Yesterday was my Mom’s birthday, so we made her favorite Christmas cake from scratch (chocolate cherry avalanche). But someone decided to start early… so with a giant chunk missing, it didn’t really resemble a cake once finished! *L* It was still yummy though, although very rich. We’ll probably be eating it all week.
My Dad is always finding new and inventive ways to injure himself and about a week ago he managed to break his nose. I was really worried, but luckily it turned out to be nothing serious. My Dad however decided that he wanted to see his doctors up at Stanford straight away to have his DBS checked, so he told me that he scheduled and paid for an appointment on the earliest date available… December 29th. When I pointed out that this meant I would be driving him home on New Year’s, he just said “oh”; as if it was an interesting little detail he had overlooked, but one which wasn’t worth ruining his digestion of cake over. My Mom just shot me one of her knowing looks, like “this is why we divorced!” *L* When my Dad went home, I sent him an e-mail explaining why I don’t feel comfortable driving on the holidays. This was his immediate reply:
“It is a bit more dangerous to be on the road between holidays than at other times, but California no longer has many drunk drivers. We rank 40th among the states in alcohol related traffic deaths. Only 19 states have fewer fatalities per 100,000 population. Weather & road conditions are a big factor, too. Our trip to Palo Alto will be mostly on freeways — where it’s safer to drive.”
He is just so predictable… and irrefutable… and completely missed my point! ArGh. D= So, I’m stuck driving.
Double the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, double the fun?
I decided to get the X360 version of MW2 at launch because all of my friends were boycotting the PC version. Activision removed support for a lot of things in MW2 that were present in WaW: No third party servers, no admin functions, no console commands, and no custom maps/mods. That was enough to turn me off from Multiplayer entirely, so I decided to get the X360 version solely for the sake of Single Player Campaign. But a week after MW2 launched, people started hacking the PC version to support things like third party servers, and all of my friends who had been “boycotting” the game began to purchase it on Steam. Now that I too have the PC version, I’m having a difficult time justifying the existence of my X360 version. *sigh*
One of my favorite Christmas movies to watch every year is
Hogfather, based on a book from the popular
Discworld series of comedic-fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. My favorite character from the books (who by no coincidence happens to be the main character of the movie) is Death; or as he calls himself, mankind’s “anthropomorphic personification” of death. The Death of Discworld has developed a fascination with humans over the years, even going so far as to adopt one of them as his own, and his observations ironically remind us of what being human really means. This is my second favorite scene from the movie, when Death explains to his granddaughter Susan the paradoxical nature and necessity of human Belief.
14 Responses to “Christmas Cake”
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I don’t care what anyone say…that cake looks like the most yummy thing I’ve seen all year! Oh how I want some! D:
And your Xbox version is justified because your mother wanted to see you play it and she did. =)
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That is true, she did enjoy watching me play through the Single Player. I also prefer playing the Single Player on my X360 because it is more intense to see on a larger screen. I just wish that the X360 version had Campaign Co-Op. IIRC, CoD4 or WaW had it, so why not MW2?
I really wish that Activision would add Admin functions because there is so much hacking in this game. Every now and then you’ll encounter someone who can shoot through any surface (stone/brick) and get headshots at 200+ yards with a regular pistol. Griefing is a problem too. I change my name to something generic like “Summers” when I play because I would get griefed if I used an alias that implied a girl was playing under it. I never use Voice Chat either. I was accustomed to doing that in other CoD games, but the lack of Admin function just makes it ridiculous in MW2.
The other day I was playing Deathmatch when a girl spoke and everyone started to grief her. I felt so mortified for her that I ended up being the one to leave! *L*
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Who was the “someone”? You? =P
It’s cold and foggy here; good old Brrritish winterrrrrrrs….
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Not me… my Dad. XD;;
I tried to cover it up with the icing, but it just looked too messy.
It is getting super foggy here too! We’re even getting frost in the morning. Much colder weather than we’re used to getting in Cali at winter.
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Na, there wasn’t a coop mode in MW2 just WaW. Supposedly IW said that trying to add coop would “ruin the cinematic experience.” Never really made any sense to me because if I wanted a cinematic experience I’d play the game alone instead of coop. Oh well, at least the SpecOps are “coopable.”
