I’m Back

And in more ways than one. Yesterday night I came back from spending the day in Kelowna. I was planning on updating last night but I was so physically exhausted that I just couldn’t do it. All in all it was a good day although it did start off with me once again reopening the wound on my finger. Hopefully that will be the last time.

I really needed to just get away from things this week especially when I will be doing 4 shifts this Sat. I remember I did so many of those days last summer. This is first and most likely last time I’ll have to do a day like that but who knows. Things can change and usually do.

As for my day. One of the main reasons was to head to Spencer’s Gifts and hopefully get my hands on Neca’s Cult Classic series 4 figures for Dawn of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead. Unfortunately they didn’t have them. That’s okay b/c my oldest bro is looking out for them in Edmonton. I’m also planning on making a trip sometime out there in Sept so I can get them then. It was also the first time in memory that I didn’t buy anything at the store.

The second biggest reason was to go Seadooing and Parasailing. Although we never did get the chance to go parasailing. The summer aint over yet and I’m heading back there before it is. For an hour it cost $65 plus the cost of gas. Ryan and I first went Seadooing last year around the end of summer. The day we had planned to go that year was really overcast and windy. It was really cold when we were getting splashed with water. The water itself was surprising warm but once it mixed with the wind and the speed at which we were going to was freezing. My jet ski then shot water straight up out the back so when we would stop too talk I would then dart off spraying him. I did it so many times. This time my jet ski didn’t have that function but his did. Thus I had to come up with new ways to spray water at him. Last time I was fairly cautious while driving b/c I didn’t want to cause myself to fly into the water. This time I was way wilder. The best part was tying and succeeding at doing 180’s at high speeds. Every time I would do it I caused huge waves and for a few of them Ryan was right in the way. Ryan tried to do the same thing a few times but wasn’t able to do it. The funniest part came in one attempt were he flung himself off the jet ski. One second he’s on the ski and then there was a splash of water and no rider. He said that as he flew in the air he was still in the rider position. I felt like jumping off myself but I paid for riding and didn’t want to waste my time in the water. While doing the 180’s you have to hang on real tight or else I would have ended up in the drink like my buddy and today my body is feeling it. My arms are still quite sore and my neck hurts a bit. One of the turns I made so fast I gave myself whiplash. When we were done we had the contest of who had the most fun. That is judge by how much gas we used. Last time he beat me by two bucks. This time I kicked his ass by 8 bucks.

Another important part of my Kelowna trips are games of 10 pin. I only played two games this time instead of my usually three. First game I got a 142. Considering I haven’t played in over 7 months it was a decent first game. Game two I got a score of 172, which is a lot better.

This trip I made a very important decision to come back to the world of gaming. Ever since the demise of the N64 I haven’t been too much into the world of games. When it came time to go with a Gamecube, xbox, or PS2 I decided to take a break and concentrate on school and spending time with my g/f. I thought that I would never really get back into it but one game has changed my mind: Dead Rising. That and I no longer have school, or a g/f to devote time too. I think seeing the TV trailer for the game was a huge decider. Then I had to consult my gamer friend to know if I should invest in a 360. I really don’t want to get a system that sucks since Microsoft in my opinion is not a tested gamer system unlike Nintendo or Playstation. His opinion persuaded me, that and this game is only on the Xbox.

I was just going to get the basic core system but then I find out that if I want to save or have backward compatibility I needed the 20 GB hard drive that comes with the more expensive version. Upon further investigation if you want to save you could also get the memory unit instead of the more expensive hard drive. I can’t wait to rub that fact into my friends face b/c he insists that the only way to save is to have the hard drive. I was planning on buying the system today but where I was going to get it didn’t have any available. So I going to have to wait to for there new order to come in. I could buy it somewhere else but then I wouldn’t get the 15% discount or the cheaper price match that I found.

I think my younger brother is even more psyched about me getting it than I am. While I was gone he looked into the game availability in town. He found out that EB games sold out in 5 hours of the day of the release. He also was told that Canada only got 2000 copies and EB got half of them. The only place in town that he found that had some copies were Walmart where they were even cheaper. So I picked up my copy before they were sold out there too. Now I’m stuck with a game and no system to play it on.

This post is turning into a novel so I’ll make this last part short. When I got back into town we ended up going to see Pulse. It wasn’t going to cost me anything so why not eh? The only thing that the film had going for it was it’s apocalyptic nature, so that made me enjoy it a tiny bit. If it didn’t have the apocalyptic coolness going for it, it would have been a piece of shit. My friend wasn’t a fan of it and he says that most people coming out have been saying it’s garbage.

Well that’s my overly long update. Tonight (unless I get called into work) I going to a staff showing of Bon Cop, Bad Cop.

Here is an extended copy of the TV trailer that was a huge decider. Then there is this 20 minute long video with a bunch of footage.