Horoscope

Amen!

Please don't wear a t-shirt that says what I saw on the canary yellow t-shirt of the Japanese tourist at JFK airport: "Sorry, I'm a loser." I also beg you not to read Ethan Trex's book How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself. It's very important, in my astrological opinion, that you not demean or underestimate yourself in the coming days. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that you have a sacred duty to exalt your beauty and exult in your talents. Now go read Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, and periodically murmur the first line all week long: "I celebrate myself, and sing myself."

And the winner is...

Playstation 3

No, I didn't get the Xbox 360. One reason was the back end cost and features. The $299 Xbox may have been cheaper up front, but in order to make it wireless, I would have to spend an extra $100 bucks. The PS3 come with built in wireless capabilities. Another feature, the Blu-Ray player will come in handy when I purchase an HDTV (my next obsession).

In less than a week I've bought four games:

Motor Storm (first one)
The Darkness
Fracture
Naked Angels: Squadrons of WWII

I rented two:

Star Wars: Force Unleased (I will buy soon)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (I will buy soon too)

I played and love:
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Comics (Fun, Fun, Fun)

Believe it or not I haven't bought Little Big Planet. I kind of want to finish off these games in a month or two and imerse myself in LBP. Like I said before it seems like a lot of fun, especially with online multi play (for free).

So, I've armed myself with a Gamestop card for used games and even joined the PS3 online community. I'm having a ball. The problem is I have to go to work everyday! ;-)

Headed to Mom's

I'm bolting down to my hometown to be with my mom during Christmas and maybe even New Years. My Uncle Sydney (her brother) died in November and I think she'd like to have as much family around as possible. Actually my whole family is gathering that Sunday after Christmas to toast the season and year.

Ending the year with family and friends...that's how you spend the Holidays!

Rockefeller Christmas Tree

Rockefeller Christmas Tree
Originally uploaded by kevinholdenpics

I decided Monday to confront the crowds and see the Christmas Tree. Now, let the Holiday's begin.

Online with PS3

Wow, this looks like fun! I'll never leave home now.

Console Wars

So it's been years (double digits) since I had an Atari 2600. Lately, I've been thinking about getting back into the fray and experiencing this new gaming experience. The question is, "which one do I get?"

Nintendo's Wii
Microsoft's Xbox 360
Sony's Playstation 3

I'm leaning towards the Xbox360 because of it's online gaming experience. Being able to play with friends from the comfort of your own home sounds a revolutionary experience. You pay for that service $50 a year, but you get more bandwidth and a mature online experience compared to the Playstation 3.

You'd think I'd be done, but there's one problem....

Little Big Planet

It's gotten raves from critics and players alike and it sounds like it could be related to the Sims franchise.

Thanksgiving it to u

I know it's late, but this was so funny! He's not bad to look at either.

Carlisle adopt me

Still reading the Twilight Series. I'm on the third book, Eclipse. It's a little mushy, gushy and syrupy at times, but she (Stephanie Meyer) leaves enough meat in there for me to want to know what happens.

Yeah I know the title of the post is confusing...go read the books!

Horoscope

This is right on! I need an adjustment!

From 1987 to 2006, Alan Greenspan was Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve and a major force in shaping the world's most powerful economy. When the recent troubles hit, Congress called on him to testify. With shocking humility, he confessed that there had been a flaw in his model of reality. All those years he'd believed that "free, competitive markets are by far the unrivaled way to organize economies." Now he saw he was wrong. While I'm sorry for the collective pain his mistaken ideas have unleashed, I'm elated for him personally: How many 82-year-old men are open to the possibility that their philosophy of life needs adjustment? For that matter, how many people of any age are receptive to changing their ideas about how the world works? I invite you to take your inspiration from Greenspan, Capricorn. Be curious about how your own major theories might need revision. Doing this heroic deed will energize you with good karma and fresh mojo.

My Twilight Hero

Emmett. Whoa! That's a big boy!