thanks to ogged for pointing me towards GreatNews, an RSS reader that is, oh, about two billion times better than bloglines. i've become increasingly frustrated with bloglines lately - the interface sucks, it's slow as molasses, etc - but i didn't want to give up the capability to read my bloglines feeds from any computer (since it's browser based instead of a desktop application). amazingly, GreatNews has a feature that will synch your bloglines feeds, so you can read your RSS feeds through GN, but if you happen to be at another computer at another point, you can still check bloglines, and the feeds will be the same. it's awesome, and superfast, and i haven't found any major glitches with it so far. so, hurrah.

The Xbox360's $400 bundle will come with a wireless controller, but the rechargeable battery pack/charging cable kit will run you another $20.

aww, thanks to everybody who came out to my going away party and wished me well. you are all sweethearts, and i had an amazing time. i'm still in town for two weeks, though, so y'all better be sure to hang out with me at least once more. or i'll cry. bitches.

going away party photos can be found here. they're pretty much all of me. you've been warned.