I've been reading rumors of a new version of the PSP coming summer 2009. It allegedly has a sliding screen and when you slide the screen it reveals the buttons for playing the games. It has no UMD drive so all of your UMD games are now useless. It basically will be download your games to memory sticks only.
I really don't see how that's going to make it better. I mean, I've spent a lot of money on games, why should I lose all of them and possibly even be forced to buy them all over again to put on the memory stick to play on this thing?
And why sliding screen? The only good I can see for that is watching movies or tv shows which I never even do. I don't have any movie UMD's and I don't buy movies/tv shows from the PlayStation store. I just don't see how a sliding screen is going to be any better than it is now.
No thanks. I'm going to just stick with my PSP-2000. I didn't upgrade from the 2000 to the 3000 when that came out because the only changes that it had were the matte screen to make it easier to see in the sunlight and there are less finger prints and the mic hole which I don't need since I already paid the $30 for the Skype headset.
If the 4000 version has no UMD slot then it's useless to me. No point in upgrading for me.
The thing I would like to see in future handheld gaming devices is perhaps a pair of sunglasses like my bicycle sunglasses that wrap around so you don't see any sunlight at all but it has earplugs attached to the arms and it has a screen on the lenses then it has a wireless game pad that has all the PlayStation controls so I can play games and nobody will know what I'm playing or I can watch movies and nobody can see what it is. Am I watching Spider Man or am I watching a porno? You will never know. Well, I guess if my pants are down you pretty much already know. Especially when the bus driver kicks me off the bus and I'm in handcuffs.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Progress Finally
I'm finally seeing some progress with my diet and exercise regimen. For breakfast I measure 1 cup of cereal, raisin bran, then for lunch I have a slim fast shake then for dinner it's usually a salad which is a pretty good salad with that salad mix that you can buy in bags, then I add a hard boiled egg chopped up, 1/3 of a can of tuna, half a celery cut into pieces, sliced and peeled cucumber, to add more flavor I add a tiny bit of bacon bits and some sunflower seed nuts meant for salads and then top it off with some ranch dressing.
Yeah OK, some might say that the bacon bits, sunflower nuts and ranch don't help but guess what? I'm losing weight. I mean come on, you can't take that away from me. If I wasn't having any progress then fine, I'd remove the bacon bits and sunflower nuts but there ain't no way I'm gonna give up the ranch dressing because I absolutely hate that oil and vinegar douche crap.
The first 3 weeks I was riding my bike I wasn't losing any weight at all because I was being sabotaged. Yeah yeah yeah, I know, you can't blame anyone but yourself right? Well, Chip took me to taco bell when he got one of his checks then the next day we went to Hometown Buffet then we went to China town buffet because friends from San Diego came to visit then he took me to Hometown Buffet again. I was like enough with the buffets and taco bell.
So then my 4th week I lost 5lbs because I stopped eating crap and started taking things more seriously. I wasted 3 weeks of hard work riding my bike, that's how I feel. The 4th week I lost and now that I'm continuing to take it seriously I'm still losing weight.
This Friday, in 2 days, I'm going to weigh in again and I'm going to be very happy because I know that I'm going to drop at least another 5lbs.
Oh I also forgot to add that I eat a lot of bananas and I eat 1 energy bar the day I ride the bike which is usually halfway through my ride. I typically only ride 3 or 4 days a week and it's usually only 1 hour per ride. But as I lose more and more weight the bike will be easier to ride because I will be lighter so I will be able to ride longer than just 1 hour per ride. Maybe at least 1 1/2 hour or who knows, maybe when I'm 200lbs I will be riding 2 hours per ride. I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Yeah OK, some might say that the bacon bits, sunflower nuts and ranch don't help but guess what? I'm losing weight. I mean come on, you can't take that away from me. If I wasn't having any progress then fine, I'd remove the bacon bits and sunflower nuts but there ain't no way I'm gonna give up the ranch dressing because I absolutely hate that oil and vinegar douche crap.
