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Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:31:30 GMT

Sometimes, when you walk out the door, you feel like you've forgotten something. Sometimes, when this happens, the door is already locked behind you, and it seems like you want nothing more than to get back through that door. Sometimes, though, even past that, you just start walking anyways, and you realize that you could've left everything behind and it would only be for the better. I think everything is going to be alright :)

QUAKECON: DAY 1

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:50:14 GMT

I'm considering this to be the end of day 1, even though I hardly plan on drawing distinctions between days in terms of rest. To say the least, this place is dark, dingy, rank with nerd sweat, covered in pirate flags left to right, and fucking awesome.

I'll begin where it began - I awoke at 3pm, called Kevin, asking him when he was going to Qcon. He asked if I wanted to go to Qcon, in response, and two hours later I was chilling at his vista. After convincing his girlfriend to come, we all departed for Quakecon, computers in our arms, hopes in our hearts. A short 20 minute drive later, we pulled up to the Gaylord Texas. To say the least, the place didn't look too impressive from the outside, I was not terribly impressed. Decent landscaping, a somewhat interesting walkway design, and fairly drab and simple buildings. I found a parking spot in a garage that was not the same garage that Kevin and Lisa parked in, leading to mass confusion upon the subject of meeting up. We eventually decided to just mutually find the registration area and meet up there, after four or five dumb phone calls, made only the more difficult by the complete reception blockout created by the parking garages. At any rate, I fumbled upstairs and swiftly found registration. It was a pretty short line, there were very few people checking their computers in, I felt I had it made. After forever, K&L finally showed up, and we went to go check out the BYOC waiting list, which both K and I were on, and which Lisa was not despite bringing her laptop. As we soon discovered, there was a three-hour long line, and they weren't even being let in yet. Fuck the waiting list. We got general admission passes to check out the vendor booths.

Upon walking in, we were greeted with a most glam party. Hot escorts with nerds on their arms, flashing disco lights, massive bigscreens displaying combatants gloriously shedding blood to the cheer of a crowd of a hundred or two nerds, I knew we had arrived. Then I turned to see the rest of the convention, and it looked about what you would expect. Vendors standing at lonely booths, the only real attractions consisting of various games they set up to show off their hardware, all of which was on a high enough level that it was indifferentiable. We took a quick tour of the place, watched the match, then decided to check out the BYOC. It was as expected, about five thousand computer stations with about four thousand nerds sitting there gaming, chatting, watching movies, playing console games, etc. I knew we were in hog heaven now. After a quick tour of the BYOC area, we decided to see when the line for the waiting list would be consumed - no dice, nobody knew anything. As such, a tour was underway of the Gaylord Texas. I did not expect what I found. The Gaylord is FUCKING AWESOME. The lobby area is a massive room, complete with riverwalk, multiple levels, and completely surrounded by balconies in the higher levels, and all manner of shops on the lower levels. It was awesome. I can't think of a good way to describe it, except as a sign of the incredible beauty that can exist in the middle of a purely concrete jungle. After stumbling around over our feet and playing with a monkey, we decided to grab a quick dinner at the Sports Lounge & Restaurant before rechecking the BYOC waiting list - I was pretty sure that they closed registration at 9pm, and it was around 7:00 at the time. We went in, got a table after waiting 25 minutes, then were completely ignored by the waitress. Ugh. At least I had a Sierra Pale Ale to pass the time - me and him got to be real good buds. The most important note here is that I had a Kobe Burger. Half pound of pure Kobe beef, cooked rare, smothered in pepperjack cheese and served with typical burger toppings. HOLY CRAP IT WAS GOOD. Kobe Beef is every bit as they say it is, it was unbelievable. You'd take a bite of the burger, and the meat just melts into your mouth, filling your entire mouth with the most amazing delicious sensations. Oh god, I'd kill a man for another Kobe Burger, or pay $14.

