I've come to some conclusions about the internet.
I missed my webcomics. I rely on them for a grin every day, and I feel like I missed a lot.
I did not miss GameFAQs. I got to try to play my new games without cheats.
I missed GameSpot. I need game news, reviews, the whole whiz-shebang.
I did not miss AIM. It was like someone forcing me to go clean for a week, and it was so wonderful. In this period of my life, the people who I most want to talk to are never on. So I'm glad that I didn't log on.
I missed SFD. I don't know why.
I did not miss the NCP forums. Grah.
I missed Kazaa.
I did not miss my tagboard, but it shut up this week, so I guess it's okay.
I missed my diary. So many things I've just wanted to just tap out, let go, and I couldn't.
So the internet is a mixed blessing once you lose it for a week. I feel like my return has to be triumphant, for some reason. But I guess I'm glad I lost it.
In any case.
Where'd I leave off? The twentieth. I posted the lyrics to the sweater song as my Autumn. The last day of school. It's been a full week, huh. Well, on 21 and 22, I got together with Deana and Rust. I'm glad we did.
Twenty-three. My aunt flew in the night before, mostly, and my parents went off to work. I played Civ3 that day, I believe.
The twenty-fourth was the beginning of the holiday season. I screwed around all morning on the computer and relatives arrived. Overall, a good evening.
Anecdote of the night: We were all playing 'Loaded Questions', a game where everyone answers a question like what's your favorite color and someone has to guess who said what. One question - what group of people do you sympathize with the most? The mentally retarded, the homeless... and the running joke of the evening, White People.
Also, my uncle opened a toilet paper supply company. There were a lot of jokes about taking care of business and putting up with crap.
Tally for that night - some iron puzzly thingy, and a gift card.
So I slept like shit that evening. It totally blew. Waking up, distracted by conversations downstairs... Grah.
So the next day. Stuff day. Two days after 'toy day', according to Animal Crossing (which, while losing internet, I played extensively). I ended up with...
And some other things. Nothing else of importance, or, that I can remember.
Meanwhile, my brother ended up with 2 'Cube Games and several 'Cube accessories (The games were StarFox Adventures and Tony Hawk 4, the latter from me), 2 DVDs, and nothing else I can remember offhand.
We did get a DVD player for our room. Very cool. It plays my MP3 CDs. It's not hooked up yet, because we don't have enough AV slots.
Went to church, surprisingly empty. Maybe everyone went to 9:00 mass, thinking 12:00 would be packed.
So then about 2 hours of screwing around with new crap and we headed to my Aunt's house. Not much happened there, but I came out with Songs about Jane and Because I Know you Don't Read the Newspaper (Maroon5 and The Boondocks, respectively). Came home, fell asleep. That was the 25th.
The 26th was largely playing Andrew's Cube games, followed by Deana's party (Turned out well, I presume) and Over The Tavern. This was an incredible play. Wow. I really enjoyed it. It was really, really incredible. Moving, even.
Anyhow, that day moved quickly. Today has been more Cubing and a brief (2-3 hours) visit from Deana.
I've had up and down spells, but I'll spare you from this.
Know this - it's been a good break so far, and it could more than likely get better (New years, shyeah.). But don't quote me on that.
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