Jan 21, 2010
pics-b-gone
as a way of motivating myself to start taking pictures again, i deleted about half of the photos i have up on my picasa account tonight to make room for new ones (i'm down from 92% used space to 43%!). the downside is that a lot of pics linked in old posts on this and my previous blog may no longer work. i'm going to guess that this isn't going to be a crippling emotional blow to anyone, but on the off chance it is, let me know.
Jan 12, 2010
twitter is hilarious
and here's why. check out my twitter follow notifications for yesterday (you may have to click on the image to get a higher resolution).
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Jan 5, 2010
nerd alert
i just finished the original Starcraft campaign for what i'm pretty sure is the fifth time (since 2004 or thereabouts). it was as fun as ever, though being so familiar with it makes the last four or five protoss missions (each close to 3 hours long) a bit of a drag. i'm going to jump into the expansion pack and see how far i can get before i have to start work again. it's one of the most (if not the most) ridiculous gaps in my gaming experience that i have never finished Brood War despite being obsessed with the original Starcraft. maybe it's finally time to right this years-long travesty.
checking in
i had thought (mistakenly, obviously) that i would have a lot more time to blog about random, potentially fun things over break.
somehow, i always envision winter break as this wonderful sort of "eye of the storm" moment where i get a chance to recharge before next semester starts and to catch up with everyone in ohio that i don't get to see most of the rest of the year. in reality, it always (ever since WSU shifted their calendar back a week, anyway) ends up being this rush where i get back into town 2 days before christmas, then rush from about the 28th to new year's trying to see everyone that i know in the area outside of canton, then come back home to do all the work i didn't do between christmas and new year's before i fly back to pullman in my last 4-5 days in town.
now, having said that, i've made it all sound much less pleasant than it actually is. it's really great that i'm able to come back home for christmas every year and that i'm also often able to find a lot of time to visit with my friends in the area as well as my family. it's just not what i'd consider a "break". it is what it is, i guess, but it's just always a little disorienting when i get to this point in the break, three days before i fly back home, and realize that i'm really no more rested or calm or relaxed than i was rushing to the airport right before christmas right after turning my grades in.
anyway, it's been a really great break. got to see pretty much my entire extended family over christmas eve and christmas. got to see Avatar again, this time with my parents and brother, and they seemed to like it. i forgot how incredibly huge theaters are here - as in, it actually makes a difference whether you sit in the front or the back. i was spoiled (as usual) by christmas: got a new digitech effects processor pedal, a good starter turntable (can't wait to start buying vinyl instead of CDs), and, mostly importantly, a GPS. like an actual, legit, fancy GPS, not a phone with a GPS unit (though i also got a new phone for renewing my contract). i haven't used it for anything geocache-wise yet; i downloaded a ton of geocache locations for the surrounding area, but then we got a billion inches of snow before i could get out and find any of them. excited to go back and recheck the University of Death caches using it, and to start logging more caches around the pullman/moscow area. there are a lot of 'em.
i didn't get to spend as much time up in kent this break as i normally like to, partially because of the weather and partially just because of what i mentioned before: namely, that i've just been so beat, having fun just hasn't sounded fun...if that makes sense. had a great time over new year's, but after about two days of tromping around kent, it just sounded more fun to sleep in my bed for 12 hours than it did to do anything remotely adventurous. with luck, i'll be able to spend some time up in kent this summer and have a chance to make up for my current lethargy.
somehow, i always envision winter break as this wonderful sort of "eye of the storm" moment where i get a chance to recharge before next semester starts and to catch up with everyone in ohio that i don't get to see most of the rest of the year. in reality, it always (ever since WSU shifted their calendar back a week, anyway) ends up being this rush where i get back into town 2 days before christmas, then rush from about the 28th to new year's trying to see everyone that i know in the area outside of canton, then come back home to do all the work i didn't do between christmas and new year's before i fly back to pullman in my last 4-5 days in town.
now, having said that, i've made it all sound much less pleasant than it actually is. it's really great that i'm able to come back home for christmas every year and that i'm also often able to find a lot of time to visit with my friends in the area as well as my family. it's just not what i'd consider a "break". it is what it is, i guess, but it's just always a little disorienting when i get to this point in the break, three days before i fly back home, and realize that i'm really no more rested or calm or relaxed than i was rushing to the airport right before christmas right after turning my grades in.
anyway, it's been a really great break. got to see pretty much my entire extended family over christmas eve and christmas. got to see Avatar again, this time with my parents and brother, and they seemed to like it. i forgot how incredibly huge theaters are here - as in, it actually makes a difference whether you sit in the front or the back. i was spoiled (as usual) by christmas: got a new digitech effects processor pedal, a good starter turntable (can't wait to start buying vinyl instead of CDs), and, mostly importantly, a GPS. like an actual, legit, fancy GPS, not a phone with a GPS unit (though i also got a new phone for renewing my contract). i haven't used it for anything geocache-wise yet; i downloaded a ton of geocache locations for the surrounding area, but then we got a billion inches of snow before i could get out and find any of them. excited to go back and recheck the University of Death caches using it, and to start logging more caches around the pullman/moscow area. there are a lot of 'em.
i didn't get to spend as much time up in kent this break as i normally like to, partially because of the weather and partially just because of what i mentioned before: namely, that i've just been so beat, having fun just hasn't sounded fun...if that makes sense. had a great time over new year's, but after about two days of tromping around kent, it just sounded more fun to sleep in my bed for 12 hours than it did to do anything remotely adventurous. with luck, i'll be able to spend some time up in kent this summer and have a chance to make up for my current lethargy.
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