Prepare the Funeral

I finally got around to calling Xbox support. The rep I spoke to was very friendly and professional. The automated voice operator was very entertaining. After each choice I made he would say something like "Gotha" or "Alright" in a very strange tone of voice. If you can imaging a masculine, heterosexual version of Big Gay Al on South Park saying "Super!" I think you might be able to get an idea of what the automated operator sounded like. Anyway, the rep was very precise, obviously they have received a lot of training/experience on this issue. All she asked me to do was remove the hard drive and turn the 360 on to see if the lights still flashed. After that she took all my information. No problems with warranty! So 2-3 weeks after they receive my Box I should be getting a functional 360. Just in time for The Force Unleashed. I'm so mad I'm missing the release of the demo.

Now I've heard other peoples stories about getting the RROD and I may have just misunderstood, but I was under the impression that Microsoft sent you a box to ship your console back to them. Was I mistaken or has there been a change in policy?

On a different note, I found this wicked-looking spider on our porch yesterday. I'm guessing it was about 3 inches long. I went back this morning to see where if it was still there, but like the guy you took home after having one too many drinks at the bar, it was gone with no sign that it was ever there.

Enjoy :)

PS - It took me about 15 minutes to figure out how to put a pic in this post. I'm such a blog noob :(