The One Year Thread 2007: XWA's Celibatic Boogaloo

[Rogue15]

I got:

 

Call of Duty 4 plus the strategy guide for it

Cabela's Big Game Hunter

Brain Age 2

 

Clothes for work and working out, wallet, bourne ultimatum, employee of the month

 

Brain Age 2 is cool, i learned how to do that soduku thing, it hurts my head. -_-

 

CoD4 i just got off playing like a 3 hour thing on domination. it's better than GRAW 2, i haven't had a problem connecting to games and stuff, it's a so fun.

 

Cabela's Big Game Hunter is a nice improvement over Cabela's Outdoor Adventures that i got 2 years ago, the animals look and act more real i guess.

 

i didn't even expect to get any video games this year, much less 3 of them. wonder if i'll get around to finishing double agent now...hehe

 

I am not looking forward to working 1-10 tomorrow.

[Keyan Farlander]

I got some socks and a toothbrush

 

Anyway, at Mass this morning I once again ran into the lovely young lady I missed out on earlier this year. I think I was fairly charming. Maybe. We'll see.

[K_Kinnison]

So far I got a DVD player (plays everything), and an automatic egg cooker

 

Tho Christmas dinner with wine, lobster, waldorf salad, and key-lime pie was wonderful

[Rogue Nine]

lol, nice story Cracken. Did you come up with that wasted on eggnog?

 

I got's me some cologne and a neat sweater. Nothing too fancy, considering I didn't ask for much this year. But I know my real presents are coming soooooon...

 

*goes back to his front porch to watch for the UPS guy coming with his Newegg packages*

[Cmdr. Cracken]

I was not wasted when i wrote that. That's how i am naturally.

 

Oh yeah, my world is awesome.

 

Just the Xbox 360..... and Halo 3.... The rest will come eventually, out of my own pocket, but i'll be able to get 100% set up this friday.

[edlib]

That's what I should do today: Set up a spot downstairs for the 360.

 

Now the question is whether or not I hold onto the Gamecube for a while longer. I haven't fired it up in a while now. Months, maybe...

 

But: There's still a couple of games for it I never got around to finishing. Plus I still occasionally get the urge for a round of Defender or Joust, or I may someday want to tackle Rogue Leader again.

 

I guess I'll just keep it for now... and see how much use it actually sees after the 360 moves in.

Anyway, at Mass this morning I once again ran into the lovely young lady I missed out on earlier this year. I think I was fairly charming. Maybe. We'll see.

I wish you luck. (My present to you.)

[Rogue Nine]

Hey, if you don't want it, I'll take it off your hands. :3

 

And go Keyan, workin' it at church, oyeaaaaaaaaa

[edlib]

My previously mentioned 15-year-old cousin already put first dibs on it. Sorry.

 

I should keep it though. I bought the 2nd Metroid Prime last year... and have yet to take the disk out of the case.

 

But I may someday (soon, p'haps...) end up with a "Wii-360" combo... in which case I'll keep the game disks, and unload the hardware.

 

And Keyan has hit upon my sole New Years resolution for next year: Not to spend 2008 as lonely for female companionship as I did 2007! (And the several previous years as well, truth be told...)

 

I'm not exactly sure of the specific strategies and tactics I will employ to achieve this goal... (details will still have to be worked out...) but I am committed to the idea at this point.

My hope is to post a lot less to this thread's replacement next year... because I will be far, far too busy with life to keep up a regular posting routine.

[Wildstar]

I blogged about most of my Xmas gifts (being bowling related), but I'll mention one of them here...my sister and brother-in-law gave me a "Split Happens" t-shirt. LOL

 

My brother gave me the one Boston sports apparel item I received this year...the 2007 World Series Champions t-shirt (I usually count on my aunt & uncle to give me stuff like that, but they gave me a regular casual dress shirt this year). I also got a nice handmade glass ornament (actually a plastic bulb) w/ cotton wads (for snow) and stuff like plastic candy canes and gingergread men inside...came from one of my younger cousins (the older daughter of the ones that bowl). The ornament will be put out on my kitchen table along w/ the mini Christmas tree already there (and that's the extent of my personal holiday decorating).

[Keyan Farlander]

I wish you luck. (My present to you.)

 

Meh, I know I have pretty much no chance, but it never hurts to give it a try, since you never know what will happen in the future. I actually met a girl who might be even better a little while ago. And unlike this other young lady, she seemed quite taken with me. A wonderful, beautiful, traditional Catholic girl. The only problem? She's not actually from here. She lives in Indiana! We've kept in touch, but it would be a little hard to date someone who lives a thousand miles away. DAMMIT.

[edlib]

Hmmm... yes, it would. Perhaps not totally impossible and insurmountable... but difficult nevertheless.

 

I have a co-worker who has been somehow keeping a relationship going with a guy she met on a trip a couple of years ago. A trip to West Africa. (For that's where he lives.)

