My extended vacation away from the place I hate has nearly come to a close. While I still have Tuesday to prance about, on Wednesday I will have to stroll back into work against my own will and do my job. 

For the rest of you 4th of July weekend ends today. You can thank Cliffy B. for me not being able to fully enjoy my weekend as I had previously planned. The 8x XP weekend has pretty much consumed my life lately. All I can dream about now is Tickers and Boomers. Yikes, man! Yikes! And while I have found the ideal way to cheat the grinding system it has become quite tedious and it makes me want to kill someone. 

Nevertheless I've enjoyed myself this weekend. I also got to enjoy this Triple meat Monster burger from Griff's.

I couldn't possibly eat these all the time. I think I'd die if I did.

Tomorrow is when I plan to seize the day. I'm going to get in a very good day of gaming followed up by... I dunno, I'll let you guys know when I get there.

I was a huge impulse buyer back in the day. Then I grew up, started paying bills and I cut that stuff out. Today was the return of my impulse buying days when I saw that Darksiders was on sale on Amazon.com Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeyt, I clicked that buy button so fast my computer almost couldn't handle it. 

I'll have Darksiders in my hands in two days.

Good day, sir.

So I broke my self imposed ban on coffee a few days ago. I thought I was strong enough to break my dependency, but apparently I am weak willed. After a rough night that resulted in very little sleep I felt tired and run down at work. The coffee ban was in full swing and I had been doing well. Our new 9 hour shift had just started and by hour 7 I was done. 

During our last break I spotted the coffee pot in the break room and I poured myself a cup of that sweet nectar. The ban had been broken. I hate myself. No, not really, but there needs to be more EMO on TAG. Ha, ha. 

So while I haven't bought any of my own yet, I've been happily chugging away at the Folgers that sits on the break room coffee pots every day. Next time I swear I can go the distance!

and to make this post site relevant, I picked up a few games the other day, most notably Bayonetta. And no, I'm not gonna try out the one handed mode (yet).

Also, I want to start up playing some Ultimate Alliance 1 with the TAG guys. I've never played with a team, so I wanna do that and get that co-op achievement as well.

And if anyone wants to get in on some Gears 2 horde mode give me a holler.

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After languishing online for the past week I've yet to pop up for air after making an appearance on the Post Game Report, episode 80, which a lot of people are calling the funniest episode in a long time. Those praises had little to do with my being on there but it's an honor nonetheless. It was a blessing to be invited onto the show for an episode. A year ago today I was just getting back into serious gaming after being away for so long. Oh, sure, I had a gamecube and a Gameboy Advanced SP, but no serious gamer ever considered those real platforms. I listened to some podcasts, and eventually joined up on some forums, TAG being one of them. As an avid listener of the Post Game Report I looked forward to the hilarity and the shenanigans of the staff. It became my weekly crack. I never thought I would actually be invited to be on. I took the ribbing in stride, although some friends of mine claimed that I got owned and burned. I knew it was all in good fun. Once again gentlemen, and Phoenix, thanks!

Gaming

I haven't been gaming much lately, not since my brother borrowed AC2. I got MW2 back, but I've yet to get the drive or nerve back up to crack it open again. I need to finish Mass Effect so that I can really get into ME2. On another front I need to get back into my retro gaming. KOTOR and Indigo Prophecy are both staring me directly in the face wanting me to pick them up and play with them. Also, I really need to finish Shenmue. Sometimes it's hard because that game's soundtrack is so emotional. I can't play it and have a good time because of the sad music throughout the game. Yes, I am an odd duck.