I have a mohawk now. Splendid.

I am really pissed off and depressed about poker tonight. I lost thirty bucks in an hour. I lost the first ten before the deal went around the table once. I lost my last twelve by going all in with a low pocket pair on a really low flop, but the other guy hit two pair on the flop. I could have won about ten bucks had I gone overtop another guy who was bluffing with a four dollar bet when I had pocket Jacks. It was really a terrible, terrible game tonight. I'm sure there's no way I can dig myself out of the hole I'm in with those guys now, unless I win consistently for the rest of the summer.

I have a mohawk now. I'm going to shave the sides shorter next chance I get. I haven't had any negative comments about it yet, and it seems to entertain some of the kids at school.

I had 265 GB of trash split between my two hard drives, but I cleaned a lot of the clutter. I had a lot of PS2 game ISOs sitting on my primary drive that I no longer needed. I wanted to burn God of War, but it's dual layer. Dual layer DVDs are way too expensive at the moment.

I got an email from one Nahtan Hewitson (I'll spell his name incorrectly just so it doesn't show up on google...pussy), telling me how much of an evil person I am for calling him a jerk and saying he didn't take debating seriously in my personal weblog. Some people take things too seriously, don't you think? To go out of his way to reprimand me for calling him the 'j' word in a semi-public forum. He then went on to tell me that by getting trashed, he was a better debater than me. I don't want to get in a big argument with a message since it's just a waste of my goddamn time. I'm just sick and tired that people think I give a shit when they think my opinion is wrong. Goddam debaters.

Growlanser 2 is getting very tedious. Leveling up outside of story battles is unrealistic due to the sub par experience, but it seems to be my only choice since I'm getting whooped a bit. I'm looking forward to giving Final Fantasy X-2 a playthrough. The pop-diva quality of it is sure to bother me, but the mission based storyline and job class system should be enough to last me through.

Listening to... Hopesfall - Andromeda
Link of the moment... WHy do they all have to be so scantily clad?

Friday, June 17th, 2005

Over a week since the last post. Unfortunately, nothing of much importance has happened to nudge me to make a post.

Work this week was pretty killer. Today I moved computers in to three schools, two of which had massive staircases to get to the main lab. The moving guy threw his back out at the first school, so it was all me and Kaarlo at one point. We're not big guys, and believe me when I say that we were absolutely plum tuckered after those schools. Luckily, it's Friday.

Adam is in this weekend, but he seems to be pretty busy already. He came over last night (and made me cut back on my sleep), and it looks like he's busy tonight. He might make it tomorrow, especially if I can get a poker tournament together like I want to. He bought one of the new slim PStwos. Shit, that thing is so small. I almost want my old one to die so I can get one of those too. Of course, then I'd have to sink some more money into the system itself, plus a new boot disk set.

I started playing Diablo 2 with Vicky again, but I'm already pretty well bored with it. It would be nice to get at least four people in a party. It gets pretty boring when it's just two people.

I got Growlanser in the mail the other day. Yes, I actually pnied up the cash for it. Lately I've been spending a lot of money on myself. I don't really know where it's all gone. I've sunk some cash into clothes, food, games, and of course poker. I think I'm starting to play a bit better. I've stopped playing junky hands, but now no one will call me when I raise cause they know I've got something really good.

I've got a damned summer cold. I thought I was over it since Monday, but I've still gotta blow my nose way more than necessary. My eyes have been itchy too.

Wednesday was the first day of my enrollment appointment. I had a schedule all figured out, but as usual they chaged the timeslots for half my courses on the day I was going to enrol in them. I couldn't get in to one of my courses because of it, but I've got a suitable replacement. I've got a few gaps in the schedule too, but that might be for the better. During that time I can sneak into a lab and do some CS assignments, or just cruise for girls on campus.

My dog has had this growth on his eye for the last year or so. I'm not sure it's a growth so much as part of his eyeball, but regardless, it's very creepy and he certainly can't see out of that eye. Today it kinda popped. I don't know if he scratched it or something, but there was blood on half his face, and he was rubbing at it with his paww and getting his paw all bloody. It was very unsettling. He seems to be fine, but I still think someone should bring him to the vet to make sure it doesn't get infected. It is an open wound, and if I had an open wound ona moist part of my body, I'd probalby be worried about it getting infected too.

Listening to... All - Thing the World
Link of the moment... I've still gotta find something for Adam to get me for my birthday. My gift to him was Gran Turismo 4.

*hack* *wheeze*

My throat is bitch ass sore right now. Dear god it hurts. I can only assume I have a cold, since I mucused up quite a bit yesterday.

Well I lost another $25 last night. I'm not so concerned that I lost money, but that I lost it so quickly, and didn't win a single hand. Well, I take that back...I think I won one hand, but it obviously didn't last me very long. Grant was in as deep as I was, but he made a huge comeback and broke even (minus a quarter).

