Cineva m-a intrebat odata : ”E bine sa fii rau sau e rau sa fii bun?” Nu am stiut ce sa raspund…

Cateodata mi-as dori sa fiu egoista.
Cateodata as vrea sa fac ceva si pentru mine.
Cateodata as vrea sa nu ma mai gandesc intai la ceilalti si apoi la mine.
As vrea sa fac un pas gandindu-ma intai cum ma va afecta pe mine, si apoi cum ii va afecta pe ceilalti…
As vrea sa nu imi mai pese. ”Am invatat ca oricat mi-ar pasa mie , altora s-ar putea sa nu le pese.”
(O. Paler)
Mi-as dori sa am puterea de a spune ”NU” fara ca apoi sa am mustrari de constiinta.
As vrea sa urmez o chemare fara sa ma mai gandesc la consecinte…
As vrea sa am curajul de a spune ce simt fara sa imi fie teama ca voi face pe cineva sa sufere…
As vrea sa am puterea de a nu mai acorda a 2-a sansa .
As vrea sa nu mai FIU eu acolo… As vrea sa FIE cineva acolo …

Deci : E BINE SA FII RAU SAU E RAU SA FII BUN?

Who said we can’t win. We already have. It’s our job and vocation to every person on earth to walk in the freedom of Christ. We weren’t called to talk  about the sufferings that come with following Christ, we were called to fellowship in His sufferings. It is by Blood that you are called, it is by grace you are saved, and it is in His name that you are justified. Wherein we know that we, who are called to be sons of God, live for Glory, not for tomorrow…….
-Canaan Hackler

Nothing relevant happened today, did some more studying, and lost almost a hundred hair, yeah! Like I have so many of them I could sell them to wig makers… It’s so depressing and frustrating, nothing seem to get better in my life, perhaps excluding my university performance, and even if I don’t care for the most part about my life being a complete failure, I have already enough health concerns to think of, I don’t really need other new shit to worry about.

So I started taking some food supplements and applying some kind of lotion in the hope of stopping this sudden hair loss. I might just believe those who say my problems are all psychosomatic, but even if they are what can I do? Doing what I like instead of doing what people expect me to do never helped with my sleep, psoriasis or digestion, so why should it help with hair loss? If it is really situational depression, then the only way I can see to exit this situation is to kill myself, because the situation is the way life works in this fucking society.

But this isn’t what I meant to write tonight, I’m going to analyze in some detail how I live social situations with my friends from a specific point of view: tonight we went out to eat and drink something, and for the first hour or so I was more or less comfortable, the topics of conversation were related to video games or computer science so it was not impossible for me to say something, even if it they were mostly remarks. But then my ability to concentrate started to fade, and I really was having a hard time following the conversations, especially since I wasn’t much interested about the usual WoW-related discussions between my two friends. Unfortunately, my friends sometimes expected me to participate in the conversation and actually understand what they said, so I had to make some serious efforts to follow through their chat.

I don’t know if this drop in my ability to concentrate was somewhat related to the pub getting more crowded, but I don’t think so, I wasn’t much anxious, probably because there were no girls in the near surroundings. What I can say for sure is that one hour is a limit I encounter often while following university lessons, doing psychotherapy or playing guitar, after that hour it looks like I suddenly get bored and need to do something else. Weird, indeed, but the pattern suggests how this ease of boredom is a primary factor that undermines most of my daily activities, and solving that will probably lead me a long way in improving my life. Now if only I could know what’s the cause… I’m not even confident an average psychiatrist will have a clue, and by the way, I fear them. I’m sure they’ll instantly try to medicate me, but I’m not going to take medication until I’ll be fucking sure I really need it, I’m not going to ruin my life even more by becoming addicted to some drug.

There is a new name to take over Fraawgz Graphics to give the company a professional edge and to widen the horizons for myself as ‘Fraawgz Graphics’ was chosen in a split second, I should have thought of it more but I never thought I’d get to this point with design!

