Can't sleep yet...

So here it is, about 1:30 in the morning, I just got done playing a GREAT round of TF2 with friends and also with total strangers who became quick friends, it was just a good time. Also it helps I ended up being #1 on the leader board and that always makes you feel really good.

I guess I really haven't posted much here recently, work has been crazy and then Amy and I got a new kitten and he's been really keeping us on our toes, so that would explain why I haven't been posting here that much recently. The new kitten is doing well and he is slowly adapting to all the other pets we have around. The one girl cat we have wants nothing to do with him, while the boy cat loves to play with him when he gets a chance. The dogs both think this is great new toy we've brought home just for them...hopefully they don't try and squeeze the stuffing out of this one *gross*

As I said, work has also been crazy, have been using Windows 7 though on a regular basis (it's installed on my main laptop and then my second desktop) and aside from a few very minor things that I'm not really sure are even related to Windows 7, it's been a really good OS. I can't wait until the full thing is released on October 22nd (also my birthday) of this year...it should be a good time.

On the game front, obviously I've been playing a lot of TF2 recently and I also recently got Left 4 Dead...quite possibly one of the cooler games out on the market. The game is really quite simple in design: 4 people survived a plague, and now that plague that killed everyone is turning them all into Zombies. The main goal of the game...kill Zombies and get the heck out of dodge and out of the area you are in. It almost seems too simple, but really it's just a ton of fun. No real strategy...stay together and blow the crap of things. There are various points in the game where you get rushed by hundreds of Zombies and all 4 of you stand in a circle and just cook off as many rounds as you can and kill some Zombies. I tell you, such a simple game concept really can go a long way. The other nice part about it, is 4 real humans can play all 4 characters in the game. So if you and three of your friends get together (in real life or just meet online) you all can go off and hunt Zombies as a team...pretty freakin' awesome.

Other than that, not much gaming going on...oh yeah...I did upgrade my gaming system finally. I had previously been running Pentium D processor with 3 GB of DDR 2 RAM. I had looked at the iCore7 processors and motherboards for my upgrade but that stuff is still just WAY too expensive. I ended up getting a Core 2 Duo 3.16 GHz processor, with 4 GB of DDR 3 RAM. I've noticed a very marked improvement in system performance since getting everything change over.

Fear not though, I didn't trash the old parts to my system, I also bought a cheapish case and a new DVD-ROM drive and dropped my old processor, RAM and power supply into the new case and ta da...a new media center for my wife and I in our bedroom!!! It's really great having the computer in there. Amy can sit in there and do class stuff, or listen to streaming music from our server...it's just really nice.

OK, that whole amped up feeling is starting to fade, so I guess I'll head off to bed. More later on.

~C

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

If you for some reason have been under a rock, that is the name of the new Dave Matthew’s Band Album.  I grew up listening to DMB in their early years, since I grew up in Charlottesville, because of this I’ve always been a big fan of DMB.  This album is something special though.  It really does feel like their old albums (old being Remember two things, under the table, etc.)  It’s a great album.  I’d have to say my favorite song is Why I am.  I really don’t know what it is about it, but something about the song just speaks to me…it’s great!

 

Anyway, so that’s been the big news around here.  DMB played here back in April and it was an amazing concert and then with the release of the new album, I believe DMB has established themselves as true rock and roll royalty.  It’s really good to see.

 

In other news, Amy and I got a new kitten yesterday.  He’s a very cute boy and we have decided to name him Strider, after the character from Lord of the Rings.  For those counting at home that now takes us to 7 pets…yes 7…there is hope in site though, one of the deals for getting this kitten is that we need to get rid of our rabbit Shaun.  Shaun is a great rabbit, but it turns out that I’m allergic to rabbits so he really hasn’t worked out well.  If you happen to have any interest in this rabbit, PLEASE let me know and I will be more than happy to send you more info. 

 

On the game front, still playing lots of TF2…have actually managed to finally get the Krtizkrieg, I was so happy.  I’ve also gotten all the Stout, Spy, and Medic stuff.  I am super stoked about having all the medic stuff finally, but now I’m hoping to get Natasha and the backburner and I’ll be super stoked.   

 

Ok, that’s it for now, more later on.

 

~C