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Normally, I don’t believe in even recognizing Christmas exists until after Thanksgiving. But this year I had an idea so incredibly awesome for a gift that I’ve already started buying the pieces of it. Yes, that’s right… multiple pieces. I wonder who this super-awesome, super-secret gift is for. Stay tuned to find out… in like four or five weeks.
Last night I beat the newly released Gears of War video game. I had only rented it Sunday evening. I’m not bragging. Okay, maybe a little, but mostly I’m complaining. It was way to short. However, it was amazing and it has the often neglected two player cooperation feature. Which I’m sure would be awesome since so much of the game is ducking for cover and laying down suppressing fire so teammates can flank the enemy. Oh man, I wish I had friends down here to play Xbox with. It reminds me of the hours Bourke and I spent at the apartment playing Halo. Or the afternoon we raced a full length NASCAR race, running to the Pepsi machine in the hallway or to the bathroom during our pit stops. Or Casey and I cramming in as many NBA Jams games into a lunch hour as possible. Or the long standing reign of the gladiator chariot raceing team Johnamus-Edimus-Maximus. Or shooting Zombies with my dad. Good times. Somebody come down here and play Gears of War with me.
There is too much to this for a single blog, so it gets its own page.
Post election day is a happy day. Is it because the party I most often side with did so incredibly well? No not really, though that is nice. Is it because Rumsfeld has “resigned”? Nope, though that is nice too. I know, it must be because with the government now split in a more bi-partisan way, the broken system of checks and balances will likely be restored. Nope, not that either. It’s because I no longer have to listen to those awful political advertisements. I don’t watch much television anymore, but I see enough to know how disgusting politicians have become when it comes to campaigning. I didn’t ever particularly care about the race for governor of Arkansas, as this doesn’t feel like home to me, but rather just a pit stop in my life. However, I’m glad to see that Beebe is winning solely on account of his challenger’s mud slinging campaign. I hate politicians and I hate politics.
Severed finger cookies, sugar skulls, giant monkey and Dr. Jane Goodall can all be seen in my Halloween pictures. Also, if you haven't noticed, there's a new caption contest over here.
My debit card expired a several weeks ago. It sort of snuck on my and happened over the weekend. But first thing Monday I logged on to my online banking and requested a new one. Two weeks later I had nothing show up in the mail and upon investigation, I discovered that somehow one was issued but was returned to the bank so now I have visit my local branch to get it. Well that’s fine and dandy if I have the time to drive to Kalamazoo to get it done. I’ll get that sorted out eventually, but in the meantime, I decided it was high time to actually open a bank account down here. Today on my lunch break I went to the bank and realized I forgot my social security card. So I went home, got the card, went back to the bank only to be denied because of an as-of-yet unpaid balance on a closed account at Independent bank in Potterville. An account I closed three years ago. So I called that bank and had a little difficulty on account of them confusing myself and my dad. But once that was cleared up, I was told I wasn’t even in their system so they had no idea what this was about. The nice lady on the phone took my number and promised to look into it. She just called back a few minutes ago and said that when I closed my account I had owed them money, but yes I had in fact paid it. Unfortunately they never informed whoever it was that they should have informed that I had paid it. So for the past three or so years, it’s been out there that I owed this bank money. (no telling what that did to my credit rating.) So now I wait a few days for things to get through the system and I’ll try again to open a new account down here. If it still isn’t cleared up, the Independent Bank lady did promise they would fax whatever they needed to, to my new bank down here. Here’s hoping that the third time really is the charm.