I will still run Fraawgz Graphics to catch the clients who prefer that side of things or aren’t aware of my new name however all orders will end up going through the new name for legal reasons and tags will be to that name. I will be clear that it was formaly ‘Fraawgz Graphics’ also just to be clear on things.

The new name isn’t anything completely special, many of the names I really liked just didn’t work right for the company and wouldn’t give me a middle of the road type of look, even on every ones sides. Yes… they were kind of morbid ;] The name I chose is linked to myself, is simple to say and spell (unlike the current one!) and allows me freedom for self design.

I know a few clients really didn’t want me to change the name, sorry guys but this is a step out from being just another designer to becoming and entrepreneur in my own right and buidling a company which will hopefully do well in the future! This next year will be a huge test including my mini being an advertisment on wheels lol! Honk if you see me ;]

Name will be revealed once everything is set in place.

Thanks!

As celestial shores move back and forth with constants evolving like beacons of glowing truth new information is grasped by the hands of life. Toys of playful intrigue are used to extrapolate new data of the ultimate cloud of desirable stories of playful truths. Then a new hope for carbon based life can be realised paving the way for a substrate of unknown intellect and prowess. Information will take second place to a new form of creativity with ties to a magic of souls and spirit not yet realised. Thus the future of souls is a joyful one with new theories of understanding and compassion causing life to move up to a new level of absolution and certainty. As you can probably see the future is not orange or apple or banana it is the hope of a celestial phenomenon called growth and maturity as a species and beyond, wherever or whenever it takes us.

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I have learned since being grounded to not do anything you are going to regret.  Being grounded can be very boring.  The End!

I watched the entire 7th season of the West Wing today. That’s it. Did some laundry (miracles do happen). Bought some sushi to take home to my sister.

All this Saturday amazingness when I should be editing, applying for work, becoming entrepreneurial, packing for my move next week, seeing friends, planning my birthday party, and a dozen other more important meaningful things.

It begs the question of life’s meaning again. Not meaning. Maybe purpose is a better word. If a person gets up and works a mundane job, but goes home, enjoys their dinner, loves their sit-coms, occasionally goes on vacation, and lives their life without much of any regret, that must be perfectly OK. Most people are like this, I think. Why am I different? Because I was raised to think I could do something significant to change the world and leave my mark on it? Why am I miserable? Because I don’t have the balls or the skills or the self esteem or the training (maybe) to fulfill my potential or dreams or whatever?

Whatever. But I have got to come to terms that I make my own bed, and I do indeed sleep in it. If I don’t like where I am, I’m the only one to blame. And if my book is moving slowly, it’s me that’s the slow mover. And if I spend a Saturday watching the West Wing, that’s what I did. And it’s OK. It’s OK because I allowed it, and I told myself that I would not feel badly about it. Usually, I would (or I should) feel horrible about zoning out and twiddling my thumbs and not forwarding my goals.

Tomorrow is another day.

I’m on a plane at least a dozen times a year. Most of the trips are work-related but any opportunity to venture outside of my land-locked state is wholly welcomed. Travel will always play an important factor in my long-term life plans. The more far-reaching the better (like the photos below).

As such, I found this quiz at the Best Trip Choices website to be rather engaging. Quizzes – or perhaps my reaction to them – are a lesson in ambivalence. The idea is to complete them to find out something about yourself. But more often than not you take the quiz to see if the results match what you want to believe about yourself. It seems to be more of a quest to validate the quiz than to learn any ground-breaking revelation.

But in any case, I took it. And yes, it was fairly accurate:

Mid-Venturer

Your venturesome spirit leads you to seek out unique and interesting places to visit and especially to make each leisure trip different from others that you have taken.

Totally agree. I hate going to the same place twice. Even a visit to the same state warrants an itinerary to tucked-away towns. And we better be doing something. I can watch TV and go to the mall back home. (Okay, I really don’t but you get the point.)

