The Matrix is telling my brain that this is TURKEY Jerky...
This week was a general improvement over last week...for lots of reasons.
ONE!
I have a mycoke membership. Cause I love Coke. And I figure that all the money I've poured into their sweet, beautiful, acidic products (namely Coke) should come back and benefit me SOMEHOW. I had initally been saving my reward points to get a DS Lite, so I can sell my old DS for some cash. Sadly, mycoke removed it from their selection. Wario Ware Smooth Moves is the new high prize, ranging at a woping 1200 points.
I got like 400 something
...Damn.
ANYWAY, so instead, I got a free 30 day trial to Gametap. ...And I LOVE IT.
I mean, goodness, I found games I had been looking for for YEARS, not to mention games I had wanted to try like Mr. Driller (which is ridiculously fun by the way). But it also has games I love, like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, KoF 2003, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Samurai Showdown and King of the Monsters 2. I'm even playing Grandia II, which is actually a good little RPG.
Sadly, my computer is weak compared to others, so I can't play Crazy Taxi (among other games) and Sam & Max plays like crap. But really, I wanted to get Gametap for the fighters, so I think I'll manage. My only other complaint is SOMETIMES Gametap gets flaky, and that's annoying.
So you can imagine what I spent most of Labor Day doing.
on Wen., I did some more press releases at the Hearld, and then Jeff (he would be my supervisor) came in at 10 and informed me I'll be doing a story on the local harvest festivals in the area. Specifically, the Corn Field Mazes. I actually thought it was a cool idea myself.
AH! My first story as a journalist. Well...journalist intern in training...
Ahh...I don't recall the rest of the week being too exciting until thursday. I'm still convinced my Media & Ethics professor is out to make me look like an idiot at every convenient opportunity...but maybe I'm being paranoid...maybe I just HAPPEN to be an idiot.
Anyway, Thursday was particularly exciting. In Media & Ethics, we had a panel come to class. Jeff was on the panel, which was pretty good. But I also said something and DIDN'T get mocked by the professor. It may be a fluke though.
When I got home, I figured I would call my friend Stefanie in Tucson. I had tried to call her a couple time earlier but always missed her. I thought I would again but tried anyway. But I didn't! And oh goodness did she make my night. It was so good to hear her voice again.
I was packing up for bed, in a generally good mood, when I suddenly realize...
...my wallet is gone.
Which brings me to this week's crisis.
Yeah, so I'm going nuts. My wallet has my ATM card, Student I.D. (which I don't much care about, but it does cost $15 to replace), Driver's Lisence AND my Social Security Card in it. So I'm going nuts. I tear ass through my room, the house, and the neighborhood. Sadly, I think that I have lost it for good, and call off plans with friends Marlo (for the SECOND time...I'm such a jerk) and Mark, because I figured I had a lot of work ahead of me tomorrow.
So Friday rolls around. The first thing I do is go and cancel my ATM card and request another, figuring that my wallet and it's contents were now in the hands of...well...someone probably questionable in character. I head off to school and retrace my steps from the day before, which brings me back to the library (I was picking up sources and doing research for a paper due thur). I arrive at the front desk and SURE ENOUGH, my wallet was left behind and given to the front counter. They apparently tried to call me (which is bull. I was home the whole time thursday evening and heard NOTHING) but didn't get me, so they put it in their safe. So, good news was, I had my wallet back. The bad news was, I had a useless ATM card (with all my money in the bank mind you) and I had blown off plans with Mark and Marlo for no reason. I tried to contact both through Facebook, but sadly didn't reach Marlo in time.
BEFORE all this, I was having lunch with my older bro Ian. It was talking with him (as it always is) and he was very nice about the fact that he was buying...on his birthday, no less. But we talked and had a good time.
THEN I met up with Mark. We hung out for a bit, then I had to go home to get some things because I had been invited to spend the night at his dorm.
...Rest assured, walking around public holding a sleeping bag is awkward. I certainly elicited a couple of stares.
Anyway, Mark and I didn't do much I suppose. I FINALLY got to see BioShock in motion, and it's amazing. I just wish Mark had actually let me PLAY the game *glares at Mark*, but in his defense, we didn't have too much time. He also showed me Persona 3, which was also very cool. Certainly enough to put it on my want list.
...The concept of summoning ghosts to preform attacks by blowing your brains out (though not literally) is still a little odd to me though...but what can I say? It's Japanese. Japanese culture has a tedency to go all weird.
Mark took me to this place across from his dorm where I got some awesome pizza and fries and a drink. For free even. I wish UA Dorms had been that cool. In fact, Mark's dorm (besides his room being somewhat cramped...though admittingly it WAS a single) in general was probably hella better than Manzi-Mo was in general. Though, living with Nishant and Aaron and Armando that first year was cool.
So anyway, afterwards we watched Hellboy: Blood & Iron and Clerks the Animated series. Good stuff.
It was generally a lot of fun. My only complaint is I left my Wii's damn visual/audio cables at Mark's dorm. So I won't get any Wii in until tuesday.
