What I'm Playing 12/31/2008

Last one of the year:

Catherine the Great

(10:27:11 AM) erinthedreamer: Kyle Busch was born on May 2nd
(10:27:27 AM) erinthedreamer: i must kill him
(10:27:49 AM) digita1alchemy: awwwww...
(10:27:54 AM) digita1alchemy: lol, how did you find that out
(10:28:05 AM) erinthedreamer: i also share a birthday with Catherine the Great
(10:28:08 AM) erinthedreamer: Wikipedia
(10:30:34 AM) digita1alchemy: the woman who was crushed to death while she fucked a horse?
(10:30:54 AM) erinthedreamer: yup
(10:31:06 AM) digita1alchemy: I know that random fact only because of my awesome wife.
(10:31:15 AM) erinthedreamer: :-)
(10:32:00 AM) digita1alchemy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia#Death
(10:32:45 AM) erinthedreamer: hmmm I'm only saying what my World history teach told us
(10:32:56 AM) digita1alchemy: lol, i know
(10:33:01 AM) erinthedreamer: i thought it was true
(10:33:42 AM) erinthedreamer: oh well i'm still going to think that bc it's cool
(10:33:47 AM) digita1alchemy: http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/catherinethegreat/a/histmyths1.htm
(10:34:05 AM) digita1alchemy: http://www.snopes.com/risque/animals/catherine.asp
(10:35:04 AM) digita1alchemy: lol, it is cool
(10:35:05 AM) erinthedreamer: stop proving it wrong!
(10:35:09 AM) digita1alchemy: pretend you didnt read that stuff
(10:35:17 AM) digita1alchemy: I'm just showing you
(10:35:22 AM) erinthedreamer: I want to live in my fantasy world were great people die from fucking horses
(10:35:23 AM) digita1alchemy: i thought you might be interested where it came from
(10:35:29 AM) digita1alchemy: LOL
(10:36:09 AM) digita1alchemy: That is the coolest thing I've ever heard anyone say in a long time.

And another one bites the dust.

Erin and I were playing Rock Band a couple nights ago and having a great time, when all of a sudden at the end of a song the game froze. No big deal, I reset the game and we started again. Then it froze again. And again. We swapped the game out and it froze yet again. And then...it happened. 3 red lights.



Coincidentally, it happened on the same game, and almost the exact same time as last year. Only this time it was on our Elite, which we hastily went out and bought when our original system died last December...because we needed a "backup". So while I had second thoughts at that time, it was pretty awesome Sunday to just fill out a repair order, plug up the other Xbox, and keep on playing. The "coffin" should come today. Goodnight sweet prince...

What I'm playing 12/12/2008

Moving...

We're moving again. Not nearly as far this time...we're actually moving to a new apartment in the same complex we currently live in. We're downsizing from a 2-bedroom apartment to a 1-bedroom one. It's just the two of us, and while the extra space was nice, saving money is more important at the moment. We want to be able to buy a house in a few years, so this is the first step on the path to doing that.

The move date is on the 20th, so right now we have a little less than 2 weeks to pack everything and get all the necessary details straightened out. We'll get everything done, but it's just stressful right now, particularly for Erin who handles most of the "administrative" stuff. I'm going to try to do most of the packing, but we've both been sick the past week so we're kind of off to a late start. It's not the best time of year to be doing this kind of thing. We just got back from 5 days in Tennessee for Thanksgiving and will be going back for Christmas right after we move. Hectic probably isn't a strong enough word.

I'll try to take pictures of the new apartment once we get everything unpacked. It's on the first floor (we were on the second), and it has a small deck looking out to a lake.