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However, there’s a big difference between you and your true venturer friends: you like a comfortable bed at night (no sleeping under the stars), a warm shower, and meals that you can trust rather than taking a chance on native foods.

I hate this. I want this to be categorically wrong. It makes me sound like a diva. But it’s not entirely false. I want to rough it. I want to commune with nature. I want to be Thoreau. I can do without TV, phones, computers. But at the end of the day, I need running water and electricity for my iPod. I need music. And I’d prefer a sleeping abode without bugs.

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The press has given your group a name — the jet-set.

I wish the press would stop.

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Like pure venturers, you like adventure travel — but of a different type. Physical exertion is fine, if it isn’t extreme.

I’m plagued by a preternatural fear of heights. This prevents many extreme adventures from my consideration. But I guess this depends what is meant by “extreme.” Zip lines, ATV-ing, dune buggy-ing, sand surfing; sure. Downhill skiing, uhhh…

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Rather, you’d prefer to stop in lesser known old cities and enjoy the ambience created by old buildings that exude their own sense of importance and romance, especially if they’re not listed in guide books.

Off-the-beaten path. I don’t care about your big cities and popular tourist sites. I crave the odd little pokey places, unknown towns, obscure sites.

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Typically you read more than most — books, magazines and newspapers — and watch TV less. When you turn on the “tube,” you are much less likely to prefer any of the top ten sitcoms or “soaps.” Instead, you’ll seek out dramas, special news magazine format shows, and selected sports (as football and basketball; you have less interest in baseball or hockey).

They totally screwed up the sports. Soccer is my first choice, followed closely by hockey. You can throw in boxing and martial arts as well. You can’t pay me watch baseball, though.

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You may prefer participating in individual sports, such as skiing or singles tennis, rather than those that are more social such as golf or bowling. You are likely to own exercise equipment at home, a treadmill or a stair climber.

I have no exercise equipment at home other than weights and a yoga mat. And bowling is a sport?

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Others look to you for guidance and direction on what to buy, choices to make in their lives, and the kinds of trips that they might like to take.

God help them.

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I find it interesting that they made no mention about “my” travel habits. I am notoriously unorganized and tardy. All of my travel misadventures revolve around these two traits, but that is an entirely different post.

And speaking of zen for the new, here are some photos of very foreign, almost extraterrestrial, landscapes. I have definitely jotted these down for future planning. More beautiful places in the world here.

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, California

Pamukkale (hot springs), Turkey

Erg Chebbi Dunes, Morocco

The Wave, Arizona

Giant Blue Hole, Belize

Giants Causeway, Ireland

Giant Hand in Atacama Desert, Chile

Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia

Torres del Paine, Chile

Editing Editing end Editing is all i have been doing!

In just a few hours I will be leaving for Boise again. Tomorrow there are two services that we will take in by John Bevere. At Capital Christian we will have the services and they are just going to be great. However it’s been really hot outside. Enjoy!

Time for a new look as I begin to reworkshop some old pieces that I would like to get a better feel for. See my book Trash at http://trashpoems.wordpress.com/

He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” – Matthew 13:24-30

Today I have spent a lot of time editing pictures.  I decided to try something new and overlay one picture on top of another.  As soon as I finished this picture I thought of Matthew 13.  The scripture definitely describes exactly what I think about when I look at this picture.  My own words seem completely unnecessary to explain this any further.

Today is Saturday, which means I had to wake up at 5 to go to work. It wasn’t all that bad, a little distraction is what I could use. However, 6 hours of work past and almost everybody went home. I was granted with a lunch break of half an hour. While pouring down hot water into my cup of instant noodles for the day, raindrops were smashing down onto the glass ceiling. I could hear them clearly. How couldn’t I? There was nobody there to distract me. Nobody who listened, not even someone to share the silence with.

“At least enjoy your life a bit!”

