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So, in April I stole my dad’s acoustic guitar, and started teaching myself how to play it. I could pick out the opening of around seven or eight songs, but I couldn’t get any farther than that. Recently I have been thinking about investing in an electric guitar, because I’ve read so much about them a) being easier to play than acoustic guitars and b) if you want to play rock music, get a rock guitar… aka an electric.

So I was going to get one, as Mike recommended me this website (Musician’s Friend – it’s pretty sweet) and they have a starter package that I really want. It’s $100, and ships free. Unfortunately, I can’t get a black/white one, have to get sunburst because black/white isn’t available until July 17 and I want mine sooner than that. With that, I am also getting a $10 stand for my guitar, because I’ve read that you will be more motivated to play if the guitar is just sitting there plugged in and ready to go, as well as an adapter to plug normal headphones into it. I was very close to buying it last night, but I want my mom to split it with me. I can afford it and still have a good amount of money left, however, I really wanted her to split the external HD I got, and she didn’t, so I was hoping she might help me start off my new hobby. But she is iffy on it, so I’m not sure. So it’s not ordered yet, which sucks, hopefully I can convince her into getting it by Monday, cause I think it might make it here by Friday then.

I really want to learn to play.

In other news, Oblivion still hasn’t arrived. The seller said it was reshipped on Wednesday, so it should be here by Monday, I hope. RAWR.

I’m outtie.

Not much to update on. I got a bunch of new furniture for my room today, which is cool. I got a night table (well two, but one is acting as a small dresser), a headboard with storage space, a big dresser, and a hutch to put on the dresser. It looks nice, and my room looks more like a room now!

I also stole my parents’ old DVD player and put it in my room, and had the power cord, but then I lost it again, stupid Kait. I want to find the remote, too. But yeah, my room is finally starting to look good.

I really have nothing to talk about. My life is boring. I still haven’t received Oblivion *fume*. I’ve been playing a lot of Sega Tennis though… I love that game. It’s just like Mario Tennis, but with Sega characters. Love. It.

I’m bored of typing now. K bye!

So I went to the Taylor Swift concert last night, and it was wonderful. Gloriana and Kellie Pickler opened for her. Before the concert, I got to go to the vibe room, which is basically for radio people and what not, there’s a TV, couches, food, etc to hang out, then Taylor came in and spend time with us. I got another picture with her, and this was my second time meeting her which was cool. She always gives great big hugs, before, during, and after the picture. And is so sweet. As usual. It was fun though. She had an Xbox Elite on her traveling media thing! As well as a Foosball table of her own. It was pretty sick.

Sexy, I know. But the concert was great, and enjoyable. We had really good seats… left of the stage (not floor), about 5 rows up. It was great.

Hanging out with Mike tonight, yay for food, and fifa, and what not. Also, one of my summer classes that isn’t supposed to start until July 6th, I can now take every test/quiz in it except for the final. So I basically can start now, which is nice.

I don’t have much to write about… still getting millions of friend requests and messages on Xbox Live which is annoying… but a few people have been cool, and I’m talking with 2 people right now about starting a clan which could be awesome! But yes, anyway, that’s it. Sweet, dude.

So yes, I have an undying love for Ronaldo stashed somewhere in my heart, and he is now on his way to Madrid to play for the Galacticos. When I read it, I think my jaw dropped, and it actually did bring tears to my eyes, since well, he is my boy. 2 Manchester United jerseys with his name on the back, which are my two favorite jerseys because they are longsleeved.. will I look silly wearing those now?

At least it’s Real… I guess. They are my favorite Spanish team, and have many players who also have small minute places in my heart (RVN, Robben, now Kaka)… it still saddens me though. I was hoping he might be the next player like Giggsy to spend all his time (besides the Sporting Libson days) at one club. He was loved, and is still loved by me… but it hurts, Cristi, it hurts!

