Recently won $40 off of the Cash 3 drawing. I wished I had played it straight and with a dollar because I had the exact order and everything; I played it Box. At first I thought I had won $80 (had I played $1), but then I read a little closer. Had I played it Straight, it would've been $250.

A little before that I won $18 off a $1 scratch ticket.

But other than that one day of sheer luck, never won anything huge.

So, it's snowing outside. No, not that just a small brush of it... we're talking about snow, as in "Oh shit, this could be a problem..."

Ok, so I took this pic like... around 9:15, a little bit after I woke up. I thought, huh, alright... nothing substantial.

( lots of photos...of SNOW. )

I think that...the weather people kinda messed up on this. Like, they said just 1 inch or something and it turns out to be a lot more than what it should've been. I'm gonna hazard a guess that we probably got about 4 inches, and more on the way. I'm hoping there'll be cancellations for tomorrow, because this stuff is actually sticking to the roads now, and it's supposed to be like around 25degrees -- more than enough to freeze the roads. And you know how the South can't handle such weather like this, oh no. And if there isn't

The 'rents came home not long ago, and said that we probably did get a lot more -- in Monty, the ground was barely covered, well, compared to here.
 
I can't remember the last time I saw substantial snow... maybe back when I was in Louisiana, and we had like two icestorms in a month for two years.

I'm gonna call the first of March, the day freaky weather will happen. Two years ago, it was tornadoes. Hell, yesterday, we were in tornadic weather -- apparently I slept through a tornado. It was round 9 when I woke up to thunder, and Poppy called and told me that a tornado was heading my way and that shit got damaged in Auburn (ie, not that far, and my uni) like, cars got flipped over. Of course, I just vacated to the laundry room (clear cross the house...) and stayed there for about 30 mintues. I didn't hear any sirens, or that I slept through them I guess. I think I would've been good, considering I had thick covers over me.

And there was flash flooding -- when I went out to get supplies to cook hamburger helper -- and I thought 'holy shit this water' it was barely under the bridge, and the fact I had to cross two low bridges, and the river bridge was kinda scary. I think... we got 4-5 inches of rain in like 2ish days, and then snow...

Seriously though, I haven't been this excited about weather like this -- AND the chance of it actually happening and exceeding expectations?

Thank you Mother Nature, for not bullshittin' this time.

So, Tech and Civ was cancelled today. Huzzah. Geography is canceled this week. More huzzah!

I recently have been playing the crap out of RE4. Why? Well, I was pretty much bored Sunday and time went so slow...and I already played DDR (more on that) and I didn't want to write at the moment. Adrian suggested that I play RE4, but I told him I was pretty much stuck near the area because I really didn't have any ammo. But I did anyway, expecting to restart AGAIN. But, I didn't. So, my last save point was close to the Garrador, and I completely forgot about that. Let me tell you, first time it moved when I got close freaked me out. Anyway, I backed out as soon as it moved and equipped the semi-auto rifle since I wanted to save my shotgun shells and my Punisher was pretty much useless.

So, I was real careful about it, getting knocked in the head about 3 times (thank god for the herbs), and it only took about 2 bullets to bring him down. That was about 4 less than the shotgun. I'm like "Holy crap, this weapon is useful!" So, I sniped the Zealots down the hall, and their head exploded. Of course, one of those stupid parasites popped up, but I took care of that too. So, about this point on, I used the semi-auto until I ran out of ammo. Went into the next place, and I completely forgot that there was going to be hordes of cult guys; I sniped the guys in the sheilds and sniped the guy in red...and parasite pop out of his head. At this point, I didn't have any bullets left and he was just right on me. Luckily, I had saved the shotgun shells, and used it on him. But wait, more start to flood in. I just had my fire grenade and dealt with them for a few seconds.

Solved the puzzle, and even more start to pour in. I was smart enough to just wait in the room and let them come to me before we went back up to the surface. Well, there were crossbow guys. Earlier, I got some rifle bullets and I took care of 'em too. Now the hard part. I had to protect Ashley while she cranked the wheels on both sides. I'm pretty surprised I didn't die or let her get captured, but I got through it. ...and Ashley gets her ass captured, but I'm happy at this point I no longer have her as a liability. The first time I got to the puzzle, I left her in there and she was being attacked by a cult guy. I used my knife and she got in the way...man, she can't take a single hit. v_v;

Got into the sewers and I am greatly paranoid. It was because of the noises and the creepy music I guess. I ventured down and there't this weird looking thing...kinda invincible. Killed it with m'rifle. Long story short, I had to do some extermination. And the funny thing was that one of the bugs leapt at me, and I was about to shoot at an awkward angle, and I kicked the hell out of that bug, making me go "WTF". It was hilarious. ^_^

Then I get to the unsuspecting group of cultists, and basically, it was Death from Above. I just used a flash and a frag grenade. Awesome. So, time passes and there's another group of zealots, and one of them is red. I tried sniping him, but he got to a huge gatling gun and fun just ensued. Nearly got myself killed, but I killed him with two shots.

Then the  picture puzzle ...I  didn't quite pay attention to the paintings but I think it was portraits of people getting killed. Disturbing. Luckily I grabbed my rocket launcher, because I needed to deal with TWO Garradors. The first time I was stupid not to use it and my head got lobbed off by one of them. The next time, I just used and they were dead. Took care of the zealots and went on. I can't help but laugh at Salazar because I watched the parody video. He's 20 years old. o_O! So I get to the hedge maze, and this creepy music starts...and I nearly got mauled by a mutated wolf. Luckily I had my trusty shotgun and shot it. Rinse and repeat for about a couple of more; one surprised me totally, and I dropped my controller. -_-;

Blah, blah, get to the door and unlocked it. Nifty scene, very matrixy. Gotta love Ada. ^^

Uhm, went into the next room and there's this treasure box in the middle of the room. Huh, freebie? Nope. A cage comes down, and I'm locked up with two zealots and a garrador (which kills me the first time). I get out somehow and I shoot all of them...and one has this new spider looking parasite, I shoot it, but it detaches and latches on to me, spraying acid. I'm surprised this wasn't a one hit kill like the fat one (it just reaches over and bites your head off cleanly) but in any case, I finished it off. Half freaked out by it, I go around the other hall and get random stuff and MUCH needed ammo and grenades, and I have enough monies to get an XL attache case and more upgrades. Aw, life is good at this point.

