City of Amnesia

I always enjoy these threads, ohoho.

Anyways, I just bought
http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=skirts&product%5Fid=2048367528&Page=1#
& http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=skirts&product%5Fid=2047605525&Page=1
because I haven't bought anything for myself since January. ;_;

So, what was the last thing you guys bought? It can be a game, or even food. You know the drill.

Uh...donuts.
I went to see the orthodontists I used to work for and brought them a dozen Dunkin' Donuts.

But the last important thing I bought was an asskicking video card with which to play Crysis.

All you can eat pasta, a coke no ice, and then a waffle-bowl sundae.

Cost me two meal-punches and 2 dining dollars.  Yay fake college money.

I bought... a cup of tomato florentine soup and a side of mashed potatoes.

I like this thread.

Bought a few CD's, mostly Death Metal.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell)
The White Stripes (Icky Thump)
10 CD-RW's... I run through these quicker than burnable CD's

All thanks to a Best Buy gift card...It's like Toy 'R' Us for guys...

That sounds incredibly good right now.

Anyways, I just bought shoes
http://www.payless.com/Catalog/ProductDetail.aspx?&TLC=Womens&SLC=WomensDress&BLC=WomensDressTrendy&Width=Regular&ItemCode=55362&LotNumber=061052&Type=Adult&Popularity=1098&DescriptiveColor=Tan&Size=7.5
I have decided not to spend any more money until I actually go SHOPPING. I swear.

Those shoes are nice.

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I bought a $94 ticket to see my girlfriend up in NY... thinking I'd bought a $40 ticket...

$2.50 ticket to Juno on-campus, $0.50 popcorn, and a Cherry Coke with dining plan money.

I think that would be the Noein boxset from Best Buy (half-price).

Breakfast from BK, tried two of those Breakfast wraps, they aren't too bad actually.

I bought Children of Mana for my mother. Now I have someone to play multiplayer with.

I also bought Mario Kart DS, The New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64 DS, and am considering getting Mario Party DS.
War.

Actually, it was probably a couple prescriptions on my last post.

Latest: Brawl and volume two of the anime Flag.

I went shopping today and got this shirt:
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7969/ayniluc1.png)

I also got another shirt with Fred Flare sunglasses on it, and coloured tights.

Beatles swag is always good.

I got a Jr. bacon cheeseburger, medium fries, and a Frosty last night during Relay for Life.  Yay for being outside in the rain for eight hours!

I like this picture. We should bring back the camwhore thread. I'll post in it, even.
War.

Oh you!

And I agree. This board needs moar camwhores.

Got two original chicken sandwiches from Burger King (buy one, get one free coupon), along with cheesy tots and a medium Dr Pepper last night.

Cake mix, cake pans, frosting, that decorative squeeze frosting, vegetable oil, and eggs.

I made me a cake.

I wanted a sandwich, so I got turkey, cheese, and rye bread.
And hot pockets. 6 boxes of hot pockets.

(http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/Jim-Gaffigan-Color-5.article.jpg)




As for me, I had some of those Doritos Stephen Colbert told me to buy. Those are tasty >.>

I bought Nair... and then "burned" my leg with it, ouch.

Nair?
Anyway I'm getting a psp monday, but I got a Gaint Box of Pocky today. 24 pocky sticks, and their an inch long. They asian supermarket only had chocolate though. :-\

(http://www.naircare.com/images/products/products_bladeless.jpg)
The less you wear, the more you need Nair!

Other than burning my legs when I should have been following the directions, it works nicely.

It was a busy weekend...

Honey BBQ wings, a Teriaki Steak, and a Yeungling draft at Dave & Busters...and Mrs. Negotiator had a boatload of shrimp and a Strawberry Daiqari (If not for the NHL playoffs, I probably would have gamed a little, too. Too bad...)
"100W equivalent" flourescent bulbs (Now I have more electricity for my rig. Hahahaha!)
a huge bottle of Mobil-1
a 5-shelf bookshelf
toothpaste and dental floss
Trident berry and citris gums
a loaf of bread, milk, eggs, orange juice, and yogurt
a birthday card and "Scrubs" Season 3 for my sister's birthday
for Mrs. Negotiator's Tex-Mex recipe: mild salsa, tortillas, shredded lettuce, and, oh yeah, one tomato! 8)

What?!? No more Jones Soda at Walmart? No side...

Haha, it was a busy weekend for me too!

Went to American Apparel in D.C. Got this cardigan (http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa2405w.html) and this dress (http://store.americanapparel.net/rsag300.html)
A yellow t-shirt from H&M to go along with my high-wasted skirt.
The latest issue of Elle magazine from Barnes&Noble.
Went to Urban Outfitters and got this book (http://www.amazon.com/HOW-WALK-HIGH-HEELS-EVERYTHING/dp/1401302750) and a gold&blue wallet.

Then today I decided since it rains a lot in April, I needed a bubble umbrella (http://www.amazon.com/HOW-WALK-HIGH-HEELS-EVERYTHING/dp/1401302750)! So cute.

Looking at this list it seems like it's so much. I need better money management.

Well this is my haul from Tekkoshocon.

4x Lupin the 3rd DVDs
 - "All's Fair in Love and Theivery"
 - "The Flying Sword"
 - "Royal Scramble"
 - "Enchanted Lupin"

3x soundtracks
 - Neon Genesis Evangelion (1)
 - Trigun the first donuts
 - Trigun the second donut

A LOT of Pocky and Ramune. lol


Interestingly enough, I found a guy selling two Big O boxsets (Season I and Season II) ... upon close inspection, I deemed them bootleg as I've pretty much memorized the DVD releases and they were not at all like anything I've ever seen. ::)

I bought a few things of Dippin' Dots, a case of Coke, Sprite, Cherry Coke, Dr. Pepper, Steak, Peppercorn Pork Tenderloin, Lime Sherbet, Rainbow Sherbet, two loaves of bread, Hamburger, Hamburger buns, a few air fresheners, some lipton pasta and rice sides, a bunch of kool-Aid packets, tortilla shells, tortilla chips, Salsa, Tropicana orange juice, 2% milk...there was more on that list...

eggs
lemon sandwich cookies
umm...

A burrito from Chipotle which may or may not have been larger than a baby.
That was the only thing I ate all day yesterday and it was delicious.

I've done this, going all day on one Chipotle burrito. Sometimes you have to check underneath the bread wrap, just to be sure they didn't actually stuff a baby in there.

I can accept that you were pleased with Chipotle on the grounds you do not live in Atlanta and have thus never eaten at Willy's, which as I understand it was the genesis/inspiration for both Chipotle and Moes, and also vastly superior. 4 out of 5 surveyed agreed unconditionally, and 5 was a jerk.

... Damn, now I want some Willy's.

You all are going to think I'm weird for this but I have never eaten at Chipotle. It's not my fault though, I'm a city girl living in the country(SUCKXZ)... and we don't have many places to eat here. When I lived in the city though, I don't think it existed until a few years after I moved.

Anyways, I just bought the latest issue of Nylon. I'm too girly.

lunch last friday. my school serves us utter crap and is supposed to be going healthy. freaking stupid adults think they can change our habits my making us prefer to starve.

I've never even heard of a "Chipotle" before.

Got some Taco Bell last night (The Big Bell Box Meal with a Baja Blast). I could only finish the taco and cinnamon twists though, which doesn't really match my normal eating habits.

Yesterday my cousin and I walked to a coffee shop and got frappuccinos and then we went to a convenience store and there was a sale on gummy worms, so I got him a bag and me a bag haha. Along with Vogue, naturally.

Bought a large Frosty and medium fries while partially schwasted Friday night.

Wii+WiiPlay+Nunchuck+Brawl

I forgot - Last Sunday: Transformer's Movie Jazz

My 2nd trip to Trader Joe's:
2 fruit snacks
1 chicken/black bean wrap
1 bag of almond biscotti cookies
1 bottle of maple syryp

2 helpings of 15-layer lasagna (1 helping for Mrs. Negotiator...)
2 Subway half-sandwiches
2 cans of shoe polish (brown & cordovan - Yes, I already have a big can of black.  8))
1 "golf" shirt and two casual shirts (gift card)

Old Spice deodorant; my other stick ran out.

They... they make it with that many layers?

Coffee and a bagel.
Which reminded me that I don't like coffee.

A pint of milk, a copy of the Independent and a packet of Wine Gums.

You a west coasty?

Oh, and I bought a gig stick of RAM.
War.

D just raised the bar... Nice job.


Nope all east, sir... Pity, the chicken wrap was the closest thing to a "sandwich" there. Nothing goes better with full-octane java than biscotti. Just don't chip a tooth...  ;)

You think you can find 15-layer lasagna on the west coast?!? No, I can't see that happening... Subway, OK, but not mountains of lasagna...and I don't even want to know what it would taste like. As for the shirts - well how else am I going to pass for human? Just a little humor - sometimes we negotiators like to dress down a little...


Alright, now that's what I'm talking about. You installed it as soon as you got home, yes? Gig sticks are nice... I might buy another, in fact, at 1.5G I'll probably have to anyhow...

http://www.superstarcrasher.com

D gots webspace?! =o

I turned on my laptop this morning and got the "your battery will still charge, but will probably completely crap out on you in a couple weeks. Go and spend $300 on a new one. Love, Dell."
So I (read: my parents) bought a new laptop battery. I hate Dell now because after reading interweb reviews, my puny little laptop chews up batteries like there's no tomorrow.

Coincidence! I just received my new Dell laptop today. I got it to come with XP... not so fast, Vista!

Too bad about the battery. Maybe you had one of the models that was recalled two years ago.

I had something like that happen to me a few months back.

Except without the message, there was just a pop, and then my battery was useless.

I checked the model number back in the recall-time, it wasn't one of those exploding ones. I think my laptop was sort of a slightly-shrunken one and they did a crappy job designing the battery.

And why does everyone hate Vista? I love it, I never had any problems with it, Directx 10 makes things super-pretty and the GUI is shiny and easy to use.

Vista would require another gig or so of RAM in my laptop, and probably a gig and a half for my desktop.

If Vista had a 64bit version I might be more interested for my desktop, since I need to buy the RAM anyways, but it plays Oblivion fine, so I'm not really in much of a hurry.

It does have a 64 bit version. I decided to not get it because I heard that 64-bit systems in general cause files to take up twice as much space.

A couple little things. I've read that it doesn't run programs any more efficiently than XP. In some cases, like in 3d rendering software, ironically, programs actually run slower. Vista also has a problem with occasionally mixing up files during defrags, a problem which made my gf's computer stuck in a SCNDSK>SafeMode>BSoD loop for two days.

I'm going to wait a year or two until Vista accumulates even more patches, then upgrade.

See, I heard that that thing actually doesn't map out the IO/Memory correctly, thus still preventing you from using all the RAM that you should be able to.

I heard this from my professor who teaches circuitry design, so I'm kinda inclined to believe him.

I beg your pardon? I am within WALKING distance of three amazing Italian restaurants. I just don't order the lasagna because yeah, I make it myself.

And I bought handcuffs, a blindfold, three boxes of 9mm ammunition, massage oil, and twelve pounds of steak.

One of those days, you know?
War.

12 pack of Livewire. I was thirsty. And about 32 pizzas....I was really hungry too.

Chicken Quesadilla + vegetables + pistol pete for my buddy at the Quick Chick

... yeah, ghetto food is real awesome, I like to -- WAIT IS THAT KORBEN DALLASSSSSS???

Lmao. Yes. Yes it is Korben Dallas. I couldn't help myself.

Also, I'll either be getting McDonald's or Subway later today...

DAMMIT I WAS GONNA MAKE A KORBEN DALLAS THEME.

Oh yeah, what did I buy. a bagel and a Monster Energy.

Zorg. Do it now.

Today I bought an awesome bike, and now all I want to do is ride around my boring community.
I also got a cute polka-dot party dress, even though I have no parties to go to but wutevz.
Aaand, Mother's Day Cards for my step-mom and grandmothers.

Dippin' Dots after my last final exam.

I then spent negative $142 selling my books back, and they took all but three (out of nine).

Especially amusing due to my friend who drove there getting only $3 for the one book they bought back.

Throne of Darkness

A neat PC game similar to Diablo, but set in a fantasy Japan, good fun, but very easy.

A contacts exam thingy, which resulted in me getting two pairs of disposable contacts, and a buttload of the solution.

They're much less bad then I remember them being.

The Alien Quadrilogy.

I've never seen the first alien movie, but I've seen the rest at least once.

These t-shirts.

http://www.bustedtees.com/rollininmy64 (http://www.bustedtees.com/rollininmy64)
http://www.bustedtees.com/playerhater (http://www.bustedtees.com/playerhater)

Went to Taco Bell/Pizza Hut, ordered some pizza and breadsticks and paid the $4.xx for it, proceeded to wait almost twenty minutes while the guy on pizza dicked around, then brought it home to find the pizza cold and the breadsticks unseasoned, floating in a sea of grease, and without accompanying sauce, which were promptly tossed. And let me tell you, babies, you want to put Xel on the bloodmongering warpath, you mess with her food. What a waste of money, cripes.

I have a beer now, though, so things are looking up.

$4.50 at a laundromat to wash a hugeass rug

Kill them. Kill them now.
War.

Trigun Vol.12 (Manga)

A Mother's Day card, for my moth-

No, make that a ticket to see Speed Racer in IMAX, forgot about that.

Shisha, two orders of lambchops, and an order of some kabob.

I'm supposed to get paid back soon, lets see how long that takes.

:o I stand corrected... Pardon me. Apparently, I listen to the complaints of others too much... However, the 15-layer aspect, the West Coast also does the large portion stuff? Huh... I thought there was more smaller portion/gourmet cooking on the west coast. Except for a few people, who I will not name, (and they probably wouldn't care to read my post either), most people would do well making their own "international" dishes. Most dishes can be prepared without "superhuman" effort.


It would be a pity to waste a fresh brew. However, after the beer, have at them... 8)

Oh, and for me:
Last weekend:
-Lots of groceries. (Yes, one tomato as well...)
-Motor oil and oil filters.
-Beer, chips, and salsa.

This weekend:
-Baseball tickets and ballpark snacks.

Sorry, this weekend was a little slow...

Mmm, I bought a bottle of Rogue Dark Rum. This has to be the best rum I've had. I still have a half-bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label, so I don't need to get more yet.

Also, yeah, some restaurants make the large serving lasagna and dishes, but they serve them in thin slices and what not. Personally, there are other pasta dishes I enjoy over lasagna, but to each his own.
Make it so.

Have you ever had Sailor Jerry Navy Rum? Shit tastes like Aunt Jemima with alcohol. I must acquire some.

InStyle & Elle.
Really wishing I could go shopping though.

Personal Pan Pepperoni Pizza and a soda for lunch at work.

Sam Adams cherry wheat ale and a turkey artichoke panini/Greek salad from Panera for lunch. <3

• Ticket for Kung Fu Panda (IMAX)
  
• Medium (32oz) Fountain Drink
• Reese's Pieces

Actually, that's a lie. I got the ticket for free with a reward voucher.

Spent $5 on a lemonade and a small bag of chips yesterday, because the food court was closed due to power outage, and me being without a car, had to rely on the non employee-discount vendory thing set up.

An ukulele.

A Canadian ukulele.

How the hell does that work?

I think the last thing I bought was a couple tickets for You Don't Mess With The Zohan and movie snacks.

a 1.75 liter of Johnny Walker Black Label.
Although that was technically free because my dad got it for me. The last thing I paid for were 2 cannoli and a box of donuts.

For my dad:

• Pair of sunglasses
• Father's Day card
• Gift bag

Plus Boondock Saints and The Transporter Collection for me, because I had a Wal*Mart gift card, and couldn't find anything better to purchase with it.

Wendy's burgers and fries (the unofficial sponsor of "The Big O"... on AS)
A 3" Statue of Liberty... (and a Statue of Liberty ornament for Mrs. Negotiator)
A couple restaurant dinners...
McSkillet Buritos and a McD's coffee to wash them down... Yum!
Milk and yogurts...
GASOLINE! (Question: Are there interventions for "oil addiction"?)

