Binge and Purge

Whoops, haven't updated lately. You can blame that mostly on SSBB starting from March 9th onwards. I went with Adam to Walmart for the midnight release (I think that means my geekdom has reached a new high). There were a handful of other nerds there for that very reason. They probably sold about 20 copies of the game that night. That night (same night as the clocks moving forward an hour), I played the game until about 4. I think the five or six days following the release of the game, it got a cool 35 hours of playtime. I remember checking the other day and seeing that there was 10 hours clocked on Sunday alone! Time well wasted, I tell you.

I realized it was becoming an obsession, and I had a few assignments to do, so I let Grant borrow my Wii since Saturday night. I think I'll pick it up either later today or get him to bring it to games night tomorrow, because I'm caught up again and itching to play.

On games night last week, I had the regulars, plus Adam and Sheena's friend Kim. We wound up playing Settlers and Power Grid (well, those two games were played), and afterwards, I played some four-way SSBB with Adam, Dan, and Grant. Haha, I remember one of the first matches, I played against them as a team of three and wound up winning. I played either Falco or Wolf and racked up a good 4 kills off of one of my final smashes alone. I failed in all my other attempts though. Grant's starting to get pretty good and we're close to being evenly matched

Since the last post, I ordered and received some new board games from the states. I purchased El Grande, Santiago, and Alhambra, which have been on my wishlist for a while, and I picked up Pillars of the Earth on a whim since I needed another $40 to get free shipping, and there wasn't really anything else I wanted that was in stock. It's been called "Caylus light" by lots of BGG users, and it's got some nice looking components. You'd think that after opening four new games and getting that "new game smell" into my system, I'd be happy, but I actually wound up going to the local game store to buy another game, RA! It wasn't in stock at ThoughtHammer when I placed my order, and it's been number one on my wishlist for a while. It's out of print, so I figured I should get a copy while I still can (even if the local store charges $10 more than I could get online).

I've also grown very interested in a new game called Pandemic. It's a cooperative game where you play as team of people who are trying to control and cure a bunch of diseases around the world. From what I read, it seems like the theme is tied in pretty well with the mechanics, and it seems like there's a lot of tension in the game. The local store has it at the same price as online stores, so I'm thinking of picking up a copy. At the very least, I could play it solo!

Listening to... Dream Theatre - Metropolis Part I
Link of the moment... My Wii's GPU is shot (but not to the point where it's unplayable), so I'm going to have to get it sent away and repaired. At least it's under warranty.

Two more games off the list

Well, I just finished Disgaea. I've been playing like a madman to get it done before any work comes my way. I logged 36 hours of playtime. It got very difficult passed a certain point, and I had to spend a good 4-5 hours leveling just to make it past the last few levels. A big problem I've got with that game is that the only way to get experience points is to kill enemies, and the ones getting the most kills are the ones that are already high-leveled.

Adam and I also finished X-Men Legends 2. That game, on the other hand, got easier as we approached the end of the game. If you stick with the same four characters through the whole game, you tend to gain more levels than you need. Nevertheless, the experience was enjoyable, and we were always looking forward to smashing the heck out of some baddies.

I've managed to cross 9 games off of my "list of games I want to play", though I only actually played 4 through to the end. Another 4 were just too uninteresting for me to justify playing (after all, that's what games are supposed to be for, right?) (Fallout, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Sim City 4, and Lego Star Wars), and one got crossed off because I realized my PC just isn't powerful enough to play at a decent graphics level (Elder Scrolls 4).

Judging from my previous term, I suspect that I won't really have much time to play video games until the summer. My grad seminar course should be about equally hard as last term, and I suspect my reading course (group theory) will be slightly more work than last term (ring theory). Adam wants me to take a third course this term, but I'm hesitant, based on the fact that I found last term to be a lot of work, and I usually find the winter term to be a bit more grueling than the fall. The only other courses I'm aware of that I could take this term include a course in PDEs (which I am not fond of), and "mathematical models in quantum mechanics", which, again, is not in my area of interest. Regardless, I'm going to sit in on the latter tomorrow afternoon. Of course, no matter how much work I have this term, I'm going to take plenty of time to play some Smash Bros when it comes out on February 10th (should I preorder it somewhere, or just hope to find a copy in-store?).

Update: Before I even finished this post, I found out that SSBB has been delayed until March 9th. Stop teasing me, Nintendo!

