Recently, I’ve become a bit more interested in exploring the pagan side of holidays. I picked up a nice little book the other day. The Wiccan Year (link) details the 8 major holidays associated with generic Wicca. Mostly, I like that it details the etymology of each holiday, and ideals to keep in mind during that time, rather than “spells and rituals”. I eat up stuff like this.
So the Yuletide season is upon us. It is a time to celebrate, to feast, and to enjoy ones self! In preparation, I’ve started putting up some lights. I’m going to continue looking for a Yule Log, and maybe a miniature tree to decorate. Here’s a fewpictures of the lights I put up. Note: I don’t clean up my room for spur of the moment pictures. Marvel at the state of the manitarium. Also note that these are fancy LED lights.
If you like silly music, you may have heard of Andrew Pants. If not, you should check out his site: http://www.songstowearpantsto.com. The premise is: Andrew makes songs based on your ideas. Submit your ideas.
These songs are silly! Plus, I feel noncomformist listening to mister..Pants, being the Pantsless Jedi. This might even be the true identity of my arch nemesis.. Darth Pants. We shall see.
Things fell into place a couple weeks ago, and I found myself with enough moneys to do something stupid with. I said to myself “Darrin, you have this awesome monitor which has HDMI inputs..why not get something to plug into that HDMI port?” so I bought an Xbox 360 elite, refurbished. It came from eBay, and at a pretty good price. I picked up a few games on the cheap, and bought some downloadable games after it arrived this past thursday.
Sparks also arrived on Thursday, so we made a weekend of Castle Crashers and such. Oh what a blast it was! There’s nothing like gaming with your bud.
I get home from work today, and the video on the 360 is acting a little weird. I reboot the thing, and BAMF. One red light. E74 error. Son of a bitch. In less than a week, I’ve experienced all the joys and letdowns of your average 360 gamer.
Did a little searching, and it turns out that the E74 error message is covered under Microsoft’s recent addition to the RRoD extended warranty, and they’ll cover this for free. Spiffy! I’m still without my console, but at least I don’t have to pay to get a frickin’ repair done after owning it for 5 days.
I’m a little disappointed that I won’t be able to play Blue Dragon for a month or so. =/ But alas, I’ll get over it.
1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.
