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Posts tagged SOCOM
Quick update
Nov 17th
Today I’m waiting (fingers crossed and all) for a call back on a new job. It’s still part-time, but with better hours, no back-breaking (literally) lifting, and it’s a manager training position (they call it 3rd Key/Super Associate). So yeah, waiting to see if I get this job sucks, naturally, but I think this would be perfect for me. I have the Bachelor’s Degree in Business, and I have experience (my last year and a half was basically geared towards starting and running businesses), I just don’t have retail experience, which for some unknown reason people feel is necessary..
Anyway, the great thing about possibly getting this job, aside from the management training, is I could very-well likely be home around 10PM at night instead of 12:15 in the morning 9shortly after midnight). It’ll be nice to still meet up with friends for a couple hours after work, and staying up until 4 or 5AM (like this morning) watching How I Met Your Mother…while fun, will thankfully be reigned in to 1-2AM 
Speaking about staying up late watching How I Met Your Mother, great show. AMAZING show! Just as funny as Psych (January can’t come quick enough), but funny for completely different reasons. We finished up season 4 this morning at about 4 and watched the first episode of season 5, the current season. With the episodes only 22 minutes long (half hour airtime), we were able to fit A LOT more episodes in compared to the 43 minute long Psych (1 hour airtime). So somehow we breezed through the first 4 seasons of HIMYM in roughly a week and a half 
Yeah, awesome.
Last but not least, I’m sure everyone has heard about Modern Warfare 2 by now and it’s huge launch. I grabbed the Hardened Edition for the PS3 (ebay’d the CoD Classic code for about $17.50 after fees). $75 shipped (release day shipping) from Amazon.com, plus the $20 gift card promotion they were offering…so $75 – 20 = $55 – $17.50 = $37.50 shipped. Not bad for the Hardened Edition (steelbook case). Overall, fun game, a bit frustrating early on but if you get with a decent group of guys and gals, it can be fun. The invite system is a joke but hopefully that will be fixed soon. So glad I don’t have to play SOCOM: Confrontation anymore…speaking of which, if anyone wants my copy, $10 shipped.
Will post pictures…eventually
Oct 1st
I said I’d have pictures up “soon” but I’ve honestly been having so much fun with my PS3 Slim that I never get around to taking the pictures, etc. I’ll try to work on that this weekend. I beat Uncharted: Drakes Fortune last week. Fun game, though the waves of enemies was frustrating at times. Overall, 8.9/10. Great game. I’ve been playing Burnout Paradise too, just got my ‘Burnout’ license yesterday actually. I believe I’m 1 trophy away from getting the Platinum trophy, unfortunately, I need the EyeToy or 360 Vision Camera to get the mugshot trophy…will have to wait to get that. Fun game though.
I just traded in some games at GameStop last week. I have $115.xx in store credit thanks to their 4/$20 trade-in deal. Hoping they have a Buy 2, Get 1 free sale soon. I’m eying inFAMOUS, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and a 3rd game that I’m not sure about yet. Perhaps Demon’s Souls, or Batman: Arkham Asylum, or Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. Who knows. Looking forward to getting some new games though.
Here’s hoping I get a callback soon for a job I applied for. Really getting tired of working at The Home Depot. So many lazy employees, so many wasted or pointless markdowns, it’s insane the store turns a profit. But whatevs 
Proud new owner of a PS3 Slim
Sep 2nd
Finally, after almost three years of waiting, I am finally the owner of a PS3 Slim. Err…well, I will be. I just got the tracking # from Sears and UPS has yet to update the site. But I should have it no later than Tuesday. I’ve been itching to play SOCOM: Confrontation for a couple weeks now, as well as Burnout Paradise so these next few days are going to take forever. Thankfully I got the SOCOM bundle which included a Bluetooth headset so I’ll charge that a day before the PS3 arrives. My HDMI cable arrived today so I believe I’m all set. The only thing left is to decide where to put the PS3 when it gets here Best of all, after 2 $50 Sears gift cards and $24 in Bing.com cashback, the total cost after tax and shipping is $205.02, AWESOME! 
I also got an e-mail last night from Centercode that I’ll be getting the Logitech MK700 in the mail soon. I tested this a few months back and really enjoyed it. Aside form some minor issues in aesthetics, a good product overall. So far this week has started off quite well. I should hear back about a job soon too, so really, just a lot of good things happening for once, it’s nice.