Bloggings of an Uncommon Mind

So guys, my parents surprised me coming home from college for winter break today with, of all things, an Xbox 360! I was actually planning on buying one for myself for Christmas but it just seems like they'd have none of that. I don't have any games for it, and I haven't figured out Xbox Live BUT it's just the first day, and I have more than enough money saved up to get all the games myself.

Anyway, I'm just really excited to jump in there and see what I've been missing, being a Ninty-fag all my life. :L I'll be sending gamertags and stuff to you all, we have got to play together, haha!

BTW, for future reference, don't be surprised if I suck: Give me time to get used to it! XD

UPDATE: I am Xbox Live enabled people, so send me those gamertags! Mine is "Xynical".
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Oh yes, it's that most wonderful time of the year! Christmas*, where you give/get presents, visit relatives and eat and sing and be happy and merry and joyful.

Or do you?

Well, to be honest, I got all my Christmas shopping done on Black Friday. I figured it'd be painful, but quick. Fortunately, I was not trampled by the impending mob, nor was I a part of said mob. It was quite an experience, really, going shopping actually level-headed on Black Friday. While the people around me were pushing and shoving each other to save $3 on T-shirts, I strategically calculated my opportunities of attack, so to speak and was in and out of each store in a matter of minutes. Customer and cashier alike were friendly on the outside, but you could tell that the mad rush was getting to them and the customers wanted to get to the next store as fast as possible and the cashiers wanted the customers to go away e
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OK, so apparently these have been around for a while now and I was only now alerted to their presence via a good friend of mine. My question to all of you is: WHY DO ALL OF YOU NOT TELL SHADOW ANYTHING? ;-; I don't like being left in the dark.

OK, current bitching status is normal, I promise. Maybe I'll be using this to get any personal rants out of the way. Maybe not. Most likely the former.
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