I just finished writing the last entry and was about to shut down the computer. Then I smelled a fierce, familiar smell.

I turned around and saw Toby sleeping on my bed behind me. I’ve only discovered this maybe a few weeks ago, but that dog farts a LOT when he’s sleeping. They’re pretty stink farts, too, from such a small dog.

I tried to get a picture of him sleeping just now, but his eyes opened when he heard me reaching for the camera. Bad Toby! Who can stay mad at this, though?

Congratulations Yen and Amy!!! Now come back to Hawaii already!

It’s been a while since I’ve updated. I think the holiday season’s just been keeping me distracted and unfocused. That, and Guitar Hero. Kerri bought me GH3 for my birthday/Christmas.

My brother and I rocked out on that game like, every weekend and we liked it so much that we bought #2 a couple weeks later, just so that we could get the second guitar and play at the same time, instead of having one person play and the other stare. (and also so we could play ‘Surrender’)

Anyway, Kerri’s brother bought Rock Band yesterday. I brought my console over, and everybody played for a few hours last night. The game’s pretty fun, but I just wanted to play the guitar parts. I tried the drum, but I’m no good at it. I didn’t even bother to attempt the singing.

The fun ended last night, though. They tried playing the game again today, and the console just gave them a damaged disc error. The console scratched a ring around the disc! Joystiq actually called this one earlier this year, and apparently, my other games also got scratched, but Rock Band in particular is more susceptible to scratching than most games. The Washington Post reported a similar incident.

I emailed Microsoft about the problem, and if it’s going to be anything like it was the last time my xbox gave me problems, I’ll have to end up calling them on the telephone, then wait nearly 2 months before I have a playable console again (unless I buy another ‘backup’ console in the meantime, which seems borderline ridiculous to me).

What gets me is that the game was brand new just last night, and today it’s no good. And yes, the console was always placed horizontally and never moved. Thanks for nothing, Microsoft. That’s strike 2.

I will chronicle my subsequent dealings with Microsoft’s technical support in entries to follow. Stay tuned (or not).

Looks like I’m changing jobs. Again. Hopefully for the last time for a while this time around..

I’ve been feeling way too lazy to post anything substantial lately. I don’t know if it’s me, the rainy weather, or something else. I got lots of pictures that I need to post, but just haven’t been feeling like doing it.  Man, even now I just want to go to bed already… I think it IS the weather..

On my birthday, I had to call in sick from work because of a sour stomach. (Don’t ever get the 2-tacos from the Kapahulu Jack in the Box - they may only cost 99 cents, but you’ll end up paying more for it the next day)

I started feeling better throughout the day, though not better enough to play any Guitar Hero (yet). Between bathroom breaks, I got a bunch of chores done - cleaned up some of the junk around the house that was soaked from last week’s floods, and even took the bike down to get it’s overdue safety check. The place I used to go, known for it’s leniency, is no longer - It sounds like he’s gotten into too much trouble over the past few years from the inspection stickers on his friends’ Harleys.

It’s afternoon now, and I’d otherwise be getting off work in about 2 minutes. This was a nice, peaceful day. I drove to Long’s just now, bought myself a 24 pack of Keystone light (Keystones cost half the price of the other beers, and get me to the same place - plus, all beers taste the same when they’re cold enough). The girl at the checkout counter asked me if all 24 were for me. I said “It depends” — whatever that means.

It’s going to be a good night.

I haven’t written in a while - it’s one of those ironies that when you’ve got the most things to write about, you have the least amount of time to write about them. Since the past entry, we watched that last UH Football game, but more importantly, one of the greatest performances ever by Dirty Thunder. I also went to O’Toole’s with Ikaika, survived some crazy weather, and Kerri just bought me Guitar Hero 3 today for my birthday.

I’m going to sleep for now, though.