Christmas Miracle

Last week my XBOX 360 froze on me leaving me stranded out in the cold. I mean that literally. I tried several times to fix it but each time I turned the system on, it would freeze up on me faster and faster until the screen would completely freeze the moment I hit the power button. But then a few days ago, as I was surfing the interwebs for a deal on a new console and also looking up what interesting thing I can do to a broken XBOX 360, I just happened to turn the console on for shit and giggles. That’s when I saw it. Three lights around the power button. They were blinking. Most importantly, they were RED! Now that my console officially gained the status of RRoD, it would be covered under the extended 3 year warranty and I won’t have to pay a single penny to have the console fixed. I powered the console on and off to make sure it wasn’t just a fluke either. BUT WAIT! That’s not the Christmas Miracle (although the juxtaposition of the red blinking lights and the green power icon did seem more than just a coincidence) So, I logged on to the XBOX website and continued to submit my free request to have my console repaired and with everything in order, I powered off my console and I went to bed.


The next morning before heading off to work, I turned on my XBOX 360, again for shits and giggles. (I seem to have a fetish with turning electronics on and off) Fully expecting to see my Christmas RRoD light up, you can imagine my surprise as I watched the four green lights light up instead and the bass kicked in as the XBOX 360 logo appeared on my monitor as if it was working all along. Call me a cynic, but instead of breaking in to song for the resurrection of my system, I  was in disbelief and knew that this spawn of Satan (a.k.a Microsoft) was just playing tricks on me. I left the console on all day and when I returned home to still see it up and running, I even played a little. Oddly enough, it actually seemed to work smoother than it did before. The next day I called XBOX tech support to cancel my repair request and have been playing on my resurrected console ever since.

Don’t get me wrong, I still don’t trust Microfuckingsoft nor my zombified XBOX 360. (I’ve learned that when anything comes back alive from the dead, be ready to shoot it in the head, even electronics) It’s only been a few days since the resurrection and I firmly believe this thing is going to crash and burn on me again any second now. But for now, it’ll do. And there you have it, my own personal Christmas Miracle. God bless us everyone.

 
Except everyone at Microsoft.
I hope you burn and suffer in the 8th circle of Hell along with anyone else who knowingly approved this shitty ass hardware.

-Rom