It's Like Hands-Free Origami

I am now the rather amused owner of a PS3, thanks to my secret connections of secrecy allowing me to pick it up for less than 400 US dollars (5.7M Albanian). Sadly, this was on top of my weekly games purchase, so I ended up spending 600 dollars anyways, though I did get 8 cool games. Fine, 4 cool games. Ok, ok, 1 cool game and seven terrible ones that I will enjoy. Regardless, my joy was undeterred, thanks to the downloadable Dynasty Warriors: Gundam demo, which rocks (preemptive piss off to all you DW haters out there, no one said you had to like it). I took the plunge and found the water to be a comfortable 75 degrees Fahrenheit, with all sorts of little perks like a wireless flotation device and comprehensive backwards compatibility with my old pool, despite the missing rumble.

Metaphorical breakdown aside, I feel it is a good time to engage in the all-important thanking of those that came before, as Jamieson sagely advocates. A time to thank those who made today possible; a time to honor the ones that allow us to stand here today on the cutting edge of tomorrow. I'm referring, of course, to the former boyfriends of Jane, my ladyfriend, for setting such shockingly low standards for male behaviour. By comparison, spending 3/4 of my salary on video games instead of on rents or crushing debts? Not so bad. Almost positive, even. She greeted it with but a mere sigh and witty banter with our cashier, further cementing my relationship with the retail outlet of my choosing. Any doubts were quickly assuaged with Folding@Home, that commercially funded, SETI-knockoff protein experiment progam, banking on her weaknesses for biology and vibration. I must write those people a thank you letter, just before I sue them for the royalties owed me for that protein I folded last night. I mean, I'm in the 66 percentile of folders thanks to that one work unit, I deserve some rewards for my hard work.

Folding has this map of the world, showing who's folding. To the one dude in Swaziland: keep it real, brother. To my Chilean brothers: get folding, you lazy sacks of crap!

All in all, the current 60GB PS3 is a cool little unit. Well, big unit. All it needs now is a little Iron Savior, and I'm set for life. Well, until the 65nm chip 360 comes out. And I still need a Wii. And games for the PS3. Not that there really are any. But still, set for life.

:SñrC

"Mighty Savior, Giant made of Steel,
Let your hammer Pound on the Evil we'll Reveal!"