Ok, I had to put something up with a winter/holiday theme and this was the best free one I could find. I spent countless hours looking too. So I hope you don’t mind, Mrs. SpaceCase, that our blogs are going to match for a little while (probably just until January)! I was really trying not to use the same layout as you have, but I give up … this is a totally awesome theme and I was sick of the monkey.
Category: Web
Gamefly
I signed up for an online game rental service the day before Thanksgiving called Gamefly. I only did so because unlike Blockbuster, they offer games for every console out there, including the Nintendo DS. I’m already starting to regret the decision, however, because it takes too long to get the games they ship. Apparently they only have one warehouse and it’s across the country in California.
The timeline of events so far:
11/22 – Sign up. Add Animal Crossing and Mario Kart DS to the queue
11/24 – Both games ship
11/27 – Receive both games
11/28 – Ship back Animal Crossing
11/29 – Next game in queue, Burnout Legends, ships due to something they call Fast Return where as soon as the return envelope is scanned by the post office, the data is transmitted to Game Fly so they don’t have to wait until the title is back in their warehouse before sending the next game. This is supposed to make things quicker.
11/30 – Ship back Mario Kart DS
12/02 – Still have no games
I don’t get why Burnout Legends hasn’t come yet since it took three days last time and that was over a holiday weekend. I also don’t get why three days have passed and they still don’t show that we shipped Mario Kart DS back. It’s just not consistent. We’ve had the service for ten days and only played two games. At this rate we’ll be lucky to rent more than five games in a given month and at $22/month I was expecting a little more. Too bad Circuit City’s partner, Gameznflix, doesn’t have DS games. They are cheaper and you can have three items out at a time, including movies.
New design
So what do you think of the new design? I took a WordPress theme and tweaked it so it would be appropriate for Halloween, one of my favorite holidays. Plus that pink couldn’t possibly have lasted much longer. I’m not really a pink kind of girl, although I don’t hate that color like I used to.
Anyway, it’s a cold, but sunny day out, so we’re finally getting off our lazy butts to run some errands and go out to lunch. Didn’t bother going bowling this morning like we originally planned (the alley is smoke-free before noon) because I didn’t feel like getting out of bed.
But I’m not complaining! I love the weekends, no matter what we do.
Just some stuff
Busy week, I’ll make this quick.
I’m getting really addicted to the jewelry making thing, particularly bracelets because I never used to wear them since I never liked what I saw at the store. Plus they are cheaper and quicker to make. Not that I’ve been watching my budget. I’m guessing I’ve spent a good $100, if not more, in the past few weeks. I do have a lot of crystal in different colors, as well as sterling silver beads, to show for it. Plus making my own stuff is satisfying.
What do you think of the new Yahoo! mail? Or am I the only one not on the Gmail bandwagon? I like the preview pane and ability to drag and drop messages. I don’t like the slow initial loading and it taking me to the Trash when I empty it. I’d like to see the Calendar and Notes incorporated into the design, but since it’s beta I’m sure there will be improvements to come.
The Office is still one of my favorite shows on tv, despite Jim and Pam not getting together. Actually, I’m glad they didn’t and I hope Jim doesn’t hook up with his new co-worker either. It’s like Who’s The Boss? where you wanted to see Tony and Angela get together, but once they did, the show went downhill. They have to string you along with the sexual tension until they’re ready to cancel the series. That’s the only way to do it.
We might go bowling this weekend and I haven’t bowled in years. We wanted to go a few weeks ago, but I had forgotten how expensive it is! I called the Brunswick by us and realized for four of us it would have been $30 for one game. That’s insane! I signed up the for Brunswick e-newsletter and got a 99 cents per game coupon that’s good for this weekend only. That I can do, since there’s still the shoe rental. I wish it was Cosmic Bowling, though. I’ve never done it, but it looks like fun.
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