What's been happening...

Alot has happened in the past few months:

- I got my Steam account back, after emailing them about three times...
- I got a new PC (Intel Core2 Duo 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 9400GT 1GB) for gaming!
- I have begun to make more videos for YouTube.
- Some other crap (like seeing more films, going to mates' houses)
- And one irritating thing in particular: My Realtek HD Audio Manager for my new PC is screwing up.

Ever since about three days ago, it constantly thinks that there is both a headset and a microphone plugged into the front jack of my tower. This is a major problem, because it overrides anything I plug into the front! Now, you (I.E.: no one) may be thinking "That's not too big a deal! This well-worded loser could just plug all of his things into a rear jack.".

But alas, no. Here's why:

Realtek HD Audio Manager is crap. Simple as that. It doesn't let me plug headphones into the rear jack, because it's coded incorrectly and is illogical and makes no sense. That's truly why. It just won't register anything in the rear jack if it's a set of headphones. I've tried limitless combinations upon combinations, but Realtek hates me. Like most other people/computer programs/animals/ghosts/electrical appliances.

Anyway, while I struggle to keep my life from falling into a pit of chimp urine, I keep watching films. This month's distraction is mostly anything directed by Christopher Guest. Hilarious stuff!

His films consist of:

- This is Spın̈al Tap
- Waiting for Guffman
- Best in Show
- Thank You for Your Consideration
- A Mighty Wind

They are all mockumentaries about people who are in way over their head and who have no right to be doing what they are doing. This is generally put forth as some sort of artistic endeavour. In This is Spın̈al Tap, (easily the best one of them all) he and his oft-included cohorts play a heavy metal rock group known as Spın̈al Tap, whose career is failing and fans are dwindling. In Best in Show, they all play characters who are competing for the dog show title "Best in Show" with their prized pooches. Of course, the dogs are the ones who know how to deal with the pressure of competition, leaving the humans to make hilarious character humour; which is a humour that I rather dislike, but in the case of these films, I find it refreshing and ultimately very well written.

So there it is. Three months of my life condensed into a few poorly-thought out paragraphs of text that no one will ever read...

Makes me feel just dandy...

No milk for me...

I always thought it would be totally awesome if Al Pacino ever married a woman whose first name is Cap. Then her full name would be...

Steam account stealage

My Steam account has been stolen! It's always like this... "It'll never happen to me!" and then it does... Curse you irony, ye be a harsh mistress... Ah, irony; despite all of the sob-inducing situations, I would never give you up! Irony is like a drug: it comes with highs and lows, ruins your life and makes you feel alienated, but when it comes down to it, you depend on it in many ways. Anyway, my precious Steam account is in the hands of another, and there's really nothing that can be done, except tell Steam. Which I've done. So there you go... Anyway, it will be resolved soon.

Hijackery, the Heinous Haxxor and Half-Life

In the words of so many thirteen year-old Myspace girls, "ZOMG!". See, I am what is referred to as "an idiot". And as such, it is my job to make a fool out of myself in many amusing and difficult-to-remedy fashions. Some of my most recent work is giving my Steam account away. By giving, I mean allowing someone that I do not know to find out my password, log in to my account and change my password.

I did all of the standard things, such as inform Steam and... well... that's it. That's all I can do about it. I am completely powerless against this heinous haxxor. Almost sounds like some disturbed Superman villain. Heinous Haxxor away! *flies off*...

Hmm... I'm not so sure how the H.H. did it, but I'm definately not being keylogged or anything like that, so it's safe to assume I clicked on a fake Steam popup that requested my password and username...

Other thing:
My friend recently gifted me the original Half-Life, seeing as it was temporarily about a 85 cents (USD). I was ecstatic, as I had only ever played Half-Life 2 and its subsequent episodic expansions. I was not ecstatic for too long. After playing it for a while, it came to my distracted attention that I had been gifted the Cut-Version of Half-Life 1. This does not mean less gameplay aspects, maps, levels, no online, weapons or the like. It means:

- No blood spray. The only blood appears on walls and the floor at scripted positions.
- No gibs. When enemies or allies are caught in an explosion, their model fades away. Literally.
- None of my friends die. Instead, they sit down and shake their head in disappointment. "Oh golly, I am so very disappointed that I have been shot in the face with a pistol. Bother! That really puts a hamper on my day..."
- I can't kill any humans. The enemies' models have been replaced with robots. Robots! I mean, robots are cool and all, but I want to take out my blood-lust on humans, just like nature intended.
- In the rare case that gibs are needed, say, falling out of a monster's mouth, they're replaced with, wait for it... Metal springs, small gears, small cogs and tricycle wheels!

Yes, I am feeling your sympathy. Thank you.

Well, I emailed Steam about this, too. I was told to completely re-install Steam. That means I have to re-install all of my games. And, I have to re-download the ones I did not buy in a store. That means:

- Team Fortress 2
- Half-Life 2
- Portal
- Half-Life 2: Episode 1
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2
- Peggle Extreme (No real loss there...)
- Source SDK (Not a game, but I use it!)
- Garry's Mod (Have to download!)
- Counter-Strike: Source (Have to download!)
- Half-Life (Have to download!)

Not to mention mods...

Anyway, I've been attention-seeking to no one for long enough. Goodbyes, no one!

New blog

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