A bit of our life, in words.

So we were out at Best Buy today; I needed a new thumb drive and razor (Best Buy has a great selection of Panasonic electric razors, Panasonics rock).

We also decided to pick up the third season of LOST and the Matrix Trilogy (only $14 on DVD for all 3 — $100 if you want all 3 on Blu-Ray).

We of course saw the Wii there and played it a bit, and the TONS of Rock Band sets. (Like 3 rows at Best Buy).

We asked if they had anymore in stock and they said no. Pam really thought one would be great… and if Pam actually wants a video game system then we’re going to get that video game system! So on our way home, we thought we’d stop by Circuit City at the mall just to see… and they happened to have ONE LEFT! I told them we’ll take it.

We went to Wal-Mart and got Mario Galaxy, which is ok (Pam is actually playing it!), but I’m gonna go see what else is out there. Pam’s really interested in the Wii Fitness.

Cool cool!

So I ordered a new gaming system last Friday from newegg.com. I’m pretty excited about it! For those interested, here’s the specs

• Intel Core2Duo Quad Core (Q9400) – 2.66Ghz – 45nm
• 8GB RAM
• GeForce 9800 GTX – 512MB RAM
• Lian-Li MicroATX Case

The computer isn’t even here yet (should be here tomorrow), and I just received an e-mailed “deals” ad from newegg, where the video card is already $10 cheaper, and a RAM option that’s $20 less (though may not be the better type of RAM).

Crazy though, how fast things move. Wouldn’t be too surprised if my computer is already out-dated by the time I start playing games on it.

Intel is set to announce their new iCore7 processor next month, with shipping starting early next year. It’s supposed to be the “next generation” in processors… making my “almost top of the line” processor I ordered Friday outdated in only a few months.

Definitely check out the case though, I like it a lot! I think I’ll only be buying Lian-Li cases from here on out. Their quality, elegant and clean design is great. You look on newegg for computer cases and wonder “what are they thinking?!”. Becoming a Mac user makes it really hard to go back to those computer cases. Dark, cheap, plastic and ugly machines.

I like watching the news… I like any news anywhere. I keep constant tabs on digg and reddit. I can read a lot of things that I don’t agree with and make it water on my back.

But this news report from our local Fox26 News got my blood a bit hot.

It hasn’t even been 3 weeks since Hurricane Ike. If you count from AFTER the hurricane passed, it’s only been a day or two over two weeks. Power all over Houston was down, and people from all over the U.S. and even Canada have been pulled down here to help restore everything. People are getting power back at record breaking speeds, and today only 0.5% of ALL of CenterPoints customers are still without power. People were told prior the the storm to be prepared to be without power for 2 – 3 weeks.

However, Congresswoman Jackson Lee thinks this is ridiculous. She thinks we need to make laws to FORCE power companies to be even MORE prepared for such an event. Her along with another male representative (I can’t remember who it was from the TV broadcast of this story) are going to “fight” for this outrage. The congresswoman and the other guy as well as all the people interviewed that are still without power are black and were hinting at the race card.

What really irks me is to see the amount of charity by all of Houston and the huge (remember, record breaking) resources used to restore everything to normalcy, especially by CenterPoint… and it STILL just isn’t good enough for someone. I can understand that it’s frustrating being without power for so long; but is no one understanding that they are working around the clock to get things working again… is there no sympathy and understanding on their part?

This is a growing and prevailing attitude in America… the “me, me, me… it’s all about me”… and “if it’s not about me I’ll sue you and somehow MAKE you make it about me”. Grr…