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I would love to have this setup at home and have been casually shopping for a second flat-panel monitor for a few months. In addition to that, I would like to have a smaller HD television for gaming in other rooms of my house or to take with me when I visit friends for gaming weekends. Here's a wonderful situation where two different wants that I have can both be fulfilled with just one purchase. A true "two birds with one stone" situation.
I've been looking online for one television/monitor that meets all these needs, but so far haven't found one at a happy price point. Here's what I'm looking for:
* 20" screen (give or take a few inches)
* 1680 x 1050 resolution
* Component Input
* PC Input
* Maximum $250
I haven't had any luck finding one near those requirements at the usual suspects (Best Buy, Circuit City). I know I could probably find a used one on Craig's List, but when it comes to purchasing electronics, I only purchase new, so CL is not an option.
Anyone out there in Mindsay Land have any suggestions on where I can find one of these?
There was also a special guest appearance by Martin Leung also known as the Blindfolded Pianist. This link will lead you to a YouTube video of him playing the first part of a Mario Medley blindfolded. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHn-L6odDP4 This is no joke. I saw Martin Leung perform this feat of piano playing genius at Video Games Live when he played the same Mario Medley and did much of it blindfolded. Simply put, he is amazing to watch live.
If you're a gamer and you happen to enjoy the music from video games then I suggest you see this event at least once in your lifetime. Just like last year, it was a blast. Last year, was the first time VGL had ever come down to Louisville, Ky. There were old and new fans there for this years' edition. When they come back next year I will be there.
I forgot to make a note of this. If you visit www.ocremix.org there will be a new download of remixed music from Jade Empire. I know because some of the founders of OCRemix showed up at VGL and talked about it. So if you like OCRemix and you like Jade Empire, check it out.
Peace.
Dixie currently feels:
Alone
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Currently playing:
- Mario Party 4
- Pokémon Diamond
Currently listening to:
- Bring Me The Head Of Christ - Paths Of Possession
- Heart For A Heart - Paths Of Possession
- Promises In Blood - Paths Of Possession
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Times cried: None
Wounds inflicted: None
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Yeah, Paths Of Possession.
I've been clearing out some of my downloads folder - and I'd downloaded their full Promises In Blood album. And I love all of it.
Though, it's very Satanic. Some of the songs make me laugh nervously, thinking to myself: "...They can't possibly get away with saying that..."
They're great - even better than Cannibal Corpse - which is to be expected, Paths Of Possession is made up with the same vocalist, I think.
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OH MY WORD, THAT LITTLE WHORE!!!
I just won a battle game, then another 100 coins on the lottery scratchcard - silly cow Peach only goes and gets a fortune space, and swaps her THREE coins for my TWO-HUNDRED-AND-SIXTY-ONE.
MARIO PARTY 4 PISSES ME OFF SOMETIMES.
ARGGGGGHHH... I'VE GOT A MAGIC LAMP AND I CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THE FUCKING STAR!!!
PEACH, GO FUCKING DIE!
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In other news... *Breathes heavily*
...In other news, I had a 105 minute Geography GCSE exam today.
Paper 1, and it was PISS.
It was ALL about the National Parks, and all the questions had really obvious answers.
The inserts we got were funny - we got this photo of a bloke in black combat trousers standing on a hill overlooking a river with his hands on his hips.
Made me laugh. :)
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OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!
NOW DAISY GOT A FUCKING FORTUNE SPACE - AND PEACH AND YOSHI SWAPPED COINS!
NOW YOSHI HAS MY FUCKING COINS!!!
...Mwah! Yoshi landed on a battle square.
I might get enough for another star...
Yeehaw, last turn, magic lamp, 25 coins.
I don't care Peach, Yoshi - I'm gonna get the happening star and the mini-game star. Keep my fucking coins, I'm still going to win!
MWAAAAAAH!!!
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Sammie, Miraan and I were down the aisle after school.
I kept threatening to squirt them with my bottle of "exam water".
I can't complete an exam without a bottle of water on my desk.
It's one of few things we're actually allowed to take in with us, so I take advantage of that, and I do so.
I fill up my bottle with fresh water from the drinking fountain outside the exam hall before I do every exam.
We were having a laugh as usual, but today we were swapping letters around in people's names, making them sound weird. :)
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...LMFAO!
