So instead of going to work, I took the day off to hang out with my surprise guest star and after a 3-margarita lunch, we staggered across the parking lot to shop until we could drive, and I bought an Xbox 360 and 4 games: Forza Motorsport (the first one, because it was $7.99); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (because that's just funny), Perfect Dark Zero (loved the first one, and I always encourage female action heroes, particularly in video games); and, of course, Halo (I may be the last person on earth to play it, but better late than never). I got it home and realized I can't hook it up through the DirectTV DVR box, and the TV is so old it doesn't have the tri-color inputs, so I have to get one of those box things, so I'm annoyed. I may just complete my financial ruin with a new TV. Ok, no, I'll get a switch box thingie or put it in the living room and commute down the hall. Really, I don't much care until Wet, Mass Effect, Banjo-Kazooie, and Saboteur come out, but I am going to use the interim to learn the controls and that Live thing, if I decide to care.

What's cool about this thing is, I registered online, came up with a gamertag thingie, then plugged the same one into the Xbox when I turned it on. The Xbox is currently in the living room on the TV made in this century, and the PC/DSL are in the office--with a wireless router for the laptop. So the Xbox picked up my gamertag thingie from the wireless. I don't have to have it connected to the DSL with the RJ-45; I can have it anywhere in the house. Who knew!? Now I can race cars. And the controller is wireless. I cannot tell you how pleased I am with that. No more dogs tripping over my cords on the way to the yard, unplugging my controller and getting me killed. I am beyond thrilled. So off I go to the living room (forgot what it looked like) to play with my new toy. Now I have something to do while my PC games load. hahahaha I'm sure I'll be Gamefly-ing in short order. Meanwhile, Forza, here I come.