jitters

Despite the fact that I have a ridiculous class schedule, I'm really excited that school is going to be starting soon! Typically I want to think of myself as a realist; I try to shoot for goals I can actually hit instead of 'aiming for the moon the end up with the stars' (That sounds like a good way to get lost in space!). This semester though, I actually think I can pull an A in everything except maybe my Lit class. Here's to going back and giving Calculus II that head thumping long overdue!

Rec

I decided to get a pass to the Rec Center. Going there last night was like going to an old childhood playground you haven't visited in a long while; some parts were smaller than I remembered, and some parts where bigger. It was hard to believe that I hadn't been there in almost a full year!

list

I can't do anything unless I make lists. Lists allow me to count down important stuff. The downside is that when I've had the same list reused several days, I realize how unproductive I typically am.

Munchkin Basics

As a present to me I got the Munchkin card game. It's technically a spoof of D&D, but it has enough random humor that even someone like me (who has never played D&D) to thoroughly enjoy it! Here's a low down of the rules, it's pretty simple once you get the flow chart.

To start: each player gets 2 Door cards and 2 Treasure Cards. Any Race and or Class cards can be played. A player with no race is considered ‘Human’. Then each player can play Item cards by placing them face up in front of them. All players start at Level 1; the game is over when a player wins by reaching Level 10. Each time you Kill a Monster on your turn, or sell 1,000 gold worth of Items during your turn, you go up 1 Level.

Race: you can only have one race in play. You can discard your race from play at any time (even in combat).

Class: you can only have one class in play. You can discard your class from play at any time (even in combat). Most Class cards have special abilities that require you to discard, you can discard any card you have played or in your hand to power this ability.

Item: Each Item has a name, power, size, and a value in gold pieces. When you play an item in front of you it is being ‘carried’. You can carry any number of small items, but only 1 ‘Big Item’; any item not termed big is considered small. Anyone can carry items, but some items have restrictions on their use, Items being carried but not being used are turned sideways to show they are not in use.
Each person can only use one ‘headgear’, one ‘suit of armor’, one ‘footgear’, and two ‘hand’ items at a time; ‘Two Hands’ items require both hands.
During your turn, as many times as you want, you can discard items whose value is worth at least 1,000 gold pieces (you don’t get change back) and go up one level.

Treasure cards can be played to the table as you get them or during your turn. Any one-shot (‘useable once only’) time can be played during any combat, whether you have it in your hand or on the table.

Curse! If drawn face up during ‘Open a Door’, they apply to the person who drew them. Otherwise they can be played at any player at any time. The Curse has it’s effect and then is discarded unless it’s effect is continuous (like ‘Chicken on Your Head’); continuous curses stay in play until something destroys the curse.

Players may trade Items, but not cards, at any time they are not in combat. Traded Items stay in play but change ownership, remember: you can’t sell items until it’s your turn!

When Cards contradict the rules, follow the cards.

YOUR TURN:

GB Mixer

I went to the dentist and was surprised to find that I had no cavities at all! The spots turned out to be stains that had sunk into glue residing on the back of my teeth. I'm very happy to still be completely cavity free. The down side to getting good news though is that the world deals with give and take. I drove off from the dentist feeling anxious (I hadn't eaten all day) and relieved and went 34 through a 25 school zone, was stopped, and then ticketed the hell out of. I wonder, if I had left the dentist office knowing that I had 3 or 4 cavities, would I have been feeling sullen and defeated? Would I have lost my appetite and lagged behind the average flow of traffic? I'm almost inclined to say yes.

Harry Potter

I was at work today pushing a credit card through the machine when I noticed this little old lady had been starring dead center at me for the past minute. It was a little weird. She finally blurt out "You look just like my grandson!" After a short period of time she added, "My grandson looks just like that young boy who plays Harry Potter!" I remained quiet and confused even after she finnally sumerized her logic with "You look just like Harry Potter!"