Pulled Pork Bar-B-Q sandwich with tavern chips and coleslaw, even though I didn't touch the slaw, at half price.


Plus free drinks, yay employee discount.

Giant Robo: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Perfect Collection), for ... myself, because I've wanted to see it since like 2002. Have not started to watch yet. Debating going to bed now and hoping I get up soon enough to watch all six hours before Dad drags me off to do useless stuff, or trying to stay up and watch all six hours without falling asleep.

Watch three hours now, then sleep, then watch three more hours.

Symphony X: The Odyessy and a kitten.

This again.

Nice choice. Robo pwns.

3 large fountain drinks (2 for friends, one for me) and a pretzel with cheese. It's been two days, and I'm still sore from bowling.

The Doctor Who series3 soundtrack... which is awesome.
The Super Mario Bros. MOVIE .... which was only $5, but I'm wondering if I spent too much.
Also, $5 down-payment on the new "Batman Gotham Knight" animatrix-ripoff that's coming out TOMORROW. I'm getting the special edition =D

I purchased bird seeds for my birds, and the Super Mario 64 Soundtrack which I think is a totally outrageous price, but I purchased it anyway.

Oh snap, that was leaked almost a month ago, I think.

I still haven't gotten around to watching it.

I didn't even know that was released.

Last thing I bought was some anime.

I felt like actually buying a legit version, mmkay. Special Edition too. =3

a file cabinet and storage boxes
a mini charcoal grill and a small camping tent
groceries and cleaning supplies...
DVD-R's
tube faucet washers and flourescent bulbs
some A&W burgers
The Simpsons Movie DVD (for a gift)
WALL-E Leapster Game (for a gift)
gift cards (for...y'know)

Dark Knight Tickets
Dragon Con Tickets

goddamn that's like $100s gone

I wish i could say my lunch.... Stupid cafe closes at two... But no, It was one of those prescious books we know as manga... i almost wrote mange... it was one of those shojo beat ones, so it was TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!

A pair of Navy Old Skool Vans

because I needed shoes and I wanted to be able to truthfully say that I was wearing vans but that they looked like sneakers

I really want to buy a pair of clear sneakers to show off my 1337 socks

I got a killer price on a bluetooth Wacom Graphire tablet. Perfect for lugging around with a laptop (even though mine is uh, crap), it's so adorable.

And then I got home and realized I was going to have to spend another twenty bucks on a bluetooth usb adapter.

poor thing. Mine are all hand-me-downs.
Umm, Breaking Dawn was on a most merciful sale, with 40% off. Thank the sweet creator.
then the movies and snacks made me poor... but hey, i got fed, and good stuff comes from happy Bllues, happy Bllues come from being fed...in california....
Man i love those cow commercials...

pre-ordered Fallout 3(PS3 version), the survival edition. I for one am looking forward the game, and I'm just glad we are getting a new fallout that looks really good.

Since heading down to school...

$200something on groceries and suchwhat at Costco on Saturday
$5 Jimmy John's sub on Monday
$15 on a tri-tip steak at Costco on Monday
$20 on pizza on Tuesday

Hobo and i seem to be of very similar minds, the ones concerned with feeding themselves.
So, I love haw pretty much every corner in mexico has a store, and those said stores are the best bargains anyone will ecer come across. 25 cents for a nicely sized pack of cookies. *sighs happily*

Two 50 cent loaves of bread are a better deal, yo.

Especially since instead of being a day old, they were an hour old.

Double-post, because over a week ago.

$5 ticket to a Beatles Tribute show of Abbey Road Live, with some local band and a whole mess of local politicians before it.

Nerf "Buzzsaw" ball launcher.

8-pack of replacement balls.

10-pack of replacement "streamline" darts.

30-pack of replacement "sonic" darts.


My friends and I stage wars.

OOOH!! I bought something NOT EDIBLE!!!!!
I bought Pan's Laberinth. I haven't seen it yet... It's a pirate...... hehehehe, yay mexicans....
I'm looking forward to going to my college's cafeteria, their garden burger looks sooooooo amazing.... *slobers* i wonder how much it costs. my grandma gave me money, (she thinks my mom is poor... *snorts* ) so i'm excited...

I bought postage to send a couple bad discs to Bandai for replacement.

Oh, and the Rumbling Hearts Viridian Collection.

Guys, I... *stiffles sobs* I regressed!
I went back to buying food! But after your stuck in a classroom for three hours, you have NEEDS!!!!!!
What was i to do? Starve? Yeah, I could have waited...


I hope you guys at least appreciate the drama my mind goes through to make your online life a little exciting...

It's okay Bllue, there, there.

Personally, I paid a $10 membership fee for the Association for Computing Machinery, which is almost like paying for food, but also for getting my resume in a big book of resumes that companies see very often.

Earlier today I bought a bunch of bottles or Arizona Arnold Palmer Half and Half Iced Tea/Lemonade.
I'm positive that they somehow put crack into it, too.

yes, they do make great "TEA", as they call it.
Why is Arnold Palmer famous?

Oh! Um, maccaroni salad and chips, and then an even now drool worthy hostess apple pie. ZOMG it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. ony 1.49. why they don't want the extra penny, no clue...

I bought an $89 dress from Banana Republic, then I went to a thrift store and got heels for $2 and a high-wasted lace skirt for $5.

I've never bought clothing.... 89 dollars is a bit ridiculous for a pice of cloth, no? It knid of cancels out the bargains with the shoes and skirt...


I bought something online.... It was weird. I've never done it before. Of course, it was a book, what else? But the freaking shipping cost more than the book!!!! That is so stupid!!!! Almost 4 FREAKING DOLLARS!!! FROM COLORADO!!!

$4 for shipping isn't usually bad. >_>

I spent $6 on tacos and a drink, because yay $0.69 taco day.

While not exactly new per say, my most recent purchases where Disgaea 3 and Silent Hill Homecoming. I also might pre-order Monster Hunter 3, cause my Wii has been a white slab collecting dust for months, and I might go look for a few party games, if I can find them amongst the Shovel ware that is so common these days.

I got a wig for my Halloween costume because this is who I am going to be:

(http://www.moviediva.com/MD_root/MDimages/Copy_of_Birds.jpg)
(http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/The%20Birds%20Alfred%20Hitchcock%20Tippi%20Hedren%20Suzanne%20Pleshette%20pic%201.jpg)

6 pounds of ground beef, a pack of hotdogs, and 4 pounds of country ribs. IT'S BBQ TIME!

Four books from the book sale I was working at today. All together they were $2.50. :))

Six tacos and a small drink.

I love $0.69 taco day.

A bottle of the most wonderful stuff in the world...
Jameson.

is that... alcohol? I don't know....
I paid off my mom's debt to the library.... stupid old ladies...

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
(http://www.textbooksrus.com/book_pics_large/0452286379.jpg)
I finished it just a few days ago but I was renting it from the library so I decided to buy it! Along with an issue of Vogue.

centenial edition, nice.
I bought a veggie burger with fries. I regret the fries, but the burger was no where near enough. Ew, they tasted like chicken... potatoes are not chickens FOR A REASON YOU DANG CAFETERIA LADIES! Can you believe they only put lettuce and tomato. not even the slightest bit of real effort. dammit, i need a krabby patty...

A dress and a necklace, all together $15.

A bit preemptive, but I will be paying one of my friends back for the materials used in a robe she's making me.

Hells yes Jesus costume.

Ha! The results better find their way into the picture thread.

A pumpkin for 81 cents, yeah! And I bought lunch and split a dessert with my friends. Giant smore, yum!

I bought a pack of those little men with sticky goop on their hands and feet.... you know... you throw them at walls and they climb down. I don't know what they're called. I call them Millennium Wall Racers.

I think the last thing I bought was a couple movie tickets for Appaloosa and a medium fountain drink.

Is this your halloween costume? how do you do an emoticon of someone with a stroke mark on their face?


I bought a bread bowl of suop. OMIFRIKKINGOSH IT WAS GOOD!!! Bread and butter go beautifully together, don't they?

Two sweaters, a pair of shoes, a dress, five books, two hats from a bunch of different thrift stores my friend and I went to.

And hot chocolate.

3 pairs of pants, a T-shirt and a messenger bag.

Steve & Barry's has super cheap clothing.

I have never shopped for clothing in my entire life. I merely watch while my mom and siter pick out my wardrobe...

I bought... a snoodledoodle cookie from Noodles & Company. |D

I bought a ticket to see a band called Portugal. The Man.
My friend's boyfriend is really good friends with the drummer, so we got to meet the band! It was awesome.

Dinner at Chili's, after having moments before said I didn't want to go to Jimmy John's because it costs real money instead of campus money.

I wish the cafe at my college wasn't such a rip off. I bought today's lunch tuesday. It's a bag of churros. not the sweet kind, the kind dusted with chili powder and lemon... powder and salt... my mouth is watering.

MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition
Valkyria Chronicles
Valhalla Knights 2

 

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a294/AtomicRobot/johnvikingpreview.jpg)

I approve, but if you were truly a man, you would never use your gold to buy anything.

15 minutes ago:

Chicken wings
Paper towels
Bisquick
Milk
Coke

Last night at midnight:

Word of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

I bought some... girly stuff that will be unnamed.
And a dress from Forever21.

2 Cheeseburgers from BK, as well as a large drink and a large fry.

A 24-pack of Mountain Dew.

Had to pick up some Ice Cream, cause I forgot to get it when I picked up the cake mix and other stuff lol.

For lunch I bought an egg salad sandwich and Diet Pepsi Max.

Then I went to good will and bought two dresses and a skirt. I shop too much. It's thrifted though, what can I say?

The last thing I bought was a medium skim chai and a peaches n' cream strudel at a coffee shop on campus. I sat and ate and drank while playing Phoenix Wright. :D

...But that was yesterday. As of this evening, the last thing I bought will be Chinese food of some kind. More as this develops.

We're all going to get heart attacks...

Indian food. Baltimore crab with curry and jasmine rice. BAM!

(http://members.cox.net/maxton/emeril.jpg)

Last Remnant for the 360. It's pretty decent.

A 12-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon. :'D

With my money: A burrito from Chipotle

With my parents' money afterward: Milk, lettuce, tomatoes, bread, eggs, flour, bacon, and peanuts, but not green onions because I couldn't find them.  I then made Kung-Pow chicken, and got chili pepper in my eye.

Little Big Planet (PS3)

Amazing game if I do say so myself.

Three manga and i also bought a book to donate to charity. gosh i'm nice. (i got the cheapest book :D but it was four dollars anyway!)

Then, today, Japanese food. ohmygod it was amazing. I'm vegitarian so it was sooo nice to eat something so wonderful. normally restaurants have an average of 2 dishes i can eat, but the selection was nice. THE RICE WAS PERFECT!!!! i'm drooling...

I preordered the Hong Kong (Asian Version) of Demon's Souls. I mean why the hell not, it's entirely in english, text, voices you name it.

Demon's Souls = PS3 Exclusive Oblivion raper...big time.

Lemon lime bitters. I needed something to drink while waiting for the bus in the hot summer weather.

the fair is in town :)
This means that everything is fried. ew, and it has meat... >.>
But the ice cream doesnt :)

A few things for Mrs. Negotiator:
- iPod accessories (Come to think of it, long ago, I bought her the iPod, too...)
- "Born in the USA" - one of the biggest CD's from The Boss...
- some girly perfumed stuff...  ;D
- candies, a card, and a chocolate rose

...and for the both of us - 2 "Surf and Turf"s on Valentine's Day.

Hey, I forgot... Back after New Years, I used some "rewards points"/gift card for a cheap price on a cheap laptop (...and the cheap models are really cheap now). I was going to get a cheap netbook, but this is much better... (...and you can't really code on a DS!)  8)

Sbarro strombolli, and a drink.

Refilled my "green mug" with Pepsi for $0.99. Also, had to make out a check for one-third of a security deposit. :(

Apparently I didn't order the Asian version fast enough, so, I'm gonna have to grab the Japanese version Demon's Souls. Text is in Japanese, but the voices are still in English, so I should be ok.

Two things mine comrades.... two things...

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RRRRRRRRHHHHHHRGLLRLKLSKFJLKGGGGGGGGGGGGGGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

SECONDED!

As for me, the last thing I bought was Dairy Queen food. A Flamethrower burger, a basket of chicken strips, a butterfinger blizzard, and a cherry pepsi.

Otherwise I bought a Katana and some hair dye. New stuff to camwhore with. My hair, when in the right light, is blue, but it is such a dark blue that it looks black otherwise.

The only thing that makes that purchase (the big duo one) a downer is that it wasn't a complete set. No Roger/Angel and to my knowledge no extended wings for the arms. But for finally owning the figure, I'm more than happy ;D


Praise Schwarzwald!


Also katana... wow. Dude -> pix plz :o

First you should post more pictures of Duo.

Preferably putting the black megadeus and the Negotiator in their place.

I only just bought it (yay ebay)... should be in my posession by the end of the week (I hope!). And yes... Big Duo shall beat the ever-livin' Truth into the Other Big.

Today I bought a delicious McGriddle. I swear to God they're made of the tears of angels and saturated with joy. And trans fats.

I will continue the break-up of the Duogasm with a similar food report.

Have any of you guys heard of or bought the Bolthouse brand of fruit drinks? It's like V8 except surprisingly delicious, being fruit-based and not vegetable-based. A 16 oz. bottle is $2.50 but it's so rich and dense that it lasts me at least two days.

The "C-Boost" one is good, tastes like peaches
The kiwi/spinach one is different but I love it
The banana-strawberry one is like liquid yogurt, if you're into that
The blueberry one leaves an odd aftertaste (much like blueberry pomegranate juice)

Haven't tried the raspberry/blackberry one.

And maybe some Saturated Fat.

What is saturated fat saturated in anyway? More fat? Polysorbates? Yellow #5?

While yes, those are good, I work at a McDonald's. the smell of that crap cooking is nauseating. I hate the smell of breakfast there, hence why I refuse to work it. Of course, I work there, know how it all works, and yet I still eat the food...but I usually make it myself for myself.

They will come, and I will put them in the picture thread once they exist.

stir-fried chicken and rice, and a lemon lime bitters.

You guys are gross. What ever happened to making breakfast yourself?

Taking a couple cubes of chuck beef, charring the outside, and sprinking salt/pepper is just as delicious, just as neat and quick, and less unhealthy.


That's better. Must be home cookin' because you included bitters in a previous entry of "things bought."

Usually, I'm not even up in time to have breakfast, but I'm fine with making some eggs and bacon, or french toast...

Star Ocean: The Last Hope

True story, Big Duo arrived to my house in the mail the day *after* I return to college. >:(

OK, first things first:


Professor Vogler, (College + Big Duo) >>>> (College). Wise purchase, Professor. Wise purchase...

Also, Char katana -> Awesome! Don't forget to practice your weilding growl (Heeaarrghhh!!!)...  ;D


Also, I would like to submit to the list of mouthwatering dishes here: Spaghetti Warehouse's "Spaghetti w/Beer Chili" dish. Yum...

Mountain Dew Voltage was my last purchase.

Also, awesome figures.

Chicken fingers, fries, and a drink.

Lunch is important.

bread, milk and yoghurt

Venom Energy Drink and a McDouble that I made myself that I call the McTriple.

Back tracking a little over a month now...

Remember that really awesome thing I bought? I'VE GOT PICS.
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5151/duoschwarz.jpg)

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/975/bigvsbigv.jpg)

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/781/thisendsitnow.jpg)

As I said before: *squee*

hahaha those ...umm... action figures?.... whatever those Models are sooo awesome!! Love it. I like the scene you played out xD

Guys, you'll never believe it, but I didn't buy food!!! :-X I bought something online :-X it was a CD :-X and the rest you probably don't care about because it was a preordered single that hasn't even been properly heard yet and is by the most popular boyband in japan right now named Arashi *points to signature* Just a note, Japanes BoyBands own anything you guys will ever associate with the phrase. ok, all the guys we've known in america were wusses. even though I still play that N'SYNC cd from time to tim xD
So, yeah, I'm happy, even though I paid $7 in shipping, and I still have to wait a month and a half to get it, but it is soooo worth it x3

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Bought it a week or so ago, but meh.