Anyways, after dinner, which lasted until 9:30 due to the waitress ignoring us, we finally got around to checking the BYOC waiting list times. Apparently they weren't going to draw from the waiting list until midnight. GAH. We decided to sojourn back to Kevin's home - Lisa no longer wanted any part in this, and we needed a place to crash. Around midnight fifteen or so, Kevin and I came back, and got in line. It was long. It was boring. It was every line you've ever been in that lasts two and a half hours. To say the least, that line was a fucking mess. Cans of Bawls and pizza boxes were strewn about, spills uncleaned, ugh. I made my way through the minefield lugging my computer behind me, only to finally get registered for the BYOC. Kevin and I found a nice spot in the very far back corner, good and empty, and relatively quiet if not for the eternal game of Rock Band projected on the wall about 20 yards away from us. It's all very good. Only, now is when the problems arise - we both set up, and then realized that Kevin does not have a VGA-DVI adapter. Oh god damnit Kevin. Luckily, Kevin works in computer repair, and he works (literally) right down the street. It was such a turn of luck, it can't be explained. We pick one up, and come back. We're also just the tiniest bit foggy at this moment from a measured intake of nonprescription pharmaceuticals. Now is time for the gaming to begin.

New problem. I can't connect to the network. WTF. We spend all sorts of time, I'm able to get Google to load, but no other webpages. Finally, it dawns on us that I don't have a LAN driver, and google.com was merely cached - fuuuuck. To save the day yet again, Kevin has a USB hdd, and decides that he'll search for drivers online - after about 30 minutes of searching, Kevin and I finally find out that it is not my LAN drivers that are missing, rather, it's some intel chipset drives. Wtf. Anyways, we get it all installed and ready, and now the gaming would begin. And oh, it began. We hit all our favorites - CS:S, 1.6, L4D, a little Mount&Blade, I searched for a dota game and failed, and so we went on intrepidly into the night. Finally, both of us were just in a frenzy of downloading on DC++, which is where I'm still at now. There's just something about 15MB/s downloads with 650+GB of free space that makes me a little happy. Kevin has gone to work, to see what all he can finish off, and it's up to me to hold down the fort. I will not disappoint. I will not fail. I must game, and game I will. This is Adam, signing off. Hope you enjoyed.

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:37:55 GMT

Today I'm going to Quakecon. Leaving in about an hour from this posting, I suspect. There should be limited internet there, so if I get the opportunity, I'll try to make some lj posts concerning anything interesting that happens. Sheesh, it's been too long since I've updated this old clunker. Either way, I'm planning on gaming up a storm or two - the only thing I'm concerned about is this rather pervasive memory error I keep having that seems to restrict me from doing any one thing too long. I can't even finish a game on Heroes of Newerth, I have a 100% leaver ratio :(

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:51:02 GMT

Alright, you've heard it here first. I predict a downturn in the economy in 4-6 months. Contractionary fiscal policy is going to be used via raising taxes, which will lead to a worsening of the recession. I think the climate change bill will be the one to do it, too. Fuck Al Gore.

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:42:20 GMT

To go to Oklahoma or not to go, that is the question. At this point, it seems almost mandatory in order to cement the beginnings of a relationship, but it is a fairly last-minute gesture. On the other hand, what the fuck have I got to lose? I've got plenty of dough, and I know I'd gladly spend more than that to be with her. Sounds an awful lot like I'm going.

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:20:45 GMT

http://www.nagisamafanclub.com/anime/character/index.html

NAGI-SAMA FOREVER

I did lol at this though. The character description of Nagi made sure to emphasize that she's an A-cup. Jin's character description emphasizes that he prefers girls with large breasts. What the fuck, haha.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:04:24 GMT

Something bad is going to happen. I just know it - things are going way too well as of this moment. If I die, I'll miss you guys~

EDIT: Oh and I'm gonna quit smoking now. I hope. I'm enlisting help this time, so it will hopefully work better.

Fri, 22 May 2009 19:07:40 GMT

Last night: Better than expected.

