So what did I do with almost 2 weeks of time for myself?

1) Play video games
2) Play video games
3) Play video games
4) Snowboard
5) Play video games

With sore thumbs, little sleep, and a 20,000 gamerscore, I’d say it was the perfect break I needed.

I shopped around and found Newegg to be the cheapest.  Haven’t heard anything about when it’s going to arrive but I’m super stoked.

It’s my dream baby: Samsung LN52A650

Last year, Ann talked me out of making tons of food for Thanksgiving so it was tame and all we had were some cornish hens.  She didn’t get so lucky this year and I got to make what I wanted.  Behold!

Thanksgiving at the Ko house!

On the menu…

• Herb roasted turkey, brined for 14 hours
• Butternut squash soup drizzled with Tarragon oil
• Boston lettuce and pear salad with a celery seed dressing
• Spicy green bean and kale tossed with lemon juice and parmesan
• Heavy mashed potatoes
• Yams baked with butter and brown sugar
• Vegetable medley
• Corn-on-the-cob
• Cranberry sauce from a can
• Dinner rolls
• Cream cheese pumpkin pie
• (Not pictured) Home-made baked macaroni and cheese mixed with broken shards of glass

I was pretty bummed about the mac n’ cheese.  It was the first time I made it from scratch but I never got to taste it.  I was cooking up a storm but I ran out of serving plates and counter space.  So I left it on our stove in the meantime.  I started working on the green bean dish and turned on the wrong burner.  As I was draining the potatoes, I hear a REALLY LOUD pop.  I look back and I see the dish I baked the macaroni and cheese in had shattered.  Glass was everywhere, I ended up stepping on a shard and cutting my face and hand.

Ann came home a few minutes later and saw my mess and asked if she could still eat some of the mac and cheese off the top.  I just gave her a look as my answer.  All-in-all it was still a wonderful thanksgiving.  First time my turkey came out pretty moist, I won’t dread eating leftovers for the next year.

After I ordered our food and waited around the counter, a boy, around 13-years old, comes to the register and says:

Boy: “I need a new sandwich”
Girl-at-register: “Oh? What’s wrong with it?”
Boy: “The ketchup isn’t under the cheese”

He was dead serious.  I thought I was obsessive-compulsive but this guy takes it to a whole new level.  She obliged and went to tell the line assemblers about the boy’s request.

Congratulations kid, you’re going to grow up to be a serial killer.

Candy for breakfast, lunch & dinner - Candy until your stomach aches all over.  I love Halloween!

So Peter is a trooper.  He KNOWS how much I love Halloween & he took Lego & I to a huge pumpkin farm to pick our own pumpkins!

So much fun!  I can’t wait to carve them & make yummy pumpkin pie  =D

Not only that, I got to visit Rowan again at the Longmont Humane Society.  If you didn’t know it already, Rowan is a dog I used to work with a lot at The Dog Spot.  Recently, her family had to give her up to the humane society due to baby issues.  =(  Doesn’t make her a bad girl, she’s just very sensitive to her surroundings.  I love this girl to death & I’ve been visiting & checking up on her at the LHS.  It just warms my heart to see them taking such good care of her.  I hope she finds the perfect family for her…she deserves the best.  <3

Btw, that icon of me…what is that?  Totally doesn’t look like me…does it?  o_O

Now I smell homemade meatballs made from beef, turkey & bacon…so hungry…I gotta go eat.  BYE!

I think Barack did great.  He was good and defending his position and he was not afraid to admit where McCain and him share similar beliefs.  He had some awkward moments but he was very inspiring to listen to.

Then there was McCain…  He REALLY gave off the “cranky old guy” vibe.  Not once did he ever look at Obama during the debate to address him.  He got visibly shaken up and irritated at his debating partner.  He never admitted to saying Obama was right about anything even though his answer was clearly of the same message.  Not to mention he said “horseshit” twice during the debate which I think is pretty unacceptable.  Thanks to Jake for pointing it out.

McCain was obviously trying to drive home the fact he has more experience by just throwing out every possible name he could think of for every argument but he had no substance to his arguments.

I was surprised to see Time awarded him a B- even though they rated him at a B-, C-, C+, B- for all their categories.  I think they’re just going easy on him.

I’m voting for Obama all the way.  Everyone I hear say they want to vote McCain usually have money as the sole reason behind that decision.  They say, “Obama will raise taxes” and “Businesses are going to have to pay more”.

Obama is raising taxes for the RICH.  The people that make huge salaries that can afford to pay more.  Does it make sense for a CEO and a secretary to get taxed the same amount?  I sure don’t think so.  If I was in a CEO position, I’d gladly pay more taxes.  People are struggling to make ends meet and the well-to-do refuse to give up one of their 10 cars so the less fortunate can eat and clothe their children?  That’s stupid and that’s why the economy is broken.

Money should not be a determining factor on our future.  Ever.

Guess I kind of went off on a tangent there but that’s what I believe.

Unfortunately, no stores were doing midnight releases so I had to go to my only 24-hour option, Wal-Mart.  I walk into the Wal-Mart on Sheridan around 12:05am and ask one of the stock girls if I could grab a copy of Rock Band 2.

She tells me that lots of people have been asking about it that day and her manager told her it doesn’t come out until October.  Now, no offense, but video game nerds KNOW their release dates.  I asked her one more time if she was sure and she nodded.  A group of fellow nerds heard the conversation and walked over to correct her as well.  She gave into the presssure and said she’d have someone check in the back.

About 5 minutes pass and whoever she had called to go look came to her and said they don’t have it.  WTF?  One of the nerds calls up another Wal-Mart close by and they said they have about 5 copies left.  We all rush over there and sure enough, I was able to get my copy.  The guy that helped us even said “Ya, they probably didn’t even bother looking, I’m sure they have it”.

Aside, from the helpful guy at Wal-Mart, the vast majority of them just don’t really care.  I wish if they had a specialized department, they’d have some competent staff working there.  I understand it was the late night stockers but they could at least check the computers or something instead of just blowing people off.

Ranting aside, Rock Band 2 rocks my socks.

Maybe I’ll buy a dumb state like Delaware and make it into an amusement park.  That’s after I invest the jackpot into the stock market and become of a trillion-air of course.

Everyone’s gotta start somewhere.

It’s a mustard-based bbq sauce and it’s delicious.  I would go as far as to say it’s my favorite one right now.