Jason Hancock

We made the trip to Best Buy to get the rest of the accessories that we needed to complete our Wii ensemble; two classic controllers and a nun chuck controller. Unfortunately, Best Buy didn’t have any nun chuck controllers, so after purchasing the classic controllers, we headed next door to Toys-R-Us. The electronics department was tucked away in a corner. It almost seemed like an afterthought. My spirits were dwindling…if Best Buy didn’t have it, what were the chances Toys-R-Us would?

It’s official. Laura and I are wii-tards. We decided to get a wii a little over a week ago and started asking around at our local retailers. I happened to go to Target in Eagle Rock (not our normal Target) and asked if they were expecting any wii’s. They said that they were expecting about 100 the next morning. That settled it….we were getting one. 3:30AM rolled around very early. If you know me, you know it’s a great feat to get me out of bed early in the morning.

The USB cable, car charger, and wall charger I ordered from amazon showed up today. I popped the installation CD in for the usb cable and installed the drivers. I then plugged my phone into the cable and fired up bitpim. I am finally able to transfer custom ringtones to my phone! Now I just need to make a few more ringtones. On to the car charger. I bought a bluetooth headset with the intent of using it while driving.

After searching the web a bit for some decent wallpaper, I discovered an interesting quirk about my lg vx8700. The native resolution of the screen is 240x320, but wallpaper in that resolution gets scaled kinda funky and looks bad. Off I set to find the correct size for wallpaper. A couple google searches said that the size should be 240x275. I grabbed an image, trimmed it to this size via photoshop and threw it on the microSD card I bought.

My phone has lasted for 3 years. I have no complaints with it. It was just time for an upgrade. The paint was starting to wear a bit thin (from all the hard abuse) and with the law changing in July requiring the use of a headset when talking and driving, I figured now was as good a time as any for a new phone. I left the house this morning to get a sandwich, a usb hub for Laura, and some stuff from the grocery store.

Market is really coming down. Prices have dropped a bunch since we’ve moved to So Cal. We’re stashing cash left and right hoping that this winter we might be able to scoop up a deal. We’ll see. As much as we like being renters, being homeowners wouldn’t be that bad. I just hope that we can get in some place where we can still afford to live somewhat comfortably like we do now.

It’s kind of like a double edged sword. All I want is a steaming cup of joe. Every ounce of me craves it despite knowing that it will keep me up for hours. I can’t escape it so I give in. The warmth fills me until the cravings subside. I am once again able to concentrate. I continue to work, knowing all the while that I will not be able to sleep when it is time to go to bed.

Yep, since it’s after midnight, it’s technically my 26th birthday. Why am I up so late? I had to work, of course. I’m not sure why I’m not into my own birthday at all…..i’d much rather forget it exists and just carry on like a normal person, yet everyone around me insists that we celebrate. Celebrate what? Being another year older and wiser? It’s not like some magic switch gets thrown and I feel older and wiser all of a sudden.

I had the opportunity last night to see Social-D for the second time. They were playing at the Anaheim House Of Blues. The venue is pretty cool….right in downtown Disney. It had a nice small-club atmosphere. They had multiple bars open to serve the drunkards. In addition to my wife and myself, we had my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. I think my mother-in-law summed it up best….“they are as good as they were 20 years ago.

On my way home from work on Friday, I noticed the X-runner pulling ever so gently to the passenger side. When I got home, I noticed the passenger side front tire was low. I made a mental note to go fill it Saturday morning. Saturday morning rolled around and I ventured down to the garage to run some errands. I found the tire flat. Guess I ran over something. Time was of the esscence, so I took Laura’s truck.