Ive been working (part time) and going to school. Which is actually allot of fun.
The court ordered visitations have been going very well. I see Liam every other weekend, which works perfect. His mom drops him off at 5pm and I return him Sunday at 5pm. every time I see him. he is a bit bigger, I am able to take him on kiddy rides, WHICH he enjoys. My kid rocks.
I saved up a while for a HDTV. I did about a month or so of research of what I wanted to get exactly. There are so many different options sizes, brands, LCD or PLASMA and the newly released type LED. Since I'm a gamer LCD would be the best way to go. Plasma was the first type of HDTV to come out and burns out faster. LED cost waaaay to much right now. Naturally I chose Best Buy and found a great selection. I was about to walk out with a 32 inch Samsung 1080p. Then I saw a 42 inch LG 1080p LCD for $100 dollars more. So with protection plan and tax etc. It came out cheaper than what I saved up for. To enjoy the full HD I had to purchase an HDMI cable. But they where $40+ at Best Buy. I called Game Stop and they had a used one for 20 bucks. So after everything was plugged. I fired up my Xbox 360 and I was blown away on how amazing it looked. I was able to enjoy Fallout 3 to it's full potential. Every game I play now looks beautiful. Not to mention that it comes with a built in digital converter, making my local channels look sexy. I watched Bones Tonight and I was blown away on how it looked. Sadly my cable channels are analog so it doesn't look that good. Maybe one day I will get digital cable.
Naturally since I got the HDTV, I was on the hunt for a Blue-Ray Player. The cheapest one I found was a $78 dollar one at walmart that was on clearance. It had been marked down a few times from $120. Then I said screw it I'll just get a PS3, since I can get the blue-ray player and be able to play games that I missed out on. I went to Fry's electronics, and got a bundle special they where offering for a good price. It was a Drake's Fortune Bundle 160gig model. When I brought it home and opened it up, I got more than what i was expecting 2 wireless controllers, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, and a voucher for a free game online. Plus Drakes Fortune which is a great game. Pirates 2 looked great when I popped it in and sounded great (With optical cable) I got band Of brothers on blue ray and WOW. Loved how it looked and sounded. I saw all ten episodes with my family out in the living room with the sound system over 5 days. I will buy my blu-ray's used unless its something awesome like Lord of the rings trilogy coming out soon! I got Call of Duty 4 and finally got Metal Gear Solid 4 for really cheap like $15 bucks used. I have to say that MGS4 has to be one of the best games ever made. It's really hard to put the controller down when playing. Also the PS3 up converts regular DVD's to 1080p to make it look sexy on your TV. But with all the Blue-Ray stuff that the PS3 can do, the system is no way near as good as the Xbox 360. Long story short, the other day me and some friends wanted to play a game on the PS3, we spent almost an hour trying to figure out how, only to find out we couldn't be in a party while playing Call of Duty 4. Now...Xbox 360's version of Call of duty 4 can, and with a push of a button we can have all our friends in a party. I will always be an Xbox fan boy.
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