160 lb weight set from Sears! It took them over an hour to get the damn boxes off their shelves and cart them over to merchandise pickup. I was visiting the manager's office when they finally retrieved the set. For my ridiculous wait, they gave me $50 in coupons!

I think that little story warrants this thread's resurrection.

Assassin's Creed II and Berserk Vol. 13 and 14 (Finally!)

Absolute Vodka
Citrus Vodka
Smirnoff Ice
Kane & Lynch

1.5 TB External HD from Office Depot for $106 including tax.

<3 Black Friday.

YOU LUCKY SOB!!!

Is this the thread where I start talking about an m1 carbine.

Just pre-ordered White Knight Story and Last Rebellion for PS3. With the success of FF13 on PS3, perhaps JRPG developers will realized that putting them on the 360 and barely selling anything at all just isn't worth it.

A quart of 1% milk, some Simply Orange orange juice, a loaf of "italian" bread, some Oscar Meyer bologna and 10 slices of smoked Swiss cheese product.

Battle Assault 3 Featuring Gundam Seed, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Never Ending Tomorrow, Doritos, Cheetos, two bottles of Mountain Dew.

A reserve on Final Fantasy XIII, but from what I hear the game is extremely linear. By that I mean few side quests and the dungeons are like that of a regular J-RPG.

a burrito from Qdoba, and a Rockstar Zero Sugar. I swear to God I could live on nothing but those two things and be happy.

:o wow. doesn't rock star have alcohol in it?
And I just bought a Bakugan s1 brawler. I love the figures and the game, but the anime isn't all that great.

oh, I WISH it did! Sparks is the one that has alcohol in it. I think it's caffinated beer or alcoholic Red Bull.

Red Bull has trace amounts of cocaine in it, but not enough to keep it off the shelves.
anyway. I'm hoping to buy an out of the box Sepiroth action figure.

I'm about to pre-order End of Eternity of Amazon. Gotta get my JRPG fix.

I got the sepiroth action figure..... he is staring at me right now. What is really scary is that my mom thinks he is handsome..... WTF. I also got 3 on sale bakugan sets for about $1.44, considering they go for $20 a set on ebay I am set.
Oh, and I like Deton8, it tastes like kiwi.

School of Masochists and Ramune.

I'll admit it. I bought a hentai. So what?

(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/DES/D1061~Jim-Beam-White-Label-Posters.jpg)
This.

awesome you buy product of Kentucky. I live there.
and I bought a grape Nos, kiwi Denton8 and an Amp electrify.
That will actually last me 3 weeks.
@Char
So what. I own just about every Big O hentai........ oh god. I actually just admitted it >.>'
Oh well I read it only too. Strangely hentai is better then porn. Porn bores me, but hentai is a challenge to read because it is in another language when I buy it.

...I didn't even know that Big-O hentai even existed. Freaky.

Rule #34


Oh boy, now we're cooking with weeaboo.

 :o
NNOOOOO! Not my ass.
Wait..... WTF is weeaboo anyway? I know it is a meme, but I still don't get what about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeaboo

It's from a perry bible fellowship comic that has nothing to do with this, at all, but this is now what it means.

More Ramune, Char's Counterattack, Repo! The Genetic Opera, More Ramune, Papa John's Pizza, Pen Knife, Tank of Gas, 9 games of bowling. I think that's all I bought.

I finally got shin megami tensei devil survivor. I'd been borrowing a friends copy and now finally got my own.

I only ever played the online one because it was free and hilarious with the people I was playing with (who luckily were all, like, very familiar with the other games and could continually explain to me how in the name of hell the game even worked. Even then I mainly walked around trying to put on amusing hats and shoot midget snowmen in the face while providing color commentary)

This dress:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cHF8Wsn3L._AA260_.jpg)

And a cool globe.

That looks more like a coat than a dress.

seconded. It looks like a coat.

Anywho...

Even more Ramuné, The Necron Codex (because we learned over the past weekend that I completely OWN as Necrons), and the Gungrave box set.

a Moe's burrito. They opened one in my neighborhood, and last week the Qdoba closed.

Plus, they deliver, and it's horrible outside.

A M:TG classic card pack.
Yes I like magic, it's a fun game.

Go on.... which set?

well. I've got a deck from world wake, a pack from classic edition 6, a punch of random cards I got used and about 6 expert decks and a custom creatures box from two years ago.  got 'em all on sale as well. my only problem is that the opa is 45 minutes away, and I don't earn enough to go every week.

Alcohol. I just got dumped.

First off.

Yeah neon that does sorta look like a coat..or I could see why people would call it a coat, anyway

Second


Vodka doesn't judge you, vodka just makes everything wonderful

Sharp that's acid and weed that makes every thing great. vodka just makes you invincible to the cold, so you become a polar bear. And sorry to hear that char. Just remember alcohol only makes it seem better.
and I got a bakugan. I wish I could've gotten that millennium falcon lego set. but $39 is a bit much.

Moron.  :-\

WTF?  Polar bear?  Are you ON acid and weed right now?  Who ARE you?  I just.  I don't even.  atrhaeiuognl;  I haven't had anything to say here in forever, but almost every time I read something you say it makes me simultaneously scratch my head and want to shut my head in a drawer. 

Tifaria, you are my hero ;D

ouch. I know this stuff 'cause I had a drug addicted friend. made him go to rehab, but anything I want to know about drugs and what they do to you I just have to ask him. Also I'm a college student, so that should help answer many of your questions. And no, just because I am a college student doesn't mean I have done that stuff, it just means I know about it. and exactly what do you mean polar bear? I live in a mountainous region sure, but I don't have white fur and big teeth and claws.

Also got a pair of Rocket Dog's today. And just so tifaria doesn't smack her head in a drawer, they are tennis shoes, with Asian and modern designs on them. I needed a pair because mine fell apart.

I just wanna reassure everybody, no I have not turned into a polar bear.

You're only partially correct anyway, it doesn't make you BECOME a polar bear, it makes you confident you can FIGHT a polar bear.

Acid I wouldn't try, but then again if you handed me LSD I'd immidiately start thinking about the mkultra tests (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkultra) and start covertly dosing people with it as an 'experiment', also judging by some of the dreams I have (in a lot of them I wake up right as I die) I don't even wanna know what my subconcious would pull up whilst tripping.

And jazz cigarettes I dislike the smell of..which is hilarious, cause I am a very frequent smoker.

wow ok.
I just bought lost memory 1 and 2. those 2 big o manga never released out of japan. I plan on translating them and scanning the images into the computer.
on that note, does anyone know how to use photo shop or gimp or something better then paint? I'll need your help to insert the English text into the word bubbles. then we can publish it to a manga website.

So me and the girl worked things out. I'm better now, except that when I blow my nose there's blood mixed in.

Bought some Mouthwash, Arby's, Laser Tag tickets, soda, a few rounds of DDR.

Also, HI TIFARIA!

And finally, you can have my share of Acid and Weed. I don't need it. I'm not gonna waste the money on it. I can waste that money on video games and anime...and Daft Punk CDs....or the Con that's next weekend...

Yuko, I'm pretty sure there are tutorials on adobe's website.  Or you could google it.  It will be easier for you to learn it yourself than try to have someone else online teach you. 

I bought a nifty cup yesterday that came with a little spoon.  There are holes in the handle of the cup for the spoon to rest in.  Yay!  I am always using up all the spoons in the house to make coffee/tea and then there are no clean spoons.  I also found super-cheap bamboo placemats!  I am torn between being happy about these cute things and dismayed that I am finally at an age where I like shopping for household items. 

Hi Snake!  I will always call everyone here by the name I first knew them by no matter how many times you guys change your names.  Unless you ask me not to. 

I know how to use photo shop tifara. I don't have the money to buy the program. I got lost memory because in total for both it was less then $30.
also, it's not sad you like shopping for household items. When you start liking to buy old lady things is when you worry.

Emphasis on these quotes mine.



We must be speaking two different languages, because I do not understand what it is you want.  Seriously, I have sat here scratching my head for a good minute trying to figure out how I could have misunderstood you.  But I didn't!  I know I did not, because clearly you contradicted yourself.  So despite my waning patience, I'll try again:  What exactly do you need help with, and why don't you just google some tutorials for whatever it is you need? 

I know how to use photo shop. they teach that in high school now. I just tend to have trouble with word bubbles and editing text. I can do lots of stuff with photo shop, but not word bubbles, for some odd reason. I also can't afford the program.
I know gimp it free, but I have never used it. I hear it's like paint and photo shop though. If it has a tutorial that isn't a video I'll use it.

I'm pretty sure you can do it with IrfanView too, which is also free. I just keep forgetting where to find the drawing tools.

lawls. I see contradiction that leads to fail!

Tifaria, you're one of the people I expected to still call me Snake :D Don't mind it at all.

McDonald's...and Sushi.

Listen, Tifaria, I don't understand why you're getting so mad. Selecting the eraser tool and erasing is a pro technique. One time I tried to erase and ended up with a fried hard drive.

But yeah, Yuko, just get Gimp. You open it, slide the jpeg into it, and select eraser.

Ah Gimp. I've got a few Gimp signatures...

Ah, ok. It's like paint, but better then.
Also, McDonald's and sushi? wtf. That sounds like something you can get in California. Alternatively it also sounds like McDonald's is selling sushi. Are they selling sushi? Do they deep fry it first?
Sorry, my sense of humor is wack.

If they sold sushi, I would enjoy working there more. I went to a nearby sushi bar.

Mega Man 10 and some Dragon Age DLC off the Playstation Network. Good times

This reminds me, I once took a ww2 propaganda poster and put the zombie head from the 1978 dawn of the dead theatrical poster over the head of the german in the poster.

I wish I had had the foresight to import this off a school pc.

(Also paint.net is the best. It is free. It has functions I barely can properly use)

Heroic Age Bluray set.

Crave Case of White Castles.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Mega Man 10 is out?

it came out the 11th on PSN, but it's 360 release is the 31st.

make fun of me if you want.
Heart Gold, Soul Silver and Pokemon Platinum. I bought gold and silver full price and only payed $10 for platinum.
Damn it, 12 years later I'm still addicted to Pokemon. That shit is still entertaining.

oh, and does anyone know how to repair umd cases? the plastic things that hold the tiny psp game discs?  A lot of my psp games have the plastic thing breaking.

I'm not getting Gold and Silver (I already basically caught them all for this generation), but I'm kind of a Pokemon fanboy. I don't even want to tell you how many hours I have played if you combine all my Pokemon games... I'll tell you that it's over 500 though...

Lemme know if you need anyone. I have a nearly full Pokedex on Pearl. I'm only missing a few event exclusives and the legendaries from Gold/Silver, but I have everything else...

my amount of playtime is 600+ altogether. wow. It's not like I have no life, but I play video games so much now. oh well. at least I try to play with lots of people.

I bought 2 bakugan off ebay. I've yet to figure out why these are so much fun. Also bought 5 energy drinks. Nos, amp mixes berry, Deton8, blue sky (an all natural energy drink) and veon black mamba. These will actually last me a month.

Got a DS top to bottom ribbon cable. I'm going to fix my old NDS that broke, and make it like new again.

Some really cute black pumps from Charlotte Ruuse. Hopefully some dresses and/or accessories from ModCloth after today.

An apartment and College classes at ITT Tech. Party at my place!

???really? how old are you? I'm in college currently, but I still live at home.

So you're going to become one of those soulless guys from the ITT Tech commercials?


"Now. I. have. a. good. job. and. I. love. to. mountain. bike."

Pre-ordered Alpha Protocol for PS3.

21
No. I know how to use proper punctuation, even if I overuse the ellipsis at times...

I'm planning to design cars and start a new company using "next-gen" engine concepts. I'm currently working on a new power source design...

Used my birthday money to buy two dresses, a pair of shorts, a bird necklace, four t-shirts, one pair of the most adorable floral flats, a new hand bag, and the LP of Lady Gaga's "The Fame Monster."

O_o That's on Vinyl?

It is. 8D I ordered it from Hot Topic since the record store in DC/Dupont Circle only had the Paparazzi single on vinyl.

And I thought I was the only person that still had a record player.

Woah. That's special in a good way. You don't just love the retro stuff, you live it.

Nope, not the only one. I also have one. There are probably thousands lurking across the country, gathering dust.

It's good to hear other people still have record players and that I'm not the only one! I love going to thrift/second hand stores to get records there, because they always have them for an incredibly cheap price (50 cents and/or $1) and there are some amazing finds too (like the entire soundtracks to My Fair Lady and West Side Story and even some Bing Crosby).

Yep, I got one, too...a school phonograph from a rummage sale...with a new needle bought from Radio Shack. It was supposed to be for my mom,  to play her 33's and 45's. However, she really wanted something small, like a kiddy player... The first rock tune I ever heard was an old 45 of "Benny and the Jets" by Elton John.

Now, back to the spending...
Parking a few blocks from the ball park... $10 (and $6 for Mrs. Negotiators car, parked much farther away)... Food at the ball park... $32... 10 innings and my team gets the win...priceless... Also included at no extra charge: lots of traffic to the ballpark, lots of traffic in the parking garage itself, and as a result of "zoning" from climbing garage tiers behind said traffic, I thought I parked two levels below the level where I actually parked, and wasted a little time leaving. Yeah, I guess I could consider that "the tax"...  :)

P.S. I did acquire Puzzle Quest: Galactrix DS,  a couple of rear break rotors, a control arm (car part - yes it sounds like a cool sci-fi thing), Transformers: Animated Activator Megatron and... Why yes, Megatron... He stands on my computer desk, entertained by a gunfight between Worlds Smallest Prime & Megatron and a fistfight between ROTF Legends Power-up Prime/Jetfire & Megatron... I guess I'm easily amused... 8)

there's 3 record players in my house, and a 1930's antique radio. It still works too.
Also: discount Easter chocolate. yay.

Relevant to this thread: haha (http://store.bandai-ent.com/product_p/669198208935.htm).

No, I didn't buy it, but I'm somewhat tempted. Just paid for a couple anime figures, though.

thinking of buying a broken ipod touch. broken touch goes for around $40, and the part to fix it would be around $10-20. so in all I'd pay $60-70 for an ipod which costs $250 new.
I love cheating the system.

bump

got a gundam 00 model kit today. along with a MTG world wake booster pack.
Gundam Model kit's can be hard to build. Especially when the instructions are wrong, and you have to take the part you just build apart to fix it.

5,050 BTU GE Room Air Conditioning Unit

Fuck you, 91°F weather!

^Awesome.
5 UMD replacement cases.

Quite. Best $90 I've spent in a long while.

Just got my Creative ZEN 32 GB media player in the mail and waiting for it to charge.

Varagent Story and Ys Ark of Naptism.
I have no life. Well, not a very social one at least.

Final Fantasy VII, and I didn't pay $50 for it.

Well done! I'm contemplating "War for Cybertron". Hopefully I won't overpay on that endeavor...

1. Police Academy 1-4 Multi-DVD, Guitar Hero DS: Decades, and two .99 cent tickets to see the 2-D Alice
   In Wonderland in the nearby "cheap" 12-screen theater (still good).
2. A pineapple, and pizza, and some dining out.
3. A new electric shaver (as negotiators should always look their best)
4. A 4" Iron Man Figure (MK III armor)
5. A tarp, a pointed shovel (ala Mystery Men), Gardening Supplies and Tomato Seeds... 8)

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5OpGZeSUI8E/TBEuMoIA_2I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/YuOVQjYff34/s640/IMG_0831.jpg)

This is the last thing that I bought.

http://picasaweb.google.com/113018259818410225157/TwoLitersOfTurbochargedGermanFury# (http://picasaweb.google.com/113018259818410225157/TwoLitersOfTurbochargedGermanFury#)

^Epic

I got Dragon Warrior (quest) for the nes, a button that says "I'm smiling, that alone should scare you", a mana potion, a book about medieval warriors, an illustrated history of weapons, a book about pirates and a hitch hikers guide to the galaxy part six of 3.

All in all a very good day to shop.

I believe the last thing I bought was a new tower (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106&cm_re=centurion_534-_-11-119-106-_-Product), which I just got in today.