Listening to... Amber Pacific - Always You
Link of the moment... Funny pics thread over at BGG

Monopoly? More like monotony.

It's been a while! I'll break up my adventures into multiple posts. I'll start off jabbering about board games for a while, I think.

While I was in Waterloo, one stop I was intent on making was to J&J to pick up some board games (since I brought a Wii to Waterloo for Andrew, I had some space in my luggage I had to fill up). I bought Dodge City, an expansion for Bang, a two player abstract game called Hive, and a starter deck for the Harry Potter TCG.

Hive has turned out to be a pleasant little suprise. I've played it a few times and have managed to lose most of those games, but it's a really nice little game. It takes no setup time whatsoever, and can be taught in about three minutes. Once you've played for five minutes and "get" the game, you can throw some interesting strategy into it right away.

I haven't played a game of the Harry Potter TCG yet, but I'm already looking to acquire some more cards. I can get 24 or 36 booster packs (11 cards each) from ebay or other online sources, but the shipping to Canada costs more than the cards themselves. I don't really know what to do about that.

I've already got a nice little list of games on the proverbial chopping block (or shopping block if you will). I suppose I've gotten most of my geek talk out of my system. I'm looking at Alhambra (for a good light 3 player game), one of Shadows Over Camelot or Arkham Horror (for a pseudo-RPG co-op game; the latter has decidedly heavier gameply and takes longer but has a nice theme), and I've been interested in HeroScape for a while (but I feel like I already have so many 2 player games that never get played).

I got a lot of game time in while I was in Waterloo. I played three games of Catan (one with 3 players, one with 5, one with 6), two games of Bohnanza, a game of Monopoly, two games of Mario Party 8, lots of Smash Bros, some really good 4 player Wii tennis, a few games of Hive. That's quite a lot of gaming in one weekend. Even after all those games of Catan, I'm still ready for more! It gets a lot of table time on Tuesdays, so I'm sure I'll get into another game soon.

I'm not really sure how many games I'll have in my collection before I think that I have enough games. I have a ton of games that I rarely play (I don't want to introduce too many to my friends at once), but there is always a set of games that I want to purchase. I really hope that once the Game Shelf gets a website up, I can hook up with some more hardcore gamers. I might even be able to come across a few gamers in the math department at Lakehead. Until then, I'm going to have to try to mold my Tuesday night crowd into hardcore gamers.

Listening to... Opeth - Deliverance
Link of the moment... HeroScape even has a nice little community and is loaded with customized scenarios.

Happenings of late (or, "The one about video games")

Well, there's not much to do at the moment. My table is done (it looks great!), and I'm not really in the mood for any of my games at the moment. Time for a post.

I've been working through all the Megaman X games. I finished X4 the other day (probably the hardest final boss yet!). X4 was a big change from X3 since it was a move from SNES to playstation, but it still kept the same feeling. X5, however, seems like quite a departure from the series. The bosses seem poorly designed and named (Axel the Red? wtf?), the multiple armor thing is a bit much, and the levels are painfully difficult and not really all that fun to play. I'm wondering if I even want to try to play through the whole thing.

I was browsing around Cash Converters as I like to do the other day, and stumbled upon Super Smash Brother Melee for only twenty bucks. Twenty bucks! EBGames sells their used copies for $47.99! Well, even though I was doing a good job of purging the game from my system, I couldn't pass up the deal and bought it. When I got home and started playing it, I noticed that my skillz were sorely lacking (I'm not going to try to push all the blame on using a wireless controller).

I also noticed while playing that the screen wasn't looking all that hot. It was especially noticable on the character select screen. If you know me at all, you know already that I quickly went to eBay to try to find component cables for the Wii. I found something that is (hopefully) even better: a set of component cables that connects to PS2, PS3, Wii, and XBox360. This solves not only my issue of getting the Wii hooked up on component cables, but also my problem of not having any more component hookups on my receiver, which would otherwise have meant that I would have to switch the PS2 and Wii cables depending on which I wanted to play.

Sometimes I have questionable spending habits. I was at Blockbuster earlier today, and bought Suikoden 3 for PS2, even though I don't really have any intention to play it. It was only $15, and I think it's become a rather rare title. I rented it once, and it was a pretty good game, so I figured it was a decent investment. Of course, it's just getting thrown onto an already huge pile of PS2 RPGs that I want to play through (I think I might give one of the Growlansers a playthrough once I get that cable in. Or maybe Final Fantasy 6. Or maybe...).