 

After all: They are only separated by the entire Atlantic Ocean.

[Rogue15]

while on subject of resolutions, here are mine...

 

primary objectives:

1. Build up my credit history

1a. By using credit card to purchase parts so i can build a nice computer

2. Run 2 miles in 15 minutes and run a few times a week

 

secondary objectives:

1. Enlist in the military

2. Get a girlfriend

 

bonus objectives:

 

1. Pay off the car

2. Get married

[Ikhnaton]

Anyway, at Mass this morning I once again ran into the lovely young lady I missed out on earlier this year. I think I was fairly charming. Maybe. We'll see.

Meeting chicks at church is always the best But my worry was always, why didn't I see her at all the other Sunday masses? Is she a Christmas/Easter catholic?

 

 

Crackhead, I appreciate the message you are trying to convey with your Christmas post, and while that seems to be the popular view of today (i.e.: don't sweat the details, get down to basics which is "be excellent to each other"), the problem arises when two people's ideas of "being excellent" don't agree. It's one thing to tell everyone to love your neighbor, but it's not enough. You must teach them *how* to love your neighbor. Hence the story of the Good Samaritan. The Bible may seem like a bunch of fairy stories to many in this day and age, but the point is not the factual details, but rather the lessons. Jesus came to the world not just to tell us to be excellent to each other, but to sacrifice himself to pay the debt of man's sins. In doing so, he gave us the ultimate example of loving God and loving neighbor.

 

My point is, while organized religion seems, to many, to be everything that is wrong with religion, you need to have it. Otherwise you get everyone on earth interpreting "be excellent" in their own way. What happens when you have a moral question that you don't know the answer? Sure, you must trust your conscience, but first you must form it properly. If you study Scripture and Church teachings, then you are able to form your conscience to properly distinguish from right and wrong. Without the Church, how would you know where to start in the quest to be excellent? Certainly I believe that man is born with a natural moral compass, but not everyone follows that or has a very strong compass.

 

I know you're not being malicious, but I just get sick of people bagging on organized religion and acting like they are so much smarter because they follow their own system. If everyone did that, I don't know how you could lay a foundation on which to base laws, etc.

[Keyan Farlander]

Meeting chicks at church is always the best But my worry was always, why didn't I see her at all the other Sunday masses? Is she a Christmas/Easter catholic?

 

Well, we went to high school together, and did Confirmation preperation together, and I still live in the same area, but she moved to northern Virginia. So she comes back to visit her parents at Christmas and Easter, so that is when I see her at Mass. I guess I don't know for a fact that she attends Mass every week these days, but there's a fair chance of it, since I see her parents there all the time, and she went to Catholic University (which I guess actually means nothing). It would be nice if I could spend a little time with her to find out these details, but that doesn't ever seem to happen.

[edlib]

Spent the day mostly chillin',.. again.

 

Did a couple of little chores, but felt that it was better to take it slow and catch up on much needed R&R before diving into meaty projects.

 

So far: It's working. I'm starting to feel human again. Nice.

 

Watched "Letters From Iwo Jima" DVD... finally.

I only bought that disk several months ago. Last of my unwatched movies, though. Though there is a whole new crop of films that just came out on disk I have to see. Time for a shopping trip.

 

Speaking about shopping trips: Getting excited about the 360 now. Been watching and reading a lot of game reviews and previews, and now I'm pretty sure I know what my first crop of games will be.

Headed over to my co-worker's house tomorrow night for dinner, and a go couple of rounds on his. He even says he's gonna get Halo 3 tomorrow in honor of my coming over... to kick my ass at it, that is.

 

Sweet.

 

This weekend for sure...

[Cmdr. Cracken]

Ike: If you want, we can take it to PM, I have my reasons of thinking like I do. I'm just increasingly frustrated with people using religion and God to forward some man made ideal of their vision of "Perfect" and "Just" society. It's annoying, 2000 years of it get's old REAL fast.

 

Again, PM me if anyof you wanna hit me up and talk about it. Here be not the place.

 

 

 

Anyway, my gamer tag is Crackensan, so if anyone wants to find me on Xbox Live, I'm down. I'll be subbing to XBox Live this Friday. HALO 3 MATCHES FOR ALL!

[Rogue15]

aww no cod4? lol Halo 3 is good, especially cooperative. i just sent you a friend's request cracken. i'm off on friday so see ya then i guess lol

[Wildstar]

I guess most of my objectives for the new year are bowling-related (as I posted on the XWAU board), but I do want to maintain my weight. I worked hard to lose 40 lbs. and I don't want to gain the weight back.

 

My "bonus objectives"? To have a game of 230 or better or a series of 600 or better, and to cash in one or more tournaments.

[edlib]

but I do want to maintain my weight. I worked hard to lose 40 lbs. and I don't want to gain the weight back.

Good job! Glad to hear it!

 

I also lost a bit of weight this year (probably not quite that much, though...) with all that walking I did, and got myself into a lot better shape than I was last year at this time.

