I had the same problem. You're not alone. I'm actually not joking here, I really wanted Xbox Live more then anything. I thought about it day and night, my friends talked about it hourly. I felt so angry at them. I literally prayed and you know what, the next day my dad said yes. I then got Xbox Live, and the next day Reach came out. Now I love my life. My problem was that my dad thought I would play it too much though.