Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

I saw a woman fall getting in the train and whack her head against the car and I held her hand until the paramedics came.

Wow, glad there are people like you out there!

i got a ticket last weekend for turning right on red at an intersection where i didn't see the "no right turn on red" signs, and they took my license again (still allowed to drive, they just hold your license until you pay the ticket) and so i'm carrying my passport around with me in case i need to buy alcohol or beer. it feels weird to be carrying my passport around.

jenny did you get an xbox? what games did you get? can i play them?

xp That's a sweet thing to say jvc, but she was a bloody mess and she fell like right there at my feet so it was mostly instinct. At first her head was kind of between the platform and the train and all I could think was that I was about to see someone get decapitated up close.

Nick yes! We have Halo: Reach and LA Noir and a sissy game called Undergarden that I think is like the leaf collecting game you have.

i'm not sure to which leaf collecting game you are referring

my plan for the weekend so far: go home, make a sandwich

Undergarden is like a platformer on Valium. I love it.

Hit post by accident - I don't know. Jeff referenced it. Some relaxo game you have or had.

oh Flower! yeah Flower is pretty zen, for a video game. you control the wind.

And yes you can come over and play video games!

ok.

first i gotta make a sandwich.

i'm so glad i set a microsoft outlook reminder about my summer hours, otherwise i might forget and stay at the office until 5

I recommend you come over around 2:30.

I hate video games.

All of them.

Most are too difficult.

All require too much attention.

I am hating on video games b/c they really do look like a LOT of fun, but I can't have that fun.

I am playing LA Noir and it is a lot of fun but also frustrating because I am terrible at many aspects of it. Still I like that it's an involved, complex game. It's like a Holodeck.

I need somebody to make a Jane Eyre video game where I play a Victorian governess sent to a manor house full of dark, deadly secrets.

I hate video games.

I shouldn't have posted that.

Anyway, I was attempting some advanced-level cutting with a pair of scissors, and I accidentally ran the blade down the pad of my thumb. But it didn't bleed.

Video games love you.

When you cut yourself with scissors, they will hold your hand until the paramedics come.

I haven't bought a new game in forever. In fact, I finally cracked the cellophane on the Call of Duty game that someone gave me about six months ago. I suck at those first-person shooters so much.

I quietly "screamed" FUUUUCK! b/c it hurt and I thought it was going to be a major, gushing gash.

First person shooters stress me out so much, which is too bad because Bioshock looks awesome, aesthetically.

Jesse your wort fears are coming true. I'm ignoring you to talk about video games with other people.

Lolllll WORST. Your wort fears are more about beer, I would guess.

My feelings about video games are exactly like my feelings about dancing: I *hate* them, but really, it just feels like I'm Tiny Tim, on the outside, looking in, wishing I could take part in the fun. I can't tell you how many times a night out with my boyfriends to a club or bar ended with me in tears. ;__;

Wow you kind of suck.

I KNOW.

GOD.

SERIOUSLY.

Thanks Goddess I have some perspective and self-knowledge, and really thank Her that you (usually) like me, b/c seriously, this is the sort of thing you could exploit in order to turn me into a pile of emotional rubble.

xp!

I don't suck! I just lack some functionality.

That was a mean joke! I'm sorry. I love you!

You don't suck and I don't want to exploit your weaknesses to enrubble you.

^ all joking aside.

I don't really buy video games anymore because I don't have the expendable dough. Last one I bought was Fallout 3 because it was cheap and I had $6 on a gift card so it ended up only being like $5.

Jenny I have Bioshock if you ever want to try it out. It's pretty amazing design-wise but I think I'm not big on the horror-shock kinda games because I get stressed out about stuff hiding in the dark or sneaking up on me and then jumping out and screaming in my face. I still have it because I haven't beaten the final boss guy yet and I might want to someday.

You guys should get Red Dead Redemption. Probably my favorite video game of the past few years. And it's historical!

oh shit dudes i burned my sandwich because i was too busy writing that post

I'm so bad at Halo. Can't get used to the controller. First person shooters peaked when you used a keyboard and mouse to play them.

I also don't really buy that many games because I don't spend a lot of hours playing games so I usually just stick with one at a time until I finish it or get bored by it. And so I do a lot of research ahead of time and only buy games that will be really good and occupy me for a while (the exception being Portal 2 which I got despite the relatively short playing time because Portal was so awesome)

I don't suck! I just lack some functionality.
new personal mantra

I think Bioshock would be bad for my nerves though I would like to watch someone else play it.

If I get better at the game-y parts of LA Noir I'm going to try Alan Wake, which looks AWESOME.

the new bioshock game coming out soon looks like it will be AMAZING. so just wait and get that. it's in a sky city.

ha ha that all-caps superlative was an xpost, not mocking

Video games make us all-cap adjectives that begin with A.

XP!!!!

Anyone want to play FIFA with me?

I love the feeling of being stuck on the same damn level of Angry Birds for 30 minutes, getting frustrated and giving up, and then the next morning after a good night's sleep totally nailing it.

I've been playing Final Fantasy 6 for the past month

Rage is pretty awesome on an iPad, too. Doesn't really work on anything smaller, though.

I love FIFA, but I haven't played in a few years. I've got 08, going to upgrade when 12 comes out.