So my computer was down and out for almost three weeks. Something in the grand scheme of programming just didn't want to mesh suddenly, which led to an issue that could have happened had I overclocked my machine or something. Except I didn't. So I'm kinda upset about that whole deal. In any case, I'm back now.
So let's go over some of the stuff that happened while I was away . . .
Re: The PS3: Batman: Arkham Asylum was ridiculously awesome. Played the hell out of it, enjoyed every moment of it. It's all just put together almost perfectly. Very satisfying to swoop around as the Goddamned Batman. Heck, I even nailed 100% on the trophies and nailed my very first Platinum!
The fact that I beat my Trophy-whore-esque friend to it just makes it all the more hilarious.
Re: The Roommate: The house is really quiet these days now that the little one is off to school. With internet dead, I haven't had chances to see anyone online, so we're all surely curious and excited to know how she's doing.
Re: Living Situation: I'm looking for places right now. Smaller, cheaper places. In fact, I have one I could take that'd save me a couple hundred dollars a month, but at the same time would also double my work commute. Still, I'll probably take it . . . now the only thing I need to work around is my one-month's notice for upstairs . . . or something. Yeah, figuring this stuff out in the middle of the month never works out quite right.
Re: Health: At work there was a weekend of no-tax days followed by Labour Day. After the dust settled, I had a cold or something. I joke that it may be H1N1 - evidently my conceit is such that I actually believe myself to be strong enough to not die should I ever contract it - but it's probably not. In any case, coughing now, and it sucks.
Re: Transportation: This is the big one for this update. Apparently, fighting for hours and working out monthly rent and whatnot on my own wasn't enough responsibility for myself . . .
. . . I now get to add car insurance and maintenance to the list. I own a car now.
It's my brother's old car. He had been trying to sell it for a while now after he bought his truck. So my parents stepped in, proposed that they buy the car off him for me (I've been using my mom's car on an extended loan up until this week). The reasoning that allows me to, well, allow this, is thus:
-My mom has helped all of us with our first cars.
-She gets her car back
-My brother gets his car sold off
-I will still have a vehicle
-I can drive stick; my mother cannot
Let it be known that I've never considered myself as anything other than lucky. In any case, the brother's stipulations for my owning the car were that I pay for insurance, and that I keep its maintenance up and good. Can't really say no to that, can I?
So yeah. It's been an eventful couple weeks. So what do I need to catch up on over here? Aside from DisNaruto drama?
