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 Well last week was a long one and everyday I just longed to run home to run around Liberty City. I sat at my desk at work and daydreamed about battling it out with the cops. Then Friday rolled around, end of week=happy Mellowdaddee because I know usually I can get some good gaming time over the weekend, but this weekend would be different.

 So I arrived home Friday and said the usually hello to my beautiful girlfriend, used the facilities, and sat down for my usual viewing of Dr. Phil. Yes I watch Dr. Phil don't ask me why, I guess I just feel better knowing that there are people out there with more f-uped lives than mine. I guess its a form of therapy.

 So anyway back to the story. I get home Friday and do my usual routine. I sit down on the sofa and settle in for some time with the Dr. To my horror as I start watching my program I notice there is something wrong with my TV. The color is all wrong and I notice that a blue color is popping out, but only in the bottom half of the TV. I think to myself, "what the heck is going on"? I go over to the TV and start messing with the color convergence to try remedy the situation. Nothing works and the blue is actually cocked in some parts of the set and is just plain unadjustable in others."FREAKIN GREAT" I say as my heart hits my shoes. I know projection TVs don't last forever but I wasn't expecting this one to expire this soon. Mainly I blame a previous roommate for the sets demise mainly because he would leave it on in the living room while he slept on the sofa all night. So now I have a giant piece of crap in my living room and I am faced with a major problem. As any of you know I'm classed into that Hardcore Gamer category and it is imperative that I have the equipment to do it on.

 Saturday I take a trip down to the local Circuit City and sign my life away on the dotted line. My new set arrives Monday and I am stoked. Granted I have a 37" LCD in the bedroom, but I feel the need to be on my comfy sofa in my living room. You have to be comfortable when gaming: ever gamer knows that.

 And the fun didn't stop there this weekend. I decided Saturday that I needed to get my quick fix of GTA IV so I hooked up my other Xbox 360 in the bedroom and proceeded to play while laying on the bed. I start up GTA and it tells me I need to sign in on what I'm assuming is Xbox Live. So I get up drag the old Ethernet Cord from my router and plug it in the back. Unfortunately I had to move my 360 a few feet to the left so the cord would reach. And this is where it all went wrong. When I adjusted the consoles location on the bedroom floor I must have tilted it, and it was running with my new copy of GTA inside. I heard the 360 make a whirling sound as my disk smashed around in the tray, I could feel the tears starting to form as I ejected the disk to find numerous gashes in it. After trying unsuccessfully clean the disk a couple times my 360 informed my that the game was destroyed.

 So here I am down one TV and a brand new copy of GTA. I'm really trying not to have a nervous breakdown over this but it is kind of hard when you loose two of your best friends in the same weekend. I guess it just sucks to be me. I hope you all had a better weekend than I did.......PeAcE

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