Fence is almost done. It actually *was* done, but the people that built it decided to use cheap shit 2×4’s instead of the redwood that they were *supposed* to be using. So in an attempt to maybe save $5 off their overhead, they ended up needing to rebuild the entire backyard fence, and a section of the front yard. Sucks to be them, but if they’re gonna try to screw me, they’d damn well better be sure I’m not gonna let it slide. Having been screwed by contractors a number of times in the past, I have absolutely no desire to deal with their shit. Whee.

Incidentally, I don’t know if I’ve bitched about it before, but the

last couple battles in Breakdown, by Namco, is one of the most phenomenally idiotic game designs I’ve ever seen, period. It takes a really innovative, interesting game, and drives it face first into the ground, where it runs over its rotting corpse with a bus. I have no desire to ever finish this game, because after 12 hours of reasonably interesting design, they’ve decided to exploit every flaw in the game’s mechanics in the name of “challenge,” instead of creating something that’s legitimately challenging. Boo.