-about 30 mins ago, i was running out the door, on my way to work. unfortunately, i only made it down the stairs...the hard way. at first, i was scared i broke my ankle, and i yelled for thumper_montoya. he ran out, picked me up off the ground, and brought me back inside. it seems to be ok, as everything's working fine, but it's kinda swollen and hurts a great ( Read more... )

-so...yeah. i know, i haven't bothered to update since like july or something. bad nee. stuff has happened, we moved, i went back to work, we did stuff.
( since this ended up being kinda long... )

-last night, i finally was able to get past the battle that's kept me from playing suiko5 for the past few months. my strategy? focus on the land-based attack, and ignore the naval front entirely. even though my unit arrangements were pretty random, my army didn't suck when i was actually able to pay attention to them. i also discovered that not ( Read more... )

I escaped from the Dungeon of Hollowartist!

I killed Elfinchick the gelatinous cube, Aoi Sakuraba99 the cockatrice and Slacker Elite the zombie.

I looted the Crown of Hellstorm Inc, the Sceptre of Languages, the Sword of Vietnamese, the Wand of Houshin Engi, the Dagger of Gnarlycranium, the Armour of Linguaphiles, the Axe of Chinese Classics, the ( Read more... )

-"you are not illiterate."

-...i was answering the phone at work as per ususal, when this elderly woman calls and among other things, mentions that she's from metairie. without thinking, i let "me, too" slip out. she's all delighted to hear this and all, and so proceeds to have a completely mundane conversation with me for about 10 mins. i was utterly dumbfounded...i had no ( Read more... )

-...mostly because i'm still stuck on this fight in suikoden 5, but also because it's adorably cute. anywhoo, i've come to the conclusion that song dynasty china was terrorized by chickens and their ilk. the first three levels of monsters to kill are chickies, chicks, and chickens, and the first few missions all involve you killing these foul ( Read more... )

-here at work, there's a bowl of candy delicately balanced in the middle of the main thoroughfare (read: on my desk). after two weeks of observing it, i've made a few observations...first, people like chocolate more than anything. second, people like chewy candy more than hard candy. third, the majority of people like fruit-flavoured candy more ( Read more... )

-when i'm going to work in the morning, i catch the commuter rail in, then hop on the subway. i usually get off at the closest stop of that particular branch and walk the 20ish minutes the rest of the way, rather than transferring to the second and third lines which put me much closer, as the weather's been pleasant, it helps me wake up a bit more ( Read more... )

-lord of the front desk
"good morning, thomson learning"
would be my mantra