Format the following passage properly, for storytelling purposes. Keep it as it is written, with grammar corrections where necessary, but break it up into more digestible paragraphs.

The festive sound of bells is heard, resonating with enough volume that it can be heard from my room. The fan spins above me in near total darkness, the only light sources being my smartphone, the two small red lights on my Roland MA-12 speakers, the blue lights on my HP Pavilion S5-1020 desktop, and the remarkably bright shade of white that dominates my CRT monitor, which is currently displaying good old Notepad in full screen, at 1024x768 in good old Windows XP. A sliver of light can also be seen underneath my front door, coming from the hallway; in about thirty minutes or so, that light will be turned off. It is just as well, as I'm already starting to feel tired, but felt inspired enough to write another piece before going to bed. At the achievement center, I was spoiled somewhat by having 1920x1080 to work with in Windows 10. I produced roughly the same number of words per piece every time I typed something there, but wasn't using all of the available real estate the widescreen display offered. I have become quite accustomed to the simplicity and speed of XP, and am grateful to still be able to use it to this day; there have been a few major breakthroughs recently in terms of modern browser engines being back-ported to XP, and it has allowed me to delay the inevitable transition to Windows 7, and from there to Windows 10 LTSB/LTSC. I hear what sounds like a door being closed, all sorts of hustle and bustle in the distance. A conversation seems to be going on, but can only faintly be discerned from my vantage point. Upon waking up in the morning, I went to take a shower as I have been doing ever since I first arrived here at the Joshua House. With a week having gone by, I have become more accustomed to this environment. I am coming out of my shell, and feel much more confident in my ability to have a rapport of sorts with my housemates. I'm not expecting them to have any interest in me, and they are most certainly not obligated to care about me in the slightest, but peace is being maintained for the moment. It feels like we are getting along. Two of my housemates are not here at the moment; they have gone with their parents to celebrate Passover, and most likely will not be back until Thursday. I will not be working tomorrow, or Wednesday, though I wouldn't have a problem with doing so. Though I was already aware that today would be a 'half-day' at the JARC day program, I slept as though I would have to work eight hours, even though I was on the clock for just two. Technically, that isn't even true; though I started out the day doing some cleaning in back of house, I was not long afterwards told to just relax in the break room. I hung out there with a couple of my coworkers the whole time aside from spending fifteen or so minutes in the auditorium. Upon our return home, I bided my time for a while until the time came to have some lunch. For the first time since first moving in, I had to excuse myself temporarily to make a phone call. That call turned out to be quite significant, as during the course of the call a contract was signed for the sale of the old house. I will not speak of the other particulars in that regard, but suffice it to say, it looks like things are looking up. I have found different things to keep myself occupied during the day, be it pining on the 'muses' who inspire me, or writing letters of gratitude to people who mean a lot to me, or playing fitness games on the exercise bike in the dining room (there are four available, the most fascinating ones being clones of Space Invaders and Tetris that are actually quite addictive). I have also returned to my love of arcade games again, settling on MAME 0.72, the last version with the DCS Sound System hacks. To put that in terms understandable by human beings, Midway used to use special sound hardware called 'DCS' in many of their games from the early to the late 1990s; early versions of MAME (the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) have speed hacks so DCS-based games can run at full speed on consumer-grade hardware of the time. 0.72 was the last version with these hacks, and as a result it is my preferred version no matter what computer I'm using. Even on old Pentium 4-era machines with integrated graphics and sound, you can be assured of a consistent 53fps in any of the Mortal Kombats if you stick with 0.72 or earlier. (Yes, that is in fact full speed; not all arcade games ran at 60fps.) In addition to my interest in MAME, I have also started to revisit the Super Nintendo, a nostalgic console I remember from my childhood as one of my babysitters liked to bring over her SNES, hook it up to our TV, and play "Zelda: A Link to the Past". (She definitely had good taste.) Ironically, that game has become exactly what the title signifies, and is still remembered today as a historical achievement. Not having a Super Nintendo myself, my 'fix' is satisfied through emulation. Amazingly the latest version of SNES9x still works in Windows XP, and runs at full speed on my PC despite the hardware being over 13 years old. I have long been fascinated with CPU vs CPU in video games, as it gives me a chance to study how the AI works and find exploits that can be used to beat the computer in a head-to-head match. (Full disclosure: being able to find an exploit doesn't mean I'm any good at actually playing a game!) "Super Street Fighter II" has become my game of choice for CPU vs CPU lately, and I have staged a few tournaments as a hobby recently. Ryu, Ken, and Sagat seem to have the most success, whenever they pop up. Based on how CPU tournaments work in that game, the characters are all selected at random, as are the stages on which they fight (to prevent home field advantage, I'd suppose?). One character can appear more than once, and I've had tournaments with as many as four Balrogs, or four Blankas. In the most recent one, Ryu and E. Honda both made it to the finals, and fought on the battleground near Suzaku Castle. (An all-Japan final, taking place in Japan--what are the odds?!) E. Honda pulled off the upset, knocking out Ryu to become champ. On another note, my heart is filled with anticipation at the hope of my email buddy Sonja Ball coming over from Montreal for a visit to the achievement center. She has told me that she will get in touch with Evelyn soon. Having had a chance to take a closer look at the dining room and the different items in it, I found a CD rack with not one but two different Arthur CDs in it. I'm tempted to bring them with me for Sonja to sign but I feel like she'd want to be treated not as a celeb but a friend.