In other news, yesterday, while playing Unreal Tournament 3 on my 360, I started getting some random friend requests… I was a little confused at first, until I remembered about submitting my nomination for being in the Gamer Spotlight on Xbox.com. Well, here it is: Trixie Interviews kroberts11. It’s rather hilarious, as I have gotten over 100 friend requests, and over 400 messages now. I had originally added everyone who added me, until I realized there is a cap on friends. So I went though today, and only kept people I thought were cool/played FIFA. I am still getting more, and as yesterday was my first day on the Gamer Spotlight, I still have until next Wednesday to be displayed… great. It’s pretty cool though… being famous for a week is fun!

Oblivion still hasn’t arrived, unfortunately for me . Xbox Live Arcade/Sega Superstars got here today, though. I haven’t played too much, just a 5min game of Pacman, which was fun. I realized today, while reading the Oblivion listing, that it comes with some sort of Game book too. I don’t know if the seller meant a guide or what, but that’ll be sweet if I get that as well. Hoping it gets here tomorrow.

Annnd, I have to go blow $100 today at Best Buy… I need a portable hard drive before my computer dies, as it only has around 2gb of space left. So I am going today, as there is a deal on a lot of them. 400gb Western Digital sexy black for $100. Yay Best Buy, and I get Reward Zone points for it, lucky me.

I am not spending any more money, ahhh!

That’s about it. I get to see my best friend tomorrow… Taylor Swift, haha. Awesome. The show is soldout so that’s pretty cool, since I get free tickets and what not *brag*. Lucky me. Well, that’s all.

I haven’t posted in a while… because I’ve not had much to talk about. Boring life I lead.

Yesterday Noah and I hung out. We went to Applebee’s which was delicious, then headed out to the mall. Walked all three floors of that, and walked out empty handed. Which sucks, because we went to the pet store, and I found 3 miniature schnauzers, 2 ferrets, and a few bunnies that I wanted.

Then we went and picked up a few things that I had wanted from Craigslist ads. The first one was fine, because I met the guy at a Walmart, and he came with his wife, and they were adorable. But the other guy, we had to drive to this sketch… apartment like housing unit thing… with this sketch ass dude, to pick up the stuff. It was sketch sketch sketch. But it’s over now… lesson learned: always meet at a public place.

I’m just watching Remember the Titans now… waiting for a few more games to arrive. I received Unreal Tournament 3, as well as the 3 empty cases I ordered. Just waiting on Oblivion/Sega Tennis Superstars/Xbox Live Arcade.

So, there are two things I really want. But I don’t want to spend anymore money. But I think at the end of the summer I’m going to buy either a 60 or 120 gb HD, just to have, because I am a nerd. Mine is half full, and slowly decreasing, which scares me. Especially since games are starting to come out again around school starting.

Something I need, basically tomorrow, is a portable harddrive. I have been keeping a watch on my memory on my computer, because, like an idiot, when I customized it I didn’t even THINK of upgrading my hd. So I have literally around 3gb left on my fricking hard drive, which sucks because I know new music will never stop coming out, I want to download some games, but I have no space! I am hoping I can somehow convince my mom to get me one, so I don’t have to pay for it… but I’m not sure how possible that is.

Oh yeah, I lied, I can’t count. Three things actually. Half of it is my dad’s, but I need to place an order on my cart on MonoPrice.com, which includes 2 HDMI cables for me, one for him, and 2 VGA cables, one for each of us. But it’s like $30. Which I don’t feel like spending. BLAH!

Oh, and just to complain some more, because I can, my back is wrecked. I’m not sure if I slept funny, or sat funny, or what, but ever since last night it’s been really hurting… blah. Oh well. Hopefully it’s just a kink and stops hurting soon.

I’m tired.

So I almost hated Nintendo today. Until around 10 minutes ago, Joystiq posted a blog about the new Zelda being announced at a developers meeting. YAY! That makes me happy.. can’t wait til 2010.

