Insanely Awe-dical

I just played Starfox on an emulator. It's been so long since I played the game, and I'm surprised how much of it I remember. But, I was suprised how fast the gameplay was. Fast intense action-packed games like Contra, Gunstar Heroes, and Starfox now tacked on top of those. Any other suggestions?

2:16am, and here I sit at work, less than 3 hours after I left work from my previous 4pm to midnight shift.  I figured that much isn't going to happen during this wednesday -- I might as well get some hours in here at work. 

I watched Read or Die again. Dave said it was retarded, but I loved it.  I see what he means, but I enjoy the far-fetched craziness that anime presents.  I watched two eps of FLCL so far, and I'm loving it so far.  I brought eps of Flame of Recca, Slayers, and Battle Athletes Victory -- I think it'll be good to finally introduce myself to these series and find out what I'll like.  I did download and burn these eps over 3 years ago -- I figure I owe it to the bandwidth I stole from my dormmates.

It's about 4:28 now.  Fatigue has definitely set in and I'm exhausted.  Well, in the last 12 hours, I have been here for 10 of them.  I'm fairly tired, and the coffee I'm drinkin is makin me sweat.  I can't seem to stay awake for anime, or even SNES Zelda, which I started up again.  I was passively watching friends, but I know that if I was home, I could roll right into bed and fall asleep.  Hmmm...this is a pretty hard shift.  But it sounds like a good deal to those who can muster the energy for it.  Phyllis said that the applications are fairly easy, and if it goes through, you get 100 bucks for it.  Not only do you get the easiest shift, you can also get a bonus. Downside: the schedule.  Give and take.

I'm falling asleep left and right -- I think I could handle this shift more easily, had I taken a nap during my break.  Anyways, I'm just going to conk out.

 

Maybe he needs some more time. I got bit like 3 more times =( He's runnign every time I get close. At least he didn't bite right away -- he seemed to scratch at me. But eventually the biting began again, and I hope he doesn't hate me.

Today I went to Sav-on to get my mom some medicine. I encountered a begger wanting money at the front. I shrugged him off, but felt incredibly guilty. I don't know why this was different -- I felt a "good-person" aura from him. I eventually realized I forgotten my mom's prescription, and returned to the car to go home and get it. Before leaving, I have the begger the change I had in my car, and he promptly thanked me graciously.

Upon returning to Sav-on, I saw him again, and he smiled and noticed the prescription in my hand and said "Gonna take care of that prescription?" I responded with "Yah, left it at home" and smiled back. I felt that he had rememebered me and treated me with a smile, and that I wanted to give him something more. I thought snack chips wouldn't quite do it, but peanuts would be nice -- they're tasty and they're supposed to help curb your appetite (hence the whole Snickers ad campaign). I turned in the prescription and left again to get my mom some soup, but the begger had left. I felt kinda weird thinking "oh great, now I have these damn peanuts." After getting the soup, returning to Sav-on to get the prescription, he was still nowhere to be found. I waited an additional 20 minutes inside the store for the prescription, and saw him again as I left. He came up to me and thanked me again saying that he had used the change I gave him to buy some tacos at the Del Taco at the corner, and that he was very grateful. I gave him the peanuts, and he smiled again so genuinely.

I felt like I had helped him out a lot today, and that I wish I could help him out more. I am a student with my own bills to take care of, but I'd gladly help this man again. Whos to say why I'd help out this guy and not the begger on the other corner? I think I'll spend 5 bucks each paycheck to help out a random begger person. When I deposited my check last time, I gave 5 bucks to this one girl scout troop selling their chocolates at the bank (I didn't take any chocolates, I just gave them money). While I feel like that was a worthy cause, it feels good to think that I helped someone and I know specifically who the money went to. All I ask in return is a smile.

On other news, Huey was biting me like crazy today. Pissed me off and saddened me to think he doesn't like me. I feared as I reached in to change his food container, but soon realized something -- he was hungry! I replaced the food with fresh food, and he attacked it immediately. I hope he won't bite next time I reach to play with him.

It's all right cause there's beauty in the breakdown.
-- a line from the aforementioned song that I'm currently obsessed with.

I'm not sure if I like this feeling or not.

The surreal existential feeling I get from thinking too much about a movie. I saw Lost in Translation, and it is a critically acclaimed movie with something that appeals more to my psyche, than to my senses that enjoys on a different level than enjoying something like Dumb and Dumber. It's what seperates Van Wilder from American Pie; American Beauty from other dramas -- some thing that makes me love the movie.

Something about a simple friendship from Lost in Translation made me love it so much. The simple conversations about life that you can have with strangers, but not with your friends -- it has an endearing appeal.

I saw the trailer for Garden State, a new movie coming out, written/directed by Zach Braff, the lead in Scrubs. I am interested in watching it, and watching the trailer gives me some weird feeling, that I am currently attributing to the music ("Let Go" By Frou Frou). I want to watch this movie, and I hope I can watch it next week or so.