I forgot just how truly great smaller house parties really are. We decided to fuck the bar and make margaritas, and I would bring over my hookah so we could get things rolling. This had the added double effect of getting me started on getting off cigarettes, woot. Anyways, even though it was couplesville, USA, it still wasn't all that awkward. Once everyone started getting amorous my friend Kody appeared out of nowhere to keep me company ; ;. But that being said, I got one of those super long hugs from my friend Anu, and it felt good. It sounds pretty pitiful to say it, but she was whining to me about how much she needed a hug, but I know I needed it more. Looks like I won again. Nonetheless, the entire thing put me in a spinningly positive mood. I think I'm feeling better about joining the Navy, like it might lead me to something pretty cool. Yay =)

Tue, 19 May 2009 20:56:10 GMT

Alright, the LJ ban lasted about 14 hours or so, better than expected. I suppose now I'm down 50% of my readership, but here's to you, Jes! I plan on still updating it, and I might even branch out a little bit and try to put something interesting on here and maybe try to find lj friends. This is especially true since now my stock of anime-watching friends has been reduced by 100%. Either way, I need a place to vent and go emo on just cause, so there. *emos out.* *tickles* *nudge nudge*

Mon, 18 May 2009 16:06:03 GMT

100 Truths! After you've filled this out, tag 15 people and have them do the same.
1. Last beverage→ Iced Tea
2. Last phone call→ Eddie
3. Last text message→ Sent? haha nigger Received? Hey can I get a copy of that rosetta stone thing
4. Last song you listened to -> Freezepop - Plastic Stars (damnit, shut up it's a guilty pleasure ok)
5. Last time you cried→ Maybe a decade ago, unless you're counting tears of pain, in which case maybe a couple months ago.

HAVE YOU EVER
6. Dated someone twice → No
7. Been cheated on?→ No
8. Kissed someone & regretted it? → No
9. Lost someone special?→ No, I threw them away.
10. Been depressed?→ Yes
11. Been drunk? – Yes, heh.

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12. Forest Green
13. Dark Red
14. Black

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU:
15. Have you made new friends this year → Yes
16. Fallen out of love→ Heh
17. Laughed until you cried → No
18. Met someone who changed you→ No
19. Found out who your true friends were→ Yes
20. Found out someone was talking about you→ No
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list→ No

TRUTH:
23. How many kids do you want to have→ None.
24. Do you have any pets → No
25. Do you want to change your name→ Nope
26. Rich man whose cruel or poor man whose sweet→ Poor woman whos sweet.
27. What time did you wake up today→ 10:23am.
28. What were you doing at midnight last night→ Heh.
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for→ Bocktoberfest!
30. Last time you saw your father→ Last night, before he went to bed.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life→ Heh.
32. What are you listening to right now→ My pc fan.
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom→ Yeah, my uncle from New Mexico. Surprisingly, I don't know many toms.
34. What's getting on your nerves right now?→ Hungry and this survey is forever long.
36. What's your real name→ Adam
37. Relationship Status→ Single
38. Zodiac sign→ Taurus
39. Male or female→ Male

40. Elementary→ I chased around girls a lot.
41. Middle School→ Hated every minute of it
42. High school→ First two years sucked, last two years rocked.
43. Hair color→ Brown
44. Long or short→ Medium
45. Height→ 5'11"
46. Do you have a crush on someone→ lol, not anymore apparently
47. What do you like about yourself?→ At the moment, damn near everything.
49. Tattoos→ No
50. Righty or lefty → Righty

FIRSTS :
51. First surgery → Root canal when I was 4 years old or so..
52. First piercing → None
53. First tattoo→ None
54. Best friend→ Julie or Kevin
55. First sport you joined→ Little league T-ball
56. First pet→ Buster the dog
57. First vacation→ Tucumcari, New Mexico. Where happiness goes to die.
58. First concert→ Randy Travis (lol, I had to do some rememberin' to get to this one)
59. First crush→ Lauren Stevens from 5th/6th grade. Man did I fuck that one up royally..
60. First alcohol drink→ Malibu Coconut Rum

RIGHT NOW:
61. Eating→ Nothing, but I am incredibly hungry.
62. Drinking→ Nothing, but I am pretty thirsty.
63. I'm about to do→ Play Eve Online.
64. Listening to→ PC Fan.
65. Waiting for→ Work in the mid afternoon.

YOUR FUTURE :
66. Want kids→ Nah
67. Want to get married→ Sure.
68. Careers in mind→ International Financier and Man of Mystery.

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE (OR SAME) SEX?
69. Lips or eyes→ Eyes
70. Hugs or kisses→ Hugs
71. Shorter or taller→ Shorter
72. Older or Younger→ Sameish
73. Romantic or spontaneous→ Spontaneous
74. Nice stomach or nice arms→ Stomach. One of the hottest places on a girl's body, no quesiton.
75. Tattoos or piercings→ Tasteful tattoos are definitely for the win.
76. Sensitive or loud→ Sensitive
77. Hook-up or relationship→ Relationship
78. Trouble maker or hesitant→ Trouble Maker, although hesitant does sound pretty cute. Tough choice.