Other than that, Nintendo in a nutshell: New Super Mario Bros Wii = good, Super Mario Galaxy 2 = alright, I never finished the first one though. Those are basically the only things I really cared about. Everything else was.. meh.

Sony, MAG is cool, FF13, MGS for the PSP. The new PSP is cool but I won’t get one, mine works fine. FF14 was a cool surprise.  And of course, their motion controller, because everyone has to have one.

I don’t really have much to say, because I didn’t do much today… haha rhymes. I’m downloading a bunch of demos on my PS3 so I have something to do on it. Those being: inFAMOUS, MGS4, Killzone 2, Resistance: Fall of Man, and rock Band Unplugged for PSP. I also bought some games on eBay the other day, those being: Sega Superstars Tennis, Oblivion, Xbox Live Arcade Compilation, and Unreal Tournament III. Should be good times. I also decided I think I’m gonna start playing GoW since I never really have. Yay.

Sweet, dude.

Ho-lee crap. Microsoft. Wow. So many things coming out in the future omg omg omg. CODMW2 looks AMAZING. That Tony Hawk thing is pretty cool. Facebook and Twitter on Xbox = LOVE. Project Natal+Milo, WOW. METAL GEAR SOLID, WOW!

It is so crazy that so many Sony exclusives are going to the 360… the best ones, no less. A little scary for Sony fans, no? I will still purchase FF13 for PS3 because I’m weird/loyal like that. I’m planning on getting the whole MGS series as well, so I will probably keep that to PS3 as well. But dang. Sony better be beast tomorrow at their press conference! Can’t wait to seeee it! If Nintendo doesn’t announce a new Zelda, I will cry myself to sleep tomorrow night.

In other news, I had a terrible morning. Dad came in at 8:20ish to tell me that the DirecTV guy would be here to install our satelite, so I should probably move all my crap out of the way in my room. So I got up, did that, and got back into bed. When I realized, the guy is probably going to be in my room, right? So I moved to the guest room where we don’t put a DirecTV receiver. Well, 2 seconds later, my dad comes in, flips the light switch on and looks for something *facepalm*. Then, he has to put Sadie somewhere, so he locks her in the master bathroom… the master bedroom is right next to the guest room. So all I hear is Sadie whining, crying, yiping, barking, being annoying. Needless to say, I woke up at 8:40 today.

After I got up, I was quickly recruited to help with the last load from the old house… as I was last night as well. But, we are officially out! Thank goodness, I was so sick of going back there. Now all we have to do is unpack, and we’re done. And now there is satelite, so yay for TV!

I get to see Mike this week, yay. Food, and soccer, and FIFA, and food, and music, and Mike!

And hopefully I get paid this week, too.

Sweet, dude.

Last night was pretty hard to watch. Ardrey Kell Women’s soccer played their hearts out, and played some amazing soccer against Leesville. I couldn’t believe it myself, but they lost in PKs. I hate that. It felt like I had lost again. We played so well. It’s so tough to see people I care about in such bad shape. I held around 10ish crying bodies last night. It just breaks my heart. They deserved it so much. Not saying Leesville didn’t, but man, my Knights deserved it so much. It sucks that they couldn’t pull it out. I saw a lot of amazing people that I care about last night… it was really fantastic. It also put into perspective again how much I actually miss AK and those people. I miss my team, I miss Jeff, I miss Ms. Lynch. Next year I need to make it to more games… but people who started out as freshman with me, will be seniors this year. And people who started out as freshman  my senior year will be juniors this year. I’ve only got so much more time to watch them play. Which I need to do. I saw Bucky last night too, which was awesome. I miss that guy a lot.

I’m probably just going to work on the games room and my room today. I hope I don’t have to go help bring anything else over from the new house. I don’t want to go back there anymore. I just want to stay here and start living again. E3 starts tomorrow! I can’t wait to watch it! I love love love watching the game company presentations, and yes I am a nerd.