I decided to stop on the health reports. The main idea was to keep a journal for myself, so I decided to start working on it. Not much progress has been made =P

Went kayaking in LB today. Saw some jellyfish that don't sting. It felt amazing to reach down and grab a slimy jellyfish, and watch it slime off my hand on the kayak. It seemed through one of the holes and escaped my capture. It was definitely an interesting feeling, and I'm glad I experienced it. I wholeheartedly recommend that all try it one day.

Money is fairly tight nowadays. I already dropped my rent money, and paid for a couple other things, and I'm nearly broke, less than a week after pay day. Need to save for books/tuition/rent, and pay off Usher tickets/utils/credit card stuff. ::sigh::

Why am I so bored? I figured I'd be at the apartment, chillin,
and being my normal rad self, but I just feel so bored with every game
that I play, every web page that I check, and every random video I
see. I wonder if this is how the gamers lose their flow, and
become 9-5ers who aren't too big on video games. Yes, in
hindsight, it makes sense, but when you're a game addict -- you just
LOVE it.



I remember the DDR days. It wasn't only the game. The game
got you in -- the community kept you in. Joe is one great example
of that. After the DDR phase past him, he still hangs with those
people, and he found the friends that he clicks with more than
anything.



Lately I wonder if I could have been someone like that -- meeting
random people, becoming friends with DDR as an initial similar hobby,
but letting it progress past the game. Pres was freakin cool, and
I kinda wished I could have chilled with him more often, but other than
that, I never really knew anyone much from that sort of group.
Just a bunch of screen names, psuedo-characters, online forum nicks,
and random internet gossip.



Sometimes I love boards, while sometimes I realize what an idle time it is.

Health Report for Tuesday, July 6th

breakfast - 1 pan de sal, 3 hard boil eggs (no yolk), milk

first snack - banana

lunch - 1 pan de sal, 1 egg white, water

second snack - green apple

exercise 30 minute walk

dinner - salad + cruts, grilled chicken sandwich + veggies, pan de sal

sleep 2-6, 7-11 = 8 hrs

fair day -- I was super hungry at work, and I needed to eat at around 6. That was fairly good, but that made me really hungry around 9pm, where i got the sandwich.

The apple and banana really added the fiber, and I reacted accordingly. =(

Dinner was a bit much though so *bad* Brian.

Weekend at the cabin plus the concert:

Awesome. Free parking, and a bit of a walkthrough the parking lot (consisting of many bare-chested men with beer and tailgate parties), and it was obvious that this was not like any concert I had attended before. Apparently, the Hyundai center includes a large courtyard area, where the festivities had apparently been going for hours already. long lines for shirts, mexican/chinese food, side performances, meet-and-greet the Living End (who opened for Blink/ND), and lots of alcohol. It was so lively, and the grass area had already been fairlyu populated, when we arrived over an hour early.

The seats were nice, and we had a clear path to see the stage. The Living End opened to a lackluster crowd, but I was so surprised how much I enjoyed this band. As a matter of fact, I'm listening to them right now =)

After a long delay, Blink opened up with awe-dical moment number 1 of the night: a representative came out bearing a Blink 182 flag. He unrolled it to the loudening sound of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and waved the flag to a roaring crowd. Blink played an awesome set, bringing me back to awesome times that 98-99 Brian would have definitely rocked out to. I wish Kate had experienced a little more Blink before coming so she'd at least know the songs, but this wasn't what she came for -- she came for Gwen.

Awe-dical moment number 2 came when Tom from Blink recalled old school days when crowds would light up their lighters to set the mood. He promptly said that it would be a huge fire hazard, and suggested we bust our cell phones. Imagine a crowd of thousands of cell phones and LCD screens lighting up a stadium! incredible!

Blink finished off their set, and I was very happy. ND came on next, and Gwen absolutely lit up the crowd. Kate was ecstatic, jumping up and down, and singing along to everything, and surprisingly, so did I. I was never huge on ND, but I have to admit that I've definitely enjoyed ND much more since the concert. The entire set was incredible, and we rocked out the whole time. Closing with Spiderwebs, the band went backstage, while the crowd chanted No Doubt, and Kate lamented that they didn't play her favorite song "Sunday Morning." I felt really bad, but not more than 5 minute later did Gwen return only to churn out the chorus to Sunday Morning, accompanied by the band's background sounds in order to make awe-dical moment number 3 of the night.

Despite the over 2 hour wait to get out of the parking lot, I have to say that I absolutely loved it, and it was so great to share it with Kate, someone who finally was able to see ND, after wanting to since 6th grade. yay!

Since then, life has been cruising along. Work, come home, see kate, do crap at home, repeat. Yesterday we had a 4th of July thing, and Romes and Kate came over for some Indiana Jones THX style. I'm impressed how much I enjoyed Temple of Doom, and how I was at the edge of my seat. Thats an action/adventure movie.

Played a bunch of NBA 2k3 w/Nick and Romes. had a couple close ones with romes, and nick played romes with hilarious results (such as randomly shot 3-ps with Hardaway, both of them sucking at free throws, but Romes doing well for once and having a really high scoring game for only 5 minute quarters, due to multiple 3-ps, and fouling on layups).

A family friend commented on my weight, and it really hit home. I thought maybe it'll be good to do a health journal, and reflect after the day is over. Expect another post later, and please rate my actions for that day.