TheChrisD - Rant Central

Pre-Xmas

I try my best not to come across as a Christmas humbug, but there are some aspects of this holiday that annoy me.

Carollers really annoy me. Most of them are tone-deaf and can’t sing, plus they get the songs into my head, which means I end up humming them all day! I’d much rather hum Guitar Hero stuff which was knocked into my head thanks to Games Soc. That and I’m not shelling out any cash at the door. My cash stays in my account as much as possible. I’m not one of those guys who always gets a load of cash out of the ATM every time. I get what I need and keep a little bit spare.

On the gaming side, there’s both good and bad things. The good thing is that I get to spend more time gaming late at night, since 2 floors are a better insulator of sound that whatever the walls in college are made of. Plus, I can “borrow” consoles I don’t have to play games I do have for them, i.e. Aoife’s DS to play my Diamond. It’s only temporary until the shops get more in stock! Of course, the major bad thing about being at home for Christmas from a gaming perspective - is no 360

Yup, no 360 gaming here (at least until I convince her otherwise), since someone thinks it’s a bad influence on Aoife. Obviously she hasn’t read all the articles on Xbox.com about how a 360 can be a family console.

And yes, I did buy Diamond - along with other presents, so was able to pass it off as a present whilst at the checkout
So far, I haven’t had too much playing time on it, but I already have half my team caught. The other half either can’t be caught until after I beat Gardenia, or need a lot more work to get! With any luck, soon I’ll have my full team caught and trained up to a respectable level - although I will need to hack the wireless router here to be able to do Wi-Fi battles…

Anyway, there’s still 4-ish days to go till the big day. Long shot would be an M1730 - although a surprise DS would be nice though