Ho, the conquering hero

Or something.

Last night, I returned from a 5 day invasion of our neighbor to the north. I’m happy to report that I have left a winner, and still have no use for extra vowels, poutine, or funny colored money.

In fact, with the exchange rate down to 111%, it won’t be too terrible long before greenbacks become interchangable with Northern Monopoly money. That will make me sad, since Canada’s economy is still pretty much in the shitter.

I also won’t be able to make as many Canadian jokes.

I did manage to play a few games on the x-box. Not impressed enough to run out and buy one, but if one fell out of the sky, I probably wouldn’t kick it to the curb. I still hate the controller, and the x-box 360 unit looks to be more of the same. Sigh.

Not that the PS3 tracks any better for me. Since I barely play either of the PS2 in my home, I may sit this next generation out entirely. I’ve also slowed my City of Heroes consumption a great deal, and work is heating up. I’ll still play a game of some sort every day (as per the plan), but crazy online/wired/console games are more and more just this thing I used to do.

Somehow, that makes me sadder than the money thing.