Even  a colleague was getting upset because I had to stay after lunch when everyone else was already enjoying their weekend. I just shrugged my shoulders and quickened my steps to the canteen when I heard him shout those words. Still now, I’m still thinking about those words. Along the way I did forget to have fun and enjoy my life.

My feelings got worse though after I sat down holding my cup of noodles. I was about to eat it, but caught myself staring at the wall. I put it down for a moment and decided to listen to the silence. I looked around. On the left; no one. On the right; no one.

I have never felt so lonely.

It was just me and nobody to look for.

I created 2 versions of this work. Actually I’m doing a lot of that recently. First because its fun and secondly because I need to learn more things about photoshop. Someone asked me if my ideas came before I created a piece of work or after when I made something up to fit the content of the piece. Otherwards, was I a preacher or a bullshiter? Both of course. And then some.

See my new book Trash.

that other voice in my head. hmmm I wonder when I should get concerned about all these voices in my head? *shrug* Oh well…Anyway this voice is male and sounds just like my ex-husband…

I washed my car today, and no, I don’t mean ran it through the auto wash in town. I mean got out a bucket o’suds and a rag and hand washed it. A few minutes into the wash I heard him. Freaked me out a bit, cause I’m telling you it was like he was standing right beside me. He was telling me I was doing it wrong. WTH?? It’s my car, damn it, I’ll wash it any way I want to!!!

So, as I continued to wash I started thinking about all the other times I hear his voice in my head and how many times I have evicted him since the divorce. It’s a little scary to think about all the things I stopped doing because I never did them good enough to suit him, but at the same time, it’s very….freeing. There are times when the kids talk about him or I have to talk to him or his family and they start the whole guilt trip thing that I wonder if I really did the right thing by divorcing him. I mean, I’m happier, but maybe that’s just me being selfish?

Was it really that bad or has my mind blown things out of proportion? Then I have one of these moments where I hear him in my head…”You’re a fat, lazy bitch!” “You’re zero fun.” “You’re not doing it right.” “You fucked it up!”, etc. I started making a mental list of all the things I stopped doing while we were married because of that voice and/or all the things I’ve done since the divorce where I had to “evict” that voice from my head…

Mowing the lawn, exercising, eating, cleaning, working, driving, washing the car, cooking, hostessing, sex, how I wore make up, the clothes I chose, my hairstyle, what time I went to bed, what time I got up, disciplining the kids, my weight, what shows I watched on tv, how I arranged the furniture, the gifts I bought him, what sports I let the kids do, what books I read… and that’s just the partial list that popped into my head as I was typing…

Did I make the right choice? Yes, yes and hell yes. If he could turn a happy, healthy, strong, intelligent adult into a whimpering pile of “What will he say/think/do?”…well, that’s not my problem. My problem was finding the strength to say NO! I am not a “worthless, fat, lazy bitch” and I refuse to be treated like one anymore! I refuse to let my kids grow up thinking that it is OK for anyone to treat another person that way!

He wonders now why his “God, you’re beautiful.” “Have you lost weight?” “I like your hair that way.” texts don’t get any reaction out of me…it’s because I finally stopped caring about what he thinks of me. I’m free and I like love it!!!!

Are there going to continue to be times when I have to evict that voice? Probably, but everytime I tell it/him to go away, that he has no power over me, I get one step closer to me…and as I’ve said before…I like me and I think I’m pretty cool! So buzz off buddy!

And now, in keeping with “The Secret”, I’m going to quit thinking about him so I don’t attract him back into my life! Put that in your pipe and smoke it!!!!

Just another fantasy art I put together. I’ll be gone for a while, till next time.

Now I’m pretty sure it’s not my aftershave, either YSL M7 or Mr. Miyagi (Issey Miyake) but I have the amazing ability of attracting random people. I don’t smile at random people, I do nothing to make them speak to me or come near me.

