss my friends, mostly, but that’s nothing a phone call can’t change. I just have to get over my abnormal fear of calling people, that’s all.
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I fear that Gavin/Turdie has a Urinary Tract Infection. He’s been more talkative than normal (which is saying something,) and he’s been peeing in the house and not in his litter box. Since he’s been peeing mostly in the corner of the living room where Mom’s rocking chair is, she’s been all for getting rid of him, however, I think a discussion is in order so I can bring him to the vet. She was the one who suggested that he may have a pee problem.
I’m worried about him.
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Since my grandfather passed away in June, my mom has been spending 3-4 nights at my grandma’s house keeping her company. Grandma hasn’t been alone ever in her life (she’s 90 now,) so it’s been an adjustment.
With the house to myself for a majority of the week, it’s been kind of lonely, just me, the cat and the bunnies, who mostly keep to themselves in the basement, when not terrorizing the cat upstairs.
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Phoebe Waffle Hammipuff passed away in my hands on July 23rd at 3:30AM and with her gone, it’s been strange not hearing her doing her busy-work in the living room late at night. She was a good little hamster, and I miss her, and missing her makes me miss her predecessor, Arnold McNut, even more.
Phoebe was more my mother’s hamster than mine. Mom loved her tons and would constantly talk to her while she sat and watched TV. It always brought a smile to my face when I’d hear my mom say, “Phoebe! You’re so busy! What are you doing? Being busy? You’re such a busy hamster!”
My mother misses her a lot and isn’t ready for another hamster. I don’t know if she’ll ever be ready for another hamster, either, which is sad, because Mom was always happy with having a hamster in the living room. She had initially insisted that Arnold’s cage be moved to the living room, so she could enjoy his antics, so during the Hammipuff Administration, it was only logical that she stay in the living room as well.
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Off to new adventures.