SPeaking of RPGs, I fired up Guild Wars the other day when I was bored. I did a quick mission to get the feel of the game again, and chatted with some guys who were sitting around. I pumped up the graphics with my new video card, and it looks really nice. However, it didn't get its hooks in me yet. I'm sure one day I'll get an urge to play it and get back into it, but my Wii, my slew of PS2 RPGs, and my board games are on my hot list these days.

I went to Sandy's camp last night with Sheena and Dan. Besides the abundance of mosquitos there, I had a good time. Nothing much to report here, just some sitting around talking. Sheena and Dan insisted I bring Bohnanza (really! not my idea!), and we played a game of that. I came in dead last, but I seem to have gotten another two people interested in that game. Chris also said he really wants to play Catan again this coming Tuesday. I hope other people are willing to play with him, because I think I'd rather try some lighter, faster games with other people. Plus, I should be teaching some new games as well.

Anyways, I think I'm done jabbering on.

Listening to... Pitchshifter - Keep it Clean
Link of the moment... Police Squad - In Color! Great show.

My Falco is awesome! (Smash tourny recap)

Note: This entire post is just a summary of the tournament I played last night. I will probably hae another, more varied post up soon.

So, I played in a team smash tournament last night. It was awesome! The organization was a bit chaotic, but things went pretty well. It was Swiss style, triple elimination, so that once you lose three matches, you are eliminated. We started off playing only three stock (I'm used to five stock) since there were a disgusting 48 teams that played (that's 96 people!), including my Falco and Andrew's Samus.

Andrew convinced me to bring my own controller, and I'm glad I did, because when I was warming up on one console, the joystick was pretty shitty and as a result I made a lot of mistakes. Our first matchup was against a Shiek/Marth combo on Jungle Japes. I lost my first life quickly due to the level, which got me worried. Right when I came back, though, I spiked both opponents off the stage. After some battling, I found myself dead, leaving Andrew with the two opponents, everyone on their last life. He pulled out the win after he KO'd Marth, and Shiek made a suicidal mistake, putting us at a 1-0 record.

Our second match was against Dr. Mario and Falco, on Kongo Jungle. Andrew and I didn't play very well. I made a few big errors, one of which cost me a life. This match put us in the middle half of all competitors, a 1-1 record.

Our third match was again on Jungle Japes (previously one of my most hated levels, but now one of my best), this time against a Fox/Samus combo. They both started the match guns blazing, but it didn't take long for Andrew and I (team BRDO) to disarm them. Samus made some good use of the fully charged blast; I reflected a few of these, which Fox almost reflected back to me. Fox fell victim to the fate of most Foxes; his aggressive play got him killed pretty quickly. After that, it didn't take long for us to take down Samus. This win was due to some pretty good team tactics on our part. This put us at 2-1. Due to the tournament structure, 1/8 of the teams were eliminated.

Our fourth match was against another Fox/Samus team on Pokemon stadium. This is usually one of Andrew's best levels, so I had high hopes. I shined the Samus out of the air for a KO once, a feat I'm proud of. Fox and I were playing mind games for a while, often with him coming out on top. I was suprised to hear Andrew ask if he could steal a life (meaning I still had two lives after he lost all his three). His Samus usually lasts a lot longer than my Falco due to his great recovery. He got a few bad recoveries leading to suicides, which gave our opponents enough of an advantage to beat us. Our 2-2 record meant that our next match could be our last.

Our fifth match was against Pikachu and Shiek on Fourside. Andrew and I rarely play Fourside, but it turned out to be great for his recovery and even greater for my spiking. The pikachu spammed his lightning bolt, which I fell victim for repeatedly. We successfully spammed our projectiles for a while, locking down the opponents, until I decided to go show them the bottom side of my boots. After some shine-aerial combos, some spikes, and even some impressive shine-spike combos, we had a two-on-one against Shiek, with plenty of lives to spare. This was probably our most decisive victory, giving us at least one more match to play.

