Andrew L

Well I can seem to remember hundreds if not thousands of TV Shows and Movies. Like Quotes in Movies, what the TV Show was about, the theme song and what was in the scene. I vividly see it plain as day with little effort. It just stands out in my mind. But when it comes to remembering my GF's Birthday or our Anniversary. Or the name of something she told me last week or even 24 hours ago, I don't remember it. It doesn't stay with me. I can't even recall her phone number. But for some reason I can quote a movie I hadn't seen in years. Its useless information I know but I'm somewhat proud that I can remember such things but also worried that I can't hang on to sensitive information. I guess this makes me the perfect person to tell secrets to.

So I'm down with segregating America, really I am but I just don't believe that the NAACP really is helping their cause with the name they've established for themselves. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Well to me I'm colored. I'm white. Its a color. Oh but its not a minority. Well it might be in Africa is there an NAAWP over there? I just don't get it. I know we are governed by a government that says we are equal and I know thats not true. But is the US so bad that we still need a group of individuals fighting for black rights? Why can't they fight for the rights of everyone? Not just the minorities. I'm not very political. I've never voted and I'm not a soldier but it just seems like the NAACP is old fashioned that it was formed out of necessity. That we as a country will always be separated so as long as we have groups like this still around constantly reminding us that theres a minority group and they have their back.

I've been looking at the Vizio 42" LCD 1080p HDTV for a while now Wal-Mart has it at $799 and I've read good reviews about them but soon after reading reviews I saw a Sony 40" Bravia 1080p set that looked 3 times as good at Wal-Mart for $999. So heres the skinny. I live on my own, no pets, don't smoke and I have one window that has blinds so that I can control the light. I mainly watch DVDs in widescreen format. My DVDs are usually Action, Adventure, Drama, Sports or Comedy. I play Xbox 360 on Xbox Live which also doubles as my DVD player. I want HDMI because my Elite 360 has HDMI cables. And both sets are HDMI ready. I use a Direct TV DVR to watch just about anything. So these are my variables and these are the sets I'm going with. The Vizio is more my price point but the Sony looks so much more crisp. I did ask the Wal-Mart electronics guy if the images being shown were coming from a Blu-Ray player and he didn't know. So can any of you elctronic guru's help?

You see I've been playing vidoe games since the Atari 2600 days and even then games like Defender and Baszerk drove me nuts so much that I began to break joysticks and hit myself. Over the years I've broken just about every game controller for just about ever game console. I've never once turned to professional help but I was hoping it was just something I would grow out of. Well I haven't. I'm 28 and I still break controllers and put wonderful little holes in my apartment's wall. Over the years I've probably broken at least $3000 in controllers. Its not hard to do given the fact that the Orginal NES controllers were about $20-$30 a piece and my Xbox 360's are $30-$60 depending on what type you get. I know it sounds as though I'm boasting but this is an element in my life that has always been a part of my life. My family would like it if I gave games up all together but I'm not sure my anger issues can be subdued so easily. Why can't I play for fun? Why do I take it so seriously?