I've started playing Growlanser 2. It's a really good game. Unfortunately, the game freezes whenever I go to the ring artisan, who you need to go to to equip new weapons. So now I seem to be left with few decisions: a) stop playing the game and pick up another game to play, b) play through the game without changing weapons at all, or c) cough up $60 and buy a legal copy of the game. I think I'm going to wind up buying a copy at some point or another.

After playing Grand Turismo 4, Adam wants to buy a PS2 just so he can play it. He'll be back in a little less than two weeks for his birthday, so I think what I'll do is buy him Gran Turismo 4 or Grand Theft Auto: SA. I have a decent amount of cash, and nothing to spend it on, so maybe it's about time I start coughing up a little dough.

Well I don't think that Halls helped too much. My throat is still quite sore. I think it's going to have to be chicken noodle soup for lunch. Wow, almost the weekend already. I've just gotta stick it out for two more days.

It looks like Gen wants to go to the rock festival. I'm kinda resting my going or not completely on whether or not they're going to sell tickets at the door. I don't want to pay $12 only to find that the day I picked has terrible weather. The forecast calls for rain on all three days, actually, so I hope it's wrong. It's been nothing but shitty weather lately, I'm surprised it's going to keep up until next Sunday.

I found a nice hero editor for Diablo 2. I made an amulet that gives +400% experience, +155% chance of good items dropping, +255% mana regeneration, and +100% walk/run speed. You can really notice the double run speed, and everything else makes the game a little more quick paced. Sometimes you've got to tip the scales in your favour when you suck.

Listening to... Atreyu - At Least I Know I'm a Sinner
Link of the moment... Amazon wins, hands down for having the best selection of obscure games.

Welcome to the Soldier Side

Well I told myself I'd update my blog, and here I am.

Yesterday wasn't the best of days. I got a parking ticket for parking at the most obscure of intersections near St Pats, and got a ticket for parking too close to the intersection. It's an expensive lesson learned. At lunch I locked my keys in my car and had to get my mom to bail me out. I made up for it today by doing not much work at all. I can only imagine the shitty odd jobs they're going to have to make up for me to do during the summer.

The night before, I lost 30 bucks playing poker. Yes, I know. "But Kevin, you said you'd never go in deeper than 20 per week!". Well guess what. I'm addicted. The twenty didn't last me that long. I didn't even lose out on any big hands, I just didn't get any decent hands. My last one was good, a pair of kings and tens on the flop, but the other guy turned a flush...I should have gone all in on the flop rather than on the turn, but he would have called it I'm sure.

For yet another summer, my basment is infested with ants. I just sent another one off to burial at sea. I wonder how many of those fuckers there are down here, how long they'll stay, and how the fuck they're getting in.

My sister is finally moved in to her place. Awesome. Well, she's still around the house, but it won't be long before she makes the big move. She's having a party tonight, and I might drag some friends over to see it.

I was working at St. Margaret's the other day. I saw Chantal Bourret (well, rather she saw me first). We didn't go much beyond saying hello to each other. We weren't close in the slightest through high school, but we were best friends in grade 2. The thing is, I have no recollection of it at all. I know that we were friends, but I can't remember anything beyond that. I almost wanted to ask her out for coffee to see what her life has been like, but once again, my fear of a boyfriend chased me off. I talked to her mom too, who teaches there. She remembered me (but she knew I was going to be at the school that day). I'm kinda curious. I'd like to see some pictures of the two of us.

Ah, Laura. You're the best. I love you in a very specific way. Even though we're sarcastic with one another, I know that you do so with an underlying friendly love. Things may not have worked out between us in a relationship sense, but I love how we get along! Thanks for being you, and listening to me when I have self-esteem issues.

Stella Deus is out now, aparently. As I figured, I can't find it at Blockbuster. I've got too many games to consider buying it, but it does look good. I am a decently large fan of SRPGs, but nothing comes close to FFT. The artwork and environments in Stella Deus is breathtaking though. I rarely seem to be in the mood to play video games anymore. I've been playing some Burnout 3 lately, but my skills are waning, so I'm not sure how much more I can unlock without ripping my hair out. Like I said, I have too many games, but I never have the desire to finish any of them.

Next term's schedule looks pretty shitty. All my courses will be math and CS, and I have 4.5 hours straight on Tuesday and Thursday. The block is too early to get up for early lunch or late breakfast, and runs too late to get a normal lunch. I'll have to figure something out or starve to death. At least I'll have at least one friend to hang out with when I'm in Waterloo.

My hair is getting a little long. When I say 'long', what I mean is that it looks deformed when I sleep on it and don't put any effort into it. I don't know if I want to try shaving it myself, or paying through the teeth for another haircut. My razor isn't working too well on my beard either. It still leaves it a bit long...but who cares, eh? It's a lot less effort than using the mach 3 to shave it right down.

I wonder what this weekend will be like? Who knows.

Listening to... Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
Link of the moment... I hope some people will go to this with me, and I hope there is decent weather for it.