Nice, Mike. I also just bought a car, but it's a...

(http://automatedblind.com/images/1991_toyota_camry.jpg)

... 1991 Camry. With 150k on it.

I bought tacos from Jack in the Box.
And a soda that took me from asleep to just shy of a heartattack. I kept putting energy shots of ginseng in it.

that sounds just as good as it is bad for you.

I got a Star Trek engineering pin for my grandpa for Father's day. Seeing as he was an engineer at one point I though it might be a good idea.

Makeup...namely white base makeup so I can play the part of Graverobber tonight. I'm in a stage play of REPO! The Genetic Opera. There will be pictures.

Souvenirs from Florida and the Bahamas. Mrs. Negotiator has some amazing luck, and "won" a Bahama cruise. (Note: There were some wrinkles to this trip, but OK for the most part.) We would've had to buy the plane tickets, but she saved lots of airline mile points.

I got some nice souvenir shades, then lost them  >:(, then found and bought new ones... 8)

I got some more food and a toy for our new houseguest, a tomcat named Zoro (from my brother-in-law, and that's how he spelled it). It's funny, since he's obviously named after "Zorro", but being an apartment cat, he has no claws.  :)

A Dremel-like tool...for...Hey, do I really need a reason?


Awesome... My car for more than a decade has been a Red 1999 Grand Prix GT Coupe...  It's been nearly problem-free, but
at 107,000+ mi, I'm going to need to replace it.

A week ago steam was having this pretty wacky sale, so for around 7 dollars I ended up with gta: san andreas and the entire x-com series.

^cool.
Got a M:TG planner chaos card pack and a gundam model.

• Intel DP55WB mobo
• Intel Core i5-650 CPU
• Crucial 2x1GB DDR3 RAM kit
• Asus DVD-RW SATA drive

New computers are nice. Now if only I could get an SSD.

(http://www.thirdwayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/miller%20lite%201.jpg)

Spyro the dragon collectors edition. The old play station one.
Also and old playstation, a gamecube and resident evil 4.

Tickets to see these guys...

(http://www.dreamtheater.net/pics/maidentheater550x350.jpg)

Anyone here seen them? Are they any good? (Just kidding... This is going to be awesome!)

Update: It was EPIC! I ended up with 2 t-shirts and no hearing. It was worth it...  :)

Tickets for Natsucon. I'm going to see the Deedee twins again! And I was texting them...they now have a Harley Quinn and a Joker. Their joker might be disappointed though. I think he was anxious to see the Crow, but I'm thinking Graverobber this weekend, especially with the Repo show being next weekend.

So i went to a store called Disc replay today. And got the gaming deals of my life.
Halo 1 9.99
Fable 1 9.99
Megaman Maverick hunter 7.99
The Bouncer 2.99
Oprhen .99
Nightmare Before Christmas Ogies revenge 9.99
Blade Dancer 7.99
Castlevania 64 3.99
Odin shpere 11.99
nightcaster 2.99
Raditia Stories 7.99

Yeah, all video games and all below $15.

So yeah I have enough games till Christmas.

A $19.99 Lexar USB Flash Memory. A whole 8GB of pure, everlasting backup goodness. This is, in fact, the first thing I have ever bought using my own money, earned from my first paycheck from my first job ever!

It is an unusually good feeling.

The Basilisk Bluray collection.

I had like...25 bucks or so on a barnes and noble gift card left. So I got the Oxford history of the French Revolution, 2nd edition.

(side note: People need to stop sitting down in the manga aisles of bookstores, and then not moving or even reacting when I have to pass through there, because I almost tripped over two people. They have chairs in the store specifically set up for people to sit in and read things.)

Maybe they're too self-conscious to sit down next to others while reading a manga? They want a special place.

Well I got a 27-inch cathode-ray-tube television for free from a customer. Yeah I didn't buy it but DUDE a friggin TV! For FREE! No remote, though.  :'(

^So you can get off your lazy ass to change the channel.

And I went to the doctor. blegh.

...you bought a doctor?

And all the rest of us have wasted so much money just renting them out for a checkup at a time. What fools we are!

Nah. I just went to the doctor. I bought check-up time.  ::)
And ear infections suck. I've had one for over a week and I couldn't sleep because of it. Took the medicine I was given and I slept for more then 3 hrs for the first time in a week.

So i guess what i really bought was sleep.

Battery for the car that isn't running. I'm trying to get it up again.

And it has a new name: The Red Comet

1. the car is red.
2. I have a zeon emblem on the driver's side rear window
3. I have a zeon keychain on my keys
4. I'm Pimp Char.

So I'm going to, after it's running, because that's more important, get graphics and whatnot to give it a mobile suit appearance. I was thinking maybe a head of a suit, but I'm not sure. Maybe make it a Gelgoog head or something. Do I have a Gelgoog figure?  Ithink so, but I don't think it's Char's...and  Ihate this keyboard's spacebar...

Giant robots versus saucer eyed 14 year olds. Get the hell out of the way

Also its good yuko got her ear-issue fixed. Hearings a bad sense to lose.

Sobe pinnacle flavor.

need to buy a PSP game case. I have psp games lying around the room.

the Red Comet the day I bought it:
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o295/translucentdemi/Z24.jpg)

Yeah, we've got a comic/toy convention this weekend. I might check it out if I have the chance...

Anyhow, let's see:

Some dental work... (Ouch! Actually, it feels much better now...)
A cheap Dremel-type grinder (Just think... Some modeling material and we've got COA action figures...)
A charcoal chimney (Think Megatron's fusion cannon...filled with charcoal and lit... ;D)
Mobil-1... for my Grand Prix GT coupe... Yes, it's red, too... (But heros always wear black?!? They wear red, too...)
Anniversary gifts... That's right, Mrs. Negotiator & me - 5 years... See, sometimes the best things in life are free... (BTW, R. Daniel, just the same, free TV? DUDE, that's awesome!)

P.S. For those red car owners - Do you find that when you park your car, when you've returned to it, there are other red cars around? It's happed to me many times...

^yeah. Red cars seem to congregate towards each other.

Dewath Jr. and the science fair of doom.
Lufia the legend returns
Monster rancher explorer

Yay for old video games.

I haven't noticed that, but it is WAY easier to find where I parked than it was when I had a silver car.

edit: Why the HELL didn't I think to name my car the Red Comet?

Because I'M Char, and needed to be the one to do it.

I named my car Higurashi, because its exterior color is blood-red, its interior color is blood-red, and because I found blood spatter and a bloody/rusty pair of scissors in the center console compartment (and trace droplets in other areas). Not even the car dealer had thought to check that compartment while it sat in his lot.

Mononoke DVD
Ponyo DVD


lol right? Two-word rebuttal: Universal Remote. Hahaha.

I can't drive and am 23. I just never bothered with the damn test (then my permit lapsed and I didn't...eh, later.)

Hey! I'm 23, and I can't drive either! KINSHIP 4 LIFE!!

Or some such.

I've been driving since I was 3. Ok so it was go carts till I turned 16. Then my mom gave me the really old ford tarus we'd had since I was 3. Last year it broke, and this year as a birthday/valentines gift rolled into one I got my 2001 red ford tarus. It is an awesome car.

Which I need to get tires for. So I may be buying those soon.

Exactly, I can operate the vehicle it's just that the man hasn't certified me for it.

...Unless its a situation where it has to reverse, but I just don't agree with that on principle. It's like a shark, if it stops going forward it dies

School Books. Yeah, back to college time for me.
And a pokemon toy. Peter Pan complexes are fun.

Textbook rentals from Chegg.com, and a new pair of Koss earbuds from the Wal-Mart.

My license, woot, now I can drive without mom in the car.
And a PS2 Guitar Hero controller, a PS2 (lol) and some yuyu hakso card packs.

Silent Hill 2 (and I guess 3, cheap for a used one..but mainly 2) now needs to be like what you initially buy if you have not had or played a ps2. Or rent.

Either way you need to play silent hill 2. If you've never played SH1 don't worry it's not a direct sequel, it's just awesome

Don't like horror games. And i got the ps2 for my sis. I already have one.

Outlaw Star Remastered Collection: Total cost $600.00

but it was well worth it. Oh yeah, also bought some Sunkist Solar Fusion.

Holy Carp! you spent $600 on Outlaw Star???? Was it even in blu-ray and have 20+ DVD's?

Woah, I'm not even willing to spend $218 on the Big O masters edition box set. And it has the Paradigm Noise novel and cast interveiws, + trading cards and post cards, and a mini figure.

I once bought the complete box set of Excel Saga on DVD. Set me back about maybe $100 or so. I then watched the whole thing one disc at a time, then binged the whole series within 48 hours. I then never watched it again. It is currently sitting on the shelf behind my computer, staring me down with its expensive and patience-expending cardboard gaze.

As for what I bought recently: Food. A generic, formless substance containing nutrients and calories required for daily living. It makes the watery discharge consumed intravenously by the witless inhabitants of the Matrix look like Italian cuisine by comparison.

No, I'm not telling you what it actually was.

$30 of hardware to make a tennis ball launcher that the teacher said we have an $8 budget on. Yeah, I went way over. I don't care. $8 was a ridiculous budget. So I'm going to say that most of it was lying around my garage.

Yes.

I spent around that on a carbine I didnt get to fire yet....

...

Welcome to my hell

Last major purchase: a two-day pass to Cedar Point. So much fucking fun.

Just before that, Scott Pilgrim volumes 1 & 2, book 2 of The Sellswords Saga, The Promise of the Witch King. After that, various foodstuffs.

2 Adventure Time T-Shirts. One for myself, one for another.

Frontfeuer, And One
Bodypop 1 1/2, And One

*thumbs up*

Got any pics?

1 Carhartt Flannel
1 Carhartt T-Shirt
1 Cell phone battery that doesn't quite fit my phone

Oh, and foods from the foods malls.

I bought my Mom lunch. First time I've ever taken her out to eat. We go greek food.

I just paid my cable bill.

So I bought one more month of Intarwebz.

Joy.

yay.

I went to the library and got Daredevil collection vol. 1. So yeah I didn't buy it, but I rented it.

Apocalyptica tickets. They're gonna be here Tuesday night.

Hm, lets see the last few things I've bought


A NDSL ice blue case, so I can change how my NDSL looks,
A NDSL touch screen,
a precision screw driver set,
A Slyvania 8gb touch screen mp3/4 player,
and Super Robot Taisen Z.

All for around $50.

I ordered the PS3 version of Nier. I looked like a funny game.

"Asylum" by Disturbed (CD)
"Liebe Ist Für Alle Da" by Rammstein (CD)
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers (Digital Download)
Swingline S.F. 3 Premium Staples, 5,000/Box

Not a bad Rammstein album. I have the special edition.

And along with Apocalyptica, Dir En Grey was there. Many people are jealous of me. Plus I left with a drumstick.

Four 12 packs of soda, cherry pepsi and Dew...all for $9.36.

premium gas is expensive. :(

A black scimitar $12
and a nintendo light gun $1
an original 1975 R2D2 action figure $1
and a binder full of rare and out of print trading cards $2

Let me say I love yard sale day. I also love town get together's, as more often then not I will not only get my Christmas shopping out of the way, I'll only end up spending $50 at the most.

I got online chess for $3.99. I bought it with store credit from selling old games. And the store credit I had left over I let my mother use to buy a cd.

Her car broke. So till tomorrow she'll be using my car.

Wow, I know the economy is bad, but am I the only one buying and selling via ebay?

Anyway, got a pair of steam-punk WW1 style aviator goggles. And a bunny hat with floppy ears. So I'm going to be a steam-punk Veira.

Um...Gas, Orange Box, $80 in raffle tickets...for what? a Wheel Barrow that had about $500 in booze. Mom has been trying to win it every year for 20 years. I won it last weekend. Anyone wanna party?

(http://www.themaclawyer.com/uploads/image/SD%20Card.jpg)
I went to Staples to get blank CDs so I could burn some to put in my car. Then I realized that my car has an SD card slot so I just got one of those instead.

PS Move starter pack. It's pretty sexy.

^cool.

To bad I'm too young to drink Char. I'd party with you, but unless the drinking age in your state is lower then 20 then I can't.

Orange Box sounds fun though. Did you get the computer or Xbox version?

xbox. I'm an achievement farmer and it was on sale.

And the rule I grew up with (after reaching a certain age of around 18) was always "If you're not leaving this house until tomorrow you can drink a little, but not excessively."

^ wish my mom was like that. She thinks I'll end up a drunk like her second ex-husband.
I don't think so though. I've seen what drinking does to people, but I don't think one shot glass worth is going to make me a drunk do you?

And I paid some of my tuition Monday, and got Etrain Oddesy 3 yesterday.

No. It's the shots the follow that might though, depending on how many there are.

Dew. Lots of Dew. I'm trying to win things in the halo promotion for me and my team.

Ooh. I like halo, but I'm not that great.

And I got sonic, the food, and little ceasers pizza. I bought dinner for the fam.

I also had a car wreck today. Surprisingly, no one was hurt and my car isn't even damaged. I just scraped some paint of my already peeling bumper. Also I only hit the guys car at 10mph and I still managed to break his hubcap and his wheel. How the hell I manage this I have no idea.

It's always better to get the other guy worse

Like that time I was a kid and some idiot tried accelerating during gridlock, he dinged the bumper..his hood was pretty messed up. He then bawwed about his mom killing him or something.

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5OpGZeSUI8E/TLO7RX3w3oI/AAAAAAAAALk/5lfJhttIClk/s640/IMG_20101011_213416.jpg)
I bought it 2 weeks ago but it only came (finally) today. This thing is goddamned HUGE. At first I was afraid I accidentally bought an engine block.

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5OpGZeSUI8E/TLO7Z6kOFsI/AAAAAAAAALs/MGKMpVfHOJU/s512/IMG_20101011_182255.jpg)

All I've done so far is play Crysis. It runs on the highest settings with an awesome framerate. :)

I got Dragon Warrior on the GBC. Fun, I love this game.

Goint to sell all the games I no longer want and buy more games. Yay.

Anime on the cheap: $1.25 Mach 5 (Dollar Store)
Crimefighting on the cheap: $3.50 Iron Man Mark VI (I also have a $4.00 - Mark III)
and some dining on the cheap...but healthy.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Negotiator didn't get a chance to visit as many shops at her alma mater's homecoming this year, so I didn't get to bring back any interesting souvenirs, like the Legends Cybertron Optimus Prime. However, I did get a free foam finger. Coolness...

Also, the day I proposed to my wife, we went to a nice restaurant... A nice cliffside restaurant, which, although pricey, had an awesome view...
Now, after our 5th anniversary, we just received a coupon from them that would make our dinners half price. Awesome...

Cool. I got FF 13 a few days ago and play it when I find the time.
I also got free McDonald's fry's yesterday. The monopoly instant win= instant food.

Striking villians with a huge sword = win!


Awesome! I've got survey codes from Arby's and Wendy's to redeem (tough choice...). One of my co-workers wanted to hit McDonald's tomorrow, so maybe I'll win some free monopoly food (...or a prize?...nah!).

I got a free frappe or smoothie instant win Tuesday, thinking about going and getting one today.
I'm only one piece away from winning the 50k. I'm really hoping that I win because then I can give my mom a nice retirement fund as a gift. God knows she worked her ass off to put me thru school, the least I could do is make sure she can retire in a few years.

Traded in my DS Lite for a new DSi XL, and it's pretty awesome. Also grabbed The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Sudoku for the DS, along with Okami for the Wii.

I've got a couple GameStop gift cards available on a survey site, but there's no store near me so I didn't think to redeem them. Could have gotten the XL for only $80, too.

I got McDonald's Monday and today. On Monday, I only got 1 yellow and 1 orange Monopoly property. I showed them to an older employee, who thought that I was actually giving them to her, and put them in her purse. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I don't buy enough McDonald's to get anything more than free food out of the game.

Today, my co-worker bought me a Quarter Pounder meal for my birthday. Good, but I didn't get any pieces this time, since there's none on a Quarter Pounder or medium fries, and they were out of medium Monopoly cups w/pieces. Bummer...

