What's Going On Right Now

If you know me, you may already know that I'm out of a job. I have no girlfriend, and a brief summary of my life so far is sleeping all day and drinking all night. In between all that, I have also found time to read up on current gadgets and technology.

Currently, I'm hooked up on to my Xbox 360 which I got not less than a year ago. I've played a few games like Grand Theft Auto IV, Gears of War 2, Fable II, Spiderman Web of Shadows and the most recent, the new and amazing Prince of Persia. I have GameSpot to thank for that. However, GameSpot has been experiencing a lot of problems. I'm not sure where it's coming from but the CSS just doesn't load properly. Which is now why I'm getting most of my reviews from IGN. I've also wasted my time with games like Fracture, the new Golden Axe and Tales of Vesperia. When I say wasted, I mean wasted. I didn't enjoy those three games I mentioned. I just found them to be a waste of good DVDR+DLs. If you're from where I am, DVDR+DLs are like diamonds, expensive and scarce. It's a good thing I found a store where they sell them relatively cheap. I won't disclose the name though, so that they won't realize that there's a high demand. Hehe.

However, before I got to all the gaming goodness that the 360 had to offer, I had to go through every Xbox 360 gamer's nightmare, the dreaded "Three Red Lights". This happened about 3 days after I bought the darned thing. I was playing Crackdown at the time. Next thing I noticed, the screen went black and the 360 just powered off. When I tried to turn it on, three red lights. I wanted to die or kill someone. Not to worry though, I got a new found friend of mine known on the online community as joroje, to fix it. Apparently, this man has become a local sensation because of his 360 repair service. If you're in the area, and you have a fucked up 360, i highly recommend him. In case you were wondering why I didn't ship it back to Microsoft, it was because it was going to be timely and costly.

On a lighter note, I've discovered the magic of Google Reader. I've added a lot of my RSS feeds to it like Engadget and Gizmodo. These are my two favorite weblogs. I've also added feeds like Releaselog and Boing Boing. It took me about 10 minutes to know my way around the Google Reader service and found it to be real nifty. I couldn't think of any other way they could improve it. For me, it's perfect. But knowing the minds that work for Google, I'm sure they will come up with more improvements.

Aside from sitting in front of a monitor all day, I've also taken the time to kick it old school. I've been reading books. Yes ladies and gentlemen, books. Not the kind of books that you open with Adobe Reader, but the kind that's "made of trees and you have to flip over and you can't increase the font size" books. I already read the Twilight Saga, which cost me about $50 more or less. I'm currently making my way through old books like Richard Matheson's What Dreams May Come and Stephen King's It.

I have also seen a few movies of different genres from the Dark Knight to Stepbrothers. The most recent movie I watched was Quantum of Solace, which can be downloaded for free via BitTorrent but I can't go into that, because the CIA is probably reading this. A brief review of the new James Bond for me is, "Boo! You suck!"

I also have my collection of TV series which is taking a heavy toll on my Hard Disk. Currently, I'm watching the following:
1) Heroes Season 3
2) House MD Season 5
3) Chuck Season 2
4) Knight Rider Season 1

My dad also asked me to get a copy of The Middleman Season 1 Partial, which I found somewhat amusing. I'm currently trying to get Reaper Season 1, which I also found interesting after watching an episode on TV. Now my sister wants me to get Gossip Girl and Ugly Betty but I no longer have the space.

I've also seen a few documentaries thanks to Torrentz.com which is where I get most of my stuff. Zeitgeist, Bigger Stronger Faster, and the Endgame are only a few that I've seen. From what I noticed, if you take any of the documentaries people make these days seriously, you'll end up one fucked up individual. I'm almost there. Hehe.

I am also into music so instead of downloading music which may get me a hefty copyright infringement lawsuit, I've decided to make my own. I already am an adept player of the acoustic guitar and the piano. About a month ago, I also learned how to play the drums, thanks to a friend of mine who used to be the drummer from a former local band, Redlites. I don't mean to brag, but I think I'm getting good at it. I've also used my online expertise to learn how to read drum tabs, but I don't really think they're that useful, for now.

I'd like to end this post with my wishlist. First and foremost, I'd like to get my hands on a 42" LCD TV. It doesn't matter if it's Samsung or Sony, as long as it has the HDTV jacks I need to play with my 360. Where I'm from, there are no Bluray players out yet, and no HDTV cable service so the HDTV is only going to be for the Xbox, which makes it a far fetched buy right now. Thus, the wishlist. The next thing on my mind is a Yamaha Mio Scooter. About 2 months ago, the gas prices everywhere doubled. That was about the time I was going to give up hope for humanity and said fuck it all. I stopped driving my '94 Toyota Corolla, and took out my dusty Diamond Back mountain bike. Since then, I've been biking my ass around town. Just recently, gas prices dropped back to where they were before. As soon as I can get a new job, I'm driving a Yamaha Mio scooter to work.

Last but not the least, I want the ION Premium Drumset. Need I say more?