An Aussie geek stuck in Texas

I was feeling so left out with not being in on the whole Skype thing so I finally downloaded it and can now be reachable on Skype with the skype name of jaseone.

I haven’t had a chance to play it much yet as we had to unprepare everything after Hurricane Rita plus well I have two real live dogs so I can’t very well sit there and play with a virtual one instead can I? I must say though it is an ingenious [tag]video game[/tag], the voice recognition is great but I swear your dog ignores you from time to time just like a real dog!

The niftiest thing so far though has to be the bubble blowing, you get one of those bubble blowing wands you know the type you dip into detergent/water and then blow bubbles, took me a while to work out that the way you blow bubbles was to actually blow on the microphone, what a stroke of genious!

It is sad that the main things getting press for the PSP are Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City, yet another remake of GTA and the homebrew scene and Sony would also like us to believe that UMD movies are the best thing since sliced bread.

WOOHOO another GTA, woopty friggin do!

Homebrew? Sure there will probably be some good homebrew games but will they really ever take advantage of the PSP hardware? Why in the heck would I want a GBA emulator for my PSP?

UMD movies? A lot of them are more expensive than the DVD, WTF?

I’m thinking I might pick up a Gameboy Micro to go with my PSP and DS as both of those don’t get much use as they aren’t pocketable, however the DS will see some use soon with Advance Wars DS and the other cool titles coming out soon for it.

My beloved Sydney Swans have gotten up in the AFL Grand Final, winning by a mere four points, taking it right down to the wire! At least I can wear my FedEx’d jersey and hat that should be waiting for me back in Houston with pride when I get back!

Megan and I headed out of Houston at 6am this morning and made the mistake of getting on I-45 North to goto her parent’s place in Dallas to escape Hurricane Rita, well 17.5 hours later we make it a little over 30 miles (yes THIRTY!!!) and are now staying with some of her family in The Woodlands, which should be pretty safe from Hurricane Rita so we are just going to hang here to see what happens.

OMG Slashdot is slashdotted, that combined with Hurricane Rita heading this way is a sure sign of impending doom!

Or maybe they are just finally applying the CSS layout…

Due to Hurricane Rita us Aussies are high tailing it out of Houston first thing tomorrow and plan on joining the Dallas party, details are here.

Unfortunately the Sydney Swans jersey and hat I worked hard to get here in time will probably make it to Houston in time but I will not be here to receive it.

In the red corner fighting out of Sydney, Australia we have Fed “We have your Sydney Swans supporter gear” Ex and in the blue corner hailing from the Gulf of Mexico we have Hurricane “I’m going to spoil all of your AFL Grand Final plans” Rita.

Ladies and gentlemen… Let’s get ready to ruuummmblllleee!

Okay well I have this blog, I have 911 Blogs, a 911 Blog for Hurricane Rita and now I have my very own Wordpress.com blog at jaseone.wordpress.com. Gotta work out what I’m going to do with my Wordpress.com one now that I’ve finally got an invite!

Talking of invites does anyone want one?

I just realized that the destination for my package containing my Sydney Swans hat & jersey for Friday night’s AFL Grand Final has it’s destination as HUSTON, TX, hopefully they are smart enough to realize that should be HOUSTON, TX and get the package here in time otherwise I will be one unhappy camper!