My baby's back, and his red eye is gone.

Doesn't he look fabulous without those nasty red lights? xD

All joking aside, it DOES run a lot quieter now. I was amazed. The only thing that kinda bugs me is the noise the tray makes when it closes. Then again, that always bugged me. It's just a bit different of a noise now. It still makes me wince though. When it opens it sounds a lot smoother and quieter than it used to, so that's a plus.

I'm hoping that the fix will stick, and he won't have to go right back out, 'cause I missed him. His scar was the way I could tell it was him, before I looked at the number on the back. One time I dropped him on a hard wood floor. The bottom of the box he was in broke. There's a small gray-ish scratch just above the top air vents. ^^;

But of course the first thing I did (after I re-downloaded all my stuff) is pop in Oblivion. Out of all the games, I missed it the most. Even though I've had it for such a long time.

I think having to send him out was part of the cause of this recent bout of depression I've had. The other part being that I'm intimidated by my impending job search. I haven't felt like doing anything. I've kind of just laid around all day, every day since I shipped him. It was pretty bad. ^^;

The only thing that's kept me sane is watching anime. Which I've realized is kind of a stress reliever for me, and I'll have to remember that when things get tough later on. I just finished an awesome series called Kurosh!tsuji (that ! is an i in the real name... -_-') yesterday. I reccommend it to anyone that likes anime.

But anyways, yeah. I haven't disappeared or anything, I've just been moping around. I think I'm done with that now though. (And yes, I DID just refer to my 360 as him this whole time. )

Here's the final timeline of everything. I think they did a good job of getting it all done quickly.

May 30 - Discovered the RED RING when I tried to turn on my Xbox. Support was doing updates that day, so I had to wait.
May 31 - After a few tries online and a phone call to Support, I submitted a repair request. The box may have been sent the next day, as it was a Sunday.
June 8 - Shipped out the 360.
June 11 - Repair center recieved the console.
June 13 - Got an email saying that the console was shipped back.
June 18 - Recieved the console from UPS and got back to gaming.

I've pretty much finished it. I had a couple of problems, but they didn't take long to fix. Namely that I got my ass kicked by Angeal & Sephiroth, each one time.

I'm on the part where I have to collect the 'Goddess' materia. I can't remember how many there are, but I have 6.

Zack's awesomeness has inspired me to cosplay him. Pre and post scar. The only thing I'll have a problem with is the shoulder armor and leather suspender thingies. The other parts can be gotten fairly easily. xD

And while I'm writing, I just checked on my 360's repair status, and it's at the "Repair in Progress" part. Idk how long that will take, but according to the shipping records it only took 3 days to get there. Which is way faster than I thought.

A PSP.

I went to the mall yesterday and bought it. A 3000 model. It's used, but there are no problems with it. After I cleaned it, it looked good as new.

So far my game collection for it is only two, but they're good ones at least. Crisis Core and Ratchet & Clank. I love 'em.

I got a memory stick not knowing that there was already one in it. But that's a good thing though, now I have extra space for music and stuff. xD