I have so much to talk about and so little expected attention span from you.  Ok, where to start! 

I play a lot of Rainbow Six: Vegas.  You can probably tell that by looking at our schedule on the site. We’re competing in a lot of R6V tournaments for MLG, so it makes sense that I play it ALL THE TIME.  But, on the side, I have a guilty little addiction.  I need something to get my mind off Rainbow so I don’t get burned out.  In my spare time, I set my XBL profile to “Offline” and slip in my Ninety-Nine Nights disc. 

Now, if you’ve played this game, you don’t need me to tell you how bad it is.  It’s bad… but kind of pretty… and a little bit addictive.  Addictive in the same way that data entry is addictive.  I did data entry-type work for a while, and it sucked me in.  When I have a goal in mind, I feel like I can’t stop until I reach it.  Same thing with Ninety-Nine Nights (N3) and getting all the achievement points. 

I’ll give you a quick tutorial on N3… move around with the left thumb stick and mash X until your thumb bleeds, scabs over, re-opens, scabs over again, and finally all you are playing with is bone.  I’m a little ashamed of myself for playing it so much, but I can’t stop until I have all 1000 points.  Curses!  N3 made me realize that 4 out of the first 5 letters of “Achievement” are “Ache”.  To get the last 500 points, I have to get all my characters to level 9, replay the entire game, get an A rank on every level, and unlock a secret map.  That’s 3 achievements which equal 500 points, which equals roughly 75 hours of play time.  Insane, right?!  If you’ve gotten all 1000 achievement points on this game, I have a weird kind of respect for you.  And when I get finally get them, man, am I going to hold ‘em high – like a friggin’ flag.

I don’t usually like to show off (except to my mom and dad because they make me feel like I’m the best, most attractive, smartest person in the world), but I’ll make an exception for you.  We recently got sponsored by Seagate, which means they give us cool hard drives sometimes.  LIKE THIS LIMITED EDITION FRAG DOLLS PORTABLE USB DRIVE!!!!!!!

Isn’t it beautiful??!!!  It spins and the USB connection unravels from a super secret hiding spot. AND! It holds 6GB of stuff.  I drooled a little just now.  Ok, so it’s not really a Frag Dolls brand USB drive… it’s actually pink for breast cancer, but it’ll always be Frag Dolls brand to me.

Random thought: I had a dream last night that a friend of mine came over and drank my energy drink out of the refrigerator.  I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I reached in the fridge for the orange juice and saw it happy and unopened in the door.  This is no regular can of energy drink, I might add.  It’s a can of PRIMA PUNCH: Super Strategy Supplement. 

It even has directions on how to enjoy it. “DIRECTIONS: 1. Open can 2. Drink contents 3. PWN And in little bitty tiny letters up the side it bears the Warning: “Prolonged use will limit your ability to play sports, get a tan, and meet members of the opposite sex.” Finally! A drink for us nerds! 

Speaking of nerds, do you know how I know I’ve been playing too much video games recently?  I was having cuddle time with my basset hound today, and I stared into his left eye for a full two minutes.  I felt overwhelmed by the details of the hair on his head, and by the clear reflection in the depth of his eyeball.  The thoughts in my head were actually something like, “Wow, these graphics are amazing…” Graphics!  I said that!  Well, I thought it, but still…. 

Anyway, I drank that energy drink before I sat down to write this blog and I’m feeling a lot of energy inside of me…. a lot of energy that I’m going to use to go play Ninety-Nine Nights, right now.