Not much else to write about… sweet, dude.

So, the truck came yesterday, and got most of everything. They couldn’t fit everything, if you could believe it, so my mom had to go re-rent the cargo van, to get left over boxes, Cooper’s mansion, the old kitchen table, etc. But other than that, we have everything in here. Last night I got my TV Stand for the other room built, and it is sick. I’ve hooked up 6 consoles I think, so far, which makes me happy. I can’t wait to play again, I haven’t in a few days, since I brought everything over here on Wednesday.

But yeah, the house is coming along great, which is good, and the toughest part is over. My room is very green, like super green. I have green curtains up, and because of those, the light shines through them and turns the whole room green. I woke up this morning, and in my sleepy stupor I thought my walls were actually painted green. I have to get a TV stand for my room, because I can’t have the old entertainment center in here. There is not enough room because of how the doors are on my walls, so I would’ve had to be right up against the TV with my bed… ew. The only thing left besides that, is to get my desk up here. And unpack, of course.

Tonight, Ardrey Kell (my high school) is returning to the 4A State Championship Game against the same opponent as last year, Leesville Road. We lost last year 3-0, so hopefully they can pull something out this year. I haven’t talked to him since I asked, but Jeff is trying to get me credentials so I can go be on the bench with the team, but it probably won’t happen. Either way, I’m heading out to NC State for the evening, and seeing a lot of great people… which will definitely make me a happier person, at least for three hours.

Pictures of the house will come sometime… as soon as there aren’t boxes everywhere. Sweet, dude.

So, it’s 11:26pm (my birthday, ha), and I have to be up in 6 and a half hours. But I am happy to report that in just under 10 hours, I will finally be into a new house. The truck comes at 8am, I will probably already be at the new house by then, waiting for them to bring my bed so I can go back to sleep. Over the past week, I have been helping my mom take loads of boxes and what not in a cargo van over to the new place (around 20 minutes from here, in what is actually considered Greensboro). I got in a fight with a lot of bugs today. We have this little under the house area, where I just spend an afternoon in March (on my SB, no less) moving everything from the garage around back into this little room. Well, we had to pull it all out today, to load it into the van and move it over to the house. Unfortunately, everything was covered in creepy crawlies of every flavor. I saved some slugs (because they were cute, and harmless) off of an old TV Table, and put them on a plant so they could… slug around some more. However, on every single other item that was under the house, there were these… little weird bugs. Running around everywhere. It was disgusting, and didn’t really run with me. Not only that, but I guess (according to my mom, I had already gone inside after dealing with one too many critters) there were two spiders in a box. Big ones. Yuck.

So, I can’t wait to get back to the house, and finally get everything organized in my room and the bonus room. There is a new stand for my TV in the bonus room hidden somewhere in the garage, that I cannot wait to get my hands on and build. I just want to be able to sit on my ass and play Xbox again, since there’s not too much else for me to do in Greensboro. My mom said she’s going to find things to pay me for, but I sort of doubt that… there’s really not a lot to do. I can’t cut the grass once a week because it’s my dad’s job, and it’s the only thing he will do to get off his ass. So I can’t take that away from him, or he will probably drop dead. Oh well.

In other news, Ardrey Kell beat Butler tonight 1-0 in soccer. That means they are returning to the State Championship on Saturday night! It’s a repeat of last year against Leesville, which should be interesting. I talked to Jeff, and he is trying to get me a pass in order to be in the bench area, which would be totally sick. I hope he can pull it off. But yeah, I will be up in Raleigh to see that on Saturday night, and I am definitely excited!

Well, I’m glad I finally have my blog up and running, again. This time, it will hopefully stay. Just trying to rebuild my website again, it’d be nice to have it up, rather than just a blue page that says GotKait. I’m also thinking about making a sig website… just with everything random (from games to teams to ???)… because I am bored, andI need something to do this summer.

K well, sweet, dude.