Epic Fail: The Journal of a Homeless Gamer
This is my journal I wrote during the time I was homeless. It is broken up by week for easier reading. Feel free to read it on the web or download the complete .pdf version and print it for reading offline.
Note that since this e-publication appears both on the web and in print form, this index will reference what day an item appears on rather than what page it appears on.
7-up 53, 55, 58, 59
24: Redemption or 24 - 146, 195, 203, 232, 288
AAA 314
(Adobe) Acrobat 105, 201
Adobe 113
Afterlight 160
Ageia 142
Alba, Jessica 184
Alien Crush Returns 60, 61
Allstate 313
Amazon (dot com) 26, 43, 49, 53, 61, 64, 69, 79, 89, 121, 124, 148, 150, 152, 170, 174, 197
AMD 198
Animal Crackers aka Barnum's Animal Crackers 29, 49, 71, 72, 78, 84, 87, 103, 113, 128, 147, 213
Animales de la Muerte 61
Any disaster site 187
Apple IIe - 103
Applebee's 47
Armadillo Willy's 224
Asus, Asus Eee PC, Asus N10J, Asus 1000H, Asus 1000HA, Asus 1000HE - 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 22, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33, 40, 41, 43, 45, 57, 66, 77, 85, 89, 184, 189, 204, 217, 221, 225, 229, 242, 243, 255, 272
AT&T 20, 57
Atari 18
Atari 800 - 103
ATi 25, 28, 70
Banquet 17
Batman 18
Batman and Robin 42
Battle Forge 283
Battlestar Galactica 42, 194, 214, 266
Bejeweled Twist 282
Bel Air 52
Ben Grim 66
Best Buy 5, 12, 33, 40, 46, 47, 49, 54, 57, 58, 61, 62, 66, 68, 69, 76, 79
BFG or BFG Tech 16, 238, 273
Big Bang Theory 18, 59, 69, 84, 88, 90, 147
Bionic Commando 361
Blade and Soul 34
Blizzard 23, 35, 107, 127, 136, 321
BlizzCon 102, 105, 268, 316, 320, 321, 324, 325, 328, 331
Blockbuster 115
Blu-ray 5, 18, 22, 31, 39, 40, 60, 64, 69, 78, 82, 89, 92, 121, 124, 130, 131, 151, 152, 201, 228, 284, 304, 305, 311, 327, 352
Bond, James 202
Bones 66, 67, 68, 107, 128, 129, 130, 135, 142, 150, 206, 220, 232, 256
Bose 95
Britney 184
Buck Rogers 42, 194
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer 152
Bulletproof Monk 79
Burn Notice 8, 13, 20, 34, 44, 55, 72, 211, 213, 228, 232, 342
Burning Crusade 19, 115, 137, 138, 148, 150, 153, 160, 167
Cameron 70, 90
Campbell's 87
Cap'n Jack Spareribs (and the Pirates of Harbor Bay) 75
Carmack, John 103
Carrot on a Stick Keychain 80, 86, 88
Cars 75
Century 21/22/23 11, 13
CES or Computer Electronics Show 192, 195
Champions Online 101
Cheezburger 5, 12, 19, 29, 41, 51, 55, 57, 65, 61, 78, 113, 127, 138, 165, 176, 177, 179, 181, 270, 338
Chef Boyardee 107, 115
Chilies 47
Claim Jumper Dutch Apple pie 131
Comcast 20, 57, 58, 59
Constantine 79
Cookies 'N Cream
Core i7 139
Costco 152
Craigslist 14
Creative Labs 156
Cryptic Studios 53, 75, 101
Cybermen 24
Cyberpunk 23
D&D Online 34
D&D or Dungeons and Dragons 11, 19, 34, 123, 138
Damnation 361
Dark Knight 13, 16, 18, 19
De Anza (College) 77
Dead Zone 52
Dearest Betty 55, 71
Dearest Lisa Mae 86, 101
Death Knight 19, 20, 35, 38, 59, 61, 72, 86, 106, 107, 108, 110, 115, 130, 131, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 150, 153, 160, 164, 165, 168, 171, 194, 198, 199, 201, 213, 214, 233, 256, 272, 330, 343, 344, 345, 348, 360, 363
Dell Inspiron Mini 66, 68, 77
Dell 31, 66, 68, 131, 333
Diablo 195, 272, 274
Diablo 2 - 16, 19, 78, 242, 243, 268, 272, 274
Diablo 3 - 102, 105, 321
DirectTV 72, 316, 321
Disney 151
Diwali 89
Doctor Who - Zero hour, 13, 24
Dodgeball 92
Dollhouse 157, 231, 256, 279, 280, 284
Doom 79
Doritos 49, 51, 52, 63
Draenei 115
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 16, 18, 152, 295
Drag Me to Hell 28, 326, 334
Dukshu, Eliza 40
DVDPlay 321
