A Little Me Time

This has been the best reading week that I could have hoped for. Monday to Wednesday was just a nice mesh of sitting around playing video games and sleeping. I beat XIII but sadly it took me fourteen hours and 36 minutes. I was really hoping for a 13 hour record. The game was alright. Mediocre in the world of 1st-person shooters. The touch of celebrity voices was interesting. It was kind of funny when you figure out your character is David Duchovny and I still enjoy hearing Adam West say "sonofabitch" while rapper Eve's voice was just annoying. The fireworks at the end of the game though proved to be worth more than the 6 dollars paid.

Wednesday I drove around trying to complete as many necessary meetings and visits before I left for Guelph. I only got around to getting a much needed haircut, during which I had another one of those awkward barber chats, and going to Future Shop. I had to take my portable DVD player in because it's starting to piss me off. It keeps reading the disc but never loads. I struggled with the people of FS for a while then just gave up and went downtown to the bus station. Apparently, FS does not repair ANYTHING anymore, they will simply replace it with a brand new one. I guess this is sweet, but I'm a sentimental kind of guy. I like looking at stuff I've owned and remembering better times spent because of my stuff. Anywho, it turns out that they've stopped carrying my model (of course) so I have to exchange for a different kind. Herewith the problem: I payed 500 for mine with all the warranty extensions possible. They want me to take a DVD player worth 240 bucks. As of now, I'm going to contact the manufacturer or some sort of Electronic store police (perhaps the Geek Squad).

I'm now in Guelph and it's been amazing. I've actually been doing work. I also witnessed what it's like to actually be obsessed with Survivor. It was...interesting, but fun. While Bex has been at class, I've been watching some of my favourite flicks to pass the time. It seems that everything I was bored with in T.O. is now gut-ticklin' funny. Even Conan cracked a few good ones with that "In the Year 2000...." bit. My two favourites were "A man will make the best buy at a Best Buy then buy some staples at Staples. He will then go to Taco Bell and get diarrhea." The other is "Prince Charles and (his wife) will release their wedding night video to the public in theatres under the title Seabiscuit 2." Conan's little "Ouch that was harsh." made it all the better.

I seem to be digging for material now, so I'm going to get out now. Maybe I'll go for another walk. The liqour store is only 12 minutes away.