Red ring of sadness

The other morning my housemate flipped on the 360 to listen to some songs before work. After he had thrown the controller and yelled various unintelligible curses we learned that the red ring of death had finally made it's appearance.



He alternately sobbed and cursed until we finally had to leave for work.

Happily we had purchased the 2-yr replacement plan from Best Buy so after a little bit of help from the US Mail we should be receiving a gift card/voucher for the original amount paid for the 360.

Of course we've already replaced the defective machine with an Elite but the original purchase amount will be a nice down payment on a PS3 - and then, finally, I will get to play the new Ratchet and Clank.

In other news, they have torn down the old QFC on Broadway.



They also tore down everything else on that block. No more Taco Bell. The city weeps, I'm sure.

This is what is going in on/is proposed for the site. It's HUGE!



Image from hugeasscity

The new building will be six stories and will contain 295 apartments + 30,000 sq. ft. of retail at street level with parking for 357 vehicles.

Some of the design elements may have changed since the image I have was created. "The Board" met many many times while conducting the review and asked for several adjustments to make the final product fit in with the neighborhood a bit more.

I wouldn't have been surprised to see something exactly like the picture go up though.

As you can imagine, these types of buildings attract quite a lot of white people


HA HA! Defacing things is fun.

I'm a little more excited about other new developments, specifically the new lanes that are being built at Garage.

We took a little trip there the other day after work.

In the past we have played on the main level where it can get super crowded and loud, but this time we were sent to "the Spare Room", downstairs and away from the crazy.

Stacie is an excellent bowler.	It was like bowling heaven.

Now I'm spoilt and will always want to play down there though.

And finally - best sticker I see everyday.