SameOldSchmidt

We closed on our house last Friday and moved several loads of crap important stuff over the weekend. Main move will be this coming weekend. The house is going to be great after we do some work on it. But right this moment? Well, it needs a thorough cleaning and some fresh paint, that’s for sure. Tina’s going to focus on the bedrooms to start, get them painted and the carpets professionally cleaned (previous owner had a cat that peed in one of the bedrooms, yuck)

I mowed the front lawn on Saturday, it’s pretty dinky and only takes a few minutes. Lots of weeds and non-grassy stuff growing there. The back lawn is non-existant at this point. Previous owner tore up the whole back lot and paved half with concrete for a large patio, and the other half is just rock and sand where a big above-ground pool sat. It will be a nice-sized little yard in the future, but getting grass to grow will probably be a big challenge.

Wish us luck!

This past weekend I started playing the new Ninja Gaiden game on the DS. It’s controlled completely with the stylus. It’s pretty rad and does a good job of retaining the feel of the awesome Ninja Gaiden Xbox game on a handheld scale. Check it out if you like action games and don’t mind wailing on your DS screen a little bit.

Everyone’s nuts for Grand Theft Auto IV but I don’t have a 360/PS3 so I’m revisiting the original GTA3 on my Xbox. I originally played it on my PC way back when it came out almost 7 years ago. My PC at the time could barely handle it so I’m actually getting a better visual experience with the Xbox. The game holds up splendidly.

I got some nifty “trilogy” edition for Xbox that includes GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas. It’s a cool package with full-color manuals and posters for each game. I’ve played through both VC and SA on my PS2. I will probably revisit them at some point on Xbox. I’ve also got both of the spin-off “Stories” titles for PS2 but haven’t tried them yet. I got them from GameFly, which had a good system for buying used games.

Went to Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay tonight. Nate wanted to go so I tagged along. It was a stupid movie, but it had a lot of funny bits. I was laughing out loud at a lot of it. It’ll be a solid rental, but don’t skip seeing Iron Man or Speed Racer over it.

Also, crap, those copies of Disgaea 2 that I put up on eBay sold within minutes. I should have put a higher “buy it now” on them.

I got Disgaea 2, new and sealed, for a mere $5 at Wal-Mart this evening! And you dipsticks are always telling me that Wal-Mart is evil, ha!

I bought all 4 of the copies they had. I’m keeping one for myself, sending one to Steve (that’s Dead Lantern Steve, not BeerOrKid Steve ) and the other two copies are going up on good ‘ol eBay.