The first 3 weeks I was riding my bike I wasn't losing any weight at all because I was being sabotaged. Yeah yeah yeah, I know, you can't blame anyone but yourself right? Well, Chip took me to taco bell when he got one of his checks then the next day we went to Hometown Buffet then we went to China town buffet because friends from San Diego came to visit then he took me to Hometown Buffet again. I was like enough with the buffets and taco bell.
So then my 4th week I lost 5lbs because I stopped eating crap and started taking things more seriously. I wasted 3 weeks of hard work riding my bike, that's how I feel. The 4th week I lost and now that I'm continuing to take it seriously I'm still losing weight.
This Friday, in 2 days, I'm going to weigh in again and I'm going to be very happy because I know that I'm going to drop at least another 5lbs.
Oh I also forgot to add that I eat a lot of bananas and I eat 1 energy bar the day I ride the bike which is usually halfway through my ride. I typically only ride 3 or 4 days a week and it's usually only 1 hour per ride. But as I lose more and more weight the bike will be easier to ride because I will be lighter so I will be able to ride longer than just 1 hour per ride. Maybe at least 1 1/2 hour or who knows, maybe when I'm 200lbs I will be riding 2 hours per ride. I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Bike Wash
I decided that today I would wash my bike. When I was at the store I bought some Dawn dish soap because it's better at cutting grease than any other soap that I've used. So I put some in a big bowl and grabbed a cleaning brush, it looks like a very very big tooth brush but it's not.
I scrubbed and scrubbed every thing that was dirty and then I put some WD-40 on it so it wouldn't give me any problems. Then after that I started screwing everything that I thought needs to be screwed.
I do need some new peddles though. The right peddle is breaking so it's going to be no good soon and I won't be able to ride it at all until I get some new ones. The peddles that came with it are hard plastic so you have to expect that. I'm going to get some metal ones that look the same but aren't plastic. And the reflectors keep slipping out of the right one too so that could pose problems. Good thing I don't ride at night.
I also adjusted the generator for the lights so it's not on the top of the tire which provides more resistance when I'm riding. I made it so it touches the metal wheel instead. That's actually the way it's supposed to be but the directions said I could put it on either way. I just never changed it until now.
I scrubbed and scrubbed every thing that was dirty and then I put some WD-40 on it so it wouldn't give me any problems. Then after that I started screwing everything that I thought needs to be screwed.
I do need some new peddles though. The right peddle is breaking so it's going to be no good soon and I won't be able to ride it at all until I get some new ones. The peddles that came with it are hard plastic so you have to expect that. I'm going to get some metal ones that look the same but aren't plastic. And the reflectors keep slipping out of the right one too so that could pose problems. Good thing I don't ride at night.
I also adjusted the generator for the lights so it's not on the top of the tire which provides more resistance when I'm riding. I made it so it touches the metal wheel instead. That's actually the way it's supposed to be but the directions said I could put it on either way. I just never changed it until now.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Hunger Pangs
Yesterday and today were Chips days off so I didn't ride the bike the entire weekend. I thought my body was getting used to the new diet or the new portions, in fact it was doing pretty good. So I was a little confused today when I had my slim fast shake at 11:45am, I was really getting hungry. But then at 1:45pm the hunger pangs came back with a vengeance.
For the last couple of weeks that I've been on the slim fast and measuring my portions my hunger pangs haven't been bothering me so I don't know why today.
I decided that I couldn't wait until 6pm to eat so I just ate an energy bar, a Tiger's Milk bar. But then Chip said hey let's go to the store and get some steak for dinner to BBQ. So we went and even got some salad stuff and a can of beans because what's a BBQ without beans and salad?
Unfortunately he couldn't wait for 6pm since he didn't even eat any lunch so we ate at 3pm lol. Which was ok for my stomach I guess but then when 6pm came around I started getting hungry again grrrr. And now, it's just turning 11pm and guess what?
