On A Cloud

      The gamer in me is ecstatic! A couple of hours ago I decided to take the risk of installing some files from an unknown source, and bam, now I can access the entire map of Need For Speed World. Several things are different; they added fifteen gems to the treasure quest, and I can't see any other players. And I will have to do a lot of racing to earn the cash to get my Viper ACR back. But, I snatched up my old persona, got a free car that goes extremely fast (also a Viper), and I went to all the good places. Fortuna, Rockport, the stadium, Rosewood. It was...better than a chocolate supply that never runs out.
      I just wish I'd taken this chance two years ago! Then I'd have my cop car back by now. But I am going to enjoy every moment it takes; and if they close the beta before I can get there, I won't even complain. I'm just...so thrilled.
      It took quite awhile to get the download done. Or maybe it just felt like awhile because a leatherjacket flew into the candle and I had to smell it decompose. Now all I smell is something extremely sweet. Like frosted cake. Definitely better than burning guts and hair.
      I can't wait to play again! The game looked...beautiful tonight. The lights were redder, the car was shinier. On second thought, I did have the graphics turned up high; that must be it.
      My cop car will cost one million six hundred. I have a little over two hundred forty something thousand something. I've got a long journey...But it's my favorite game, so I don't care!

I Didn't Know What To Call This Blog, So I Called It This

      So the problem has been fixed...for now. So we already have our water back! I'm almost glad we can wash our dishes again.
      But my spacebar key is really sticking! I have to really punch it. Guess I need to take it apart and see what the hell's going on.

Here We Are And Here We Go Again

      Well, the water to our pipes have been shut off for several days while they try to fix our pipes. I've been seeing more of both brothers lately, and during one of my distant one's visits, the pipes and all the sewage they contained broke again in our neighbor's unit. So all of it ended up on his floor, in his shower...Ick. So this time rather than mask the problem they're trying to actually cure it, and they better.
      Yesterday I went to Abbotsford with my brothers, my sister-in-law and her 130-pound Akita, the ass of whom was pressed into my rib the whole time. God, that hurt. And stank. I also went shopping with my friend, who had to cut the trip short when she started feeling dizzy and hot. Hope she's alright. I stupidly grabbed her groceries along with my own and had to call her back, but she seemed to be in much better spirits after sitting in front of her AC...which I am so glad works. It's weird; you get into a car so absolutely hot, you don't even realize it and you have both cooled off until you go back outside.
      Anyway, talking to myself is getting boring again, so I'm going to go concoct a milkshake and play some Sims 2! It's still early, so all that strenuous, horribly unfun thing known as work can wait. On a good day I'd still be in bed...

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      I went out with my sister-in-law. She didn't have a clue to get to Wal-Mart. So guess who got us there! And home again! I even got all the right products, too. I was on fire...without that burning flesh smell.
      She and my brother are coming back in maybe four hours. I think today is the last time. It would have been nice if they could have spent the nights here, too; but they wanted a playmate for their dog, or something. Weird reason not to be with your family. Whatever. My friend arranged to come see me, then went camping a day earlier than she was supposed to. So...yeah, whatever.

Story Wars

      Okay, in my defense I've seen Toy Story 2 twice in four, five years; so of course it's taken me awhile to clue in. I knew a long time ago that Buzz, in the first movie, gives Woody the Live long and prosper, and of course I knew that in the second one, Zurg absurdly tells Buzz he's his father (somehow).
      But I was trying to take a nap (night shift nurse here, thank you very much) and suddenly, finally, it clicked. Zurg wants to destroy a planet, just like Darth Vader. They both have glowing yellow eyes, a deep raspy voice, and capes. Buzz is the spaceman who wants to stop him, so technically Jessie is his Princess Leia.
      Wonder if Darth Vader has a spy hole?
      I always muted it during these parts. I never understood why they would include the mere notion that a toy could father another. I thought it was just a stupid, pointless quote they threw in there to add some time to the length of the movie. I knew there were two (at least) Star Wars references in the movies, but I didn't think the crew was nerdy!

The Usual

      Up late again, taking care of you-know-who. Little Miss Zero Manners. She demanded I make corn, complained for two minutes, then told me to dump it and try again. I couldn't, because that was the last of it. If she hadn't complained and just eaten, she would've at least gotten more into her stomach before the bug decided to commit suicide and do a nosedive into her bowl.

      Wonder what Princess Lippy will want next. My guess? Please and thank-you are not in the forecast. Adverse weather conditions indeed, Sid...

Hm.

      I've been doing some serious movie marathons lately. Of course, the Shrek franchise was included. And the irony finally hit me. You know where Fiona messed up the most? Okay, so Dragon roars, and she incredulously asks, "You didn't slay the dragon??"
      And I'm sitting there, like, "No, he broke through the stone roof on purpose; it's called making an entrance."
      And then there's Shrek's blunder. "How about the day I met Donkey? Now there's a day I'd like to take back!"
      Even if Stiltskin had taken that day from Shrek, he'd still be in the same boat, not knowing Fiona. Because without Donkey, Shrek wouldn't have found Farquaad's tower.