If I am in a bar or club the random lonely person, (you know, the one that comes to club by themselves and dances alone) just has to come and stand in my personal space. I mean each to their own and all that, but the place is usually big and they still stand right up next to me and press themselves up against me and step on my toes.

When I was in L.A. I was in a bar with L&S and I’m standing there giving my bottom a little shake, nothing major just a little nod of the head cos I’m in someone else’s endz. This woman walks herself into me and pours half her drink down me. Not the usual most of it end up on your shoe, but the exceptionally special most of it ends up on your shoulder. The natural thing to do (even though it wasn’t my fault) I turned around and said sorry. I then got a barrage of abuse from her ordering me to buy her a new drink or she will get me kicked out cos she knows the bouncers in here. Random!

A few months later I’m in the Rose with some friends, we are on the sofas near the door just chillin. The female in our group has nipped off to poweder her nose and then this dude comes over and plonks himself down. He is PROPER hammered but seems harmless enough. Then he touches my leg (well more like upper thigh) and asks me how I am doing. I tell him that he should stop touching me and then he takes his hand off me. He then says “My Bad” and attempts to apologise and puts his hand in exactly the same place, to the inch! This time I grab his hand with my left hand and twist up his fingers (Steven Segal style, but I wasn’t talking all soft or had a pony tail!) at this point he is saying ouch but at the same time he has opened up his chin for a sweet knock-out punch. I really did consider it, but he was relatively harmless so I let a mate diffuse the situation and send him on his way.

So someone needs to let me know what it is about me that attracts these random people? Cos this shit needs to stop!

Well, had to wait quite a while for a sub of the Taisho era baseball daughters. It just came out today. I also had a anime fest and got around to watching Princess Lover! as well, so I’ll cover both shows in this little post.

Taisho Era Baseball Daughters

Again, my preview from before is fairly on the mark. There’s really little to say about this show other than the prior prediction being rather true: It does indeed feel remarkably like Princess Nine stepped into a Time Machine and sped back a few decades. Of course, in a way, it skewers itself in doing this, because it changes the probability of the story from ‘possible’ to ‘highly unlikely’. Since, hey, japanese girls in this period are only ~just~ beginning to get any sort of real recognition of rights at all; and alot of the public conciousness is into the fact that they are ladies or nothing.

Of course, I guess thats the point of the show. Its just it strains historical accuracy a little, but no worries, as long as it turns out entertaining, eh?

Naturally, this first episode is establishing the premise. The first few eps will likely be similar, following the recruitment of the other girls needed in the team. The protagonist is really dragged along for the ride here, unlike her fire headed princess nine counterpart. Anyways, some pics

Koume has a “What the frack did I just get myself into?” face. She’s got the bizarre permanent blush as well…

I can think of many things that boys do. The first one that comes to mind is NOT baseball. So I just LOL’ed at my perverse thought process.

GAHHHH! Its like hitchcocks birds gone anime style! This is part of Koume singing a bizarre history song during the first few minutes.

Aha! I spotted you, great-grandmother of Tsuruya-san.

The class rep’s chillingly doll-like movements somewhat scare me. She’s such a ‘perfect’ mannered young lady you think she’s gonna crack the screen.

These sports type shows always take a while to accelerate, and this is no different. Its got a very slow pace. If they don’t do it quick enough, such shows also manage to fall flat. We shall see.

Princess Lover!

Now this managed to surprise me a little. I guess I was expecting a flat out harem comedy. I mean, who doesn’t see that hilarious title and think otherwise, eh? Hence, getting into the right mindset was required before tackling it. However, it opened with a surprisingly interesting and even action packed (if hilariously ridiculous) first outing. Mainly because there was a car chase a horse and carriage being chased by a jeep and motorcycle. But of course, the horse and carriage was at no significant disadvantage against the motor vehicles, since it was driven by an AWESOME BUTLER ™.