Well, I gotta take an ambien anyway to get me to sleep, I can't sleep without it because the BiPap mask keeps me awake so I gotta take a pill to be able to fall asleep with that thing. The Ambien doesn't really work without food so I'll eat a banana, that should work.
I'm out of cereal so tomorrow morning I'm going to just have a slim fast shake. I wanted to limit myself to 1 shake per day or if I had a very light dinner then just add the shake. If you haven't noticed, Slim Fast is expensive lol. So that's ok, I can actually have a shake for breakfast and then later tomorrow buy some more Raisin Bran cereal for breakfast the next day.
For the last couple of weeks that I've been on the slim fast and measuring my portions my hunger pangs haven't been bothering me so I don't know why today.
I decided that I couldn't wait until 6pm to eat so I just ate an energy bar, a Tiger's Milk bar. But then Chip said hey let's go to the store and get some steak for dinner to BBQ. So we went and even got some salad stuff and a can of beans because what's a BBQ without beans and salad?
Unfortunately he couldn't wait for 6pm since he didn't even eat any lunch so we ate at 3pm lol. Which was ok for my stomach I guess but then when 6pm came around I started getting hungry again grrrr. And now, it's just turning 11pm and guess what?
Well, I gotta take an ambien anyway to get me to sleep, I can't sleep without it because the BiPap mask keeps me awake so I gotta take a pill to be able to fall asleep with that thing. The Ambien doesn't really work without food so I'll eat a banana, that should work.
I'm out of cereal so tomorrow morning I'm going to just have a slim fast shake. I wanted to limit myself to 1 shake per day or if I had a very light dinner then just add the shake. If you haven't noticed, Slim Fast is expensive lol. So that's ok, I can actually have a shake for breakfast and then later tomorrow buy some more Raisin Bran cereal for breakfast the next day.
ChessMaster Game for PSP
I bought this game yesterday but only did the tutorial which was more of a lesson, telling you how each piece moves. It was a lot to take in all at once. Today I tried a practice game but I was stumped. I didn't really know what to do. If you press the button with the square on it then it gives you a hint to show you where to go. I kept losing so I started using the hints and I would've never even thought to do the moves that it was suggesting and after about 15 minutes I still lost lol.
Chess really is a game that you need a giant brain to play. I don't know how the people on Big Brother are able to wrap their brain around it because some of them aren't very bright lol. Apparently they are smarter than I am lol. Unless they are just winging it to pass the time. That's my guess.
The whole reason I've been wanting to buy this game was so I could learn so I would have a reason to build that gothic chess set but I do realize that it would cost me at least $300 to build it. It's not really that worth it lol. Oh well.
Edit: I calculated the cost of all the molds for making this gothic chess set. It's $199 just for the molds. Then the chess pieces total to $57.42 and the pawns are $54.96. Total for all of that is $311.38. That doesn't even include shipping and the expensive cement that you mix to pour into the molds, the glue and the paint. I bet you are looking at probably over $400 to make the gothic chess set. LOL Way too much money. You have to be really dedicated to chess to want to make this.
Chess really is a game that you need a giant brain to play. I don't know how the people on Big Brother are able to wrap their brain around it because some of them aren't very bright lol. Apparently they are smarter than I am lol. Unless they are just winging it to pass the time. That's my guess.
The whole reason I've been wanting to buy this game was so I could learn so I would have a reason to build that gothic chess set but I do realize that it would cost me at least $300 to build it. It's not really that worth it lol. Oh well.
Edit: I calculated the cost of all the molds for making this gothic chess set. It's $199 just for the molds. Then the chess pieces total to $57.42 and the pawns are $54.96. Total for all of that is $311.38. That doesn't even include shipping and the expensive cement that you mix to pour into the molds, the glue and the paint. I bet you are looking at probably over $400 to make the gothic chess set. LOL Way too much money. You have to be really dedicated to chess to want to make this.
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