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Friday, December 29th, 2006
8:13 pm	I decided it was time to give another entry after such a long time, particularly since life has thrown quite a bit my way since my last entry. I finally decided to drop E&M, which was probably best for my sanity, and my GPA. As it stands, I only wound up getting a 2.71 this semester, which is something I certainly don't want to keep up (since I need a 2.75 to keep a scholarship). Had I passed the class, it probably would have been with a D, pushing my GPA down quite a bit. And had I failed, well, that would have just been a bad situation in every way. My sincere condolences to Martin; hopefully we'll get it next time. My performance this semester also led to a stern talking-to from my parents, who don't seem to really get the whole "Mudd is hard" bit, and assume that I should still be the top of the heap like I was in high school. I mean, I'm hoping that I've passed the worst of things (E&M should be better the second time, and the only class I'm dreading in my major is PLs), but I honestly can't be sure at this rate. I thought this semester was going to be easy (it wasn't), and I wound up getting my worst grade ever in a class that everyone said was easy, almost to the point of trivial (Bio 52). In spite of all this, life has been fairly awesome as of late, nontrivially because of the fact that I finally have a girfriend. While this causes some problems of its own (like still not really knowing how to effectively balance my time between her and other friends), it's certainly been an amazing experience so far. And before Kevin starts vomiting about me talking about this too much, time to move on to a new topic... Anyway, I've spent the past few days in Rome with my family. It's been nice, if not incredibly tiring, owing to the fact that my parents believe that rest is something you get to recuperate from a successful vacation. We spent the first day touring the forum, the second day around volcanoes and the towns they destroyed (including climbing to the rim of Vesuvius), and today we toured the Vatican. It's all been fun, although I'm incredibly worn out from a combination of time difference and doing way too much walking (we had to hike up the last part of Vesuvius). I also hope that I'll be able to keep my parents from noticing the fact that I'm not so much fond of looking at art for hours a day. I feel like it's the sort of thing that would probably set my mother off. It's not that I don't appreciate art (I'm a big fan of theater and music), but I simply don't see how you can spend more than 30 seconds looking at a given work, and more than maybe an hour looking at paintings before it feels really dull. But whatever. I will end with some things I have observed about Italy and Italians: They drive like maniacs on roads that appear to be, size-wise, on the same order as the wavelength of light. It's honestly terrifying to a person who worries as much as I do. Stuff is expensive here. Meals don't come with sides or free refills on soda, which really kind of sucks. The concept of cheap internet (or free internet in hotels) is apparently lost on these people. The concept of a nice, free bathroom is also apparently lost on these people, at least at major tourist locations. I have yet to see a bathroom where they don't charge you (or expect you to tip), and has all of its urinals not be on the verge of overflowing. It's kind of weird, and kind of disconcerting. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
10:14 pm	Why does nothing ever turn out like it should? I really hate E&M right now. We recently took our second midterm, and I did much better on it (47 as opposed to 26), but it put me in a very awkward position. The way things are working out now, if I pass the final, I pass the class; if I fail the final, I fail the class. It's really frustrating because I really don't know how I'm going to do, and can easily see myself doing either. I really don't want to take it again, but I also really, really don't want to fail it. I kind of wish that I had failed it more miserably, which would make my decision a hell of a lot easier. Funball really can't come soon enough. While I'm certainly enjoying certain parts of my life right now, with 3 midterms this week (including a Bio midterm today that I'm not ready for) and the E&M decision constantly on my mind, it will feel really good to finally be able to let go some. Current Mood: confused Current Music: Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack - Poor Jack (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