Our sixth match was on Princess Peach's castle (bad for Andrew and I) against Marth and Fox. Again, some impressive combos and spikes helped me along the way. At one point, I thought I had lost my last life, but found that I still had one left. Shortly after that, Andrew was knocked out, leaving me with a 2-on-1. They both had 50%+ damange, and I had none. Of course, I thought I was terribly screwed. I played some mind games, and tried to separate the opponents. I knocked Marth out with a well placed b-air. I noticed all match long that Fox had a bad habit of coming in with an aerial, so I punished him with a shield-grab. A few of those, and another b-air sent him reeling, securing another victory for team BRDO.

At this point, 31 of the 48 teams had been eliminated. Our next match was on Corneria (which I mistook as a blessing). We were up against Dr. Mario and Luigi, the latter being controlled by the famed GOD?, who placed second with Luigi in the singles tournament. I made a few poorly timed mistakes. My real undoing came when Dr. Mario caped my recovery when I was at a low percentage, wasting a life. Had I sweetspotted the edge, we might have stood a chance, but once I was gone, Andrew was left to take out a total of four lives from the two players, a difficult task for any player. Thus, our tournament life was extinguished with a 4-3 record for the night, putting us somewhere in the top 17 teams.

The tournament was really fun, and even exhilerating. The feeling of winning a match that ended with me facing off alone against both opponents was great. Though we didn't win anything, I think that placing as high as we did is a pretty good result for our first tournament. I'm sure that with more practice against humans, we could fix our mistakes and do even better. Unfortunately, this is my last term, so I won't be attending anymore tournaments.

Listening to... Division of Laura Lee - I Guess I'm Healed
Link of the moment... I hope they're able to post detailed results, and some videos of the top teams.

Fun trip to Brantford

Well, I'm back in "the 'loo". Hugh was home first on the third of January, then me, then Andrew, and finally John the next morning. Our family is once again complete. We went grocery shopping, but I forgot to look at what I had left in the cupboards and freezer. Because of that, I underbought and now I'm very low on food and I don't think anyone else wants to go shopping.

I only got to see Holly once while I was home. We went to the mall together. It was a very nice mall trip, she definitely made it fun. I got some pants and a nice zip-up spring jacket for $20 each. The pants are too long, so I'm either going to have to hem them or just let them be too long.

My classes are pretty boring so far. I few times, I've been close to nodding off during class. James, who I know from the Euchre club, is in two of my classes. The other class (Network Design) has only seven or eight students, and the prof isn't really that good of a lecturer. He goes a little too fast and writes a little too small for my liking.

The other day, I tried to beat Hugh in Smash Brothers with one hand. Specifically, my right hand. I used my thumb on the analog stick and my pinky for the buttons. Had I been able to react quickly enough to recover when off the edge, I'm certain I could have easily beaten him, but inability to recover proved fatal.

I had an idea at the euchre exec meeting. I'm not sure if it's a good idea or a bad one, but I'm going to put more consideration into it. We're trying to find new events to have for the club, and I think we're a bit wary about how Warrior Weekends are being managed. One problem I have with WW is that they tend to have a lot of events running concurrently, so people have to choose between events. What I was thinking is getting a few entertainment-based clubs (UWGamers, WATSFIC, etc) together, and having a day-long event with lots of back-to-back events. Then people can participate in as many events as they want without having to choose between them. Of course, it might be more work than it seems, getting a lot of clubs to be on the same page, and co-ordinating all the advertising efforts.

I beat the Warriors. As you might notice on the sidebar, it didn't take me very long. There are still a lot of extra backstory missions I can do, and a few more modes I can unlock, but for the moment I'm done with the game. I've moved on to Okami, which hasn't really wowed me yet. It's pretty fun, but I'm gonna say that LoZ: TP looks like a better game.

Listening to... Three Days Grace - Scared
Link of the moment... My latest wallpaper...I like this art style

Now with 120% more bloggy goodness!

I'm updating my blog in some way or another. I'm not sure if this post will even make it into the world. Something to do with Google being the new Blogger head-honcho. All I've noticed so far is that I can add labels (which I look forward to, but less useful for long posts that will problably span every label I can think of), and the text in this text box I'm typing into is delayed, making it VERY difficult to correct typos. Bear with me.

Saturday's euchre tournament was pretty disappointing. We BARELY got eight teams, enough for the bracket structure, and even then, one of the teams left when the movie started. We spent too much time waiting for more teams to show up, so we got a late start and got a little rushed out near the end of the ranking phase, but when we moved into the other room there was no rush and things were a lot more relaxed. The UWGamers were in the room as well, so I even got to fit in a song in Guitar Hero and a match in Smash Brothers Melee.

