Countdown to CHRISTMAS 2013!!!

[Fortitudo]

Anyone else already playing Christmas Songs?

Fuaark, can't wait.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Anyone else already playing Christmas Songs?

Fuaark, can't wait.

Only on the 24-25th for me, but I start playing more and more August.

324 Days and Counting!!!

[Celticsfan94]

bump.

[ChristmasFnatic]

323 Days and Counting!!!

Just finished Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker, just in time for me to play Dead Space 3!

[GabrielNovar]

lol yes!

[Joe1959]

42 days down - 323 to come..

[GabrielNovar]

Coming up on us quick

[C. Griswald]

going out Christmas shopping tonight, its snowing, might as well

[GabrielNovar]

going out Christmas shopping tonight, its snowing, might as well

snowed xmas day where I was, and a blizzard on Friday. Still in the mood!

[ChristmasFnatic]

going out Christmas shopping tonight, its snowing, might as well

HA!

322 Days and Counting!

Got Dead Space 3 earlier for PS3. Will give me 1-2 weeks of entertainment, thus Christmas comes faster 1-2 weeks.

[Joe1959]

Tomorrow it will be 12% down already - every day we're inching a bit closer ..

[ChristmasFnatic]

One week to go before one of the lesser holidays though... Valentine's. Whats your plan Joe? And the rest?

[ChristmasFnatic]

321 Days and Counting!!! Or 320 Days in some places...

[Joe1959]

12% down - almost 1/8.
Valentines is an ordinary working day but my gf will get some flowers.
We'll do something nice on the weekend.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Cool. Me, Ill give flowers to my best friend who saved me from killing myself. lol. Tulips.

320 Days and Counting!!!

[Joe1959]

1/8 down already - 7/8 to come .....

[ChristmasFnatic]

319 Days and Counting!!!

[Joe1959]

47 days down - 318 days to come..

[ChristmasFnatic]

And its Valentine's Day(atleast here in the Philippines). So may you all be happy with your love life. Sigh.

[MyAmbitionz]

ahh chit brahs, Feliz Navidad!

[ChristmasFnatic]

Today I lost my best friend, my companion, Duju(Duke Junior cuz my name is Duke). Ive been crying a lot... sad Valentine's Day.

317 days and counting folks... Cherish your loved ones always.

[Joe1959]

My condolences - I know that feeling.
I had to say farewell to three cats throughout the last 10 years - feels like sh*t big time.
Now I just got one cat - Lady Pinky. She'll be 14 this summer but she's still fit as a fiddle, thank God.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Thanks man. Spend a lot of time with your cat... cherish your moments together.

Im still reeling. Havent eaten much, and just sleeping, crying, laying down... still shocked...

316 Days and Counting...

[TML89]

Is this reality? LOLOLOLOLOL

[ChristmasFnatic]

Is this reality? LOLOLOLOLOL

True as true can be.

310 Days and Counting. Sorry guys... just still reeling about my loss. Its supposed to be 310 now.

[darkninja67]

could use that Christmas bonus right about now.

[Joe1959]

55 days down = 15% down already with 85% still to come..

[ChristmasFnatic]

309 Days and Counting...

To those who lost a pet or fear of losing your current one... or just love animals... read this.

When you bring a pet into your life, you begin a journey - a journey that will bring you more love and devotion than you have ever known, yet also test your strength and courage.

If you allow, the journey will teach you many things, about life, about yourself, and most of all, about love. You will come away changed forever, for one soul cannot touch another without leaving its mark. Along the way, you will learn much about savoring life's simple pleasures - jumping in leaves, snoozing in the sun, the joys of puddles, and even the satisfaction of a good scratch behind the ears.

If you spend much time outside, you will be taught how to truly experience every element, for no rock, leaf, or log will go unexamined, no rustling bush will be overlooked, and even the very air will be inhaled, pondered, and noted as being full of valuable information. Your pace may be slower - except when heading home to the food dish - but you will become a better naturalist, having been taught by an expert in the field.

Too many times we hike on automatic pilot, our goal being to complete the trail rather than enjoy the journey. We miss the details - the colorful mushrooms on the rotting log, the honeycomb in the old maple snag, the hawk feather caught on a twig. Once we walk as a dog does, we see a whole new world. We stop; we browse the landscape, we kick over leaves, peek in tree holes, look up, down, all around. And we learn what any dog knows: that nature has created a marvelously complex world that is full of surprises, that each cycle of the seasons bring ever changing wonders, each day an essence all its own.

Even from indoors you will find yourself more attuned to the world around you. You will find yourself watching summer insects collecting on a screen. (How bizarre they are! How many kinds there are!), or noting the flick and flash of fireflies through the dark. You will stop to observe the swirling dance of windblown leaves, or sniff the air after a rain. It does not matter that there is no objective in this; the point is in the doing, in not letting life's most important details slip by.

You will find yourself doing silly things that your pet-less friends might not understand: spending thirty minutes in the grocery aisle looking for the cat food brand your feline must have, buying dog birthday treats, or driving around the block an extra time because your pet enjoys the ride. You will roll in the snow, wrestle with chewie toys, bounce little rubber balls till your eyes cross, and even run around the house trailing your bathrobe tie - with a cat in hot pursuit - all in the name of love.

Your house will become muddier and hairier. You will wear less dark clothing and buy more lint rollers. You may find dog biscuits in your pocket or purse, and feel the need to explain that an old plastic shopping bag adorns your living room rug because your cat loves the crinkly sound.

You will learn the true measure of love - the steadfast, undying kind that says, "It doesn't matter where we are or what we do, or how life treats us as long as we are together." Respect this always. It is the most precious gift any living soul can give another. You will not find it often among the human race.

And you will learn humility. The look in my dog's eyes often made me feel ashamed. Such joy and love at my presence. She saw not some flawed human who could be cross and stubborn, moody or rude, but only her wonderful companion. Or maybe she saw those things and dismissed them as mere human foibles, not worth considering, and so chose to love me anyway.

If you pay attention and learn well, when the journey is done, you will be not just a better person, but the person your pet always knew you to be - the one they were proud to call beloved friend.

I must caution you that this journey is not without pain. Like all paths of true love, the pain is part of loving. For as surely as the sun sets, one day your dear animal companion will follow a trail you cannot yet go down.

And you will have to find the strength and love to let them go. A pet's time on earth is far too short - especially for those that love them. We borrow them, really, just for a while, and during these brief years they are generous enough to give us all their love, every inch of their spirit and heart, until one day there is nothing left.

The cat that only yesterday was a kitten is all too soon old and frail and sleeping in the sun. The young pup of boundless energy wakes up stiff and lame, the muzzle now gray. Deep down we somehow always knew that journey would end. We knew that if we gave our hearts they would be broken.

But give them we must for it is all they ask in return. When the time comes, and the road curves ahead to a place we cannot see, we give one final gift and let them run on ahead - young and whole once more. "Godspeed, good friend," we say, until our journey comes full circle and our paths cross again.

[Joe1959]

^^ Very touching and very true.. ^^

They're gone but not forgotten - the passage of time will ease the pain but it will not erase the memories.

[BeastlyChange]

I love Christmas and all.. but I'm looking forward to the spring / summer more. Bring on the warmth, can't wait to be able to do my cardio outside in shorts.