08.24.03
Parabenis
Happy Birthday to Luciana.
My beautiful wife has turned 26.
Took her to Benihanas. While its not Koi (in Sao Paulo) it was acceptable by her high sushi/sashimi standards.
08.22.03
Poor Gato
Poor Gato is in pain after his surgery. He was neutered and has his claws removed.
I feel really bad when I see him try to walk and it hurts him to put any weight on his paws.
Hopefully he will recover quickly and be back to following us around to whatever room we go to.
08.20.03
Download Music
There was a comercial on TV for buymusic.com
I haven’t ordered anything, but it looks like the “PC” answer to Apple’s iTunes.
Paying $1 for one song does seem to be like a good deal, instead of paying $15 for a CD and you only like 1-3 songs on the CD.
If anyone has used this, let me know how it went.
08.18.03
Anniversary
1 year.
It went amazingly fast.
Definately the best year of life.
I am very fortunate to have met and married Luciana Bordallo Misura.
08.14.03
Mame Video
Yes, someone made a video about video gaming in Mame.
http://www.powerstrike.net/Tehkan/mamejump.html
Our good friend Donkey Kong sings “Jump”.
Mame is “Multple Arcade Machine Emulation” which allows you to play classic arcade games.
08.13.03
New Car
Yeah! My new car finally arrived! Mazda Rx8, “Xmen 2 Blue”.
They had to get it from Ohio because I wanted blue and they only had black and gray here in Michigan. I’ll post pictures when I get a chance, work has been very busy this week.
I joked with my wife that it was just a very expensive garage door opener (has one built in) with a navigation system and 250 horses.
Its a little smaller on the inside than I’m used too, but it does have a back seat. The interior lights are red at night which I’m not super fond of, but it is pretty easy on the eyes. The number of cool features is just amazing.
08.12.03
Bye to the Vette
Today I had to say bye to my Corvette. My lease ran up today so I National City took it back. I had it for 3 years, though 6 months of that I was in Brazil.
It was a great car, so much power! The ride was a little bumpy and noisy but that expected from a sports car.
I put way under the miles I had available. It had around 29,000 on it, but I was allowed to drive 45,000. I was very tempted to keep it for that reason, but looking at kbb.com and ebay.com the car was not selling for a high price compared to what National City wanted for it.
I should be posting about getting my new car, but yet again there is a delay so I won’t have it until tomorrow. The cause: Paperwork! I can’t believe that this day in age we are held back by paper work!
08.11.03
Gato is not a cat
I can’t believe our cat does not like tuna! All cats like tuna!
I think our cat is not a cat. He’s more like a dog. He talks all the time, he follows us from room to room, he licks, sits and waits for us to return, and he doesn’t like tuna!
08.04.03
Retro Gaming
Wow, this site is cool: http://www.remakes.org/
Free games (for the PC) that people made based on “classic” games.
I love R-Type. An excellent remake is available, called G-Type. Plays well in a small window, a little choppy on my laptop when I make it full screen.
Just TONS of other things I haven’t had time to look at available on that site. Wow!
08.01.03
Gato Goes to the Vet
So, we named the cat Gato (until we think of a better name). I like “Ping” (Luciana thinks it sounds too asian). She likes “Geek”, I think it sounds too insulting (although we are both geeks).
I took Gato to the vet to get some shots, checked for fleas and treated for worms. He was VERY nervous because I think that he thought he was being returned. Previously someone had taken him home but found out the roommate was alergic so they brought the cat back to the shelter. So I bet he thought he was being returned again when I took him out of our house.
The treatment for the worms must have caused him to poop because he left a stinky one in his cat carrier that stuck to his butt and leg. I have some nice cuts on my hands from washing him, though he was rather calm considering how much cats normally hate being washed.