Last weekend, my parents went to Vegas, and I drove over and spent the weekend with them. In the past, I had absolutely no luck for gambling, but I figured, heck, I have a new positive outlook and good things happen to positive people, right?

I ended up winning a couple hundred bucks off a slots jackpot.

On Monday, I sold my old a/v receiver, which made me sad, kind of, but at some point, I will get a spiffier one. That netted me $300.

Rummaging through dvds and old games, I scraped together a bag of former goodness ™ and went to the local Gamestop. My trade stuff came to $120. I left with a PS3.

So far, I haven’t bought any disc based games. I did plunk $5 on Qbert, and I downloaded the Gran Tourismo demo and Go Sudoku.

Sony will be happy to know I did buy three blue ray movies, though: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (truly a title that will show off the awesomeness of blue ray, for sure!), Sky High (because I skipped the dvd of it and liked it at the movies) and The Descent (because I watched it with my dad over the holidays, but hate their tv).

Now I am stocked up on high def disc formats, with the hd dvd drive from the 360. I am format war immune, now, but obviously I think Sony is going to win, based on the $600 investment in blue ray vs the $200 investment in hd dvd (although there just aren’t that many blue ray movies I want currently).

I had a lot of buyer remorse before I bought the system, but since getting it home and hooking it up, I have felt fine with the decision. I’m anxious now for night to come so I can watch my movies without mean ole ambient light shining in the windows.