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Most of what I had was based on Star Wars Episode I ... so get ready for your heart attack, grandpa, this has been going on for some time. 

No, I know what you mean. Rather than instruction-driven sets like what I had, I think kids learning to play with their imagination is better. I'm a little biased because my cousin, who has a double Master's in MIT and works on secret government crap, played with them as a kid, and I've always heard his interest in engineering was somehow tied to it. 

Me, I was reading reviews for movies in the papers at three, so I was always quite advanced when it came to English ... would have liked someone to tell me print media and not talking like a fifth grader would die with the internet. At least I'm decently tech-savvy.

 I liked K'Nex a lot as a kid though. I was ... different.

Honestly, 7 looks a lot like XP to me, so either one. I kind of resent their need to change it. 

Thanks for the info, it's a great help!

Hey, when my laptop comes in, I might just be able to check it out. And I know what you mean about losing purpose, although I am pretty sure women have the same kind of drive. Even if you're a house-wife, which is a dwindling profession, you'd have a purpose. I know so because of how much I desperately want to be a house-husband that mooches off a hot, rich, European lady in exchange for consistent sexual favors. 

But yeah, I'm getting a Master's in in small part so that I don't feel worthless living in my parents' house and not working, so I can understand where you're coming from.

Yeah, I got $200 off my laptop for painting the house, which is still technically unfinished, but I helped my mom out with plenty of other stuff too. Sanding, then dusting, then painting. Oy. The painting is actually the easiest part to me, just takes a while. 

That's a lot of anime. lol 

And maybe you can help Blake and his professor with his Wordpress blog. lol 

The whole course is WHAT?! So what the hell am I doing? Being stupid, that's what. But I did figure out a budget already, and I need to be doing something, may as well be getting a Master's in my field at my alma mater (one of the cheaper universities). 

Your adventures are more exciting than mine. lol 

Nah, I know. "It's who ya know, not what ya know" has been drilled in my head since a young age. And trust me, I have used that at all my jobs leading up to now, plus hard work (there's a reason my resume has several promotions on it). But I will take the job and the Master's program for now. Anything beats spending my days on Craigslist at my parents' house.

Usually I'm the one to point out how childish certain financial expectations of gamers can be, but you seem to be making sense. 

The argument I'm used to is the childish "art should be free for everyone ... even if said art cost billions of dollars and man hours to produce," but your argument is more like "you are actually losing money by having your customers react negatively to how hard you are fucking them." 

The second quote makes sense to me.

Yeah, don't. Playing that version is what made me suspicious, because you seemed to actually enjoy this version, and I thought you had lost your mind a bit, because I couldn't get past a stupid bush in the NES version. lol

I actually have very few games to beat. That one just ... that last dungeon is so much worse than the Water Temple in OoT ever was. I honestly never understood why the Water Temple was soooo hated, but this. Eff this.

I actually wound up having to see that by myself. Ron Perlman's character was the best part for me. Really fun movie. 

Anyway, Cary, I think I might do my own blog on movies I saw. My opinions are pretty similar to yours, but not completely, obviously. And yeah, there was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which was goofy, over-the-top, and had bad CGI Wolvie claws. The Wolverine is much more serious in tone (though also a bit goofy in terms of goings-on), shot in beautiful Japan, and has much better effects for his claws. I like 'em both for different reasons.