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Adventure

Got a TV

My Samsung LNT4061F 40″ LCD HDTV just arrived Monday night. I ordered it through Amazon, they had a really good deal. Been looking for a TV for a bit and I really like the Samsung LCD’s so I figured now was the time to actually buy it.

Was tracking the delivery all day online on Monday and they finally arrived a little past 5:30 when I got off from work. So that worked out really well, had it set up in time to watch Heroes on it. I’m very much impressed with the picture. It’s a very, very bright screen. Might actually have to turn that down a little bit. Still need to upgrade the cable boxes so I can get a HD channels. Wii games look great on it using component cables, Super Mario Galaxy is very impressive. Thus far a very good purchase, can’t wait to get the HD channels.

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Video Games

Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure

Zack and WikiWith my ankle pretty much shot still, I’ve found myself playing Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure a lot and finally beat it. It was a great game, one of the most original games I’ve played on the Wii. Old PC style adventure game that’s really makes use of the Wii’s unique controller.

The cartooney cel shaded graphics were great. I really liked the art style. And the difficulty of the puzzles was impressive as well. Many of them took numerous attempts and required the use of several Oracle Dolls. The Sea Rabbits are the finest group of pirates, especially world class pilot Johnny Style. Wiki the flying golden monkey who transforms into a bell (it makes sense if you play it) is one of the most loyal and noble sidekicks.

If you own a Wii, I highly recommend this game.

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Adventure

Ouch, really bad ankle sprain

Sprained my ankle really bad last night. For reasons I’m still not sure of I decided to sprint to CVS to buy AA batteries, despite Scott telling me to just walk there with him. The running was fine, until damn Cedar Hollow turned into a street of cobblestones. That’s when I turned it and immediatley knew that something bad had happened. Kinda ironic I sprained an ankle running to CVS.

Scott was in that state of laughing but knowing that something funny really didn’t just happen, like when and old lady slips on ice and breaks a hip. I immediatley had to lay down on someone’s lawn when my new swollen ankle would no longer support any weight. I then managed to hop to Jared’s drop on the floor remove my shoe and see a slightly larger than tennis ball size swelling develop on my ankle. We got ice on it as soon as possible (I still think you guys were too slow on that, damn you all to hell).

Then continued to ice it for the rest of the night that I would spend as the odd man out in Wii Sports. Those bastards enjoyed playing my Nintendo while all I could do was sit there and ice. Later that night Dustin and Jared were kind enough to assist me to my car (luckily it is my left ankle not my right, so I can still drive). Then when I got home, managed to get inside and wrap it up as best I could. Upon waking this morning the swelling has really gone up as expected (whee!), and I can’t put any weight on it still. Not too much fun right now, though it was kinda funny as I couldn’t stop cracking up most of the time just thinking about how stupid the whole situation was.