No, I am being serious. Teppai is also (currently) a strong male lead. He’s tough, valourous, only a little perverse and stubborn enough to be likable, with good combat prowess. Of course, he ~could~ do an Asu no Yoichi on us yet, so I’m holding a breath for him at the moment to see if his behavoir can continue to err on the side of good. We’ve not seen enough of Charlotte yet to determine if she’s annoying, but similarily, she hasn’t made any blunders yet either, so things look okay. Sylvia is obviously a Saber clone (given breasts, of course), but she’s okay as well. Anyway, pictures to follow ze words, as usual:

Teppai’s mum was awesome. Female control at its paragon. Shame she dies in the first 3 minutes. Yeah, that was a spoiler. Oh well.

The Carriage/Jeep/Bike Chase was Lul Wut, but awesome. Mark Sullivan is apparently the head of the US secret service. I had to look that up…

Kappuchu!

Stop hiding Loli’s behind your leg. Its just not proper etiquette!

Like I say, Sylvia is obviously Saber given a Rapier and some breast implants to replace her usual Flat chest and Bastard Sword combo. (does she keep Excalibur there when she’s not using it?)

Teppai’s little sparring match with Sylvia was also pretty fun.

Its a good start for a harem show. It looks to be at least as decent as Akane Iro Somaru Saka. If it develops into the decent romance of the season I’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Finally, I still need to finish off with G.A. and Kanamemo. Probably by Monday. See ya then!

So who am I? What the hell am I doing here? Read more and you’ll find out, I’ll keep it short and sweet…Promise Actually probably won’t, but what can you do? “Make it shorter”….Too Late, Sorry.

Well First of all my name is Aaron Mc Closkey (r-on mik-clus-key) – Why I did that was because a lot of people tend to pronounce it wrong, it’s simple, trust me. I live in Loughgiel (Where?) a small, small village in Northern Ireland in the County of Antrim, you could seriously search it on Wiki if you could find it any benefit. I am 17 years old, fastly approaching 18, yes I can hardly wait either…

So I play games, quite a bit I must admit, but considering where I live, it passes the time pretty well. My first console was a Gameboy, never even heard about videogames until I picked up that bad boy. Really all I remember playing on it was Pokemon…Like c’mon who didn’t have that game? I am a bit vague in years but I think I got that when I was 6 or 7 but those were good times, that game has never been matched in my eyes by the sheer enjoyment and re playability. Mario games of course I have had on every Nintendo console, do I even need to mention how awesome they are?

Next I moved onto consoles and begged Santa to get me a PS1 in the year 1999. First game I got was Rayman, I don’t even think I completed the first 10 levels, have a vague memory of trying to jump over the rising water, but simply my ability would not allow for that to happen and failed, miserably at that game. I also had a Casper game, but was to scared to play it, the big fat one would make noises and would pass my controller to my mum to try and finish that level for me. I had a few other games, but not worth noting as they were not enjoyable, not did I know how to complete them, probably my problem with most games when I was younger. First game I believe I completed was Hogs of War, absolutely loved that game, truly if you ever find yourself splashing out your spare change on a PS1 get it. I was a big fan of the FIFA series and have been since FIFA 2000 which was favourite game on that console.

The beast that was the PS2 was next in 2001 ( Yeah got it a bit late ) So many games that I just can’t be bothered mentioning, but it had it’s fair share or brilliant games, All the WWE games, Tekkan, FIFA where those annual games I got. I never really had many shooters except black, which I never got into finishing but was one of the best looking games on that system. Had Gran Turismo 3 which I almost completed I remember it pretty well, there was a 24 hour race which lasted quite a lot less, but still was a good 8 hours long I think, and to cap it all of it was like circling a plug hole continuously without stopping, Frustrating? Yes! Very much so, but was worth it, was a really good game. Well of course I could not forgot to mention one of the best games ever and one of the best IP’s, that is GTA, GTA: San Andreas had me hooked, and not just the storyline, but following a binco van around the whole game, attempting to find big foot and driving a caravan full of those “dirty” women of Mount Chiliad and of course get fat, its easy in game as it’s easy in reality unfortunately.