11:57 pm	It's way too late to be this locked inside ourselves So, I'm back at home for the first half of fall break. I suppose this a good thing, since I haven't seen my family in a while (except my mom when she visited last week), and I won't get to come home for Thanksgiving. All the same, I had a lot of fun during Fall Break last year, and a lot of interesting things will be happening in this time, none the least of which is the new installation of NS in the computer labs. But, at least I'll have some of this break there, and like I said, I will be at Mudd for Thanksgiving. As for life itself, it has been inexorably marching on, albeit at a very fast rate. I feel like this semester has passed a lot faster than the previous two, although that could be because of the much higher workload. I also managed to get a 26/100 on my E&M Midterm, which was particularly non-fun, but I see what I did wrong (some pretty stupid stuff), and if I can rectify these sorts of mistakes for the second midterm, I may be able to salvage a passing grade. If not, I'll drop the class like it's hot and try again next year. We shall have to see. ITR Games also seem to be a smashing success so far. We have quite a few frosh who are interested, and right now I can see a lot of them who have good reasons for staying. In particular, a lot of them see it as a social event, which is largely why I continued to go last year, and why I continue to go (in addition to the whole helping run them thing). Hopefully we'll be able to keep enough frosh to keep the numbers relatively high, as the games do thrive on numbers. I could end with something meaningful or insightful. Or not. Current Music: Interpol - C'Mere (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
9:54 pm	The Lord's my employer and now he's my lawyer So, I just wrote a sorting algorithm that's so horrifically bad that it makes Python segfault on any list larger than 4 elements. And in fact, it can only sort lists of more than 3 because I increased the recursion limit to some ungodly high number. It's awesome. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Assassins - The Ballad of Guiteau (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
12:19 am	E&M midterm in 8 hours Cool blue reason empties on the page, Your colleagues are in prison and your enemies enraged. Cool blue reason comes into your world, There's two more dead in Texas and it's probably your girls. Cool blue reason wraps around your throat, The minutes change like seasons, Only 8 more hours to go. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
3:25 pm	The years have seemed short, but the days go slowly by Life has been weird so far this year. On the one hand, I feel like I'm falling desperately behind. I'm not doing badly in any of my classes, but I've been leaning incredibly on the help of others to get work done, like Hendrik for Discrete and Biology, Hunter for 105, and my entire quad for E&M. I'm genuinely afraid that come exam time, I will have no idea what I'm doing, and completely fail. And that will not be pleasant at all. Oh, and I'm sick. On the other hand, life has been great. In spite of all that, I simply can't say I dislike the way things are going. Sure, I'm working harder than ever, but life is also much more interesting, and quite fun. The quad seems to have worked out as a perfect balance between being with good friends, and hanging out with the East community. Speaking of the east community, more of the frosh are finally leaving their rooms, and I kind of like our new Dorm Scrippsies (for which there must be some sort of conservation law or something). All of these are even mroe encouraging signs of things to come. I have also determined that Professor Prag, my economics Professor, is officially one of the greatest people ever. During lecture a few days ago, he mentioned something about rednecks from Maryland. Naturally, I had to protest (all I did was shout "hey!", but he noticed). He asked me where in Maryland I was from, and I said around Baltimore. He replied by saying that he grew up in Cambridge, on the Eastern Shore, and that as a result he was lucky to be walking upright. It was officially awesome, particularly if you're from Maryland and understand just how true that is. I figure it must be the case that all economics teachers are officially awesome, based on my sample of 3. Reading this again, my logical transitions between thoughts, or even in thoughts themselves, don't actually exist. I blame sickness. Current Mood: sick Current Music: The Shins - Pink Bullets (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 9th, 2006
12:59 pm	So let's abandon that track, and leave our fathers fighting in a sack So, we had the first ITR Games last night, and it appears that everything went off almost ideally. I didn't screw up my storytelling too much (and apparently people quite liked the stuff I came up with, which was awesome), we had a huge initial attendance, and the number of people who left in the middle was astoundingly small. We started with about 60 people, and by the final game, we still had about 45 people, which is fantastic. We even had a few people (albeit only one frosh) who were willing to keep playing. It was great fun, and I'm looking forward to two weeks from now, when we can speed through trilogy more quickly, and get to the much more interesting games. Although I do not envy the person (possibly me) who has to explain six types of undead and werewolf to the frosh for the first time. But it was an excellent evening altogether, and it makes me hopeful for the future of the games. Otherwise, the only new thing in my life is that my laptop is broken. In a moment of idiocy, I left it too close to the edge of my bed, and a vibration caused it to fall off. It still functions, but pieces fell off the frame around the screen, which means it does not look healthy, or sound very good when you try to move it. As such, I'm leaving it as is until I can get a trip to the Apple Store (one in which I will actually have an appointment), and praying that they will take mercy on me and let it be covered by Apple Care. If not, then I'll just have to hunker down and pay the repair bill. Good thing I have a job... Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: The Shins - Fighting in a Sack (Comment on this)