Mrs. Negotiator also bought me dinner on Monday. I had a nice plate of spaghetti and meatballs, and a cup of pasta fusule. They were delicious...

^Ah, but how the wonders of love never cease to amaze me.

I got Arbys today. And the other day I got pokemon pinball for the GBA.
I also bought parts to fix a DS on the ebay's. Soon I shall have a machine fixing empire, made solely to fix broken game systems.

Watchmen, a couple of airsoft guns, and pizza.

...wait, I didn't pay for the pizza. My boss' dad did.

I got  yellow gameboy pocket, a VMU, the book Lamplighter and an intec dsi holder.

I got a haircut on Monday. Nothing drastic, just a little off the top... Then I stopped in KFC Tuesday with a "buy a large drink, get a free 'doublicious' sandwich". I also bought 2 apple turnovers for a buck, got two turnover packets, and then realized that, unlike McDonald's pies each packet already contains 2 turnovers. So I got 4 turnovers for a buck... Sweet! Actually, very sweet...

Owh, sounds tasty.

I got Pokemon red and Diamond in Japanese off ebay just now. Yippie for original language games.

No but seriously, I have a Japanese report due on video games monday. I've written half of it, now for the other half.

Mrs. Negotiator and I visited some friends up North. We stopped, ate, and shopped a little along the way.

First, we went to Sheetz for 1 huge KitKat (for one of her co-workers), 3 cheeseburger sliders, 1 Angus burger, 10 onion rings, and a large root beer for 2 (i.e. two straws). (For those that don't have one, Sheetz is like a gas station/deli/diner combined, but in a good way. No, really, the food is great!)

Then we stopped at Best Buy, where I partially burned a birthday gift card on Iron Maiden's "Final Frontier", B-17 DS, and Transformers 1: Autobots DS. I got a little left for something else...

Finally, off to Walmart for 2 Danishes for our host, and some baby socks for my baby niece's Halloween bag.



Good thinking, Yuko. Nothing makes a serious report easier to do than to do the report on something fun. Are you going to contrast Japanese tastes in games vs American/European tastes, and also talk about the differences sometimes found in the Japanese, American, and European released versions of the same game? I sometimes get a chuckle out of the fact that one of the most popular video game characters in Japan is of Italian origin, since that's part of my heritage.

I once got an emulation of SRW "D", to see if I could select Big O and fight somebody. Alas, my knowledge of written Japanese is sorely lacking, and I didn't get past the selection screens. It was fun to try, though. Maybe I'll study a little more before trying next time... Hey, just think, when the report is done, you can still have fun playing the games.

The last thing of consequence, at least.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a294/AtomicRobot/Picture151.jpg)

^nice.

And I did the report on Japanese culture in video games and it's impact on American society.
Yeah I talked about Mario, and a lot of other things. What I had written down for the report was just notes. Everything I talked about was from personal expirance from playing games since I was 3 years old. I actually did very good.

And yesterday I got Botaki 2 in Japanese from a local game store, then I got megaman Starforce 2 Sauron and DQ Rocket Slime.

A few days before that I got a blue DSI (I'd been saving up for one for a while) and a sackboy doll from little big planet.

My Jap version of Pokemon red came in, so I'm going to go play it now.

In all of the awesomeness of things that I do, R. Dan, I. am. JEALOUS!
That's just epic. If they were coming here, I would be all over going.

A 7-set of jumbo white polyhedral dice from Dicepool.com. They didn't actually get here yet, but I paid for them, which I guess counts as buying.

A second black 7-set from The Dice Shop as well, which has also not yet arrived.

Aaand the PDF of the Basic Roleplaying corebook from Chaosium a week ago. That's about it.

EDIT: My order from Dicepool came today, only they got it mixed up with some other guy's and I've got the wrong stuff (a bunch of d6s instead of the 7-set). I sent them an email to see what they can do about it, because seriously, I've been waiting a long time for my stuff.

Scott Pilgrim on DVD. For those who hated it, shoosh. I plan to buy the books as well. I'm in the middle of the fourth book right now, but am reading the Legend of Drizzt books more. And eventually I'll finish the game...



Aww...I lost....wait...I'm free from that.

Scott Pilgrim the movie had its faults, Michael Cera being the most egregious, but it also had so many good points. I support your purchase.

Pshh Drizzt books are lame. Drizzt is Gary Stu of the Underdark. Gardok Szztu.

Hey now. I like the Drizzt books.

Anyhoo, Dragon Warrior 7 for the PS1. And food. Food is good.

The .PDF book of MAID: The Roleplaying Game for $7 at Indie Press Revolution.

...what?

I played this once on another forum before the person running it got busy.

My maid was addicted to every narcotic and walked around referring to themselves in the third person, describing the parallel dimension they supposedly came from. There was a bong-sword that had a "legalize it" sticker on it too.

It was decided that if the game ever gets restarted, the maids will all be homeless and my character will mainly just try to cook crystal meth for money/to get real real high.

MAID? like as in the job? Or as in a real life kinda rpg?

It's a rpg where the characters are maids. (If this is the same one, and I'm remembering it right, maybe ours was specifically as wacky as it could get cause it had maids preforming mundane janitorial duties on a demonic torture maze for comedic purposes)

^I'm in agreement with Yuko. Food is good. Therefore, I bought some.


Well, granted, they're both water-cooled, but I'm sure it's too silent to be. Although, you never know with Alienware. It just might have an arc reactor in there somewhere...
Nothing wrong with playing lots of Crysis. It's a goal I hope to achieve someday...

I got the Karate Kid Trilogy, and the Snake Eyes/Timber figures that should have been bundled with my GIJoe DVD...

Yeah, that's the one. Although your game of it sounds a bit more colorful than the ones I've seen (but yeah, the corebook actually does have "alcohol/drugs" as a Stress Explosion).

For the curious, more information may be had here (http://www.maidrpg.com/index.shtml).

Yeah, the "stress explosion" for mine is they'd suddenly go into severe withdrawl.

Also I think we were using like a random attribute generator and then from what we got would go make stats (or that was something else I forget)

Sounds about right; that's how the book describes it. It gets pretty whacked out when damn near everything about every character is decided by a bunch of d6s.

Also of note, Dicepool just sent me a full refund for my botched order, with reassurance that I can keep the dice they sent. They apparently ran out of the jumbo 7-sets, and the guy they mixed up my order with got nothing (although they probably refunded him, too). So I... kind of un-bought something there and yet wound up with merchandise anyway.

Oh, well, more money for DriveThruRPG.

Front Mission Evolved (360)

Nothing like FM3 and FM4, which are both grid tactics games, but still awesome.

I got my car chipped. ~50 horsepower for $700 without replacing any parts. Turbo engines are awesome.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rendar77/20tsi_trans_s1_93_engine.gif)

Taco Bell, and a Christmas gift for my mom.

Mike: Niiice. I'm looking at buying a brand new engine for my `92 Z24, then having the speed limiter removed...then having an Injen exhaust system added on...

Yuko: I too have just bought Taco Hell. Got the party box. Mmmmm...tacos...

Okay, that was intentional. It had to be.

Duh.

Oh, come on. the B and H keys are right next to each other. That could totally have gone either way.

I got Demikids light and game and watch gallery 4 for gba. Gamestop is fun.

Almost could have...if I were on the wrong row for a sec.

I bought...Mountain Dew White Out. mmmm...

A bunch of PDFs from DriveThruRPG... again. Fight! RPG, ICONS and a couple of other odds and ends. The regular price would have put my order around $60, but thanks to the big-ass Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Thanksgiving sale, I got it all for only $13. Everything from Adamant Entertainment was just a buck each (ICONS was normally priced at over $20, so that's a big damn savings right there).

You buy pdfs? why don't you just do the cheap ass American thing and torrent 'em.

Also a japanese version of Pokemon leaf green, on ebay for less then $20. Good deal on a Japanese game.

Also I got a knife, which for some unexceptionably reason my mom is afraid of. And an ammo/ dual gun holder. I got it for my multiple gadgets.

Because this is the "last thing you bought" thread.

Seriously, though, piracy doesn't really appeal to me for a couple of reasons; if I'm dealing with a store I think deserves my business, I have no problem paying for things. I just prefer to do things legit when I can.

Plus a lot of bootleg places are so addled with spam and viruses it's like wading into a cesspool loaded with depth charges.

Black Bloodbrothers and Sengoku Basara on Blu-Ray. Gotta support the industry, which seems like a hard thing for fans to do these days.

Call of Duty 4 (360)

Yeah, finally bought it now that I can afford it...and I'm not even playing it. I'm still playing NHL 07.

Black Friday:
Clearance bot: Freeway Jazz @ Toys 'R' Us for half price. Nice...
And a Lego toy of the little 3-eyed Toy Story Aliens. Cool desktop mascot... Gee, I've got so many mascots, I'll need a larger PC!  :D

A Duracell external LiPo USB battery to make up for the internal battery that I ruined on my MP3 player. (Note: I may still try to buy an internal battery, although it's primarily a Chinese battery type, and therefore, difficult to find.)

A cheap Lunch at a nice restaurant on Sunday. Wait they don't serve lunch on Sunday... Correction:

  _{not as    dinner for}
A ^cheap ^lunch at a nice restaurant on Sunday. Oh well, at least it was good...

A few Christmas gifts...

Groceries... I foresee several "brown bag" lunches in my future... 8)

So...you're weeaboo batman? Neat.

I am real life Haseo/Kite. I can dual wield just about any weapon that you can use with one hand. I totally beat my friend high school slave (his name is a joke BTW). My other friend Christen had practice wooden swords in his car. Just a little below Wakizashi size. I took both, held them backwards, and then slashed with 'em a bit.

Then I scared the crap outta both of them. I had a 20+ pound backpack on and ran the two steps to high school slave, bent side ways a bit and slashed with my left hand. High school slave brought his hand up to catch it, but failed miserably. I slashed at his ribs. Of course I stopped before I hit him, but the look on both my friends faces was priceless.

HSS just looked at me, shook his head and said "Ok then." And threw up his hands.

Yeah I'm good with the blades.



---
But on the topic of buying things I got coconut fruit juice.

Cool story dude.

You sound just like Christen... He says that a lot.

I challenge you to take on my Iiado!

(I bought more White Out)

Bokken? I think thats the name anyway


Bro

The catchphrase is "cool story bro".  And somehow that troll didn't work on her anyway

Ok. Whats and Iiado?

Edit:
You mean iaido? Um, I didn't study that. Just bloody maiming and the like.

Basically it's a japanese samurai quickdraw. I have a book about it somewhere. It's the specific sword style I use.

I went to the car wash, so...the last thing I bought was a car wash.  I would have done it myself, but it was like 35 degrees and I don't want to deal with frostbite.

And I bought this.
(http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/vodka2.jpg)
Apparently it's russia's favorite vodka.

Oddly enough I was just reading about that vodka (cause apparently this is how I put off work), like they marketed it as the first premium russian vodka that didn't have soviet overtones


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMeooVB3olE&feature=related

Stuff to make Taco's with. Also, been thinking about picking up a Ruger Mk III because it's sexy.

lol It's been a while since I've seen that Jones clip. Awesome.

Yeah I've always heard those were good. I sorta always wanted a high standard HDM more though cause apparently the OSS used those..wait do they even MAKE those anymore, or is this gonna be like how I always sort of wanted a mauser c-17 and then found out oh wait no, thats not happening.

If you have the right channels...and the money...you can find and own it.

And this reminds me I need to go buy that Mosin Nagant...

Oh, and I do use guns too. I have a family of competition shooters...I BETTER know how to use guns lmao.

Norinco is the only one that makes a replica of it that I've ever heard of. And of course they're not importing stuff because they ended up selling prohibited weapons to gangs and got caught in an ATF sting or something back in the 1990s

Mosin-Nagants are like...what, around 100 bucks usually. Slightly higher if you're looking for one of the Finnish ones (apparently these are more widely sought by collectors, I'm not entirely sure why) so yeah. Oh, right or the sniper rifles. I've heard the markets rife with knockoff ones, as in ones where somebody just swapped the bolt out and installed the scope and then claimed its an "authentic" one. They're pretty neat, I still have to take one out to a range though..you'd think I'd be tripping over those since its PA

They're about $120. There's a place nearby that sells them out the ass. One of their most popular sales. Guy I used to hang out would swear that it was the best sniper rifle ever...then tell me that they were expensive. To that I say, "Have you looked at the price of an SVD or an R93?

(http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mosin-Nagant-Arm-5-people.jpg)

My brother was going to buy an AR-15 off his friend. Then he realized he would really never even have the opportunity to do anything other than look at it, and tell people he had an AR-15.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Whatevs. I'm not too serious with my trolling.

(http://www.whosjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/vodka2.jpg)

Hey dudes I know Cyrillic. The bottle says... Damnit it has the translation right underneath. DAMNITTTT!

Am I the only one who's still wondering why he needs White Out to do this???

I've never dueled with bokken, but I've dueled with a (tipped) fencing foil, and was told I'm pretty good. I've made mock weapons, though (a mock dagger - a plastic silver butterknife with a wrapped handle/end, and a kind of mock sawed-off - a broken axehandle, with anodized nail trigger and hammer). I've dueled with "lightsabers", but I'd rather skip the severed limbs. Besides, I respect any sword-wielder, who slaps unworthy opponents with the flat of the sword rather than cut them down.


I know, that takes all the fun out of it... Kind of like when you hear something in multilingual format, and just as your about to translate, they start the spoken english.

Oh, and back on topic, I got an A&W Bacon Cheeseburger and two lemonades (one for Mrs. Negotiator). I also wouldn't mind getting a crossbow or compound bow...

I'm a caffeine junkie, and I'm out of Mountain Dew White Out. I was making that post relevant.

Cigarettes. Because when paired with coffee the stimulants combine into some insane megazord kind of a deal which allows me to either murder rita repulsa's monster or finish papers. Possibly both..like some kind of a fugue state.


Whats neat is being able to read it, but then having absolutely no notion of what the actual meaning of the word is, because you forget pretty much all of the limited russian you knew in the first place. Actually 'neat' is probably describing it wrong, it kind of sucks

OK then.

I got Taco Hell, as Char calls it. And 2 packs of MTG cards.

^^^^
That's OK Yuko, I also call it Taco Hell, due to my Alaska Air Force buddy. When we were all hanging out and hungry, he used to say "Well, there's Taco Hell and Pizza Sl..." Oh wait, I can't say that! There are ladies present...

I bought batteries for a Christmas bulb tester (I've already used it on two strings of lights, and so far, so good). I also got Parmesan Crusted chicken (and a steak for Mrs. N.) at TGIFriday's.


Oh, that "White Out"... I was thinking what the Hell?!?  ??? But no, that make's more sense... I have the sudden urge to acquire a bokken, or at least a Nerf sword. I usually get my energy from loud, harsh music, since I already down enough coffee and black/green/white/chai tea that any more caffeine would have little affect... BTW, I also bought some pomegranite-flavored green tea... It's good...


See, Sharp gets it... I once saw "Fugue state"... They rocked hard... Nah, maybe it was Gecko State?  8)

I actually like to call it "Piece`a Sl..." Oh...yeah...there's likely underage virgin ears present.

Hehehe. Virgin, yes. Underage? Hell no.

But I just won this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=220706579887&si=OAd0sIQYlKlYczyOl6s23qL7i04%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=220706579887&si=OAd0sIQYlKlYczyOl6s23qL7i04%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT)

I has win time now? I'm going to sell the ones I already have. Which is red and blue, but I'll keep the others.

Got a haircut/beard trim Monday. Went out for lunch Tuesday, and picked up a few Christmas presents from the local book store, along with a couple books for myself, including the new Orson Scott Card.

I haven't a clue what to get people this year, and some gifts were not in my budget, so it's mostly gift cards or restaurant gift cards. We did get gifts for my nephew and nieces.... This will be my nephew's first Christmas...

Wendy's came out with new fries - they now have the skins still on and covered w/sea salt. I like them... Got a 1/4 lb. bacon cheeseburger, fries, and a root beer, because Wendy's serves Barq's, and caffeinated root beer pleases me greatly... Especially on bowling nights...