The Game cube was next, quite a “meh” console for me, when I purchased it the Christmas of 2002 (Yes I actually had to buy my own Gamecube, for Christmas). Good as it was, the PS2 had better games that suited me personally. Of course I had to have the Mario games, they were so enjoyable, Mario Party I found to be my Favourite as I could play with my family, which is fun and really a game that has to played with others. Other than that I found nothing enjoyable enough to finish or to be contempt with.

So, next was the Gamboy Advance SP in the year 2004, the upgrade from the Gameboy advance, and another chance to delve into the latest Pokemon game, really, was just awesome playing Gold, which I then lost, then got Silver. (Sad I know) Never really got into any other game except Yu-Gi-Oh which supported Link up so I could beat (or in most cases, get my behind smack continuously by my friends) my mates.

I was a late comer to the whole XBOX thing. Bought a pre owned XBOX in 2006, I even have the receipt somewhere (Trust me, it’s good to keep your receipts), but I am lazy and trying to search for it would almost be redundant. I do remember it costing me only £80 along with; Halo 2, Loved the games story, I never got LIVE to experience it online, but the story was great and I think it was the first shooter I completed and I enjoyed it and felt confident with my FPS ability ( that was until I came up against a few of my friends). Splinter Cell, Not worth talking about (Never got past the first level lol ) and it took me a week until I played this game, but wow, what a game, Fable. Honestly one of the best games I ever played of that Genre and Fable 2 is nothing compared to the experience of the first installment, played that game over twice, awesome, awesome, awesome game, seriously recommend buying that game, well worth the money(You can buy it from the XBOX Originals on the XBOX360 marketplace)

NintendoDS, was the next handheld I got on release date, 2005. I remember opening it up on the way home I though I got a pink, God Damn the pink packaging they had, really would not of affecting the gaming but, I’m a guy, you have to understand we need the hardcore metallic to show our manliness. Super Mario 64 DS was the first game, again, like any Mario game really enjoyed it, hated those bunnies though, found them hard to catch. Although as a whole didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would, the games were too childish and Pokemon was too babyish for me now and never purchased. To be honest I don’t think I enjoyed another game on the DS, never had many game on it to enjoy on it in the first place. But now my aunt and my sister play them both to death, must be a girly console then?

PSP, came after, later in the same year, again hyped it up too much, didn’t enjoy it ever game I would have had an interest in was multi platform and everything multi-platform went into the PS2’s disk tray as he gobbled away all those games. Only game I really enjoyed was Football Manager, best thing was I didn’t have to have my computer on to play it and I could play it anywhere, even at night when I coouldn’t get to sleep I would my team to glory….Yeah, didn’t sound right to me either, but I’ll go along with it.

Then it was beast V2 that entered my room and still remains there, unlike everything else which is in someone else’s room, who knows you might even have my tea stained PS1, do you? Of course it was the XBOX360, got it in late 2007, again was a little late but I have done more to make up for it (Sorry Playstation, Fanboys you come next). When we talk about console wars, the only solution is which one do you have most mates on, that’s the one you’ll enjoy the most, guarantee it, Ill even bet my broken door knob on it. Where do I start? “Your first game”, cheers for that… Yes my first game was Halo 3, played it too death, got boring and the constant 12 year olds destroying my precious ears kind of lead me of that and onto another game that does the same thing, Call of Duty, for me I need friends to play this game, lucky I have a lot, so I play it quite often and enjoy it, sorry for using the word enjoy so much, English is not my strongest point, but I got a B in my GCSE’s so I’m happy. Other stand out games that I just would recommend you buying for the sheer gameplay and most re playability and especially, you need friends, or even a friend to enjoy most games, I’ll make a wee list here to make it easy on the eyes.

