Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

OCC’s 2009 Christmas Contest

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

If you haven’t gotten yourself entered in OCC’s 2009 Christmas Contest, you still have a few days left. The contest will officially end sometime on the evening of 12/24. Follow the instructions on the link above, and you’ll be entered. Those of you who are signed up for the OCC Newsletter or are fans of OCC on Facebook will get an additional entry for a total of three chances to win.

In addition to a kick ass gaming rig, you can also win a ton of stuff from Mushkin, ThermalTake, CoolerMaster, Sapphire, Asus, OCZ, VisionTek, Antec, and others. There is currently a total of 65 prizes available to win, and we may get some more added before the contest comes to an end. You never know. ;)

During last year’s Christmas contest (before I re-joined the staff) I won a Sapphire Radeon HD 4750!

Hello PlayStation 3

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Christmas has come early… Thanks to my mother-in-law, I know own a Sony PlayStation 3. And because a PS3 just wouldn’t be much use without some games, I also picked up Metal Gear Solid 4 and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

No, I haven’t picked up any Blu-Ray movies yet. While I will probably start picking up things on the format now, I’m not in a rush at the moment, considering I don’t have an HDTV. Though, Christmas isn’t over with yet, so who knows what will happen. ;)

Right now the system is in the process of updating the system software. Which means, it’ll actually be tomorrow before I get a chance to actually play either of my games. Work sucks. :P

Feel free to add me on the PlayStation Network. As you might expect, my name will be “d3bruts1d”.

Home Again, Home Again

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Finally home from the last Christmas stop. Knoxville, Arkansas, Nashville and finally back home in Knoxville. It was fun, but I’m ready to rest now. If it’s ok with everyone, I think I’ll not be traveling for a while. :p

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

I just wanted to take a moment before the family woke up to wish everyone a “Merry Christmas”. God bless and have a joyous day.

Well, It’s About That Time

Friday, December 21st, 2007

It’s just about time for me to head off to see family. I probably won’t be online much, if at all, until after Christmas. So, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. Be careful on the roads for those of you traveling this season.

Christmas Again, So Soon?

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Well, we now have two of our Christmas’ out of the way. The wife and I opened our gifts tonight. Usually, I’d make her wait till a little closer to Christmas… and by a little closer to, I mean after. :p Now we just have Christmas at my grandfather’s house (mom, step-dad, brother, aunt, uncle, grandfather, and cousins), though that isn’t really for me as much as it is for him. Of course, getting to go and see him is more than enough for me. He’s the best! After Christmas there, then I get to have it with my mom (and brother, step-brother, and step-dad). But I’m still not done after that, sometime in the new year (probably July, lol) I’ll go see my dad and step-mom and have Christmas there.

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Christmas Has Begun

Monday, December 17th, 2007

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and not just because we got a little bit of snow yesterday. Actually, what snow we did get yesterday didn’t amount to anything, but it was nice to see the little flakes. Nope, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here because yesterday we started our whole Christmas holiday with the in-laws.

Yup, we went over there, and opened gifts. The wife and I pretty well already knew what we were getting from her parents, even though this is the first year that she hasn’t been able to peek. lol Like most people with a new house, we got house stuff. Towels, sheets, pillows for the couch, curtains, a new front door, tile for the entry way, and even hard wood flooring for the living room and hallway. I must say, I’m more excited about the last three items than anything else.

Now, come the new year I get to move all of our furniture out of the living room so the hired hand can come in and lay the new floor. I’m not so excited about that, especially since our (my!) old 36″ TV weighs a good 500 lbs. Oh well, at least I’ll have a new floor instead of this nasty carpet that was left by the previous owners.

Now it’s time to go surprise the wife and let her open her gifts from me. She thinks I’m going to make her wait until after Christmas. Tehehehe.

It’s Snowing

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

It’s Sunday and it is snowing outside. It isn’t a heavy snow, and it looks more like a wet snow or at least a rainy mix. Now, usually I wouldn’t think much about it, after all most people expect to see snow around Christmas. It’s just so odd to see it right now, especially since on Tuesday I was outside wearing shorts and mowing the yard.

Maybe there is a chance that we’ll have snow for the holidays. I cannot remember the last “White Christmas” we had here in Knoxville.

Apple Christmas Ad

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Apple has a new “Mac vs. PC” commercial posted online, this one just in time for Christmas. It’s pretty bad. Ok, it’s really bad. But hey, at least it has Santa.

I wish I was getting a Mac for Christmas. *hint hint*

12 Days Of Christmas

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

My wife sent this YouTube video to me the other day. Never heard of this group prior to seeing this video. Pretty cool.