Hey, I forgot to mention that. I've payed $10 per league night on about every Thursday since early September (excluding those on or near holdiays). My scores were something like 149/157/99... What the hell?!? Yeah, sometimes I struggle with the 3rd, but my average is like 143... After last night, we're on Christmas break...

After bowling, stopped at "Big Lots!" a local odd-lots store, to look at the Christmas stuff. Got cheap LED lights to fix our light-up buck. Also, more dish soap because it's my turn to wash...


My wife treated me to breakfast last weekend at Denny's, where I preceeded to order coffee, a pancake platter, and, because they have them during the holidays, a chocolate peppermint shake (my wife tempted me when she got the vanilla one). Suffice it to say, the caffeine/maple syrup/milkshake (with crushed candy canes) has made me a resident of this state, too. Oh, and J. S. Bach lays down some awesome fugues... :D Maybe, next time I'll go caffeine/maple syrup/milkshake with some Bach... Whoa, no maybe that's too much at once - my head might explode...

Update 12/20/2010: A ticket to TRON Legacy... Wait, did I pay my buddy back yet? Please see the "Bootlegged Film" thread for my review. (Granted, not bootlegged, but it's the only movie thread...)

Was gonna go see True Grit, but the earliest showing was at 5:00, and that's the same time the buses stop running here while school's not in session, apparently.

As for actually buying stuff, I've been pretty busy with Christmas shopping, though I still have to find something for my little sister and grandparents. I wanted to get my aunt and her boyfriend a pair of Bottle of Wine Glasses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l05OuJ8GRs8), but they're sold out literally everywhere I looked. But then I saw these (http://www.worldwidefred.com/winestein.htm), and just thought they were too awesome to pass up.

Darn office blocking tech. Just a second, let me search Internet images. Wow...
And I thought the 22 oz beer (http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM223912075P?sid=IDx20101019x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM223912075) at a local restaurant was a cool thing. Now the bottle of wine glasses are a cool idea, but the "winesteins", man. They're slick...

I finally finished my Christmas shopping for Mrs. Negotiator's gifts Monday night. I had a coupon from Victoria's Secret (Um...I don't know, maybe they like me?), so I bought what any other husband would for their wife...Pajama pants and a small perfume! Hah! Hey, you say, those pajamas don't have a top...Indeed. No, I bought her a top, too...just somewhere less expensive. I also got her music and some scented lotions. I agree with Jeff Foxworthy, though. Only girls are concerned with the scents in a room. With guys, if there's a "scent" in the room, it's probably a bad one that we're trying to remove... ;D Once I got home Monday, I found out I went over my budget a little, so I returned a TV DVD last night. That's it, though. I'm done...at least until the after-Christmas mayhem. ;D

New car battery, Exide brand from Aid. Now my car ROARS to life. Fucking sweet.

No more of that merpmerpmerp broom.

I kept thinking that wasn't out yet

Hoping to buy a Dingoo a320.
Old school gaming in the palm of your hand is a win.

Bump.

I got Taco Hell and some video games at Gamestop.
Yddagra Union (GBA)
Draglade
Spectrobes Beyond the Portal

Got all that for under $25. Good day.

Did some after-Christmas shopping, aside from some grocery's for the family. New coat and fedora from Target (bought w/gift card), new boots from Factory Brand Shoes (bought w/returned moccasins), two packs of socks and a couple of T-shirts from Kohl's (bought w/money from boots returned to DSW), and a case for my DSi XL and a copy of Tetris DS from GameStop (bought w/gift card).

Going to go sell games.
I got a free pokemon today at a gamestop giveaway.

Also a while ago I got more games.
And I bought a Chinese version of pokemon Red and Gold on ebay. If they are not the real thing I'm getting my money back.

http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_info.php?cPath=139_113&products_id=1365

That. I'm waiting on it to get here.

Cool. Been thinking of getting a Airsoft pistol myself lately, particularly since I couldn't find the one I got at a gun show while I was home for Christmas.

Let's see, 2 double cheeseburgers, a rodeo burger and mocha drink from BK; gasoline and 1 liter each of water and Mountain Dew; gasoline, 1 bag black licorice and 1 Little Debbie brand Chocolate Pie; 10 piece Chicken McNuggets; gasoline, 1 2-liter of Coca-Cola Classic and 1 bottle of Admiral Nelson's.

Second half of the trip up was a bit stressful, what with all the snow.

I paid tuition. Yay.
Going to the public library later to rent a movie.

I bought: soap, toothpaste, mouthwash, and new sunglasses. My old ones broke, probably because I left them in the car in 20 degree weather for like a week.

And I paid my car payment, yay. I'm paying double what I'm paying double what I'm supposed to, I'm trying to pay it off really fast.

My car broke last night. Something is wrong with the radiator, so it got towed off to be fixed.

My Chinese Pokemon games came in, and they are in Chinese. Now I have to go buy school supplies today. As school starts back today. I only have night class on Mondays thankfully.

@ TheEND: pistol hell. That's a Sniper Rifle.

This always seemed like a real odd thing to name a brand of alcohol, or at least funny in kind of a dark way, considering after Trafalgar they shipped Nelson's corpse back in a cask of brandy to preserve it.

The fact the drawing of nelson on the bottle looks absolutely nothing like him makes me think no, it wasn't intended as some tongue in cheek joke.

I just realized this post is geeky nitpicking of the historic aspects of a rum label, posted on a forum about japanimes. I think I just beat the large hadron collider at creating a singularity.

..And then I referenced the large hadron collider. Yeah the internets about to collapse into itself.

(http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy33/Gemeshnekaur/dNASAbpainting.jpg)
(The white bubbles are 4chan and the Cheezburger network undergoing cold fusion)

Amazing how that happens doesn't it?

Anyway I bought banana pudding and a Dingoo a320. I finally for one for less then $70.
I'm going to go buy a scratch off ticket today. First time playing any lottery things. I hope I win $100.

It was worth it, though. Cool trivia.

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I got THIS for FREE:

Drink, six donuts, and ten bucks, because the manager of a Dunkin Donuts saw me shoveling a busy intersection for the hell of it.

Best Dunkin Donuts I everrrrr tasted.

Why you wasted time shoveling an intersection would be nice to know.
I traded pokemon today. Sure I didn't buy them. But I did get more pokedex data out of it.

Well, it's busy, and sometimes I use it, and the plows did a shitty job around one of the corners, so cars going in opposite directions on one street were all almost rubbing up against one another. It was a public service.

Two words. Free Donuts.

ALSO! IT CAME!
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I have the sudden urge to yell "Boom bitch!". I officially play too many video games.

And a text book for history class. I'm taking Asian history.

Mass Effect 2 (PS3)

^^^^
R. Daniel - Awesome! Yeah, I often clean the entire section of street in front of my driveway. Too many people park up one side, so the plows only clear one lane (the opposite side).

Sorry, late to post again. Unfortunately, my first purchase of the New Year was flowers for a funeral (actually. I only chipped in money).

For New Years Eve, my wife and I split a big Japanese grilled dinner. I bought her a traditional holiday punch, and had some plum wine. I almost ate a piece of sushi roll , but just took a taste instead... It was OK.

Last week, got cat food, litter, and the Classics Hot Rod & Cyclonus 2-pack with the included IDW comic. The 2-pack is a pretty good deal. Take that eBay! Don't worry, guys, I have anime stuff, too. Yes, some of them transform, too...


No no, actually just enough...  8) Good, we worried about whether you met your video game recommended daily allowance. I also saw a pseudo-NERF revolver, on my cat food trip, that made my trigger finger itch...


It's fun, but China's "Great Leap Forward" is a very sad story. "Son of the Revolution" was a great text. I think, during a street fight, the main character's friend yelled something like "F___ all three of your generations!" at someone. Epic swear! I took Asian Art & an Anthropology course in Chinese Society.

Got some more free Wendy's food with my gift card...

That would be the Maverick.
I have the Recon CS-6.

Guys don't start talking about Nerf guns. Remember, I worked at Toys R Us during the Christmas season and I already loved them before. If you get me started... I may never stop.

Also the pseudo-revolver he may have been talking about could have also been the Barricade, which is battery operated and therefore impure, but also has ten barrels instead of six.

Actually, I looked it up, and it was the Buzz Bee Tek 6 (hence the pseudo-NERF), which also comes in an affordable twin pack, for dual-wielding. The Maverick is sweet, though. How do you not feel like Vash the Stampede with a Maverick in your hand?

The pseudo-NERF shotgun, with dart-holding "shells" was awesome, too. Can you say "boomstick" boys and girls? I knew you could...

I completely overlooked the "psudeo" part.

The machine gun...forgot its name. Oh, Stampede. I saw a hobby shop boost its firing rate to something relevant. It was a lot of fun actually.

Yeah, Air Zone guns are usually ugly, but they work at least as well as their Nerf counterparts. They're cheaper, too!

The Stampede is more of a light machine gun/assault rifle. The Vulcan is the machine-gun.

It's pretty sweet. I love its gunshield. Gunshields in general turn me on, big-time.

AGAIN, though, it's battery-operated. Fuck that shit. Why spend money on batteries, especially when the electronics inside the gun are likely very flimsy? I imagine batteries getting knocked out or plastic casing cracked, and then you're fucked and have to buy a whole new gun. In real life, sure I'd take that firing rate, but for Nerf playtime, not worth it.

Even though they are functionally a shotgun, the Nerf Barrel Break and its Air Zone equivalent are effectively not shotguns. For a true shotgun-type, you'd want the Nerf Hornet, because it fires many darts at once, in a slight spread.

Food!
Got banana pudding, Burger king and cinn-a-treats.
Yesterday was kinda interesting. It started snowing, my Chinese class was canceled and when I tried to drive home traffic wasn't moving. Then I got outta the big city and on the road home and drifted into the turn lane and nearly hit a road sign.

I got home fine. Can't say the same for other people though. 95 car crashes in a 2 hour period. Ouch.


Also I'm buying pokemon black and the 3ds when they come out. I like Zekrom! Screw Reshiram.

If I understand correctly, the Vulcan takes either some rechargeable battery or a 9V. I don't remember which. Anyway, they boosted the voltage and put in a bigger battery, but that wasn't good enough for them. So then they hooked up two larger rechargeable batteries and it did make a difference. Next they decided to play with the inside motor stuffs to be more suitable to the battery input power to make a better output result.

But I've noticed that over the years, Nerf stopped advertising to kids and more to people our age.

Yuko: I suddenly suspect you live east of me...because it sounds like you got hit by the snowstorm that rolled over here Wednesday night/Thursday morning.


Also, I preordered Ace Combat Assault Horizon and bought a Volcano Box from Taco Hell. Yes, I eat at Taco Hell almost as much as McHell. I love tacos.

*in Gir voice* I love tacos too.
My Dingoo and my GBASP battery came in today. My Dingoo comes with tones of game preinstalled, So I'mma happy camper.

And where do you live? I live in Kentucky. And right now it's fucking cold here. It was 4 degrees last night. At least tonight it's about 13 degrees.

St. Louis.

I bought more tacos. Okay, just a volcano burrito, a quesadilla, and some nachos. Oh, and Mountain Dew, but that was at walmart, before going to get tacos, which was before going ice skating.

Which, the night ended with people doing a bull rush to their cars so I wouldn't shoot them with my sniper rifle.

Food again.
I gots a BLT salad. The salad for men and women who hate frilly things.

^^^^
Wait, a true NERF shotgun, firing a burst of NERF darts?!? Oh, I really like the sound of that...

Also, Yuko, that Dingoo sounds really cool...

OK, well my wife hasn't had a good time driving her Elantra in the snow here in Southwestern Pennsylvania. She was going to trade it in for an Impreza, but it's so new, and my 1999 Grand Prix GT is very old now. So I did the right thing... I bought her Impreza, with my Pontiac as a trade-in and some cash to keep her payments as low as if her Elantra was traded in. Oh, and I'm buying out her Elantra loan, to use it for my daily driver... Not much like my GT, but still accelerates/handles OK.

My wife has too many iTunes cards, so I bought one off of her, so I can get some exclusive stuff. Don't worry, I used gift money to buy. Awesome!

Munched on some more free Wendy's food with my gift card. My parents-in-law are awesome... Wait, didn't me and my wife get burgers from Lone Star the night before?!? D'oh! Yum...

Devil Fish (MST3K)

This movie was a riot.

I won an itunes giftcard once, and haven't used it yet because I do not own apple products

The Dingoo is fun. But it can't play GBA pokemon games.
Damn. But it plays most other games. Including old master system games.

Also got the free pokemon suicune and ash's pikachu yesterday. Today I got a glass chess set, a mantyke plush (good will), also boxers and a bakugan.
Yes I wear the boxers in the house. Take that men.

Halo reach, Legendary edition. Oh, and I paid $60 for it, brand new from Gamestop. They gave me free shit for getting it out of the store. that and I'm there like every day anyway.

Cool.
I got Taco Hell. And got hell from my stomach. Blargh. I shared some of my Taco Hell with my friend who was sad she couldn't get any.

Bungie may release a remake of the original Halo, November this year.  -Kotaku

I read somewhere..skimmed is more apt..an article about the kinect and something was mentioned about a halo remake utilizing it.

I don't own an xbox, halo isn't that great a fps I didn't think from what I played, and can we talk about the kinect for a second..why does it give you a video playback of your movements? It's just mortifying to watch, you invariably look like a spastic. I played some bowling and then boxing game with my roommates, caught part of the video playback...damn it looked like I was having some kind of grand mal seizure. Or we all did.

It's like the machine was insulting us, and I for one do not like being judged by some glorified webcam. My species went to the moon you son of a bitch, you just sit around there contributing nothing and being a voyeur, kinect controller, maybe you should have a long hard think about just what gives you the right to judge others.


Yeah you keep eating there, then having issues with the food. Thats..kind of bizarre.

It's as if you're a battered housewife on cops yelling "NO BUT HE STILL LOVES ME" while the officers are dragging the guy off in cuffs. Except the guy in the cuffs is a gordita (do they still serve those mexican pizza things, I used to like those.)

Yeah I think they still serve mexican pizza's.
Also I almost never have trouble with Taco Hell. Just every now and again I get sick, and it's usually at the same one. The one near my home has better food and nicer staff.
Also the battered house wife thing is not funny. I come from an abusive environment.

Finally, after many delays, I have one.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a294/AtomicRobot/Picture152.jpg)

Her shirt says "ALGEBRAIC!" Mine is called, "The many faces of Finn."

It is confirmed that the math on her shirt is indeed various forms of algebra.

^ I take it that's your woman then?

I bought breakfast. Milk, coffee and a parfait. And right after I ate it I took my math test. 13 questions and only 2 did I have no freaking clue as to what I should be doing. But I tried and the teacher gives credit. So I'm gettin a B on it.

Awesome.

Oh yeah, one of my aunt's kids went Trick or Treating as Finn this past Halloween. No, I don't have any pics, and even if I did, I don't think I'd put them on the Internet. There are some weirdos out there.

I wish I could see the algebra. Then I would likely solve it.

Everyone is better at math then me.

What's 2+2? There are people who can't answer that. Then there's 1984, that said it's 5.

it's 4.

And I bought some personal products.

No. 2+2=5.

Using a time machine I plan to go back to around 830 bc and just blast the guy who codified algebra in the face with a double barreled shotgun at point blank range. Thus ending the madness before it can even begin.

algebra was invented 1000 years ago. Older then that it had a different name and was actually easier.
Going to buy medicine tomorrow.

Algebra=technology.

Algebra leads to trig, which leads to calc, which leads to algorithms, which create complex computer functions.
Or something like that.

Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll

Based on Koei's Zill O'll JRPG series and the first to be released in the States.

Also, the record done be broken.

Let this moment be remembered.

Frontlines Fuel of War

Champs ticket to get into the unlimited lazer tag thing they do wensdays.
Yay late birthday parties.

I have a team around here for laser tag. We do unlimited for 5 hours every other week or so.

Paintball all the way.

There's no practical consequence for getting hit in lasertag!

Nor can you run around freely because ooh the guns are expensive electronics, and ooh so is the vest, and ooh we're stuck in this tiny dark room so we'll run into things and brake them/hurt ourselves or each other.