• Bioshock

• Mass Effect

• Gears of War (1+2)

• FIFA

• Crackdown

• GTA4 (iffy one, but you’ll probably like it if your a fan of GTA, but there’s too many out there that are similar)

• Guitar Hero (All of them) Same for Rockband

• Orange Box (If your the puzzlyFPSTactical kind of guy or girl)

• Fallout and Oblivion(Never really played Oblivion but if it’s anything like Fallout it can only be good)

• Fable 2

• Assassins Creed

Of course, it’s arguable, but so is everything in life just got to think to everyone has their own opinion and to each their own and you must respect that.

So my final installment was the PS3, very recently actually, a month ago, can’t remember the date but a month is a month and it’ll stay like that. Have enjoyed it so far, except for online, where no one speaks the either fear my presence or just don’t have a mic. Only had a few games, but I have been pleasantly surprised but Uncharted, loved it and can’t wait for the second, especially with the online functionality which from the beta was pretty good. LittleBigPlanet, was awesome as well, can get tricky but really fun and it’s a simple pick up and play, or create in this case. Also got Call of Duty WaW, no real difference from skill levels on each console, just different when playing with other friends but still pretty good. Killzone 2 was…alright, the story was lacklustre and just tried to finish it, but was a game I fell away from, online was great though, I found it pretty easy as well (Either because I’m awesome or I was against similar ranked players, who knows), despite the aiming problems. Well maybe it’s not the games fault, it’s mine for playing with COD controls for too long.

Notice anything missing? Yea, the Nintendo 64, Want to know why? Of course you do, I don’t, but laugh to you’re heart is content. I was so stupid back then. I had money saved up for one and really, really wanted one, I even drew a picture of me playing one and slipping it under my parents bedroom door, in some sort of attempt for them to buy it for me, unfortunatly didn’t work .

But I went to argos with money in hand close to Christmas, although they were out of stock but I could get it delivered on Christmas eve, but I was, aforementioned, stupid and wanted then and there so I declined. Though later I used that well earned cash to purchase to buy my sister a me-mo-mo, and a typewriter, yes if this was someone else I would have been like WTF?? Only case I can put forward was that I didn’t have a computer, nope? Didn’t think that was a very good excuse, I never even used the damned thing. Although my good mate had one and played it quite a lot, games such as FIFA, Goldeneye, Pokemon (Of Course!) and Southpark, were the weapons of choice. Although he pulled it out a few years ago to have a play and I think I broke it lol! That was the end of that chapter unfortunately.

So yeah, that’s a background to my Gaming life, my main objective to write gaming reviews but I may spread out a bit, but I’ll start once I get a few games as it may be a bit late to start on the games I currently own. Hopefully you reached it all the way to end, if you did, I’ll give you a treat, a smilie face will do for know

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Happy Gaming

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A couple of weeks ago, I heard that Walter Cronkite was gravely ill and the rumor was that he had passed away.  Then, the news was that he was not only alive, but enjoying life comfortably from his home in Chicago with his lady friend (Joanna Simon, Carly’s older sister).  Then the news of Farrah Fawcett and on the same day Michael Jackson.  Next was Billy Mays (I found out a week after the fact) and then McNair, Gatti and Arguello.  Now that I’m getting over those losses, Walter passes. 

September marks my 50th year and I vividly remember Walter Cronkite being a daily influence in our home for two decades.  I was sitting with my Father following all of the events surrounding the Kennedy assassination in 1963, then Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, the feature segment on “20th Century with Walter Cronkite”  in 1968 about my Father’s Air Force research team testing G-force on baboons (Dad’s nickname was “The Boon Doc”), the lunar landing and Woodstock in 1969, as well as, of course, the Kent State incident in 1970.

Oh well, 92 years young ain’t too bad and everbody has to go some day …

I guess that really is just “the way it is”.

Steve D.

A happy hour for anyone interested in finding new ways elevate community voice.