From 249 Cedarbrae

It's been a long time since the last post, and so there's a lot to talk about. However, since there's so much new stuff that has happened, it's too daunting to talk about any of it.

I'm in the new house now with John, Andrew, and Hugh. I think we're mostly settled in now. We each have a bed (I bought a futon), I've got enough furniture to store all my crap, and now all we need is to find a way to get some furniture from Guelph to Waterloo in a relatively inexpensive manner (we can rent a UHaul for the day, but that would cost near $80). For the time being, we're playing games and watching TV on the floor.

We found a tv near the dumpster by our house, and it works well enough for us to use. It's about 27", and is fine aside from the fact that bright colours bleed a bit, and we have to use the RCA input rather than regular coaxial.

I've been spending a lot of money lately as well. I bought Mario Party 6 and WarioWare Inc for Gamecube from Blockbuster, as well as a third controller ($60+tx). I bought the PS2 Slimline kit that allows you to mod new PS2s to play burned games ($40). Soon I'll be spending another chunk of money for the new PS2 itself (~$130+tx). I also bought some nice headphones with a boom mic for my computer (for it for $50CAD on ebay, retails for $100USD!). I went to the UW bike auction which was a bust, but got a nearly-working bike at a garage sale ($50). All that crap, along with furnishings for the house and groceries make for a hefty Visa bill.

I also plan on getting myself a Creative Zen Vision:M for my birthday. (If anyone spots a good price for a new PS2 (less than $130) or a new Creative Zen Vision:M (less than $380) at any retailers, let me know will ya?)

Turns out Andrew is the marker for CS 234. Nifty, eh? I don't expect he'll need to mark me any nigher than needed, since it looks like the course will be easy (and I can always legitimately ask for his help before handing the assignment in). CS 338 looks boring as hell, and ENGL 119 looks like it'll be more or less easy, but stressful with all the group work and projects. It should be a good learning experience though, since I'm not well versed on technical writing, and my oral presentation could use some exercise as well.

So far I'm enjoying being completely bored all the time. I have enough stuff to keep me busy at the moment. I hope once things with the new house settle down a bit, I'll be bored enough to beat a few games. We've mostly been playing Mario Party since I got it.

Well, that's all I care to talk about for the moment. I seem to be spending much less time at my computer, since there's usually somene else dicking around the house that I can hang out with. We've had some good conversations around the dinner table.

Listening to... Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Have you heard of this song, Nathalie? I put it on just for you!)
Link of the moment... You *should* have heard of them!