I placed fourth in the tournament with my makeshift partner. Brian won his second tournament for the term. If he wins the next one, it'll be a grand slam for him. The progressive scoring worked pretty well, we'll probably do it again.

The song I played on Guitar Hero was Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters. I think I was pretty disappointed with the game and no longer plan to blow ~$90 on it. Firstly, the guitar controller feels like a small, plastic guitar, which is exactly what it is. When I was trying to play along with the song, I was playing the rhythm that I knew for the song and would have played on a real guitar, which sometimes is not always what is on the screen in the game. It's a game I'd love to play if one of my friends had it, but not something I plan to invest in myself.

As far as Smash bros goes, I played as Falco (my main man) against two links and Shiek. I was the first one to get knocked out, but considering I've never played against anyone other than Andrew, I'd say I did not so bad. After Andrew schooled me a million times the other day, though, I think I'm going to put that game on the backburner again. It's just too frustrating.

Andrew's family is moving into a new house, and the new house has two bigscreen tvs in it, so his family gave their current TV to him. It's sitting in our TV room now, and it's a pretty big step up from the other TV we were using.

I got a pretty good bargain the other day. Walmart had a misprinted price for Final Fantasy V Advance. They listed it as $16.88, which is actually the price of the strategy guide for the game. I brought the flyer to Zellers, who had the game for $39.99 and got them to price match it to get the brand new game for under twenty bucks after tax. I don't think I'd have bought it otherwise, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I think that for a lot of games (especially RPGs, and especially those with job classes), the best part of the game is the first five or so hours, when items, spells, and abilities are in short supply and you've got to figure out your own little arrangement for all your characters.

We plan to go bowling this Friday. I'm wondring who all I should invite. I don't want to mix up too many different groups of friends, lest I take over the event, but I want to see some people I haven't seen in a while.

Today I think I'm going to stay after Crypto for upwards of an hour to talk to the prof about the assignment. I'm having a lot of trouble with the questions I've looked at, and I'm sure the ones I haven't looked at will give me even more trouble. His hints have REALLY helped in the past, so I'd better take advantage of his help while I'm on campus.

Oh, as for that research thing I talked about last post, it turns out it's during the summer, so I'm not as interested. I'm almost contemplating staying during the summer so that I can get a 'real' job like that research position. There is absolutely no opportunity for people like me in Thunder Bay. Besides, I stayed in Waterloo last summer, and since I'm finishing my undergrad thisyear, I really think I could use a four-month break at home, away from UW. But, at what point should I be more concerned about getting on with my adult life and leaving my 'old' life in the past? I certainly can't live in Thunder Bay too long after I graduate. Even John is staying in Southern Ontario next summer instead of going back to Thuner Bay. Some people are lucky enough to live in cities that have some sort of opportunity, or at least that are within commuting distance of opportunity.

On a discussive note, what is your opinion on warranties? Should I get a warranty with a new camera? Cell phone? Should I have gotten one with my Nintendo DS?

Listening to... Monster Magnet - Space Lord
Link of the moment... Hugh schooled me last night

Oh Phil, come back again!

Ah, good old Phil. It was more than a pleasure to hang out with him again. There was a point where we were laughing so hard I thought I was going to vomit. That's how I'll always remember Phil.

I have an urge to have another LAN party. I can't remember what the largest number of computers I've had in my basement was...not nearly 8, but perhaps 5 or 6. I hope to do it again next summer. I'd like to give Battlefield 1942 a try. The ever-changing control-point mode seems a lot better than multiple, short rounds as in Counter-Strike. On top of that, you can set an entire team of bots in 1942 to make it a co-op affair with large teams, whereas in CS, the best you can hope for is a 2v2 battle. One of these days, I'd like too see a 7-8 player match of Starcraft. I have a feeling there might be some bitter feelings on alliance betrayals, though. Oh! And I'd have some Super Smash Brothers going on the Wii on the bigscreen, too! Ah, what dreams I have.

Well, that speed dating hookup is definitely not happening. I still haven't received a reply, so I don't expect to get one anytime soon. In my mind, the Warrior Weekends staff was unable to read her email address and screwed it up, and she's thinking about me all the time, but I just tell myself that to keep my self-image up.

