Go for Bravo

The XBox 360 has been permanently moved downstairs. My Wii is hooked back up to our main TV. Now I can watch my anime series from Netflix on the Wii. I do this every day at lunch. Good times.

Previously I had been watching Bravo, an anime series about a boy that became allergic to girls. I was on the second season of the series when the XBox 360 displaced me. Well I am back and have finished the series.

I have been searching for the next anime series for me to watch. I queued up about 10 of them on Netflix. Five of the ten seem superior. I will narrow it down to one. Each day at lunch I will watch one episode from the series. These will keep me busy as each season can be anwhere from 12 to 24 episodes.

XBox 360 Setup

Our new Xbox 360 from Christmas was hooked up to our main TV. But usually the TV is being used. Plus that meant my Wii was disconnected (I use the Wii to view Netflix videos). My solution was to buy another big screen TV, which I did. But I was sick. So setup had to wait.

Slowly I started cleaning out the basement. It was a mess down there. Kit Kat helped me move a dresser to hold the TV. I assembled the TV this week. It had been in its box for a while. Then I hooked everything up. One bad coax cable had me puzzled for a day.

Today I finally moved down the XBox 360 to the basement TV. I played my Finaly Fantasy XIII game. It is sweet. Still need to arrange the furniture by the TV, and do some final cleanup. But the gaming system is a go.

Little Kat had been on restriction for the last week because he hid some laundry he was supposed to do. But I think he gets electronics priviledges back today. I bet he will be down there playing his new Skyrim game for XBox 360. He also bought Rage fort he XBox 360 as well. We are definitely reading to take full advantage of the XBox.

Unplugged

We got the Xbox 360 with Kinect gaming system for Christmas. I think we let Little Kat set it up and connect it to our TV. I had him show me how to start it up so I could play my new Final Fantasy XIII game. Worked pretty good.

These days I am working from home. Each day I go out and buy a lunch. Then I take it back home to watch some anime while I eat. I use our Wii system to access Netflix video on demand. Today I grabbed the Wii controller and noticed that the Wii got moved.

I traced the video wires from the Wii and found they were unplugged. Little Kat is using the TV connection for the Xbox 360 now. Looks like we need to do something about this. It costs money to get online with the Xbox and use Netflix.

Our current thinking is to get a new TV downstairs that is big enough to hook up the Xbox 360. That will have the added benefit of a secure floor on which the kids can jump for gaming. Just need to buy a big TV and stand for it.

Ice Cream Run

Momoko had us watch a movie about a princess and a curse tonight. During the movie I asked about some dessert. I had to wait until after the movie. We went out to get some ice cream.

It was late. I thought we would go to McDonald's. We tried Baskin Robbins first. It was 10:00pm. I ran up to the store and the door was opened. We hurried in and talked the employee to serve us even though they were closing.

Afterwards we watched some anime on demand from Netflix. At the end of the night, Momoko found a college nearby for Kit Kat to check out. The problem was that it costs a whopping $18k a semester. What the heck? The local state school costs $4k per semester. Kit Kat's dream school costs $15k a semester. College costs are out of control.

Wii Streaming to the Rescue

We have a cable company that provides on demand video. The problem is that the service is flaky. It seems to not work more often than it works. Momoko and I need movies to watch. But Netflix only sends us a few disc a month.

Don't count Netflix out yet though. They have provided us with a Wii Disc. This Disc allows the Wii to connect to the wireless network. And you can stream movies down to your TV.

This is not awesome. Not all movies available on DVD from Netflix can be streamed over the network. But there are a bunch of anime series on there. Right now we are caught up watching Angelic Layer. People uses their "angels" to battle.