Friday, September 1st, 2006
11:00 am	Rivers are raging in your blood So, the first week of class isn't technically over yet, but it's close enough that I feel ok giving my impressions. First class was E&M lecture, which is at the horrible, horrible time of 8 AM. This combined with the fact that it's E&M makes it already one of my least favorite classes. However, Professor Sahakian is sufficiently awesome (the first thing he did was make a pickle glow like a light bulb) that it isn't a horrible experience. And Prof Sparks, my recitation Prof, is pretty cool, but I knew that from having her for lab. Hopefully this class won't rip me apart, but I'm not holding my breath. Next is Microeconomics with Prag, which appears to be everything I hoped it would be and more. You see, I'm a major fan of Microecon, and have heard excellent things about Prag, so my standards are quite high. And it turned out great. Prag is quite funny, and our first lecture gave me great hope. That lecture was approximately 15 minutes long, had 5 obscenities (I'm keeping a running count), and included a story about how his Microecon Professor was a crack addict. It should be awesome. Programming Practicum looks like it will be a lot of fun, too. I had high hopes, but these also seem to have been exceeded, due to the very informal nature of the course. Professor Dodds is just as cool as people said, and the class itself seems really neat, and includes free food. Plus, it ends a month early. How cool is that? I've only had one lecture of Bio, but it looks like it will be OK. I don't like Bio all that much, but Professor Asai is one of those Professors who is easy to listen to (unlike, say, Stone), so I think I'll be able to get through. Plus, homeworks are largely optional, which will be a huge help to me. So, I reserve judgement on this class, but my hopes are not high. Discrete Math looks like it will be pretty cool, although that is largely based on its incredibly good reputation. Professor Benjamin seems like a really cool guy, and he seems genuinely excited about the course and material, which gives me a good feeling. This will probably be a hard class, but not as bad as CS 70, and probably substantially more fun. As for CS 105, Computer Systems, I'm kind of disappointed. I've heard good things about it, but it seems to deal a lot with things I hated from CS 70, like memory management. I'm keeping an open mind, particularly because it's taught by Kuenning, but it will probably not live up to expectations. Other than that, life is pretty grand. The Quad seems to be working out pretty well, and what little I know of the East Frosh (leave your rooms, goddamnit!) indicates that they're good people. Plus, I feel like everything is just more fun now that I'm back, and the ability to make offensive jokes at will is certainly a nice plus. All in all, it looks like this will be a good semester. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Cake - Where Would I Be? (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
11:44 am	It's always better on holiday I can't believe I'm leaving so soon. My first flight leaves in about 24 hours, and about 9 hours later (including a layover in Houston), and I'll be in California. It feels kinda weird that I'll have to be doing so much work again so soon. But it'll be worth it. Especially since I got upgraded to first class on the first leg of the flight. Neener neener. I have also successfully ripped the first volume of Animaniacs off their respective DVDs, and they should be making their way onto deepthought soon after my arrival (since getting that computer up and running will be my first priority). I actually feel quite accomplished for doing it, even though Handbrake made it ridiculously easy. I just wish the Windows version didn't suck so much. This post is more of a random assortment of thoughts than a logical progression. That feels weird. And on that note, this userpic is completely irrelevant to this post; I just wanted to see how it looked (and yes, kurtraschke, I did steal this idea from you. I'll give credit where it's due). I believe I have identified the things that will torment me the most in the first week of school: 1) Overcoming my raging battle.net addiction (current count: 2 icons, level 19, and 232 games in one summer) 2) Forcing myself to get up for 8 AM E&M lecture on the first day of class (bastards...) 3) Forcing myself to actually look at my HMMM code and fix it when I get to a computer where the assembler works, as opposed to just ignoring it for the sake of my sanity. Assembly can bite me 4) Resisting the urge to say "damn frosh", even in a sarcastic way I suppose it's time to finish packing. And by finish, I mean do all the stuff that takes more than 2 minutes. Current Mood: excited Current Music: Franz Ferdinand - Jacqueline (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 14th, 2006
4:24 pm	Why shouldn't we sing along? I believe that I am officially a convertee to the Church of Python. It's such and awesome language. It almost makes me want to work on CS 5 stuff instead playing Warcraft III all the time...almost. As surprised as I am to hear myself say this, I'm going to be sad when I have to code in Java again for CS 189. Current Mood: happy Current Music: Crazy for You Soundtrack - I Got Rhythm (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