I signed up for Lavalife while I was at home, and sent a smile to someone today. I read a good quote that makes me feel a little less like a loser resorting to online dating: "Twenty years from now, the idea that someone looking for love without looking for it online will be silly, akin to skipping the card catalog to instead wander the stacks because 'the right books are found only by accident.' " (courtesy Wired magazine, 2002). Unfortunately, my actions are limited unless I feel like paying for services (not bloody likely).

The roommies are out at Oktoberfest right now. They'll get back in about an hour, then we party down and annoy the neighbours. Until then, I bide my time. I've done my marking, so I'm giving myself a little break with my blog. I plan to finish Physics tomorrow, and then perhaps graph theory and/or relaxing on Sunday. On Monday, I've got to update the euchre stats and website, but that shouldn't take very long.

I went to Nathalie and Steve's apartment the other day for lunch, before classes to get some notes. Man, her place is pimped out! They've got all new furniture, and the layout is nothing short of superb. Now I can't wait to get my own apartment! Of course, to do that I'll have to find a good job, so I guess I'll have to do this one step at a time.

I'm still very much up in the air about grad studies. For my own good, I think I'll make a little Pro/Con list right now.
Pros:
-Another year to 'relax' before finding real work
-Masters degree will get me a higher paying job (or so I'm expecting)
-Masters makes me look really smart, garners pride from parents
-Increases sense of self-satisfaction

Cons:
-Most friends will no longer be in Waterloo
-Must live in student housing one more year
-Difficult work, courses, and thesis
-Increases chances of going on random killing spree due to stress

Neither of these options really has an outstanding argument. I'm just not sure what I want to do yet. There are some aspects of studying mathematics that I enjoy, and some that I do not.

Listening to... Static-X - I'm With Stupid
Link of the moment... Soon to be regularly updated by me. I'll even throw in some strategy articles, if I have the time.

Whatever happened between you and me?

Jeez, I'm starting to get lapped in terms of blog posts now. It's been one of those "busy weeks followed by apathy" sort of things. Last post I made was talking about my SQL assignment...I've already got that back, and I'm about to hand in the NEXT assignment for that course, so shame on me.

Haha...I keep telling myself I'll proofread my posts before submitting them...I put some pretty godawful mistakes in the last one. "Luch" instead of "Lush", and "phong" instead of "phoning". I'll try to be a bit more careful this time around.

Well, my case study is handed in now. That's what the "busy week" was. I think my entire group was working for the week straight on that thing. I'm proud of the final product, so that means it'll probably get a miserable mark. It's not completely done though; we have a fifteen minute presentation to give on Wednesday. I think for the most part we can wing it since we know the material of our own sections pretty well. I actually had to go buy some clothes for the presentation, cause I don't have any 'business casual' clothes.

I've been watching a lot of movies lately. Let's see how far back I can remember:
-Pirates of the Caribbean (Curse of the Black Pearl, on CBC)
-Saw
-The Ring
-Seven
-Mad Max
-Kung Fu Hustle
-Old School
-Three Amigos

Of those, I'd like to comment on two. Please don't see Mad Max. It's an hour and a half introduction, five minutes of his mission of revenge, and then the credits roll. Terribly paced movie. If you think you want to see Kung Fu Hustle, then I recommend you see Shaolin Soccer instead. If you've already seen Shaolin Soccer, then Kung Fu Hustle likely won't live up to your expectations. It's not bad enough for me to recommend you not seeing it, but it's not as funny as I thought it would have been.

Guild Wars is getting really hard. I'm in the second area of the game, and my party size has increased to six. That just means 1.5x as many enemies to team up on my character and kill him. I'm going to play through the game with my monk character first, and hopefully accumulate items for my other characters to help them out.

Andrew has got me hooked on Smash Brothers Melee lately. Thing is, I suck at it, but it's good times anyways. We've got two characters left to unlock, plus a bunch of stages.

I think I'm going to bring Trigun back from home. I think Andrew would appreciate it; I remember when I got into Firefly, I noticed a similarity between the two, and Andrew likes Firefly, so hopefully he'll like Trigun as well.

Only a week and a half left in the term...then exams. Nearly there! I only have two exams to write as well. Still two CS234 assignments to start and finish, but I don't really have anything else to get in the way of them, so it should be smooth sailing for the rest of the term. I just hope Wednesday's presentation goes well...

Listening to... Trigun - Yellow Alert
Link of the moment... An old Dragonball Z fight video with an awesome song...brings back my childhood