 

I guess I'd like to finish the job this year: Lose the rest of the excess weight I've put on over the last decade; and finish getting into really good shape. That will mean the expense of buying a whole new wardrobe, since almost every piece of clothing I own is currently big on me... if I manage to lose the rest they will be swimming on me.

But it's an expense I guess I wouldn't mind paying.

 

But worse come to worst, just maintaining the state I find myself in at the moment would be enough.

 

EDIT:

 

Random Thought:

(What very well may be the last one I post in 2007...)

 

Has anyone ever published a 'Doctor Who' videogame?

[Rogue15]

yessss going to work 6-9 by myself. not working tomorrow, which is weird. i keep thinking today is wednesday, it's been a while...a long while, since i've had friday off.

 

Probably gonna give the new clippers a try tomorrow. or tonight....hmmm...

[Ikhnaton]

Crack, I see no reason to take it to PM unless you feel this is going to get uncivil real quick. I'm certainly not going to blow my top.

 

You cited a common complaint: that people are using religion to forward their own agenda. Think about it for a second. Is that a problem with the religion or with the person? I can almost guarantee it is going to be the fault of the person. If you think that religion is going to make people perfect, then you're setting yourself up for disappointment. I consider myself a very religious person, but I will be the first to give you a laundry list of my vices.

 

Living in California, I'm having a difficult time with the parishes that are nearby, and it makes it tough to stay focused on the purpose of prayer, going to church, etc. While it is important to look for the fruits of the church, which is the people and what they do, but at times you simply have to ignore what the people are doing and stay focused on the big picture.

[Cmdr. Cracken]

Ike: I have no doubts that religion is and can be good. Many people use it as a moral guide and the teachings of the Bible is a great way to start. I am in no way knocking down the moderates. They do good, and are good, kind people. Go them!

 

The problem lies in the fact that because religion is so powerful in a lot of peoples minds and hearts, it can be twisted to achieve horrible ends and results. You're right, it is the man behind the curtain, but you also have to realize people follow those guys, and it's rather scary and disturbing. I think that's why I'm very much against the organizing of religion in that an organized power structure can be used to manipulate the masses to achieve personal ends, something that the Holy Books teach us as wrong. Thus, it's that perversion of the original intent of those books by those in religious power that I'm so against, because history shows that it has, and will lead to nothing but suffering for innocent people.

 

By no means am I against organizing small churches for worship. That's fine, it's small, neat, and not really going to do anything except give people a way to express their faith in God in their own way. Once you start going global, and really having a LARGE effect on large groups of people from ONE location is when I start seeing problems with that. I don't think that large scale organized religion is going to be any good, or is it of any real use any longer other than an archaic power system from the Dark Ages.

 

The way religion is today was probably NOT the intent of Jesus, and I think personally when he does come down again, he will have every right to smite the lot of us.

[edlib]

Hmmm... I may have to express an opinion on this matter at some point... but not tonight. It's too late.

 

Spent the night playing an epic session of Halo 3 over a co-worker's place on co-op mode. It was a blast!

When we first started, we were both sucking hard... since my buddy has never played any Halo game before... and I only on the PC with mouse/ keyboard. It wasn't pretty. Plus, the split-screen was bugging me out.

 

After a couple of levels we both found our groove and started kicking some ass! (Of course, this is only against AI, on normal difficulty. When we start playing online multiplayer, it's bound to be different, and we'll be taking some schooling...)

 

We got as far as the cut-scene used in the first trailer... looking out over the giant crater with the artifact shooting beams up into the sky.

 

Dinner was great too... his wife is an awesome cook.

 

We also played some Ace Combat 6. That game looks teh super-sexah! Another one I have to get.

 

My first crop of 360 games looks like Halo 3; Ace Combat 6; Mass Effect; and The Orange Box.

 

I think tomorrow is the day, boys... barring any unforeseen obstacles.

[Keyan Farlander]

I think that's why I'm very much against the organizing of religion in that an organized power structure can be used to manipulate the masses to achieve personal ends, something that the Holy Books teach us as wrong. Thus, it's that perversion of the original intent of those books by those in religious power that I'm so against, because history shows that it has, and will lead to nothing but suffering for innocent people.

 

What holy books are you talking about? How do you know that they are holy? And how do you know what the original intent of them was?

 

By no means am I against organizing small churches for worship. That's fine, it's small, neat, and not really going to do anything except give people a way to express their faith in God in their own way.

 

Don't you think it is more important to express your faith in God's way?

 

The way religion is today was probably NOT the intent of Jesus.

 

If that is true, Jesus screwed up pretty badly by letting his religion fall away from his intent. But in fact, Jesus promises this will not happen in the Gospels. So if you include those in your count of the holy books, somebody out there has it right, and has had it right since the time of Jesus.

[Rogue15]

ed and crack: GET CALL OF DUTY 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!