Lol. Yeah pretty much.

Going to pay tuition on monday.

You haven't played laser tag with my team then, Dan. And I do play paintball, and I keep my airsoft sniper rifle in the trunk of my car.

Tacos. Yes, I buy a lot of tacos.

Food. I got poptarts, butterscotch pudding and bread.

That's my lunch for next week mostly. Pretty sad huh?

Now, I don't play paintball myself, but from what I've heard, that equipment can get pretty expensive, too.

It can be. When I got my A5 it was worth about $250.

Fallout: New Vegas, the book for it, Daft Punk: Alive 2007, Bullet for my Valentine: Fever, and copy 94,316/250,000 of NIN's The Slip.
Oh, and Panera.

I was playing laser tron once, and my gun wouldn't shoot, and it was constantly registering hits against me. When I looked at the little display on the chest piece that says how many shows I had left, it was gibberish.

Then the dude who works there calls me over, and tells me to get a new vest, because I was basically wearing an electrical fire.

Fun times. I think the place went out of business a couple years ago.

That happens sometimes. But When you get a working pack, and have a solid gameplan (I go in with a team of four, and we camp four spots and hold the "castle area". People try to get in and shut us down, but we've got tactics.) then things get really fun and become great exercise.

Oh yeah, Other things I bought with the rest of that stuff: DS XL, Balder's Gate Dark Alliance II, Front Mission on the DS, and FF III on the DS.

^welcome to the ds owners club. Hows it feel?

Also I got a blue dsi xl. And a big case with the new pokemon mascots on it.
Zekrom be awesome.

Eh, I have Fallout: New Vegas, the DS gets limited attention. It does look classy. It's a Mocha color.

An $8 knockoff Devastator from Big Lots! (not bad combined or as vehicles, but issues with the robots):
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff223/finalnegotiator/IMG_6184.jpg)

batteries for a couple watches, including the one from Mrs. Negotiator on Valentine's Day...
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It looks a little familiar... 8) She picked it out herself... I love her logic. She's quite an "angel"...

Also, a little "souvenir" Transformer from the comics show for a couple bucks, since I saw nothing worth buying (low- or high-priced) - like $60 for Adam West's autograph. Plus, my brother-in-law felt sorry for me, so he handed me one of his comic books. I then ended up finding the trade paperback I wanted at a used book shop - 5 bucks, and in good condition.

Plus some food... Yeah, food's good. Some supermarket, some Mickey D's, some Wendy's (asiago ranch chicken sandwich - awesome!), and I was also "thinking a little Arby's" (Angus sandwich - awesome!).

Crud! Forgot to pay my bowling league fee... I guess I'll owe $20 next week... :)

That is a nice watch

I suppose the plastic transformers fine too

awe childhood, where did you go?

Watch is awesome, and I love the transformer. Did they have one in blue? Or an Optumis Prime knockoff?

Also going to go see The Adjustment Bureau. So movie tickets.

Gas to and from A&G Ohio. 8bit Duane and the Amazing Brando were there (I have befriended Duane), as was Wendy Lee (got her sig on my badge), and I crashed Brentalfloss' concert in epic fashion with a 5 second rule on dead hookers...as well as earned the name Super Mega Kame Guru. Now, I have con zombie in massive form.

I forgot to say, the exclamation point is part of "Big Lots!" name. I wasn't shouting or anything... Still, Devy for $8, and even if it's gotta be my first kitbash, I think it was worth the 8 bucks. Plus, my brother-in-law has the real Devy, and it helped us figure out the assembly...


Where it usually goes... In boxes/bags, under steps/(on shelves), to flea markets/eBay/trash heaps... It went lots of places... ;D Alot of mine are still in remarkably good shape, despite the fact that I hand them to my nephew and nieces. Like I told my mom, toys just shouldn't meet their end MIB/MOC/NIB. Besides, when they rarely break, I get better at fixing them every day... My brother-in-law, the Star Wars fan, was shocked at some of the Star Wars diecast stuff I still have... Also, apparently, I not only have Micronauts and their Tranformers descedants, but also some Blockman characters (though labelled "Robotech"). The Takara Trifecta... Hey, I got some chibi Valkyries, too...with guns!


Kind of like a negotiator knock off model... 8) No, not much except for a few yellow Devvies and other combiners (Aerialbots, Protectobots, and Stunticons) and even those are gone now. The dollar stores have really little Leo Primes and so-so TF wannabes. However,  Big Lots! & dollar stores are about it, unless Walmart does their "Easter Basket" specials again... Haven't seen any Primes or Megs at all... May have to just get a Tek 6 instead... ;D

UPDATE: Y'know, with all the fun discussion on Monday, I forgot to mention that I bought donuts & donut "holes" for the office...and I like donuts. I also bought a coffee, which I didn't share, but it was too small to share anyhow.  :P On the donut box was a coupon: buy a jumbo coffee and get two free donuts. I could probably share that coffee...

Pokemon white.

Maybe I should look into one of those cheap-ass Devy models..I was big into the Alternators set and the detail they had. I'm still looking for Alternator Mirage. He was a GT40...must have for my GT40 collection...

^You got pokemon too Char? It must really be making a come back. I've got it, but felt disapointed with it. Not much in the way of a story line, and I saw the ending coming.

Anyway, I'm trying to convince my mom to let me get a broadsword and shield. Why? Because everything is going to hell here and I want to protect myself.

A what and a what, Yuko? I have an entire armory of bladed instruments. And, it will only cost-- A QUARTER!

..What, are vikings pillaging your lawn or something

No. Both banks down the street from my house had attempted robberies. And I live across the street from a bank.

And a full armory doesn't cost a quarter here. Good armor costs a lot. My mom's cool on the shield, and even some throwing quills (bad ass Chinese weapon. Think Kunai, but smaller and harder to see when thrown). The sword is what takes convincing. She says I have to many already. I say never enough.

..Yeah I suppose I can kind of see that. Knives would make more sense I mean it's like a sword but...theres a scale difference.

Darn, Monday morning and you already have me looking up weapons. Let's see, already know broad sword and shield...kunai...kunai... Ah, there you go. OK...
Hmmm...Interesting...according to a certain wiki-based encyclopedia, they're more akin to a crowbar than a knife...and here I thought I needed weapons... I own a crowbar...a fine crowbar...and also a mini...no, make that "throwing" crowbar.  ;D I suppose if those fail, I have two large diameter dowels - short enough for speed, but fast enough for strike force - that would make good staffs.

I also bring these (http://www.pentel.com/catalog_product.php?id=761) to work (0.5 mm, black of course), which, according to a certain TV program, could be formidable weapons, but were unfortunately used by person of criminal persuasion. I can asure you that mine have always been used for good...they make such great doodles...

Y'know, Yuko, it might be good to have a ranged weapon, too. How about a compound bow or crossbow? Properly aimed, they could be great non-fatal, painful, and near-silent way of telling criminals that your house just isn't worth visiting... Nuff said...

Gee, in comparison, my buys are pretty boring this week: A nice seafood dinner; a new flagpole mount, a lapdesk, a large space bag for an unwieldy comforter (that couldn't fit in folded space); an inexpensive set of lawn lights, a cheaper tarp, and almost-free scissors... Plus I covered my unpaid two-weeks of bowling and dental appointments for Mrs. N. & me...

When does my care package arrive?

Yuko: Yes I did. And I've been collecting friend codes too for online battles and whatnot.

Awesome.

My mom is totally cool with me getting the Japanese versions of Pokemon games I don't own yet, but not lethal weapons. T.T So if all goes well I'll be buying a copy of pokemon white in Japanese tomorrow.

Maybe I need to get shirukan and foot spikes. those be painfully.

(http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/9713/9713663cv1a.jpg)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+10x+Internal+Blu-ray+Disc+Double-Layer+DVD%26%23177%3BRW/CD-RW+Drive/9713663.p?id=1218156775128&skuId=9713663 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+10x+Internal+Blu-ray+Disc+Double-Layer+DVD%26%23177%3BRW/CD-RW+Drive/9713663.p?id=1218156775128&skuId=9713663)

Blu-ray is preeeetty. Now I just need a long enough cable to hook it up to my TV.

All 3 seasons of Cowboy Bebop, in Japanese, collectors addition.

It was actually cheaper then just the first season of Cowboy Bebop special addition. What I got was $20 at the used movie/ game store. The first season was $50.

I love Bebop, I grew up on that and Big O.

^^^^
Awesome buy, Yuko! My wife once found a used Return of the King Special Edition, and gave it to me as a gift. I thought it was really cool...

Don't cry, Yuko... I'm sure there's lots and lots of non-lethal stuff out there that would still be "fun"...  ;D

Got some craft-store air-dry epoxy clay, for kitbashing purposes.

I spent my coffee and two free donuts coupon yesterday (bought Mrs. N a Boston creme donut - yum yum - and I got chocolate-iced w/sprinkles), and then used an A&W coupon for discounted bacon cheeseburger, so I bought cheese curds (like pieces of fried string cheese), and an A&W root beer... Yeah, we've got plenty of beverages at home, but I figured "I'm at A&W...might as well pour myself a root beer" (since it is on tap).

Hmmm... The "Big Lots!" nearer to my house had several robots, transforming robots, Transformers, and one bootleg Transformer: Onslaught. However, with Bruticus/Baldigus being walking ownage, why would I only buy 1/5 of him? Also, the name on the package was "Tugging Gun" which...just...didn't sound...right... They also had a cheap twin-pack of Tek 3 3-barrel foam-dart revolvers... Kind of liked the idea of dual-wielding for 3 shots, but then that would make dual-wielding Mavericks or Tek 6's even more awesome.

3 words.

"Don't tase me bro"

Also the wide array of aerosols you spray and it blinds people. Tasers and mace are considered normal for a woman to carry, but I'm sure if I just picked one of those up..because also men can be mugged or whatnot..I'd be considered insane.

Non leathel fun for me is usually video games.

And speaking of which I just got my Pokemon White Japanese version in the mail today. And I got a second chance offer on a Japanese version of Pkmn sapphire. Also won trace memory for the DS.

I love gift certificates and gaming on a budget. I spend 1/2 as much when I use ebay. And I usually get it in better shape then from the local gamestop.

Is gamestop dead yet?

They seem like they should be, their ads imply that they only make money on unlockables now

(Maybe they should have sold me that Resident Evil 0 t-shirt they had hanging up years ago..I made an offer, now they're being outmoded. Just saying)

Lol what?

They aren't dead. But they are still kind heartless.

Oh, they had a resident evil 0 t-shirt hanging up once, I guess as an ad for the game since it was still new then, and I tried to buy it.

Thats..yeah, the entire anecdote

You could always be like the guys I worked at the haunted house with. The one group all had tasers...and had taser wars before work. And then tased each other while customers were coming through.

I don't really understand this purchase. Bebop only had one (2 cour) season.

Last purchase was 2 20 oz. Coca-Colas and a Nestle Crunch bar from the gas station across the street.

Apparently Japan had 3 seasons. Or 2 seasons and a movie. That's what I got.

It may have had two seasons, but they were never released separately. Either 6 single volumes, or as a complete series with 6 discs.

There was a movie

Its probably/maybe some odd release of two dvds with 13 episodes a piece, then the movie on a third.

Maybe anyway big update. Lots of stuffs was on sale.

So I got a used ipod. I have now joined the apple army. Dammit.

Got trace memory, game about a girl who thinks her rents are dead and solves a boy ghosts murder mystery.
Got Castlevania Order of Eccelsia, good game.
got some styluses for my ds cause I manage t misplace mine a lot.
finally got a case for my zune. I know right?
Got an ipod case.
Got a soy bean figure (japanese plush toy) pretty cute really.
And I got a backpack cause my old one fell apart.

And I only spent $150 to get all this. then again everything was on clearance. I am master saver.

Mameshiba (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4s86fz4XI)?

Yeah. But I got Mocha bean.

Also ended up getting SRW K for $21 used. Not a bad deal.

So I just got some good things.
Seeing as Microsoft is dropping the zune, and I love my zune, I decided to get a $6 lego looking mp3 player. If it breaks it won't matter as much. Keeping my zune at home so it won't break hopefully.
Got an R4i card for about $20 a few weeks ago. Homebrew is free and legal, and seeing as I have to game on a budget that's a good thing.

My mom gave me Dead Rising chop till you drop. I cleaned the house without slacking off for a whole week straight. So she was like "here's the zombie game you really wanted". I love the katana.

Hi everybody, how's it... Yeah, I did appear to fall off the earth for a time there... It all started with a visit from my inlaws, and then Summer kicked in gear.
Hope everyone else survived doomsday May 21st. Wait...the last reply was on May 19th... Hmmmm... ???

Yeah, I haven't really spent much on fun stuff either. I got more kit-bashing supplies: non-drying clay & dual-syringe epoxy - with some oil paint from my parents' house (that is, when they're home & not busy), I can start on one project. I also got the Clone Wars animated movie from a used book store. (I think it's special edition, too. Oooo. Nice...) I used some gift cards to get discounts on both TRON movies. Me and the Mrs. also burned some M & M's movie cash, and minimal real cash on Hangover 2. If I can scrape a few brain cells back together, I'll post a comment in the movie thread.

So the hangover is that brain numbing is it?

So I FINALLY GOT A 3DS! Woot. I saved up for 3 months and found one used on ebay. The person selling said it was used, but is was brand new in box and everything, and it had free accessories. I is so happy.

*Is waiting for June 28th to get SMT DS Overclocked*

It is good to see some signs of life on this forum.  When I saw the latest entries I was afraid it had been hacked and was about to go the way of SBO.

The Hangover Pt.2 was pretty ridiculous. I've never heard of getting a DS overclocked.

Last purchase... Pizza Now & 2L of Mtn Dew. I think my last interesting purchase was a 160 GB WD External Hard Drive.

Lol. You can overclock your DS, but I'm talking about a game. Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor Overclocked. It's a remake with more to the story, more music, some 3d effects and more monsters to tame.

Yeah, Hangover Pt.2 overdid it a little. I went to see the new X-Men movie this weekend, and got a large Mountain Dew so I wouldn't be coughing during the whole movie. I was feeling a little under the weather last week...

Nice find, Yuko! I'm still playing around with the same 2D DS, when I can. I suppose if you could tweak the MHz, or up the volts on the CPU/GPU a little, it could be overclocked. However, even with PC's you need access to those motherboard parameters (whether they're advertised or secret options).

I used to have a 9600XT-based graphics card with "overdrive". I had to flash update the ROM to enable it, because the factory flash didn't have it (though the ATi factory boards did). In overdrive, coupled with a 1.2 AMD Thunderbird, 512K 133MHz SDRAM, and a 7200 Seagate ATA/100, Doom III was very playable (cinematics were low FPS though).

The X-Men ticket is my most interesting purchase so far this month, since my only other purchases are deodorant, bathroom sink washers (there are several in my toolbox, but no "0" flat ones), and lunch at Jerome Bettis Grille 36 (named after the TV announcer and former Pittsburgh Steeler). Yeah, the external Hard Drives are pretty reasonable now, so I might get one, too.

We also got some free stuff this weekend, from supporters of the Walk for Autism, and my wife got a free T-shirt, since she reached the minimum donation goal.

I bought the LoL box thingy...not for the disk, but for the code that came with all the stuff.

A game makes much more sense. I've never overclocked myself. Always seemed like too much trouble and risk for a little gain.


Free stuff is always good. Even better when you get it for a good cause.

It was a real challenge to create a PC configuration that kept CPU/memory/components running above the posted specs., but still within engineering tolerances (which were sometimes encoded, or sometimes unpublished). However, overclocking provided huge performance gains for some people, and I think they liked the challenge. Yeah, I remember my one tech-savy friend attaching a small kitchen-cooling type fan (and air filtering material!) over a large self-cut side-hole in his case, to get more speed from his K6/2. I think he went from like 500Mhz to 600Mhz, which was pretty good for the mid 90's - the early years of overclocking.

