Kwahati wrote:So, the weekend of hell is over. I'm exhausted and a little hung over, but we got two Wii's, a jewelery box, those things that start with "d" and get put in jewelery boxes, and a bed! Not just any bed, but a heavy-ass solid wood (cherry, I think?) four poster bed! It attacked me too. While we were putting it together, a plank was dropped, bounced off of another bit of wood and smacked me in the cheek. I was cool once the bleeding stopped, but I badly needed a drink. :mad: Oh, additionally this weekend, our tree fell over, luckily no ornaments were broken, but the water the tree was sitting in went all over the gifts which were already under the tree, so we had to open some things early because Jen didn't want to rewrap the things which had been moistened.
It's times like these that make me think I'm kind of a like really lousy recovering alcoholic: I don't *NEED* alcohol to live, I just need it to dull the pain of life (and the burning in my quads!).
We have it for the 360 and we love it. You'll be able to buy instruments separately in Jan or Feb if you only want the drums. Honestly, though having all the stuff is great fun! We did get the dreaded "down strum stops working" failure with our guitar, but they've got a great RMA website that takes care of it in a real hurry. Had the new one in less than 2 days and we were off to the races again! Aside from that, everything is working great. Also, just a little note about the microphone, we learned that there's no motion sensor in it, so when you're using it to "play a tambourine" it's actually just registering the sound of you hitting the mic against something. I was uncomfortable with the idea of hitting a mic against something from the start because it's bad for mic's so at least we figured out you can just tap lightly on the windscreen for the tambourine bits. I'm worried we've already screwed up our mic a bit by hitting it against hands like they tell you to...it seems like it has a little crackle when you sing and it seems a little less sensitive than it was at first...but it's a Logitech USB mic, so it's easily replacable for about $30...
Don't laugh, but I'm a teeny-bopper at heart, so I might just pick up the High School Musical game for the Wii. It comes with the same USB mic by Logitech, just in white! :D:
It's okay you are still a teenybopper at heart, just don't go chasing that underage 15 yr old, teenybopper Hannah Montana. I heard that she likes Hockey players. The report was that she was flirting with some players at a game and it made the wives VERY uncomfortable. :mad:
hobie16 wrote:I saw this on another site and thought you rock guys might get some good advice from it.
What's this Rockband I keep hearing about! Everyone is raving about this new *toy*???? Y'all here at SGT should start a band together! YOu could play the Flower Power concerts at EPCOT's Flower and Garden Festival concerts!!! LOL!!!!!!! A big Chanukkah Hug to you, my friend! Enjoy that Christian tree! :hysteria:
Ask Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)
Q.
Dear Zack de la Rocha,
My boyfriend wants an MP3 player for Christmas, but I don't know what kind to get him. I went to an Apple retail store but there are so many models and I just got confused by the lists of features and specifications. Does he need video? What's a gigabyte? I have no idea. Then there's the Zune. And then a zillion other brands like Sandisk. I went to Circuit City and they were no help at all. My boyfriend is a huge fan of yours so whatever you recommend would be cool. Can you offer some advice?
Signed,
Jennifer in Akron
A. Oh, hell no, motherf****! You did not just ask me that! Did you? For real? I mean after four hundred years of slavery and with people of color being twenty-nine times as likely as white people to go to prison in this country and with a fascist born-again Christian theocracy in power and robbing us of what few rights we still have, this is what you're worried about? A motherf*****g MP3 player for your motherf******g boyfriend? Are you shitting me, little Jennifer from Akron? What's that? You think I'm angry? You think I got issues? Damn right I've got issues. And damn right I'm angry. We all gotta get angry!. Way I see it there ain't enough of us angry! But oh we are getting there, yes indeed, we are getting angry, brothers and sisters. There is some angry motherf*****s out here tonight!
And so little Jennifer from Akron goes walking into some motherf*****g mall and goes into an Apple store and then she goes to Circuit City and you wonder why they can't help you? I got news for ya Jennifer, it's not that they can't help you. It's that they won't help you. Any why not? They're not out there trying to help you, they're out there trying to control you! They want to own your motherf*****g mind with their DRM and the rights restrictions! Soon as you walk into that store they're controlling you. You're doing what they told you! Do you not see that? Are you motherf*****g blind, motherfucker?
These Apple stores are nothing but shiny white yuppie prisons! And Circuit City? These big box stores, these capitalist prisons, these Wal-Marts and Best Buys and Circuit Citys, exploiting their workers, we can't be shopping in there! We gots to be burning these motherf*****s to the ground! Can you dig it? Can you feel me on this? I mean this is war, people. And we are not the ones with the billy clubs and the mace and the tear gas and the shotguns and the German shepherds! We're just out there with our voices and the truth and our anarchy, because that's the only weapons we got to disrupt these motherf*****s, and that's the only weapons we need! It's war, motherf*****s! I mean Amadou Diallo, right? Brother took four hundred and fourteen bullets in his body from corrupt fascist pigs, and what happens? The pigs all got medals! Not a single damn one in jail! It's time to step up, Jennifer from Akron. Step up and get angry!
However, to answer your question, I'd say your choice of music player depends a lot on how your boyfriend intends to use the product. If it's important to him to carry his complete collection in one device, I'd recommend the 160-gigabye iPod Classic from Apple. If he doesn't mind carrying only part of his collection I'd highly recommend the iPod Touch, also from Apple. It only holds 16 gigabytes but the touch interface is really amazing. Hope that helps.
Luv,
Zack
This is funny, but what else can we expect from our friend across the sea? hobie16, a special Mele Kalikimaka to you and I hope you get lei'd and giant Christmas hugs for making me laugh!!!!! ;) I send you good vibes for a happy Hawaiian holiday, my dear friend!
DisneyMom wrote:Hobie, I read your story to hubby at bedtime, he had a big smile and nodded,"Rage".You made his day. :D:
Disneymom, we will see you in several days! YAY!!!!!!! Ralph will have gingerbread if he gets them done. He has been running around like a chicken with it's head cut off and getting everything done before we leave. He wants to make another batch tonight. We'll see if he gets to it. I will email my numbers to you and we need to figure out where to meet at the Park. Can't wait to give you and your family a big Christmas hug in person in Disneyland!!!!!!! WOW! a true magical holiday!
NOW, where is everyone else?
Purpura, we will meet up, I will PM my cell # to you! Cookies and hugs! YAY!!!
drcorey! Have a hilarious holiday and a big Christmas hug to you!
CMGUY, enjoy the work over the holiday and a hug to you!!!!!
BRWombat, a hug to you for your cruise, I still wanna go....No cookies for you...you won't be at DL!!!!!
Polar, are we gonna be able to meet you and give you a hug in person? You want a cookie?
Mainstreeter, I need to know where you will be from 12/20-12/27 and I will come find you (unlike Darph ;) ) and will give you a big hug and cookie too!
I have all your info, Lady Ulrike and we WILL find you for a big Christmas hug and G-Man! ;)
Pattimelt, let me know where you will be too. Need to give you a Christmas hug and cookie!!!!
And anyone else I may not have mentioned, I am sending hugs your way!!!!!
PM me all of you, with your schedules, so I can find you!!!!!!!! Ralph wants to give everyone a homemade gingerbread Man!!!! YUM!!!!!!
And to everyone else, A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will try to post from the Hotel computer center, but if I am having TOO much fun, I may not get over there! I will be back at this desk on the 27th and posting our trip details and pics!
If I get a chance in the next day or so to post again, I will. Ralph has to get the kittys to the boarding kennel and the birds to a whole different one on the other side of town, and I have to go to Fantastic Sam's for my dye and cut! I have a shitload of laundry to do today and to get the light timers set up and everything un-needed, unplugged so we won't have an electrical fire if we can help it, and I don't remember what else!
Oh yeah, get to the airport on time. NO Snow today or any predicted until guess what? The 27th, the day we fly back into DIA!!!!! We may be flying into a snowstorm or be delayed at the airport and HAVE to get a hotel in Orange County somewhere and not come back to this frozen wasteland...for awhile.
I am going to be longing to snuggle with my kitties, I will miss them. We buy them Christmas presents at DL, they have cool pet items there. a catnip stuffed Cheshire cat and a catnip stuffed little pillow with "Good Kitty" and a pic of Figaro on one side, and "Bad Kitty" and a pic of Si and Am on the other. I will try to take a pic and post...They are very cute cat toys!!!!!! I did buy them Mickey Mouse ears one year, they make them for pets...Heeheehee and I took pics of them with the ears on!
I am so mean...
We still have to pack and do Christmas cards and ...and...and...We have soooooooooo much to do before we leave and I cannot spend hours as usual here at the pooter even tho I want to and talk to everyone! It has been a hard couple days. I love my family here on SGT who helps me through everything and gives me a reason to smile. I WILL post on Wednesday sometime, before we leave. We have to be up at 3:30AM on Thursday, to get to the airport and check in and hopefully get an upgrade to business class for the legroom and then off to the Magic!!!!!!
I am going to try to get fresh made Candy Canes. We are also looking into renting an offsite chair for the week. I was out yesterday getting things done and my back is not well today. I ate a LOT of percs yesterday to just get through the day and I was so out of it last night, that ain't gonna work at the Park. I need to be alert and awake, not nodding off on opiates in front of Mickey!
So enjoy the holidays and be safe everyone
I love you all and will talk to you soon!!!!!!!
Merry Holidays to all and to all a g'day!
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