It's 3 in the morning, I've got nowhere to be

So. 

I had, for a period of maybe 4 weeks, maintained this awesome sleep schedule of going to bed at 12 am or 1 am and wake up at 10 am or 1 am. This worked fantastically and I was well pleased with myself for keeping to this despite the distinct lack of anything to do. Then, the futility of it all set in. I never have anywhere to be... I have absolutely no reason for waking up. Ever. I could stay in bed for weeks at a time and it wouldn't matter to anyone, anywhere. Since this point, I've started staying up later, waking up later, and generally doing less of the things I rarely did anyway. Get this: I've even stopped drinking coffee. Entirely: No point.

It. Sucks.

And so, I've decided to blame the internet and my computer for the failings of my own psyche- and will be taking a long leave of absence from said things. By long I mean: a week. Just to see how it affects me. Of course, this also means I'm going to be ditching the 360. Not that this matters particularly much to you guys, as we haven't played anything together in a while. 

SPEAKING OF: I've also quit Halo (unless I'm guaranteed to play with people I know and like)... however, unlike Landon, I've ditched Halo for a decent game: CoD4. Which is not just decent, it's fantastic. I suck at it, but still manage to do alright occasionally, and I haven't sworn at it yet. Yes, I've just spent the past 7 hours playing this game nonstop, and I haven't yet got frustrated with it. I'm not kidding! I'm not exaggerating about how long I've played it for, either. I'm still unsure as to what it is about CoD that makes me so very fond of it... the guns I've gotten so far are still on the shitty side, and I have no idea about map layout yet so choosing my class is a bit of an issue. But... it's twitchy. It's fun. You can stab people in a really, really satisfactory manner. It's pretty! And there is no annoying announcer guy. The people on live are probably still douchbaggy, I suppose- except I haven't really run into any douchebags. Nobody really speaks unless spoken to, unless it's to shout out advice. Which is lovely! Not a lot of chatter. People are focused more on the game- and they're not constantly fellating themselves over how many kills they've gotten. The downsides are: when you start out, it's extremely easy to die and really hard to figure out how to kill. The basic concept of "point and shoot" doesn't really seem to apply- at least not in the same way as Halo. You have to point, and then point again only zoomed in this time, and then you aim, and THEN you have to get your gun to fire, and by that point you're probably dead because the other guy did this all about 50x faster than you. This takes a couple online games to master, and by the time you've done that you've earned several NEW guns that are a lot more effective. But then you've gotta go through almost the same process with them. It's sort of annoying. But so very worth it. When you get your first 5 people killing spree and call in an airstrike, it's like God just personally reached down and gave you a cookie. 

Of course, this is all just my personal experience. I bought the game and started playing online immediately. I didn't play the campaign until a couple hours after I'd mastered the controls (and by master, I mean I finally stopped pressing the right bumper to reload). Other people probably spend hours and hours in the campaign and are a lot more comfortable when they finally hit matchmaking. Regardless. It was fun. I haven't gotten angry. Two Thumbs Up!

As far as personal notes go, my parents are currently in New Orleans for a nuclear medicine conference, and they also met up with my sister (Tori) who drove from Pensacola, Florida to see them. They're gonna be gone until wednesday (left friday), I think, and they gave my sister and I $50 to survive on. So far we've bought: sour cream, chocolate sauce, and eggs. Oh, and white grape juice. Mmm, delicious. We also each spent about $60 on books. It would have been $20 less for both of us, but Barnes and Noble had a display of leather bound, gold embossed classics. It included: Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Aesops Fables, The Oddessy, Grimms Fairy Tales, the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe, some other similar things and .... Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. My sister got the complete works of Jane Austen and I got Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (which was the only scifi in the display, and the only thing more recent than maybe 1970). It smells fantastic; like leather and a deep sense of satisfaction.

Anyway, nothing else to say, really. Though I've said quite a lot. I'll add this: my cat is pregnant and I'm wondering how bad a person I'd honestly be if I accidentally killed the kittens. Aahhh....