Sometimes I think I can see right through myself
So the laptop and about 75% of the goodies it came with are here. Still waiting on Katie's camera but my pocket pc, the printer, the mouse, and the external hard drive are all here. Waiting on that camera and the laptop's soundcard. Not that the laptop doesn't already have sound but I've got an Audigy 2 on the way and Doom 3 will sound much nicer on it with a good pair of headphones still to be purchased.
With the external hard drive (100gb) I'm ripping nearly all my CDs. I'm not taking any discs to Iraq if I can avoid it. ANY. I'll rip all my CDs, all my good games, and whatever movies I can get. I've got 200gb of space and nothing but time right now.
There's a new video from Nine Inch Nails on their website that was directed by David Fincher, who did Se7en and Fight Club and it's pretty cool. Nothing super-artsy or deep but it's a technical achievement. Just watch it!