So Blogger says it's Friday morning, which means I went over a week without updating. Bad me, slap on wrist, etc. etc. So here are some thoughts from over the break:
Know what I said about playing through Twin Snakes? Haven't made an ounce of progress. I first started my game over pretty early on since I didn't pick up enough items (tip: if you're going to play this on anything besides easy, explore every nook and cranny you can find) and ever since then I've been too tired to play since I can only play at night to not have this humongous glare on the TV screen. But man oh man, is the 5.1 surround beautiful. Audiophiles *cougharooncough* should totally pick this up just for the sake of the sound effects and music. It's truly amazing.
I've finally managed to catch up a little in SSB. Gus threw a great tournament on Wednesday night (which was followed by an equally great St. Patty's bash at Thomas's, cheers to him) and... after being up 3-1, I blew it. Killed once and two stupid deaths from not handling the controller right. And that was in the first round. How sad.
Went back to Pei Wei, cause it's just that good. The Mandarin Kung Pao isn't quite as good as the Pei-Wei Spicy or the Honey Glazed stuff. Importantly, I was wrong about the prices being lower - it's still pretty steep for a college student, $20 for two.
And how about the irony gods, eh? I went and had coffee a little while ago with a chick named Monica, who went to Oakridge but was class of '99 (she graduated when I was in 8th grade). We met up at the Oakridge choir reunion back in the fall, we've been emailing since January and we finally got to hang out in person just now. And... wow. She's quite the impressive little girl. Hopefully her acting career won't take off too much, or I'll never see her again and that would make me a sad panda. Here I thought I'd have to get as far away from Oakridge as possible to really start living my life the way I wanted to - turns out doing the exact opposite let me do what I want: let my jaw hit the floor.
But overall, I'm quite the happy panda. This break is a great experience.