10:29 pm	Don't be scared you won't prevail, Everybody's free to fail So, Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is an excellent movie (although I can't see that title without the Ballad of Booth starting in my head; damn you, Kevin). I don't want to spoil it, but I will say that it is really worth going to. Also, hearing Paint it Black sung in French is actually really cool. That is all. Current Mood: content Current Music: Assassins Soundtrack - Everybody's Got The Right (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 5th, 2006
10:10 pm	So, I just got back from the beach. The trip wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, since it turns out they did have air conditioning in one room of the house, meaning that we spent a great deal of time in there. However, it was still hot as all hell out there, and there was a breeze originating from the bay, meaning the beach was covered in flies. In the end, all I really get done was watch a bunch of Futurama and X-Men, and reading Guns, Germs and Steel and Parliament of Whores, both of which I would highly recommend. Today was much more interesting. After we all had a panic attack when our dog, Mede (short for Archimedes, because we're just that pretentious), got into about a third of a brownie, we left the beach house my grandfather owns to go visit my dad's friend from college, Mr. Plaut. This is the same Mr. Plaut through whom I have the spooky connection to Hannah's friend from (I assume) high school, Ricky. Anyway, we visited his house, and he gave us a tour of where he works. This might be uninteresting, except he works at NFL Films, which made it awesome. The building is new, since they now also run the NFL Network, and the whole place is really awesome. He showed us how he makes the films by going through a massive, networked catalog of shots and audio, and I almost drooled. Plus the building itself is really nifty, and feels like the inside of a football stadium. I'm certainly considering applying for an internship there now, although it's only available to rising seniors. After that we just had a long car ride home, and here I am. After this, it's Crack in the Ac time, and then hopefully a relaxing rest of summer break. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Resident Evil 4 (Comment on this)
Monday, July 31st, 2006
8:03 pm	So, apparantly I forgot the most important part of my entry for today. I will be leaving tomorrow for the beach, where I will be until late Saturday, probably without internet access. Figures that that would be the day that, according to goobergunch, they'll be releasing the floor charts for next year, letting us know which frosh are going to be where. Oh well. Anyway, I'll probably be out of contact until then, so...yeah. Hopefully the heat advisory for the entire week and lack of air conditioning won't make me go on some sort of killing spree, although I wouldn't put it out of the question. (Comment on this)
3:58 pm	Whenever I think of switching to a different browser, I usually wind up finding an extension that makes me love Firefox all over again. In this case, it's FoxyTunes, which lets me control iTunes without switching windows, which, for a big music skipper like me, is awesome, especially since I can just use keyboard shortcuts. To make this entry not just a shameless plug, I should also note that I currently have Animaniacs on DVD. Assuming I can figure out how to rip them effectively, they should be on the network this coming semester. There should be much rejoicing. Current Mood: happy Current Music: Flogging Mollys - Death Valley Queen (Comment on this)
Friday, July 21st, 2006
7:10 pm	We ain't going to the town, we're going to the city Been a fair bit of time since I've updated this thing. In a way it's because a lot has happened, and in a way it's because not much at all has happened. Oh well. I got my wisdom teeth pulled a few weeks ago. Everyone talks about it with such horrible adjectives, but my experience wasn't too bad. First of all, general anesthesia is awesome, and put me fast asleep for the whole thing. Now, that's always the good part; what sucks is the recovery. And I will say that the first 12 or so hours were rather shitty. Once the anesthesia wears off, you start feeling pretty crappy, with a fairly strong pain in the back of your jaws. Plus, since I was numb,I had biting my tongue for hours, and that certainly wasn't pleasant. Plus you have to keep applying ice to alternate sides of your mouth, which makes it hard to sleep (which is all you really want to do). I wound up needing the stronger pain meds (percoset) only once, at about 4:30 in the morning the day after. After that first night, though, it really wasn't bad. I was off the pain meds by noon the next day, and I was up and about the day after that. I was probably just really lucky, but you should know that every story isn't a horror story. I've also been playing a lot of Warcraft III on battle.net. I've been doing decently well as orcs, with a 16-16 record, but I also seem to come in last on my team a lot. I shall have to determine why at some point. Other than that, really not much has been going on. I've been trying and mostly failing to do those CS 5 assignments that I have to have finished by the start of school, but I have faith that I'll eventually