So tonight was the Super Smash Tournament of Death, in which I busted out with the Game&Watch and made it to the top 8. I'm very happy and thankful for Alex and Thomas for beating me into shape. It was mostly lucky draws that got me that far; there were certainly more than 8 people who would've beat me, even if Alex gets insanely nervous when he's in tournament matches. My first match was against some random Lamar freshman scrub who'd barely played the game in his life. People started making some noise that there was a Game&Watch moving through the brackets. Soph won her match against a chick named Beth, which pitted the two of us against each other in the second round. Soph certainly made a game of it and had me on my last life while the surrounding crowd wanted to see the blue G&W die like the little flat sausage-tossing bitch he is. Nonetheless, the blue sausage-tosser won, and in the third round I met up with Colin, who beat me down with Peach. That was the end of my run, but Colin made it to the semis, which speaks well for the guy who took me out. Frank won the tournament and the golden trophy.
On the way back, Alex and I got into a little bit of a race on Fielder. Nothing bad happened, and it was probably the best push the Camry's ever been given. Gotta love dry wintry weather and some nice high revvin'. I strangely feel a lot more comfortable racing after playing so much Need for Speed Underground. BUT - street racing is bad and dangerous, kids, so don't do it. Especially the UT readers - it'll get your car confiscated in Austin.
Upon getting home, I ordered myself a Radeon 9800 Pro which will hopefully arrive a day or two after Christmas. This puts my system at a *ridiculous* hyperthreaded P4 2.8C, 512 RAM, and a R9800Pro. If that doesn't run Deus Ex 2 / HL2 / Doom 3 like a dream, few things will.
I also talked to Andie, who complained in a post about going out and being bored - and left me an IM to the same effect. Once I got it, I called her to find her already chillin' out in the middle of nowhere with some Hard Lemonade. So much for that tonight, but alas, I've got posting and the new Al Franken book (still working on it) to keep me occupied. It's a really good night, and it ain't over yet.