Uhm...I don't know what happens after that, but I'll jump ahead. So, I get to where Ashley is being held hostage, and everytime I shot a shackle... oh wait, I forgot. I saw Luis and he had the cure...but he gets impaled by a tentacle (good god, not that type) and dies. It's from Saddler...but it goes underneath his robe. Now, don't get me wrong, but it just looked suspicious. Damn you Japan for changing my views on tentacles. Anyway, everytime I shot a shackle, Ashley screamed. *sigh* You're not gonna get shot unless I screwed up. So she's all happy, I'm happy...until more zealots came and tried taking her. So, dealt with them, and I had to control Ashley. Good god she runs like a girl. On top of that, I couldn't defend myself, unless there was a vase nearby. And there were only about three.

Went down the path, did some puzzles, and some suits of armor started to attack. I failed to see the action buttons and I was killed. Bleh. So, retried, and got out and regained control of Leon. And I got kinda confused on where to go for about 10 minutes, I looked on the guide and I was like "OH". Anyway, I had to do something and Leon told Ashley to stay put. Thank god he had some sense because the next place was full of lava and FIAR!  *ahem* So used m'upgraded rifle and knifed people to death with the combonation of the Punisher. The last part frustrated the hell out of me because I couldn't get a good angle. A guy was controlling a dragon that breathed fire and everytime I tried to shoot him, I was either blocked or, I got hit with fire. After many minutes, kill' em, got the treasure, and returned.

King's Grail, Queen's Grail...puzzles, Spiked Ceiling of Doom...Ashley gets captured by a bug monster, and I have to kill hoards of them. The hive itself was gross so I shot it like so many times until it fell off the ceiling and got plenty of things.

And I was nearly killed when there was a trap door and I kinda forgot to push the buttons. Congrats, Leon, you're now Batman. So, get to the bottom, and I get the rocket launcher (Stranger, stranger...now THAT'S a weapon!) for 30,000 psts. Glad I did because there was this creepy looking monster and it was like RAWR on two legs. It took me a while, but I overturned the nitrogen gas tank and froze the thing, and used the rocket launcher to send it EVERYWHERE! I'm enjoying myself a little bit huh? So, I get to the ruins, upgraded my shotgun, and sniped some unsuspecting villagers so I get to the other side. Went inside the secret ladder. This is where things start to go wrong, ammo wise. I snipe the villagers and I missed several times...by the time I sniped the chainsaw guy in the upper part of the room (I didn't see him before, so I was suspecting he was going to jump down), I had no bullets, so I just used my shotgun and climbed the ladder, and went downstairs. Well...there was another chainsaw guy and several villagers came out of nowhere. I wanted to take all of them all, but my health was in the red and I had no ammo. So, I ran. Believe me, I did not want to do this...

I had to go through the mines, and basically, I just dealt with the villagers. Then came the chainsaw guy. It only takes two to kill him. Flipped the needed switches, blew up boulders, and then came the hard part. There was not one, but TWO El Gigantes, in leather stuff. *shudders* I had to trap one of them in the lava pit, but that was just hard to time it right. After that, I dealt with the single one, but long story short, I used just about every thing, even my Punisher. The last bullet from that killed it and frankly, I was surprised. I didn't expect myself to survive it.

I had to go push more switches and I had to deal with FLYING bugs, and I was ridiculously close to death after this. But, I finished the part bruised and whatnot.

Wtf, I mixed stuff up.

Anyway, the mine cart ride. I thought I was going to die. Hordes of ganado jumped onto the carts and attacked me, some with tentacles from wayyy back and the friggin thing jumps off the tracks. I had to mash the buttons like crazy (my thumb still hurts because of this) and got up. I saw Salazar, a few words, Leon throws a knife and hits the midget's hand. The Right Hand (that tall looking thing) takes it out and throws it back at Leon...now here's the thing. I saw the death and I'm like, "How can he die from that?" I think the knife hits a main artery in his shoulder or something... Anyoo, I had to go up the stairs, avoiding barrels and then zealots...which killed me. Then there was the lift. God, I hated that. I died like 3 times because you can only move so much and the chance of having the parasite is VERY high. Got my head bitten off twice. I eventually get to the top, broke barrels, saved...and met the monster from Hell. Salazar and the Right Hand combine to this... freaky tentacle thing with a huge eye. Thank god I bought yet another rocket launcher, since it's basically a one hit kill. It leaves behind 50,000 pts. I was like OH MY GOD! Upgraded...Ada again. ^_^

Got to the island, did stuff...and this guy comes out with shockers, and another with a Vulcan gun. I nearly get myself killed trying to pick him off, but I did. More came, shotgun'd. Puzzle, killed some more, saved.

I'm basically at the end of the game within two days of playing. I'm so awesome. This is also the longest post I've ever made, but I just needed to tell you all my adventures in playing RE4. I said earlier that I was gonna get at least 30 deaths, and I'm up to 20. Killed about 650+ (I'm such a bad person) and my hit ratio is about 78%. So yeah...I know some things are reversed, but more or less in order.

So, in the coming days, I should be finished within the week. Possibly tonight, but I gotta study.