HAVE YOU EVER :
79. Kissed a stranger→ No
80. Drank hard liquor→ Yes
81. Lost glasses/contacts→ Yes
82. Sex on first date→ No.
83. Broken someone's heart→ I don't think so.
84. Had your own heart broken→ Yes.
85. Been arrested?→ No.
86. Turned someone down→ Yes
87. Cried when someone died→ Noone's died on me for a longass time. I don't think I was old enough to understand death the last time someone died, so no.
88. Liked a friend that is a girl?→ Err.. well, yes? For me, shouldn't this question read dude? because if so, then no. Not at all, actually.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
89. Yourself→ Yes
90. Miracles→ No
91. Love at first sight→ Yes
92. Heaven→ Sort of.
93. Santa Claus→ Definitely. Who else would leave presents? The easter bunny?
94. Kissing on the first date?→ No
95. Angels→ No

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
96. Is there one person you want to be with right now?→ At this very moment, I think I'm content to be alone forever.
97. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time?→ No.
98. Do you believe its possible to remain faithful forever?→ Yes.
99. What's the one thing you cannot live without?→ LJ surveys.!

Sun, 10 May 2009 17:41:14 GMT

Alright, whoever decided to buy a bottle of teriyaki marinade that looks exactly like the soy sauce we usually have and then put it in the same spot as where the soy sauce usually is should quit doing that. Although the ramen noodles weren't quite as bad as I expected them to be, so I guess it wasn't a total loss. Mmm teriyaki ramen.

Sun, 10 May 2009 14:55:19 GMT

27 days until 0wn

I'm gonna have massive deathstar lasers that shoot everything dead as soon as I turn them on

yaay~

Fri, 08 May 2009 22:39:38 GMT

A young goat rides on the back of an African spurred tortoise at the new Kid's Safari at the Akiyoshidai Safari Land in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture. According to zoo staff, the goat stands on the back of the tortoise because goats naturally prefer to be in high places. (Mainichi)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/photojournal/graph/photojournal/6.html

Thu, 07 May 2009 20:37:14 GMT

Damn, damn, damn, I am a lucky ducky. Lucky as fucky ducky mucky smucky. Here's the shake:

So I use I-20 excessively. I drive back and forth on it multiple times most days, and most of the time it's relatively clear. As such, the speed limit (65) is essentially somewhere around 80 or so. Well, as you may know, speeding tickets are a great way for a city to raise money so that the mayor can go watch the superbowl (factfinding trip) or whatever. As such, the cops are kind enough to put on special fundraisers by parking a cop on top of a smaller highway that crosses above I-20, radaring everyone who drives under it, and then siccing a line of motorcycle cops after them. That is, imagine the intersection - the motorcycle cops all line up on the onramp and are contacted by radio with your car description and the speed you were going. To say the least, it's a pretty effective speed trap - about once every three weeks I'll see them doing this, and inevitably there's something to the tune of a dozen people all pulled over on the other side of the smaller highway, just out of sight.

Anyways, to move along with the story, I always speed through these traps. I'm usually going 80 or so before I even notice what's going on, and usually get radared going at least 75 or so. Jesus christ, every time I start shitting bricks because traffic tickets suck. Every time, I don't get pulled over. I don't know why, I don't know how, but I am a lucky duck. Every time I miss it I always remind myself to be more cautious in the future, but after about three weeks I'm always back to my old habits, as I suspect most drivers are. Some day I'm going to get burned, I know it. Some day, but not today. Yay =)

Tue, 05 May 2009 20:08:11 GMT

I think this userpic looks cooler. Me flying my Maller cruiser through a massive radioactive cloud. The detail obviously isn't too great, but there's all sorts of tornados and shit in the background, along with ship debris of ships who weren't quite as well prepared as I was. Bwahahaha.

Mon, 04 May 2009 07:22:10 GMT

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:21:56 GMT

At first you filled me with wonderment,
but then I could only wonder what wonder meant.