...Annnnd I guess that does it for me. Take care everyone!
ONE!
I have a mycoke membership. Cause I love Coke. And I figure that all the money I've poured into their sweet, beautiful, acidic products (namely Coke) should come back and benefit me SOMEHOW. I had initally been saving my reward points to get a DS Lite, so I can sell my old DS for some cash. Sadly, mycoke removed it from their selection. Wario Ware Smooth Moves is the new high prize, ranging at a woping 1200 points.
I got like 400 something
...Damn.
ANYWAY, so instead, I got a free 30 day trial to Gametap. ...And I LOVE IT.
I mean, goodness, I found games I had been looking for for YEARS, not to mention games I had wanted to try like Mr. Driller (which is ridiculously fun by the way). But it also has games I love, like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, KoF 2003, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Samurai Showdown and King of the Monsters 2. I'm even playing Grandia II, which is actually a good little RPG.
Sadly, my computer is weak compared to others, so I can't play Crazy Taxi (among other games) and Sam & Max plays like crap. But really, I wanted to get Gametap for the fighters, so I think I'll manage. My only other complaint is SOMETIMES Gametap gets flaky, and that's annoying.
So you can imagine what I spent most of Labor Day doing.
on Wen., I did some more press releases at the Hearld, and then Jeff (he would be my supervisor) came in at 10 and informed me I'll be doing a story on the local harvest festivals in the area. Specifically, the Corn Field Mazes. I actually thought it was a cool idea myself.
AH! My first story as a journalist. Well...journalist intern in training...
Ahh...I don't recall the rest of the week being too exciting until thursday. I'm still convinced my Media & Ethics professor is out to make me look like an idiot at every convenient opportunity...but maybe I'm being paranoid...maybe I just HAPPEN to be an idiot.
Anyway, Thursday was particularly exciting. In Media & Ethics, we had a panel come to class. Jeff was on the panel, which was pretty good. But I also said something and DIDN'T get mocked by the professor. It may be a fluke though.
When I got home, I figured I would call my friend Stefanie in Tucson. I had tried to call her a couple time earlier but always missed her. I thought I would again but tried anyway. But I didn't! And oh goodness did she make my night. It was so good to hear her voice again.
I was packing up for bed, in a generally good mood, when I suddenly realize...
...my wallet is gone.
Which brings me to this week's crisis.
Yeah, so I'm going nuts. My wallet has my ATM card, Student I.D. (which I don't much care about, but it does cost $15 to replace), Driver's Lisence AND my Social Security Card in it. So I'm going nuts. I tear ass through my room, the house, and the neighborhood. Sadly, I think that I have lost it for good, and call off plans with friends Marlo (for the SECOND time...I'm such a jerk) and Mark, because I figured I had a lot of work ahead of me tomorrow.
So Friday rolls around. The first thing I do is go and cancel my ATM card and request another, figuring that my wallet and it's contents were now in the hands of...well...someone probably questionable in character. I head off to school and retrace my steps from the day before, which brings me back to the library (I was picking up sources and doing research for a paper due thur). I arrive at the front desk and SURE ENOUGH, my wallet was left behind and given to the front counter. They apparently tried to call me (which is bull. I was home the whole time thursday evening and heard NOTHING) but didn't get me, so they put it in their safe. So, good news was, I had my wallet back. The bad news was, I had a useless ATM card (with all my money in the bank mind you) and I had blown off plans with Mark and Marlo for no reason. I tried to contact both through Facebook, but sadly didn't reach Marlo in time.
BEFORE all this, I was having lunch with my older bro Ian. It was talking with him (as it always is) and he was very nice about the fact that he was buying...on his birthday, no less. But we talked and had a good time.
THEN I met up with Mark. We hung out for a bit, then I had to go home to get some things because I had been invited to spend the night at his dorm.
...Rest assured, walking around public holding a sleeping bag is awkward. I certainly elicited a couple of stares.
Anyway, Mark and I didn't do much I suppose. I FINALLY got to see BioShock in motion, and it's amazing. I just wish Mark had actually let me PLAY the game *glares at Mark*, but in his defense, we didn't have too much time. He also showed me Persona 3, which was also very cool. Certainly enough to put it on my want list.
...The concept of summoning ghosts to preform attacks by blowing your brains out (though not literally) is still a little odd to me though...but what can I say? It's Japanese. Japanese culture has a tedency to go all weird.
Mark took me to this place across from his dorm where I got some awesome pizza and fries and a drink. For free even. I wish UA Dorms had been that cool. In fact, Mark's dorm (besides his room being somewhat cramped...though admittingly it WAS a single) in general was probably hella better than Manzi-Mo was in general. Though, living with Nishant and Aaron and Armando that first year was cool.
So anyway, afterwards we watched Hellboy: Blood & Iron and Clerks the Animated series. Good stuff.
It was generally a lot of fun. My only complaint is I left my Wii's damn visual/audio cables at Mark's dorm. So I won't get any Wii in until tuesday.
...Annnnd I guess that does it for me. Take care everyone!