December 2006 Archives

This is kinda fun. Carrie's ended up getting much closer results than me. I suppose I just don't have the face of a celebrity.

So, I just thought I'd throw this out as some of my lucky friends may actually be getting a Wii for Christmas.

My Wii number is 2171-0366-2473-6175

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!

So, I just spent the last 20 minutes of my life looking at random stuff being blended up. Much cooler than one might imagine.

My personal favorite: a Blended iPod

Carrie's car wouldn't start after we got out of church, so we had to have it towed and they'll look at it tomorrow. I don't know what else can go wrong right now, but I'm not anxious to find out.

Well, I took my car in to have it looked at (after it sucked through a gallon of antifreeze in 24 hrs), and thankfully it was just a busted pipe. Total damage: $60. Now, that is not to say that all is well with my little car. Far from it. It does have a small leak in the radiator, which I've known about for a while, so as long as that doesn't get worse, this ugly car should last me a little while longer.

Hopefully I'll get some pictures up today of the damage the hit and run did. It ain't pretty.

In case you haven't heard about this wonderful Wii feature, allow me to inform you. One can download old games for the NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16. Looking to Wikipedia, I can see, though, that some of the games that I most want are available in Japan, but not the US. Curses. They are Super Mario Bros. (Old school, baby), and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (for the SNES).

Also on my wish list, with no word on when the might arrive:
RBI Baseball - Austin Jones and I wasted many hours on this game
Donky Kong Country - This one takes me back
Super Mario Bros 3 - One of the best, as seen on The Wizard
Contra - Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A, you know you know it.

C'mon Nintendo. How long could it take to get these games ready for download?

So, how well have things been going for Andy? Let's take a look.

I had to turn in a 7 page paper for Piano Lit on Wednesday, with a test today and another paper due Monday for my Theory class. So, I'm a bit busy, and it cut into my practicing and kinda hurt me for my last lesson of the semester. Nice.

Last night I was scheduled to accompany Carrie's elementary orchestra, which is fine, but the choir teacher begged me to also accompany her kids. Basically sight-reading. It wasn't tough, but it just wasn't a very good situation to be in. The result of my generosity, someone hits my car in the parking lot and takes off. I didn't witness this, of course, as Carrie and I were some of the last people to leave. So, I'm missing the driver's side of my bumper, and the blinker cover has been busted pretty well. Awesome.

Then this morning, my heater starts getting erratic. I check the radiator fluid, but it wasn't that low (I do have a leak, but the car is so old it isn't worth replacing the whole thing). So, hopefully, it isn't anything serious, but I'm not geting my hopes up.

I guess I better get back to studying.

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