Earth and Beyond 25
EB Games 26
eBay 170, 243
El Pollo Loco 61, 72
Enchanted 321
Eureka 29, 36, 48, 52, 61
Eve Online 25
Everquest or EQ 47, 50, 111
Evga 16, 86, 178, 238
Evil Dead 4 - 28
Evil Genius 268, 274
Eye of Judgment 85, 119
Fallout 3 - 119
Fantastic 4; 66
Fantasy Island 45
FilePlanet (dot com) 247, 287
Final Fantasy Xi or FFXI 19
Firefly 40
(Adobe) Flash 84, 105, 113, 246, 274
Foothill (college) 155
Force, the 51, 105
Free Realms 195, 204
Fringe 83, 84, 92, 101, 138, 148, 161, 211, 232
From a journal of Nightmares 326
From the Laboratory of Chief Scientist Miles Woolyard 145
From the Mission Log of Corporal Lance Swift 219
Frys 19
Game center or euphNET 136, 137, 138, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 228, 243, 249, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277, 279, 292, 299, 311, 312, 319, 322, 325, 326, 328, 331, 333, 338, 340, 347, 348, 349, 352, 356
GameStop 19, 25, 59, 61, 62, 64, 76, 78, 132, 144, 150, 151, 184, 243, 263
Gears of War 1 - 153, 183, 356
Gears of War 2 - 153, 183, 356
Geo Tracker 54
Get Smart 304
Ghost Hunters 120, 123, 124, 129, 137, 254
Ghost Whisperer, the 52
Girl Genius 123, 124, 126, 130, 131, 137, 138, 147, 268
Golfland 1, 5, 6, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27, 29, 32, 34, 35, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 78, 60, 62, 64, 63, 74, 76, 184, 185, 249
(Adobe) GoLive 274
Grant, Hugh 184
Greg the Bunny 84
Guild, the 295, 298, 302
Guitar Hero 61, 62, 64, 79
Gyrostarr 61
Halo 3 - 153, 183
Hancock 11
Harold Crick 17
HD-DVD 79, 151
Hell's Kitchen 213, 220, 232
Hellboy 2 10, 11, 16
Hellgate 40
Heroes 84, 90, 105, 119, 140, 147, 169, 174, 280, 284, 288, 294
Highlander 49
Hilton, the 2
Hobees 166
House 72, 148
How I Met Your Mother 18, 59, 84, 90, 105, 119, 133, 147, 161, 169, 203, 220, 253, 267
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days 228
Hudson, Kate 228
Hulk 16
Hulu 237
Humperdink 13
Ice Age 3 - 363
Imagination Network 54
Incredible Hulk, the 304
Indiana Jones 13
In-N-Out Burger 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26, 29, 41, 61, 54, 176
iPod 32, 170, 171, 173, 180, 192, 204, 249, 261
Iron Man 16
James T. Kirk 42
Jedi code 42
Jedi 25, 52
Jeep 54
Jeopardy 15
J!nx 80, 82, 86, 143, 196
Joker 18
Journal of ex-Marshal Gabriel Steel 124, 128
Jumper 304
Jumpgate: Evolution 25, 64
Keebler 137
Kentucky Fried Chicken or K.F.C. 62, 74
King Julien Xiii 46
Kinkos 201
Kit Kat 80
Klingon 1
Klipsch 95
Knight Rider 55, 107, 114, 128, 135, 205
Kung Fu Panda 79, 304
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist 79
Lachman, Dichen 231
Land Of The Lost 339
LARP aka Live Action Role Playing 6
Lays 72
Legos 278
Left 4 Dead 153, 160, 183
(Wrath of the) Lich King 19, 23, 61, 78, 59, 86, 102, 104, 105, 108, 109, 114, 115, 124, 128, 132, 134, 138, 150, 151, 153, 174
Little Big Planet 119
Logitech G9 - 243
Lost Winds 82
Lucky Charms 67
Lynch, David 4
Madagascar 2 - 45, 46, 55, 124, 130
Magic the Gathering 85
Marie Calendars 285
Mario Brawl 47
Mario Kart 40, 47, 54, 76, 94
Mass Effect 268, 272, 274
Maxrider/Gamevision 39, 46
McDonalds 1, 54, 62
Michael Westen 70
Monster Cable 283
Monk 8, 10, 13, 34, 60, 61, 65, 195, 200, 214, 228, 232, 242
Monkey Island 78
Moulin Rouge! 228
Monsters vs. Aliens 270
Mr & Mrs Smith 92
Mr. Chow's 13
Mrs. Fields 152
MSI Wind 8, 9, 12, 16, 25, 26, 33, 40
NCIS 148, 179
NCSoft 34
Nerf 53
NetFlix 39, 60, 311
NewEgg (dot com) 56, 139, 152
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian or Night at the Museum 2 - 323, 325
Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) 5, 85, 93, 94, 289, 291