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:21:54 GMT

http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html

Damn, Al Gore just got told.

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:10:51 GMT

I said it wouldn't, but Welcome to the NHK really is starting to get to me. Man, that is a brilliantly written series - I planned to slowly take it in, 2-3 episodes at a time, but now I have to watch it until I get depressed, then stop it. Oy. I'm so close to buying a new router, though~ wireless-N ahoy!

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:46:39 GMT

Damn, quitting smoking is hard.

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:19:42 GMT

Alright, new stuff to talk about. As you can see, I uploaded a picture. Eeeek. Now you all know what I'm look like, thus making it vastly more difficult to stalk you irl. It's ok though, I'll survive. In addition, last night I made an OkCupid. It's pretty ghetto, but I'm pretty ghetto too so I guess it works out. The site lists the profile as being 35% done and I can't stand to work on it any more ; ; but I did already meet someone off of it. Some girl who goes to UTA too, and is friends with my friend Michael. Pretty cool I guess. If you wanna see, here it is: http://www.okcupid.com/profile/afndale/

Alas, I have to go to work, unfortunately. If I remember, I'll write a big entry about Justin and why my job is more interesting than most people would think it is.

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:58:07 GMT

the passenger seat
seems so far away to me
who will drive the car?

the ocean is large
but I know I can cross it
that alone is good

worry not reader
for I am not depressed now
I am quite content

If you wish to see
what it is that drives my mood
then wait and find out

I do fear the wait
for if I should wait too long
then all may be lost

yet I can't help it
rome was not built in a day
good things come with time

time is on my side
all good things may end some day
but so do the bad

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:58:06 GMT

today is a day
tomorrow is another
this haiku is bad

today went quite well
I passed a test just barely
and now I will sleep

I have a heart problem - it won't stop beating

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:18:22 GMT

I realized the other day that people don't share personal music preferences as much as they could. I mean, I have a general idea of what genres and sounds my friends like, but actually distributing a personalized mix album is something different. So, to facilitate something different, here it is!

Plus, I'm in a good mood today. I was in class discussing Turing Machines and a high school class was touring Pickard Hall. Well, the professor went to close the door, and when he went out there, the tour guide (graduate math student) asked if the class could come in to see what cool stuff we were talking about. So I had these two high school kids sitting next to me with this wtf look on their face while I scrawled down notes, going all out in a fit of epic learning. Cool thing #1.

Cool thing #2 would be after class. My friend Heather is having her 22nd birthday party this Saturday, and had already invited me. Well, between classes I was walking back to my car so I could head to my eye doctor, and I was stopped by my hot friend Laura. She did the ultra-typical "Adam are you going to Heather's party?" so I raised by fist and confirmed my presence. It made a near-perfect comparison to the popular guy archetype in sitcoms, and for some reason, I was stupidly proud that now I was that guy. Although I guess typing about it on my livejournal (f u joolie) makes it a little less cool, I nonetheless have confirmed that I am, indeed, "that guy".

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:11:55 GMT

Ah ha, so what was once simply seborrheic blepharitis is now a corneal abrasion, which is a tad bit more serious. Nonetheless, it's kind of fun to gross people out by discussing how my eye has a big hole in it, plus I get all kinds of special treatment. Corneal abrasions have a bad habit of developing deep infections that cause blindness, so I'm taking a gazillion antibiotics, but it also got the wait list at an opthamologist reduced from four weeks to tomorrow morning. It sounds dumb, but finding out the problem was worse than I thought has actually made me feel a lot more comfortable with it. I suppose I was really moreso worried that it could be even worse than this - now I know it's a simple, treatable thing that really just requires a little time to heal up. Time which I've got arguably way too much of.

In other news, I got my microeconomics test back today. I was incredibly concerned with what my grade may look like, there were some questions on it that I was pretty questionable on, even to the point to where I started over partways through. Nonetheless, despite my illegible writing (that actually got me docked three points :|), I ended up with an 89, which is more than good enough! Woohoo! I guess I do know economics decently well. It's not the second-highest-in-the-class like my International Finance exam, but this has renewed my interest in trying to get all A's for at least one semester, my last semester. Yep. This morning I woke up miserable, but a short 6 hours later I'm already feeling pretty good. Time to go to work and lose momentum~