i've had mvp for about 10 days now. its hard to believe its been 10 days already, it honestly seems like i've had it for about a week or less. i've played 46 games in my dynasty and i'm 4 games into owner mode. i really wanted to do owner mode at first but it seemed a bit overwhelming and confusing at first, so instead of taking my time, i jumped right into a season. i was stuck ina delemna because i didnt know if i should start over in owner mode or what. after a lot of games i became attached to my dynasty team. certain players started off hot and they all were in a certain rythm. it just seems like there is more strategy in a dynasty mode to keep your players happy. but we'll see how this goes. if i dont like it after a while i go back to my dynasty team and keep that and go with it. listening to robert talking about GT4 for the last few days has really put me in the mood to play it. i'm super anxious to play a racing game. i had a bad experience playing mvp on xbox live. i was 6-0, then a guy quit on me when i was up 4-0 or somethign like that. there was one out left and he quit. i never got the win for that game. then the very next game i got smacked with a loss because of an internet connection problem.....on my end. its really put a damper on my xbox live experience, and i'm just not sure if i'm going to play mvp online anymore. i'll play against friends and stuff in an unranked game but besides that i'm not sure. i havent played online since that happened. i know i can beat most guys out there. i havent given up a single run yet in a ranked game. only robert has scored on me so far, so props to him. everybody else struggles just to get runners on base. even though i'm confident i can win most of the games i 'm really discouraged. halo 2 has been great as always. sometimes i get so frustrated that ig get a headache, and second guess myself for ever playing. but then minutes later i'll put up 20 kills. lately i've been doing good individually, i consistently put up mid teens in kills and a few times a night i'll get 20+. a lot of people send me friend invites when i get a lot kills so i have a soome pretty good talent on my friend request. some of the guys are really competitive so i pick and choose who i bring when i play with those guys. people who are just on to have some fun, i dont bring into a game with those guys. i'm reading a book "splinter cell", its based on the game and its a very current book. it talks about conflicts in the middle east in 2004 and how we invaded iraq in 2003. sam fisher has the same point of view on the war as i do, so it makes it even better to read. i never thought i would read a book on my own, but this book is really good and i'm suprisingly enjoying it a lot. in the non gaming world, vegas is less than 3 weeks away and i'm going to be home in a week and a half. vegas i'm going to smoke cigars, drink gamble and have so much fun. i'm also starting to organize myself to get ready to help tyler with pitching and all the other baseball skills too. i figure each time we practice we'll always pitch, every time. but we'll also do defense or hitting or whatever. one day we may pitch and play some homerun derby for fun. next time i'll work on ground balls with him, then fly balls, do something new each time to keep his skills improving overall. i'm super super excited to do this with him, i want him to really get better and have a lot of fun doing it. because theres no point if he hates it. i dont want or expect him to be barry bonds after 2 months, but hes gonna be barry bonds after a long time. i want to do this with him for more than a few months, i want to do it for his baseball career. i'm also going to start training myself again while i help him. i'll go out early and train and lift. depending on how my body responds mainly my arm, i'm going to make a run for it. i'm not going to write or say anything else right now, because i know robert might read this.