However, I never thought of overclocking my 1200/266 Thunderbird in 2001, because that was already pretty fast (faster than the 1200/200's, and fast enough to run Doom III w/a 9600XT, which recommended using 1.5 Pentium 4). I mean, I still had inlet & exhaust fans, and a nice CPU cooler fan (w/"Arctic Silver" paste), but that was just to run a cool system. Before my 9600XT, case temp was room temperature. With my 9600XT, it was 77-80 degrees. I only had standard SDRAM, too. I do remember the ABIT motherboard having overclock parameters, though (it was a nice board).

Overclocking was usually a safe venture as long as you respected engineering tolerances. Believe it or not, the 9600XT overdrive mode was actually manufacturer- and ATi-approved overclocking, due to sensors on the card automatically controlling the overclock. The card would "throttle" the GPU at whatever speed would keep the temperature sensors happy.


Except for the T-shirt, the rest was food this time. Not many company booths at the walk this year, but those there were very generous, and the turnout for the event was huge. My wife and I were really proud of our city.

$8 runescape membership card. 30 days of killing everything.

I was given a shirt. It seems a nice shirt.

I can understand why others would want to overclock, just not something I'd do myself. Component manufacturers do seem a lot more open to overclockers. When I was shopping for a new mobo, many of the high end models seemed to boast a number of oc-centric features.

Bought a new keyboard, and a couple compact discs, the other day from Amazon. The keyboard was a bit expensive, but it should be nice having the Control and Escapes keys in the correct location.


Does it cover your shame? 'Cause I think that's all a shirt has to do to be functional.

^lol.

I'm hopefully going to have enough chore money from doing chores for my grandparents to buy OOT 3ds this weekend. My grandpa said he'd give me $30 by the end of the week if I work for more then 1 hour every day till Friday. I worked for 1hr 30min today.

usually my grandpa does everything around the house, but he had surgery last week and can't do much without being in lots of pain. So I have a money making opportunity, and I'm taking it.

LoL=better. It's free. Yay free Dota.

^Awesome Yuko! Have fun! I mean...with runescape...

^It's still nice to help out your grandparents, too. I mean, I know grandparents don't need reasons to give gifts, but this money will have more meaning, since you earned it making them happy, and keeping their house nice. OOT 3DS looks really cool!


I hate the "economized" ones, too. The ones with the "Insert" block of keys misplaced are no fun at all.


To cover shame? Nah, I think you need a good pair of cheap sunglasses for that... A nice shirt is still nice, though...

I got a replacement laptop power adapter (1st one only lasted 3 years), discounted tickets to the movie Bridemaids for my wife and I, two hot dogs (for my dinner), popcorn (for her), and a big Sprite (to split). Why get dinner at the theater for me? Because after Bridesmaids, I walked across the hall to use my free Green Lantern pass, and barely got admitted. Free, and 3-D, too! My wife was happy too, since we drove down separately, and she, not being a fan, could still go home. Now, it looks like my desktop is rebelling against it's inexpensive power supply - I guess I'll order this next...

haha, lol. I'm going to buy a 90 day rs card in a week. you get 5 extra days and a free weapon for buying one from gamestop. My grandma surprised me today. She told me I remind her of her father, whom myself, my mom and grandma look like. I also have his eyes and humor. I never knew him, he died before my mother graduated high school, so at least a decade before I was born. That took me by surprise, seeing as I never knew him. My grandma also said she wished she could just give me the money, but times are tough. I looked at her and said if she just gave it to me that would make me spoiled, and if I earned it it would mean more. Plus I'm not some spoiled brat, I expect to have to work for my money, not get it for nothing.

I got Kill Zone Liberation for free from the welcome back playstation program. it's fun.

Honestly, I'd never given much thought to keyboards or keyboard layouts before. I've been using Linux enough that the Esc and Ctrl keys are actually useful, and it makes a world of difference having them closer to the original locations. This store (http://www.geekstuff4u.com/accessories/desktop/happy-hacking-keyboard-lite-2.html) has some good pics of the layout.


I guess you've got a point. I've never been one for sunglasses though. Probably has something to do with needing prescription glasses.

Gas (Too expensive! :o), and a Father's Day card.

I got Legend of Zelda yesterday when it came out, also got the free soundtrack they offered. I got a $5 pokemon plushie too, so I'm happy.

Duke Nukem Forever.

Only after several keystrokes can you really see the strengths/weaknesses of the keyboards. For example, my wife's PC is name brand, and has the "Insert" key block issue I mentioned before. Mine is a wired (i.e. old - 2001) Logitech Internet Navigator, which has good tactile feel, but somewhat bad angle, and half-height F-keys and Esc. However, it has lots of fun buttons.

That layout reminds me of the The Ultimate LAN Rig (http://www.bjorn3d.com/articles/The_Ultimate_LAN_Rig/30.html) article. This PC was was at one of our LAN parties.
I think we had 13 PC's connected via router/switch combo, playing Q3 and MoH (except for one name-brand one, with same NIC as mine, that would not network - never did solve that one...). Good times.


Prescription glasses? Well no wonder... Glasses=cool (Abel Nightroad-Trinity Blood, Vash the Stampede-Trigun, Jin-Samurai Champloo, Kamina-Gurren Lagann, Archibald Witwicky-Transformers, James T. Kirk-Star Trek, Hank McCoy - X-Men, Max Sterling-Robotech, Ben Franklin, Weird Al-well,he used to at least, Donnie Iris-still does, and several others). So, there's basically no shame for you to hide...

I needed buy a new coffee maker...

That's actually pretty awesome, especially for 2002. I've never had much use for media keys, and even my last keyboard didn't have anything like that, but I will agree that keyboard angle is incredibly important. Not having a Caps Lock indicator can be occasionally frustrating, and I do miss the numpad occasionally; thought I had one somewhere, but I guess not.

Just bought some books for summer classes, and a new pair of earbuds.

Do you have a microwave.

If so you already have one, at a certain point...the caffeine has to get into your system (they've proven it is chemically addictive) and that thing can do it rapidly.

Caffeine Pills. Mountain Dew. Also answers, less wait time.

Do the caffeine pills taste of Chocolate?
Books, because 1/2 priced books is fun. Also the first season of Inuyasha. Childhood was calling me.

I don't take the time to taste them.
Sushi. Well..I will be buying some...here in about two hours

Sorry, I rarely mistype anything, let me fix that...



I've saved/microwave-reheated leftover coffee in urgent situations. But mostly, I like my lock-and-load self-grind coffee makers. Makes my strong morning coffee, or half-caff for myself or guests (although I've been going back to full-octane lately). That's on top of the 1-2 additional teas that I drink at work/home/somewhere.

My usual restaurant weapon of choice is the flavored ice teas, but I'll buy a fountain Coke/Pepsi/Dew every now and again. No pills please. I'm no Jetson... :) I want my kick to have a little flavor. I once got caramel/truffle-flavored beans for my dad, when he gave up candy for Lent. Little did I know he wasn't a flavored-coffee fan. So, he gave it back to me, and I drank it. Yum yum, even if the flavoring is sticky (probably added syrup), and cleanup kinda sucks... Kona and Sumatra are good, too. I once went to Kona, during my honeymoon.


Half-price books are awesome. I got great closeout games/music from them, too.

We went to the Pittsburgh Pirate-Boston Red Sox games on Friday (friend bought tickets) and Saturday (we found 2 reasonably-priced seats). Nice seeing the Pirates win for a change. Usually, that's not the case, but it's been a good year. Unfortunately, the Red Sox won on Sunday... Maybe if we had gone again...nah...that's too much money, especially with us getting dinner there both times.

I went on the next movie "field trip" Tuesday night (IHOP/Transformers: Dark of the Moon). Pot roast melt + broccoli cheddar soup + raspberry tea + big bots battling in IMAX 3D = good times... The cheaper 2D IMAX would have been OK...had it not sold out...  >:( I bought a couple "souvenirs", too (miniature Ironhide and Powerglide), and also got a free one from my sister/brother-in-law (a Burger King Optimus Prime head, with flip-out body, that speaks). Apparently my childhood was calling, too, and it sounded like Optimus Prime...  ;D

Because it's yard sale day in my town that means I got knives. A cane sword and a pocket knife. Cane sword was $10 and has full tang. and the pocket knife looks just like my old one that broke, red and black with a silver blade.

New mouse (Logitech m705). The buttons and scroll wheel on my old mouse were getting a bit unresponsive, so I figured it was time for an upgrade.

That reminds me, I need to clean off the orb of my logitech mouse.

Hopefully my next purchase is a laptop. My old one can't keep up and there are some nice ones on sale right now. That and I'll need that laptop for school come fall.

"Orb"? You mean a mouse ball? I remember having to clean those all the time, except for the ones they glued shut at school. I didn't realize people still used those...

I don't think I could go back to a laptop, I like my tower too much. But netbooks are so damn small.

The orb of my mouse is one of the logitech ones that you move the ball, not the whole mouse. And it has two side buttons.

Might get an itunes gift card to bu the freaking games and songs I want.

Oh, you mean a trackball? That's a little more understandable.

Yeah. And I got an ipod giftcard. So I'm getting a some games and music, gonna get Anberlin music.

So yeah yesterday I only had $5 and managed to do all of this;

Get 2 items of the dollar menu at McD's.
get a book ($.25), Issac Asimov Foundation book 5
and get a ps1 game from good will. It's called D and was supposed to be one of the scariest games back in the day.

Nice finds, Yuko! So I guess you now have your sword now? A while ago, I got a nice CASE pocket knife from their factory in Bradford, PA (chrome w/white handle). It's similar to the knife that my dad gave to me long ago, which has since been misplaced.


I think Logitech had the one where you could replace the orb with a marble-patterned orb, or an 8-ball. I still have a Logitech ball mouse, because it has 4 buttons, and the new mice are too small for my hands. Very uncomfortable...

In mid-July, my wife got an airline discount, so we went to Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL (she also found a ticket discount there). Apparently, there's a Yeungling brewery across the street from the Hyatt Place Tampa/Busch Gardens, and a Pepsi bottler there, too. We went on the free Yeungling tour, and each got two free samples of beer.

Last Thursday, we went to our first Steelers game in Heinz Field (pre-season, but still fun). My wife got an awesome discount on 2 tickets. High up, but not "nose bleed", and a good view of the field.

Darn Hasbro, bled some money out of me again... What do you expect, though, when they release Ironhide and Powerglide in "desktop mascot" size?

I also needed propane for the grill. Grilled bacon is awesome...when it doesn't burst into flames...

gah. I have a life, it's just drowning in school work I swear.

Gots myself food, cause I needed it.
Also Shin Megami tensei DS:Overclocked. Voice acting is kinda ok. Atsuro and a few others do not sound right to me. He's Japanese and should kinda sound like a japanese teenage boy.

Yeah thats always fun (or opposite of fun, whatever)

So yesterday was the county get together thing, so i got myself some knives.

3 knives, 1 letter opener and a dog collar to be exact. the collar was for my dog, who outgrew his old one.

People have been changing their names...one of which was Gaddes...the other...I haven't figured out yet...

Smirnoff Ice. I know, with all the booze I have, and I'm still buying Smirnoff Ice...

Those things are pretty wacky yeah

Last thing I bought was a Dos Equis when I went out to eat a few days ago.

I just like the ads for that

Runescape has a tribute to that guy.

I got portal for free from steam. It's free till the 20th, so if you've ever wanted portal go get it.

So I got a few things. All of them deal with Magic The Gathering.

2 400 card lots from ebay. only paid $30 for 800 cards and a lot of the cards I got are some I've been looking for.
Also played in the prerelease for the innistrad set. I got 6 packs of cards and a promo. I didn't win, but I got some really rare cards and 2 promo cards. And it was fun. $25, but worth it, as I got 3 cards worth over $30 each. And a $20 card.

So yeah. I gave my mom $21, which was all I allotted myself from my paycheck fro fun, and she paid the $4 for the rest of the turny fee. So I owe my mom $4.

I second that. I like the ads. I too have enjoyed a Dos Equis with some good Tex Mex cuisine...

More fixes for my rampant plastic mini robot habit...
-Generations Wheeljack...because... hey, he's Wheeljack. Brilliant mind coupled with mad scientist sensibility, housed in a robot body, and speaking with a New York or New Jersey accent... Plus...he comes with wrenches. Yeah, really... I'm going to see if I can find a Dollar Store "GIJoe weapons" pack, so I can give him twin samurai swords, like in Transformers: Prime. Either that, or have him swap his wrenches with Snake Eye's swords. Hey...Snake Eyes wielding wrenches...Maybe Paramount should get on board with this - even if it's for only one scene?

-Hasbro, trying to clear shelves for "TF: Prime" figures, has issued $5 off coupons on $5+ movie toys. So I grabbed some coupons for me, my brother-in-law, and another friend who's a TF fan. Then, I got a mini Sentinel Prime ($8-$5=$3), because Leonard Nimoy did an awesome job with him, and my BoL showed his thanks by helping me snag the new Laserbeak ($10-$5=$5).

Finally, my first kitbashing experience! I picked up some Testors "sublime green", and a tube of "dioxazine purple" oil paint (which can be used to color epoxy). The mold made of nonhardening polymer clay... The parts to mold - my knockoff G1 Devastators fists & forearms - parts my BoL has not yet acquired. It took forever to get a 50% impression in the clay. Mixed the purple paint and Loctite quick set epoxy on aluminum foil and spooned it in. It looks promising... A silicon mold would allow me to cast an entire part, but each half would take 24 hours to harden, and my time is often very limited. When I pour the other half, I'll place the hardened half on top, so they fuse. ~$3 paint (40% off $~7) + ~$3 epoxy + ~$3 modelling clay = ~$10 Transformer parts, cheaper than eBay...  ;D We'll see... I also got a couple small bricks of "oven bake" polymer clay...

Yep, food for me, too, since one cannot live on toys alone... Buffalo Wild Wings, Bucca di Beppo, Denny's, local places (with coupons, of course)... Some supermarket food, too, because I'm trying to save a little money...

I gots a laptop, as I needed it for school. And 2 dice sets on ebay. They are koplow sets, so like cheap chessex sets. I had ebay bucks after I got my laptop, which in turned paid for the dice sets. I no longer have to borrow peeps dice when I play magic. It's useful to have then as point counters.

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Just came out today, though technically I preordered it last year in October...

Why do they let people preorder things so far ahead. At least it wasn't like duke nukem though. You only had to wait a year.

I got taco bell. My mom didn't go grocery shopping and I needed food. So yeah.

Finally picked up Gungrave on Blu-ray. Waited until it dropped in price and managed to score it for 31 bucks.

A package of hostess cupcakes.

A big o doujin. Something about deadpan android. It looked funny and was 30% off, so I figured why not.

Also got my friend a mini dice set, which was on sale at the game store.

New messenger bag. The one I bought way back in 2004 finally developed a hole, so I bought a black canvas Rothco bag (along with a purse-sized ammo bag, because I obviously can't read measurements).

Hoping to get a used video game today.

And what I have to buy next is my car back from the mechanics. Transmission, timing chain and power sterring column all went at once, so it's getting repaired, and will be done monday.

Wow, no posts lately? Let me see, I got KO Aerialbots about a month or two ago, and KO Defensor about mid-spring.

Mostly, it's been groceries and gas for me. Gosh, considering what it costs to fill a 12-gallon tank for my four-cylinder small car, I'm kind of glad I'm not filling the 18-gallon tank of my larger Grand Prix coupe anymore, with the V-6 having about twice the displacement. Well, sort of...the Grand Prix was a fun car...

Oh well, there were some fun purchases here and there. We dined out a little for lunch and dinner. We had fun at the church carnival, and bought some great food there. I entered a few fun local raffles. I bought a nice pre-release concert shirt at a nearby mall. I will also have some more fun expenditures coming up. I'm just trying to save more in between the fun and important purchases.

Maybe I'll get another comic book? The comic book store at the mall just took over the store space of a closed Express store - enough to have sizable Magic the Gathering tournaments in back, and several mini-statues and busts (that used to occupy a glass case) up on shelves like some kind of comic book museum...or library.

^Maybe everyone is on vacation?

I got food, and paid a doctors bill. Doctors are really freakin expensive. Especially if you don't have insurance.

There went all my money.