get off my ass long enough to do them. Then go back to playing Warcraft III. I also got a Daily Pass for the Daily Show and Colbert Report, but quickly remembered why I never bothered renewing; I never get around to watching them. Oh well. So right now life is good. Been keeping in good touch with Quad People (talk like Quad, walk like people?), which is a rarity for me when I leave close contact with people I know. My summer's been fairly enjoyable, but I still can't wait to get back to Mudd. My next semester looks to be fairly easy (with the exception of the dreaded E&M), and the Quad should be a blast. Hopefully our L and East will get good frosh who will make life more interesting. But only time will tell that. And mass refreshing of certain webpages (I did say my summer was boring). Addendum: In news completely unrelated to this post, I have found a way to make MySpace bearable. Following the instructions here, one can force MySpace pages to the default settings. This means that morons who embed unstoppable music, or think that black text on black background is a good idea will be cancelled out. Almost makes the sit worthwhile, except for the stupid and annoying emo kids that populate it en masse. Current Mood: good Current Music: Interpol - Next Exit (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 1st, 2006
3:11 pm	Flag Burning, or why Scott Adams is my hero This blog entry was written by Scott Adams at his blog. The original entry can be found here. I was delighted to learn that American politicians are trying to make it illegal to burn the American flag. That can only mean that my dedicated public servants have finally solved the problems of crime, drugs, war, poverty, terrorism, healthcare, immigration, and the mystery of why our children are such idiots compared to Norwegians. Evidently those issues are now under control. I was starting to worry that Congress was wasting my tax dollars doing stupid shit. I heard Senator Frist compare the flag to a national monument. His point was that you wouldn’t want people to deface our one-of-a-kind historical treasures. Therefore we shouldn’t let people burn an American flag that is one of millions churned out every year by Chinese manufacturers. I think that was his best argument. I know it seems dumb when I recount it, but there was something about the robotic way Frist said it that gave me chills. I consider myself a highly patriotic guy and I understand how people can get worked up over the flag being burned. I love my flag. But symbols are personal things, and everyone is free to interpret them however they see fit. For me, a flag that I’m NOT allowed to burn is a symbol that the government is too intrusive in my life. And it’s an insult to anyone who died to defend freedom. But that’s just me. You might prefer your symbols of freedom to have as many restrictions as possible. It seems to me that the great thing about the flag is that it symbolizes something inherently indestructible: the concept of freedom. You can burn the flag as many times as you want and the concept of freedom is not only still there – it’s stronger. I like that about my flag. I would go so far as to say it’s my flag’s best feature. I wouldn’t mind if Congress were considering changing some other feature of the flag. For example, if they wanted to represent Rhode Island with half a star, I could get behind that. But I’d hate to chip away at my flag’s freedom feature. That just seems wrong. Again, that’s just my personal and emotional opinion. I can see how people would feel different about it. If flag burning becomes illegal, someone is going to start a company that sells flags that are slightly different from American flags – just different enough to be legal to burn. The burnable flags might have 51 stars, or 14 stripes – something like that. The beauty of this concept is that if you got caught burning a real American flag, you could claim it was really just a near-flag. That’s reasonable doubt. No one would ever get convicted. The thing to remember about freedom is that it’s not given, it’s taken. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 30th, 2006
11:26 am	The new Mudd Bulletin makes me sad for 2 reasons. First, on the homepage, they say they're going to talk about "Pranking Today", and then proceed not to, which makes me sad, since I wish they would acknowledge our Hoch prank (my description of which is was copied from the East Dorm wiki by goobergunch here), a prank I consider to be of high quality. And secondly, it says that our school just became a lot whiter and more male, because of the incoming class: 25% female 50% out-of-state 90% in top 10 % of graduating class Diversity: 14% (Latino, African American, Native American, Native Alaskan) SAT Critical Reading 720, SAT Math 760 SAT Writing 710, Math 2- 790 I mean, come on, they can't even get 30% female? Laaaame. Which also probably means we'll be getting all males in our "L", which could be fun, but also a hell of a lot less interesting. Although I am amused that for some reason they don't consider Asian to be a minority. Maybe it's a West Coast thing, or maybe they're just being unintentionally racist by implying that Asians aren't the sort of minority that would have as much trouble getting into college. Meh, whatever. Current Music: Weezer - Buddy Holly (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