Nintendo Wii or Wii 5, 12, 19, 25, 40, 46, 47, 54, 61, 68, 82, 85, 89, 128, 201
Nintendo 72
Noble garden 299
Nvidia 16, 56, 67, 70, 72, 89, 178, 191, 192, 203, 242, 273, 275, 285, 294
Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision 203, 205
Oakley 49
Obama 126
Obi-Wan Kenobi 90
OCZ 248
Office, the 148, 203, 220, 232, 253, 280
Order of the Stick, the 147
Padawan 45
(Adobe) PageMaker 274
Panda Express or Panda 20, 25, 32, 34, 39, 44, 54, 56, 59, 74, 76, 77, 86, 88, 112, 130, 144, 154, 187, 207, 217, 243, 256, 270, 277, 284, 291, 339, 341, 345
Pepsi 6, 15, 29, 49, 53, 55, 59, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 87, 93, 96, 97, 103, 113, 115, 119, 126, 128, 130, 137, 138, 154, 196, 209, 280, 298, 299
PetSmart 46, 58, 69, 76, 79
(Adobe) Photoshop 84, 102, 103, 108, 113, 173, 274
PhysX 142
Pile-up 5, 19, 31
Pizza My Heart 263
Plants vs. Zombies 343, 348
PlayStation 2 or PS2 113
PlayStation 3 or PS3 19, 54, 89, 104, 113, 121, 128, 151, 354
PlayStation Portable or PSP 32, 93
Podcast 15
Pokemon 85
Pong 11
Pop Tarts 49, 51, 59
Popeyes 61, 62, 71
Portal 153
Prime Directive 42
Psych 8, 13, 34, 52, 60, 195, 200, 203, 214, 228, 232, 242
Pure Pwnage (dot com) 64
Puzzle Kingdom 60, 61
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords 60, 282
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix 60, 242, 243, 246, 268, 282
Ramen 161, 196, 208, 209, 210, 229
Ratchet and Clank 47
Raimi, Sam 28, 334
Raving Rabbids TV Party 151
Rice Krispies 67
Rice-a-Roni 38, 81
Rock Band 61
Round Table Pizza 13, 20, 75, 76, 183, 364
Rubik's Cube 353
Ruffles 52, 55, 63, 58
Safeway 13, 15, 24, 28, 33, 54, 56, 57, 69, 86, 96, 101, 103, 112, 113, 115, 148, 313
Saitek 19
Samsung 24, 31, 60, 64, 76, 105, 156, 281
San Jose State (University) 103
Sanctuary 110, 111, 118, 137, 144, 198, 203
Sandler, Adam 62
Santa Barbara 52, 60
Santa Monica 52, 60
SCA or Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. 144
SciFi channel - Zero hour, 3, 4, 29, 183
Secret Diary of a Call Girl 13
Sega 12, 19, 20
Serenity 40, 79
Shadow, the 111
Shadowrun 23
Sims 61
(Campbell's) Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables 87
Slice 53, 59
Snowball song 84
Sony 19, 20, 54, 83, 89, 94, 195, 354
Soul Calibur 4; 40, 47, 54, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 76
Spawn 59
Speed Racer 82
Stanford (College) 17, 56, 77, 119, 126, 239
Star Trek or Classic (Star Trek) 17, 111, 194, 309, 310, 311
Star Trek online 41
Star Wars 39, 40, 45, 101, 111
Star Wars: The Clone Wars or Clone Wars 41, 42, 45, 46, 101, 105, 108, 123, 136, 144, 145, 161, 206, 213, 223, 232, 267
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 78
Starbucks 25, 243, 276, 277, 278, 279, 282, 283, 284, 291, 292, 295, 296, 298, 300, 310, 313, 315, 316, 318, 326, 348, 356
Starcraft 2 - 102, 321
Starfleet 110
Stargate Atlantis 39, 237
Stargate SG-1 49
Steam 268, 283
Steampunk 123, 128, 134, 148, 361
Stouffers 15,17
Stove Top Stuffing 177
Street Fighter 4 - 243
Strong Bad's Cool Adventure for Attractive People 61, 82
Super Mario 204
Superfriends 42
Supernatural 12, 92, 101, 109, 122, 126, 136, 142, 152, 211, 232, 266, 282, 283
Survivor 51, 76, 86, 88, 92, 100, 101, 103, 108, 109, 122, 129, 136, 143, 150, 169, 174, 232, 247, 284, 291
T.A.P.S. 11
T.G.I. Friday's 47
Taco Bell 42, 48, 51, 63, 64, 65, 69, 72, 75, 119, 138, 186, 207
Target 25, 40, 54, 62, 62, 68, 75, 80, 96, 114, 115, 149, 184, 201
Tekken 6; 54
Tenacious D In The Pick of Destiny 25
Terminator: Salvation 323, 325