Thank you?
I'm still not sure what to make of this...

Busser

I found out something today. Despite the fact that do not live necessarily close to campus, it is in fact quicker to commute between campus and my apartment on foot rather than use the bus system. Oh blessed technology! How you have improved our lives!

scoal

This just in, I will be postponing my readmission to A&M so that I can further pursue my passion, I do not believe that is too strong a word, for integration with freshman, sophomores and other dumb people who fail at college in the festive atmosphere of a junior college!

resolutesion

I made it a New Years Resolution to update this blog once a day with at least some quick quirks. But I haven't been on that so much. What do I do to fix the problem? Cheat!! I've really only updated it once every couple of days. That makes me have to think back though, and I don't remember what I did on the 10th. I think I just played Spore all day. Hmmm. Here's to New Years Resolutions! Make them work as best you can!

Snore

Apparently it still snows in Animal Crossing January. I hope my kids don't complain as much as these Snowmen! Sheesh!

Spores

Spore could be one of the most addicting games I've played in a long time. Make crazy creatures? Guide them through life times? Share the universe with creatures your friends create? I wonder when sim games become recognized as a psychological condition.

mental dental

My lower permanent retainer snapped off the back of my teeth today, wire and all! I've been trying to pick the remaining glue off the back with some success, but most disturbing of all it looks like I developed some cavities underneath! What the heck?! I thought this thing was supposed to make my teeth better! I've never gotten a cavity in my life, even when I had a full grill of braces all over my mouth and with 3 extra wisdom teeth sitting in the back! Damn thing was a retainer alright... of LIES!!

Bluifrog

I decided to cheat again and code a shiny Politoad with Water Absorb. There's really not much of a point; it's not much of a contender in the 'Bulky Water' category. The only thing it fits with is a Water Absorb-Surf 2vs2 team. I outfitted it with Hyper Voice and Bounce for the novelty of having a frog Pokemon. After I level it up it'll know Perish Song, which is another option.

Pokeball... GO!

A friend sent this to me a while back, I thought it was the greatest thing ever.

D Si

Nintendo will be releasing their new super special awesome DS model very soon. Although Nintendo has yet to put anything about it on their official website (which is chronically about 2 months behind the rest of the world) it's already been released in Japan and other sources say it's due to hit the US in the first quarter of 09. About the same size as the DS Lite, it has done away with the Game-Boy Advance slot (and thus cannot play GBA games or DS games that used the DS slot). What it gains however are two low resolution cameras, an SD card slot, capabilities to play music and minor picture modification, and will be released with a new Wii-like interface. It will update it's internal software by connecting to the internet, much like the Wii, and an internet 'DSi software' store will be put up where 'channels' of software can be purchased with points and downloaded to the DSi, among which include a limited Opera Internet browser. In addition to the major changes some small things, like the power button and volume control have been moved around and changed.

I definitely like the sound of the new software interface, the only thing that makes me think twice about lining up to buy is removal of the Game-Boy Advance slot as some DS games did use it as a plug in for peripherals and I occasionally play GBA games. The camera seems hooky and unless the SD card is implemented in someway beyond making it a pseudo-crappy-iPod I can't see the point of the hardware changes.

Sex+City=?

To badger me into writing my appeals letter, Katharine and Richard played Sex and the CIty endlessly until I had it done. Oh it was painful! And to think some people watch that show for entertainment! Crazy people.

A Lot Less Like Christmas...

I still can't believe that Winter Time is winding down. It's now January, which means that all my Snowman furniture and holiday decorations in Animal Crossing have fallen out of style. Figures, just after I can make snowmen that don't start screaming about how awful they look, I gotta change gears.

Resolute

It's a New Year! Happy New Year! I don't remember much of what I said my resolutions would be last year. But somehow I feel like I achieved most of them. Next year I want to weigh a solid 160, be well into A&M Anthropology, and a decent way into my eclectic comic.