Halo: War of the megablocks

So tomorow is my birthday, and if you know me you know I enjoy my games. Halo is a huge fanchise that has been around for quite a few years now and I even remember the first time I played it back in 2003 with my friend Justin. His dad knew he wanted the new xbox and would torment him by leaving Huge X's all around for him to find. Come home and see a large X on his bed room door, at lunch a large X would be made out of cards on the table. It was all in good fun until his dad finally broke down and bought a xbox....for himself. This may sound mean but it was actually a smart move as it meant the system would stay in the family room and not the boys room so everybody could enjoy it by playing games or using it as there first dvd player. When he bought it though he bought this one game I couldn't for the life of me stand playing. Halo:Combat Evolved.



It was a sci-fi shooter about humanities last stand against the covenant, a unbeatable alien force. The game was well reviewed and considered one of the best shooters of its time. I just didn't enjoy it, the aiming was confusing and I was no good at it. I played it and beat it a few times with him while I was hanging out at his house but only because it was something to do and it was Justin's favorite game.

Eventually I started to get better and I do remember right before graduation getting a huge group of people together and hooking up 3 xboxs in 3 different rooms to have some pretty intense team matches.

Fast forward a few years and we get Halo 2, it looked and felt the same but it had something slightly different.



It was shinier, and had a pretty bland story. However for some reason I bought it even after hating the first one. Somehow though I started to get into it, and I became hooked on the franchise as a whole. Halo 3 improved and even added online into the equation for me.



Once a spartan, always a spartan. With each new game it quickly found its way onto my list of favorite franchises. I bought 3 copies of halo 3, one normal, one limited, and one legendary edition which came with a helmet.



What does this have to do with my birthday? Well its rather neat, the newest game comes out on my birthday September 14th. This is due mostly to the fact that the main marine in the series, John 117 or Master Chief, fought his first live combat mission on that date. However I have decided to also say that the game is my gift from Bungie for supporting them and there series thus far.



So I get the new Halo game, and my wife goes all out and decides to make my birthday even more Halo by picking me up every halo megablocks set she could find. I have yet to even build them all and there will surely be more pictures as small toys are quite fun to photograph and work as excellent learning aids.

So there is it, how a post about my birthday ended up being all about halo. Thats because this year all my gifts center around it. I have halo toys, halo video games, im picking up a halo dvd, and my mother has gotten me some killer new headphones for my game systems and pc that will work with the new halo game. So happy birthday to me, and if your wondering how I have these even though my birthday isn't until tomorow......well lets just say me and my wife have trouble keeping gifts. I already gave her her birthday presents and hers is still a month away.

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On our vacation we decided to go out and buy some stuff to play around the house with. A few nerf guns to have shootouts with, cards to do basic magic tricks with, transformers to......I guess play with, and then the most sought after item that required the most work to find.



We bought a bubble gun and a huge multi galon container of bubble solution and decided to see what all the animals thought of it. The dogs and cats were mostly afraid of the noise it made but the ferrets loved it for some reason.



"Dude you gotta see this"



They were in ther cage at first and they would use there noses to pop the bubbles as they stuck to the bars. We decided to let them out to see what they would do when not confined









We had to stop once they started trying to actually eat the bubbles. Figured licking up that solution wasn't the best thing for them.

A few more animal shots

I'll admit that last one is from the previous post but you should enjoy it anyways. Pretend its a story....told without words. Its relaxing.




This looks like one from yesterday aswell but its not, I promise you its slightly different then the last :) Still I love watching these little guys dig and they seem to enjoy doing it so it works out quite well for both of us.



See little Avery is all ready to get to work on that hole. Its not forced labor, its like a hobby to them.



DIG IF YOU WANT VITAMINS!



Eh, or not



Poor Luna, everybody tries to run away from her. Its probally due to her trying to suckle on there ears. Not sure if she thinks she is nursing or what....actually why don't I have a picture of that. Its pretty humorous to see





These are often considered my 3 out of the group, though my wife usually only says that when they need to be cleaned up or have there ears looked at. There our ferrets when there good.



Theres a nice little group shot of most of them. They are dieing to get out and go play while we clean up there cage. They have access to both floors but usually they all tend to lay in the exact same area. I never understood that



And last but not least our dog Pheobe, Im told I often spell that wrong so that may not be acurate...but you can figure out how to pronounce it from that and thats good enough for me. I really don't have many pictures of her, I am not sure why either. She doesn't do much so its not hard to get her to sit still or pose for the camera. I'll have to work on that someday.

New Animals Shots

This is our new cat Sir Thomas, he is roughly 7 years old. We picked him up from some pet rescue place in town after the pet store told us we couldn't have the first cat we wanted. He is in the next pic and is named Sir Nikolas.



I need to get some better shots of Nikolas but originally we were told we could adopt him. When we came back to pick him up they said they actually decided to give him to another family. We left and found Thomas later that day and I decided everything happens for a reason and went with him. Later we got a call the other family decided they no longer wanted the first cat and we picked him up aswell. He is roughly 12 years old and does this neat trick where he begs you for food. I'll get a picture of it later. Until then this should hold you over.



That cat is crazy about noodles, he loves pasta of any kind. Thats the face he makes when you have some and don't share it with him. Its not his happy face



This is Luna, she is only a few months old. Probally about 3 in these pictures.





It took us awhile to realize it but my mother has a donkey named Luna aswell. I wonder if we subconsciously named her after a donkey......









These were all taken in the sandy area at my wifes parents house. It seems to be the only place I tend to take ferret pictures for some reason. The outside light source is helpful for sure but I should probally branch out abit here. Some of them do look washed out to me, its odd but on my other laptop they looked perfectly fine. If somebody could comment on that after the post and let me know how they look on there end. It could help me with future updates.







Im pretty sure thats Ozzy or Ozzapotomous playing in the sand there. Ferrets love to dig and will make little holes and tunnels to hide themselfs in at times.



Adult Avery may look different but he is still pretty awsome







Theres Avery trying to dig, hes not very good at it yet but he tries. He can't figure out what to do with the dirt after he pulls it out.



Thats Luna attacking Avery, i can't believe how white his back fur has gotten recently. He looks like a whole different ferret then when he was younger.





That up there is Benny, he is the brother of Ozzy and was gotten the same time as he was. I think I have shown pictures of him before but its been awhile so im not to sure on that. This is his serious face. He is making it because he is about to poop, and for ferrets pooping is a serious thing.



Well maybe not always







This is luna trying to climb out of a hole Benny was digging. In his defense he was digging it long before she decided to be inside it. Shes kind of needy and doesn't understand everything isn't hers.



Though don't feel to bad for her because after struggling for so long to get out she dove right back in.



Some body is dirty





There is a example of a horrible picture that was overly edited. To bad to, I liked the pose they were doing. It was very neat

I have lots more pictures to go and look at but for now this should suffice. If you have any questions or thoughts please leave a comment and I will try to answer you soon

Oh and also here is the full resolution wallpaper shot of my first picture. Good if you have a widescreen set up. Its at 1600 x 900 and although it looks like its not all there it will be if you download it.