ALL THREE OF US WON THE COIN STAR!
Anyway, DK wins, with 5 stars and 10 coins, mwah ha ha. :)
Now I just have to beat Shy Guy at a game of Archaeologuess, and I get my present. :)
(Yes, I had to read that off the screen, there was NO WAY I could spell it. :D)
Wheeee, and I win. I get my present now. Onto another board!
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On the way home, I soaked Sammie and Miraan with a quick squirt of my water bottle.
Miraan got his revenge though, he grabbed it off me, tugged my collar - then tipped it all down my back.
So it went down my neck, down my shoulders, down my spine, and ended up absorbing into my underwear.
I was cold and wet and sad. :(
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I came home and had a quick game of iSketch with Miraan, Adam and some randomer who came in of his own accord.
Oh, and I ate 3 bags of crisps - Flamin' Hot Monster Munch, Cheese & Onion French Fries and Quavers. :)
Tomorrow, I have the English paper 2.
I'm not worried though, I was dreading paper 1 and the literature paper, and they were both piss.
Dixie currently feels:
Alone
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Currently playing:
- Pokémon Diamond
- Mario Party 4
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Currently listening to:
- Inhale - Stone Sour
- Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
- My Obsession - Skillet
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Times cried: None
Wounds inflicted: None
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Well, last night, as I was taking the last few turns on the Bowser's Gnarly Party board, whilst responding to some posts on my forum - I got the craving to start a new game of Pokémon Diamond.
So whilst I was waiting for the slow-as-shit computers to take their turns, I opened up Pokésav and Serebii.net - and started making a team of six hacked monsters that I wanted to be my main team throughout the game.
I gave them high-level moves and high levels of IV and EV points too. Of course, I made them look legit, giving them the right natures, correct areas and the right abilities.
I hacked the following:
Espeon - "Emily" - level 8
Jolteon - "Spike" - level 8
Grimer - "Sticky" - level 10
Cyndaquil - "Volvic" - level 8
Piplup - level 5 - shiny
And my favourite ownage monster:
Rattftratz! - Level 1 Rattata with a focus sash, quick attack and endeavor! :)
I also altered my ID number, so it was the same one as my LeafGreen game - 24606.
I love that number, and I think it suits me well. :)
Heh, I've just noticed, it starts with the first numbers of my birthdate too.
I've been playing it for about six hours now.
I've even gone to the trouble of hacking some Mew, Palkia, Turtwig, Piplup and Chimchar for the greedy bastards on the GTS.
It won't let me trade my Palkia though - which is typical, because I caught 7 of them at level 99.
Humph. Nothing ever changes.
Either way, Adam came over today - and we spent most of the day sat about, eating chocolate and drinking Cherry Coke.
Then we turned on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and played a few 2P VS matches - then I was asked to play with my Chao.
I don't see what's so interesting about watching someone play with Chao... But.
Yeah, I did a bit of that, and completed a few more missions - but I'm getting to the point of the game now where I proper can't do anything else - the missions I have left to do are sodding ridiculous.
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Anyway, I'm back on Mario Party 4 at the moment.
I've done about 10 turns of Shy Guy's Jungle Jam - responding to forum posts whilst I wait for the computers.
I'm getting towards the end of the board now, as I'm writing this as Luigi, Daisy and Mario are messing about with mega mushrooms, running over star spots because they're retard CPUs on Normal difficulty. :)
This time, I'm playing through as Waluigi.
I've done it with Peach, Daisy and Wario, so I'm onto Waluigi next.
Then I'll do DK, so I've done the bottom row of characters. :)
As we all know, the Mario Party music gets so annoying and repetitive after a while - so I've made myself a playlist.
OMFG... I JUST WON 100 COINS IN THE LOTTERY SHOP!!!
Yeah, the coin star is TOTALLY in the bag. :)
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But yes, as I was saying, the playlist. :)
I feel like making a big list, so I'll list the songs that are on it.
- My current favourite few, and they all run on for a combined total of 3:00:31.
Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck! - Anti-Flag
Grace - Apocalyptica
Trauma - Ayumi Hamasaki
GAME - Ayumi Hamasaki
About You - Ayumi Hamasaki
Red Flag - Billy Talent
Punk Rock 101 - Bowling For Soup
Somebody Put Something In My Drink - Chilrden Of Bodom
Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
Follow The Wolves - Demon Hunter
Hier Kommt Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Bye, Bye, Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Southpaw - Double You
Valley Of The Damned - DragonForce
(F)lannigan's Ball - Dropkick Murphys
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya - Dropkick Murphys
A Dark Omen - Fairyland
Parlez-vous Freezepop? - Freezepop
Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
Get Ready 2 Rokk - Freezepop
Ham On The Bone - GWAR
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi
Laid To Rest - Lamb Of God
Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura... - Maximum The Hormone
Koi No Megalover - Maximum The Hormone
Alive - P.O.D.
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Morgenstern - Rammstein
Reise, Reise - Rammstein
Benzin - Rammstein
Rosenrot - Rammstein
Mann Gegen Mann - Rammstein
Tier - Rammstein
Klavier - Rammstein
Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Only This Moment - Röyksopp
My Obsession - Skillet
Falling Inside The Black - Skillet
Wait And Bleed - Slipknot
No Life - Slipknot
Snot - Snot
Inhale - Stone Sour
Absolute - Thousand Foot Krutch
Falls Apart - Thousand Foot Krutch
Just Like You - Three Days Grace
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - The Vandals
Let The Fire Fall - Virginia Creeper
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OMFG, LUIGI JUST STOLE MY STAR - THE LITTLE SHIT!
NOW I'M SECOND!
Not that it matters, of course... I'm going to win the mini-game star and the coin star, because Normal level CPUs are total retards.
Now this is multi-tasking at its finest. :)
I'm currently playing Mario Party 4, whilst listening to music.
I'm also on my PC.
For the past hour, and for the future several hours - I'm also going to be writing this blog, responding to forum posts, reading fan fiction, organising music, downloading stuff and maybe even doing a bit of writing and/or planning.
ROFL!
A MINI GAME STARTED WITHOUT ME NOTICING, AND I DIDN'T REALISE TILL 10 SECONDS IN - AND I STILL BEAT ALL THREE OF THEM!
Normal CPU retards! :D
Lmao, I have 218 coins, and it's the last turn. Eee. :)
Dixie currently feels:
Scared
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Okay, Saturday. :)
As usual, Adam came over - and we set up the PS1 downstairs.
I made some cheeseburgers and potato Rostis. - I accidentally burnt one of the buns trying to toast it, so I ate that one.
The fat burnt me twice - I was trying to turn them over, and the fat spat at my wrist, and it stung.
Potato Rostis are just like giant hash browns.
They break into little pieces when you try and cut them up. :)
So, I watched Adam play another hour and a half of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - watched him beat the hospital with Carlos, and save Jill from her T-virus infection.
Then he had to save quickly in the graveyard shed because dad wanted to watch football.
So we went upstairs, sat about doing nowt for a bit - then started watching weird videos on this bodged site with porno and deformity videos.
I wanted to watch the Goddess Bunny again - but Adam said she freaked him out.
I watched it again at about 6, once he'd gone.
It's not as spooky as the first time I watched it.
Then I sorted out some music - about half of my Guitar Hero I soundtrack folder - downed some Pepsi and munched on a Cheestring.
Then I set up the PS1 again, and loaded up my save - Adam had beat the sewer THING for me earlier - and mocked the fact I lacked the ability to quick-turn.
Hrm, down and square.
Must remember.
So I played through the clock tower and the hospital part myself - then through the graveyard and the park.
I got to where Adam was before we were made to turn it off - and I carried on, because I knew that the lighter and the iron pipe would be used to solve the next puzzle, of getting into the next room.
So I did that, got everything in there - came out, watched a cutscene, and learnt of a giant alligator, which is obviously soon to appear.
Then the ceiling started caving in, so I ran back to the save room, and saved it quickly.
Then I turned it off because I was scared...
Nemesis is getting less and less scary every time I face him.
He's taken his trenchcoat off now, and he's running about with all his tentacles out.
I'm just pumping him full of flame rounds now - I've got like 60 of them.
I'm saving my magnum and my freeze rounds for bigger things.
I'm addicted, methinks. :)
Addicted, but too scared to play it alone.
*Sniffle*
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