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 54, 69, 70, 77, 84, 91, 98, 105, 133, 140, 147, 161, 169, 256, 280, 281
The Love Guru 362
The Order Of The Stick or OOTS 268
Thief 3 - 268, 274
THX 305
Tomb Raider: Underworld 361
Tostitos 103
Toyota Yaris 54, 232
Toys-R-Us 5, 25
Transformers 79
Transformers 2 - 351, 357
Tropic Thunder 52, 53
Twilight Zone - Zero hour, 3, 4, 183
UCLA or University of California, Los Angeles 120
Ultima X Online or UXO 48
Unamas 13
Unit, the 90, 104, 111, 118, 133, 146, 161, 169, 174, 232, 253, 266, 284
Up 326, 333
Vent or Ventrillo 348
Wall-E 16
Wanted 16
Warcraft 3 - 274
Washington Mutual 87
Watchmen 247, 250
Welch's 24
West, Adam 42
Weta Collectables 123
Whedon, Joss 16, 18, 157, 295
Wheel of Fortune 15
Whole Foods (Market) 149, 152
Wii Fit 40, 47, 54, 64, 66, 68, 69, 72, 76, 132, 201
WiiWare 25, 54, 61, 82
Wiki or Wikipedia (dot com) 89
Winchester Mystery House 11
Wing Commander 25
(Microsoft) Word 118, 134, 189, 201, 247, 273, 274, 300, 304, 337
World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer or WCG Ultimate Gamer 260, 267, 281, 288, 302
World of Warcraft or WoW 19, 25, 33, 41, 46, 59, 78, 80, 88, 104, 105, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 127, 143, 144, 145, 151, 153, 155, 160, 165, 166, 168, 169, 174, 177, 183, 184, 185, 188, 203, 204, 214, 217, 221, 233, 238, 243, 245, 246, 247, 250, 252, 257, 260, 264, 271, 274, 277, 278, 280, 282, 287, 294, 330
X-Com 268
Xbox 360 - 54, 61, 104, 183, 281, 356
XFX 238
Year One 351
YMCA 26
Younglings 56, 59, 63, 64, 122, 157, 212
YouTube 84, 86, 221, 242
Zaika 103
Zoolander 113
Where did I see it?
Wondering where you may have seen my day subtitles before? Here's a list. 
Day 23 - TV: Doctor Who, Series 2 "Rise of the Cybermen".
Day 40 - Movie series: Nightmare on Elm Street, also a sci-fi movie from 1984.
Day 43 - Latin: a blank slate.
Day 64 - Reference to a website.
Day 69 - Reference to a movie and novel by John Carpenter.
Day 76 - Movie: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Episode 6) line by Darth Vader.
Day 91 - Movie: Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode 4) line by Princess Leia.
Day 113 - Song: I'm Too Sexy, by Right Said Fred.
Day 120 - Movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Day 130 - Movie: Madagascar 2 line by King Julien Xiii.
Day 135 - TV: Bones, Season 4, episode 8 "The Con Man in the Meth Lab" line by Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan.
Day 139 - TV: Fringe.
Day 142 - TV: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, episode 22 "Restless" line by the Cheese Man.
Day 183 - Account cancelation note for World of Warcraft.
Day 188 - TV: The Unit, Season 4, episode 412 "Bad Beat" line by Bob Brown.
Day 198 - Song: Changes, by David Bowie.
Day 202 - Reference to the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day 215 - Reference to a movie by Oliver Stone.
Day 249 - TV: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Season 2, episode 17 "Ourselves alone" line by Cameron.
Day 250 - Movie and Graphic Novel: Watchmen line by Rorschach.
Day 258 - Reference to the Austin Powers movie series. Line by Dr. Evil.
Day 260 - Pure Pwnage, Season 1, episode 4, "Pwn or be pwned" line by the Masterer.
Day 288 - Reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Day 296 - Song: Insane In The Membrane, by Cypress Hill.
Day 310 - Reference to Star Trek.
Day 315 - Reference to The Lone Ranger.
Day 327 - Reference to Firefly.
Day 336 - Song: Monday, Monday, by The Momas and The Papas
Day 362 - Movie: The Love Guru.
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