11:45 pm	We know of an ancient radiation that haunts dismembered constellations I have arrived back in Maryland. Before getting on to that, however, I would like to give major props to Professors Jacobsen and Orrison. They both managed to make the advanced levels of Differential Equations and Linear Algebra actually interesting subjects, while I hated the lower levels of each. I would think it was the Professors that destroyed the lower level for me, but I had Professor Yong for DEs I, whose praises I have sung in this journal before. Even still, I am thoroughly convinced that Math/CS is not for me, largely because I am determined to avoid essays at all costs, which rules out taking Analysis. Plus, I plan on taking LSD anyway, so it wouldn't net me anything except more classes. As for life back here, it's been slightly better than I predicted. I still haven't talked to any high school friends, although I've talked extensively with one middle school friend. I think my problem is that I need to have a reason to initiate a conversation with someone, which is something I never have. But anyway, I've managed to keep myself occupied rather well, and I haven't even started with the whole doing CS 5 assignments thing yet. I've been playing a fair bit of Natural Selection online, and I can authoritatively say that it is played very, very differently. I've been practicing alien, and the most important difference seems to be that people online tend to avoid sensory chambers like the plague, which makes me a very sad little skulk. Since these are the chambers that are typically built first at Crack, I'm quite used to the substantial advantages of cloaking, which is really the only way a skulk can effectively ambush a group of marines. I can see the benefit of the other chambers first, but it still makes me sad. I have, however, discovered how much combat is, since not only does it let me get cloaking at level 2, but I can also get scent of fear, and more importantly, xenocide. For those who don't play, xenocide basically makes a skulk, which is normally a rather weak species, into a deadly kamikaze alien, who explodes 5 seconds after activating the attack. In large numbers, it takes people off guard, since they're usually preoccupied by the fades or oni, who are substantially bigger and more powerful. It's fun. Other than that, life has been pretty boring. Hopefully I'll get around to talking to people at some point. If any of my Towson friend still read this, they should also feel free to give me a call or send me an IM. Of course, those who do read this probably just skim over it, since they probably know nothing about any of the stuff I write about. In order to draw their attention, I would just like to say PENIS Now, go read those previous 2 paragraphs if you're from Towson and skipped them because you thought they were irrelevant. I promise they're not (well, most of it). Current Mood: indescribable Current Music: Cake - Frank Sinatra (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
4:53 pm	And like a boat out on the ocean, I'm rocking you to sleep As I'm packing up my room, it occurs to me how much I'm going to miss Mudd. As much as I like people back in Towson, I haven't talked to them in ages, making me think that my odds of doing much with them are essentially nil, making this a rather boring summer (not that I did nearly enough with them when I was in high school...). But more than that, I've probably become better friends with the people here then I ever was with the people back home, largely just because I can identify with them better. It's a bit hard to get in long conversations with people about complicated computer topics when most of your friends are english or politics majors. It just isn't the same. Add to that the fact that so many people here mesh with my personality so well, and you can see why I'm going to miss the campus as a whole, and not just my close friends (who I will miss a lot). Well, if push comes to shove, I can always give in to the crack of all cracks: World of Warcraft. Hopefully my job next semester will help me feed the habit should I do so. Current Mood: listless Current Music: Billy Joel - Lullaby (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 18th, 2006
8:11 pm	Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King Crack in the Ac* was officially awesome last night. We had a really fun run of Warcrack (Warcraft III) beforehand (there is nothing quite like countering a Paladin's Starfall with Big Bad Voodoo), and Crack itself was awesome. We played a several fun runs of Natural Selection (knifing the hive for the win!), followed by quite a bit of Counterstrike, a game whose appeal is suddenly clear to me. However, the best part was the duration. Normally Crack starts at 10 PM and goes until 4 AM on really good nights. Last night, we weren't expecting it to go particularly far, since it took a while for people to get there. However, it went on until 9 o'clock this morning. It was awesome, and probably the first time I have been non-bitter at being up at 7 AM since I was 10. I won't get my hopes up that something like that will happen again, but I enjoyed it immensly. * For those unaware, Crack in the Ac is where we take over the computer labs in the academic end to play video games every weekend. Current Mood: groggy Current Music: The Nightmare Before Christmas - This is Halloween (2 Comments |Comment on this)