I’m sorry to hear about all the glitching on the PC version. So far the worst we’ve had on the XBox is the javalin glitch, but MS sent out the patch for that last night; kicked everyone offline and forced the update.
I’m especially sorry to hear that people are giving you grief for being a woman and playing CoD. I really don’t encounter that sort of thing on the XBox version. I’ve seen, or hear rather, plenty of women on XBox Live and people don’t seem to give them any grief. There are the occasions where you get the racist people though. If you ever feel like putting your XBox version to use let me know. Me and Dan and Donny always like playing with someone new especially someone that has the skill I’m sure you do. Even if you don’t that’s fine, and maybe my friends Stacey would want to play too, she hasn’t been on lately though…
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Awww I’m so sorry about your father’s injury! And I’m sorry you have to make that drive too, eek D:
The cake looks really good, by the way.
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Merry Christmas!!
I try to comment this blog from 25th December 2009 with his Blue Box.
“That” was interesting and next year, too.
Battle of Alfabet. (form… crappy joke…)
You know BBC and ABC.
BBC has “Dr. Who”.
ABC has “V”.
There are interesting programs and not. 
Is V popular or your favorite?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWTLxCK9Bk
Well.
If they are coming to Earth, I hope to meet E.T. like David Tennant. LOL
What’s cream on the Christmas cake?
It’s seemed sweet like white source. Milk of Velvet… :p
“Gadget-gadget!!”
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That cake looks good. It’s Eve today, so I wish you and your friends and family a Merry Christmas!
See you on the Battlefield (´・ω・｀)
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Did you see The End Of Time? What did you think to it?
BTW, how come the URL for this diary is different? Will this change be applies to the rest of the site?
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AOClaus
I’d love to play with you and your friends on XBL sometime! I don’t think I have very much skill in the console version though… just the opposite. XD I have such a hard time playing FPS on consoles.
Ethabella
My Dad finally re-scheduled it for me. =) So it all worked out!
I had to take him to a dentist appointment on Christmas Eve though. *L*
Sazan
Hey you!! Merry Christmas!! I still haven’t gotten to play L4D2 with you either!! =(
I have not seen V on recently. I think it may be on a break… or canceled?
I hope they start it again soon, because I liked V!
There is also a political undertone to V (Obama administration and “Obamacare” in the US).
I saw both Dr. Who specials. Waters of Mars was so scary! The Christmas Special for Dr. Who was amazing too. I haven’t been this excited since the first series finale. I hope they bring back Gallifrey!
The little robot in the Dr. Who Halloween Special was so cute. XD “Gadget gadget!”
The icing was homemade from sugar. =)
Danchou
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too!
Chris
I saw it!! I almost missed it until you mentioned it to me.
I really hope that they bring back Gallifrey and the Time Lords! As soon as I saw those funky hats I immediately knew “Gallifrey”! I want to see newer episodes with the Timelords and the Council affecting the Doctor; like the Fourth Doctor in the old days. I hope they consider bringing back Romana!
The URL change is only a personal change for my diary. It doesn’t relate to my other sites. Actually, I changed the URL of my diary to distance it from my other sites, since lately there are quite a few strangers finding this diary via my Steam page (who then get curious about the root directory). I still plan to keep my other domain active, so your hosting and FTP information will not change. =)
If you do want a change though, or an additional subdomain/shell/whatever at gappoi.org, let me know.
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Part two is on New Years Day, remember. 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332653/
^Later here tonight is the remake of The Day Of The Triffids – the only YouTube trailer is the BBC one, which of course can’t be viewed in the States. Oh well.
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Oooh, I’ve been sitting on my X360 copy of MW2 for awhile now. Did you enjoy the single player campaign? I should try it out. My friend said that the Spec Ops mode is pretty neat — we could duo it!
Good thing you got your drive rescheduled. I’ve never liked that drive, but at least it smells like garlic near the end. Sounds like you’ll be busy with your father, but if you have some free time and want to hang out, let me know.
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Chris
I can’t wait!!
I still haven’t seen the Dreamland cartoon. The BBC site says it “isn’t available in my area.” >:(
Andrew
“I’ve never liked that drive, but at least it smells like garlic near the end.”
Ahh the smells of Gilroy.
The only place in California where you’ll see roadside stands serving garlic ice-cream! LOL!
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