Warrior weekend warrior

Blech. I've been trying to do work all day, but my roommates and the television prove to be too much of a distraction. My Network Design assignment is actually coming along much more nicely than previous ones have. There's a chance I'll actually get a passing grade on this one!

Man, where are all the MSN people when you need them? Here I am, sitting at my computer, and there's nary a soul with which to converse.

I hung out with Sean for quite a stint last night. We went to the mall, browsing for euchre prizes. As usual, I came out empty handed (aside form some licorice). Well, the trip was well worth the McDonald's, as it usually is. Plus, it's always nice to get out of the house. We both went to the Warrior Weekend last night. I wanted to see the Magic/Comedy show. Unfortunately, I had already seen the magic act at a previous warrior weekend, and the comedian wasn't really that great. A lot of it was the piss-poor presentation by WW, as usual. Their audio system is never that good, and there was a band playing at the bomber that would occasionally muffle everything else.

I could have easily left after the not-so-entertaining acts, but we had run into Katie, Caroline, and Jordan before the show, and decided to talk with them afterwards. We got some free entry into the Campus Cove and played the same old games that they've always had. Jordan and Katie beat me in a game of pool, after I called the wrong pocket and scratched the eight ball. After THAT, I still could have left, but I figured that I could either go home and do nothing with people I see all the time, or stay and do nothing with people I don't see too often. We guarded the Cove until 2AM, when Katie and Caroline were done (they work at the Student Life Office and thus have to help at the events). I suppose some good conversation was had, but everyone was pretty tired by the end. Caroline was struggling to maintain consciousness most of the time.

I picked up Thurn and Taxis and 25 Words Or Less at J&J the other day. I haven't played either, but I'm expecting some good times in the future. I think we're going to get a game of Catan going tomorrow sometime. We were going to play the other day, but I couldn't get a hold of Sean, and Katie blew us off, so we didn't have a third or fourth. I really hope that between grocery shopping, Catan, and buying euchre prizes, I'm able to finish my assignments. I doubt it.

I got a new cell phone off of eBay. It's a Samsung, of some sort. It's certainly an upgrade from the junker phone I was using, and it's even unlocked so I can use it with anyone besides Rogers. I'm disappointed that I can't hook it up to my computer via USB. It's much easier to update the contacts list from a keyboard than a keypad. It would be nice to put some of my own ringtunes on, as well as taking any pictures off of the camera and on to my hard drive. Well, as long as it serves its purpose of being a cell phone, I'm happy.

Listening to... Soulfly - Born Again Anarchist
Link of the moment... No full clubs listing? There had better be some good clubs at LU...

Que sera, sera

I feel like I'm not entirely content with my life as of late. I feel like I need a clean slate, a fresh start. I recently got my offer of admission from LU, and I'm torn between sending it off with my deposit and ripping it up in an act of defiance. I'm getting entirely sick of math, and school in general. Well, hopefully life gets better after an undergrad.

I don't think I've really done a stitch of work lately. I haven't had an assignment due in a while; I have one due on Monday, but I think I might just not submit it again (it's only 2%). I wrote my (makeup) midterm for CO453. I think I passed it, but then again, that's what I said about the first one. Hopefully, I'll at least get more than 35% on this one. As for that crypto midterm? 98%.

Well, at least I seem to be involved with more stuff lately. Tomorrow, Andrew and I will play in a euchre tournament at St. Jerome's. On Tuesday, we're skipping euchre to play in a Smash Bros. team tournament (hopefully this will also knock me out of my #1 ranking so I don't have to wind up buying a prize for myself). On last Wednesday, I went out for Nathalie's birthday. We went to some Vietnamese/Thai place. The food was ok, but nothing to scream about. For a few days there, I was eating very poorly. I had a meal at midnight the night before, then the dinner that I got that night lasted me two small meals for the rest of the day. The next day, I had a pizza pop around 4 PM and a small frozen dinner later that night. Now that we've gone to Sobey's, I've got more food in the house.

After the dinner at Nathalie's, we went back to her apartment. I won a match of Wii Tennis, and had a terrible try at Wii bowling because I randomly picked a left-handed player (as a result, every shot had massive amounts of spin in it). We also played a game she got as a gift called Loaded Questions. One player asks a question from a card, everyone else answers, the person to the right of the player reads them all, and the player has to guess which player picked which answer. Since there were six of us playing, things dragged on a little late (six players gives the player a 1/120 chance of guessing correctly, five players gives a 1/24 chance). Overall, a good time was had.

I had high hopes of getting some good sleep tonight, but again my nightly sleep cycle turned into an hour and a half nap.

I really hope I'm drawing near the end of Shadow Hearts. My characters are Lvl40, and I think the cap is Lvl50. It's a decent game and all, but things are getting a bit repetitive. Battles all seem to follow the same pattern. I hope you'll also notice the completion of Megamans three through 5; John and I are just before the Wily stages in 6.

My dog, Skipper, died the other day. My sister is really broken up about it (as well I would expect her to be), and my mom was getting choked up on the phone too. Me? Eh, I guess I'm pretty unaffected. He was a good dog, and he'll be missed around the household, but I'm not going to shed any tears for him.

Listening to... Hatebreed - Tear it Down
Link of the moment... Mike Joooooooones.....HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW