A Week of Mondays
Oct. 29th, 2003 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksSo, right, I should update this more often. I never seem to have the time.
Except when I'm working here at CPIT. ^_^;;
I've decided that I can improve the environment here if I bring CDs and Headphones.
Curiously, does anyone out there like Alanis Morissette? I think her stuff has been steadily getting better, but it seems most others don't...
I really like this CD Anastasiya gave me -- "Little White Truths." She's taking a page out of my book with that one, I think -- it's subtly clever, I think, along the same lines as my "Every Silver Lining" title... It's got some cool songs on it, too, my favorite being "Shma Yisrael" (Yeah, that's Hebrew). I was supposed to go and see her today, but I'm not sure now that it's going to happen... I woke up this morning miserable, and I'm still really achey... so, yeah, as much as I want to, I'm not sure I'd be able to make the drive... -_-
A few asked me yesterday what's been getting me bummed... And, though I'd had more to say on the subject, I've forgotten it since. ^_^;; I think, generally, I've just been really stressed. There's been work, and school, keeping up with projects on both fronts... I haven't been seeing my friends around much, particularly Claire... And I just don't like losing touch with friends. I haven't been talking much with the friends I am in touch with, too, like Beth, Elizabeth, Leslie... And then there's things with Anastasiya, with me still afraid that I'm going to hurt her and stuff... She and I talked for a while last night, and it made me feel better... All things said, it's never as bad as I make it seem.
<Mt:G>
Oh, randomly, Gene, Josh, Tatsu, and anyone else interested in Magic: The Gathering -- if you're looking to buy cards, seriously consider AnyCraze.com! Curtis, my roomie, just made an order off of there, and he's getting boosters for $2.25 and uncommon singles for $0.50 (and rares for as low as $1.00)! It's like what Comic Kings in Virginia Beach used to be. 'Course, you add shipping into it, but... Chris, another roomie, is looking to get a Scourge Premade deck for about $7.00.
Touching on that, I've brought my entire collection to school, now, and I'm starting to sort it out, so that my cards are in some sort of logical order. I easily have the largest collection in the Apartment, by a large margin. Zach's whole collection is about half the size of my White (my lest-numerous color), and Curtis' isn't much bigger. Chris only has a small handful at home, and Mike doesn't play (yet). One day, I may count them again -- several years ago, when I was still in Highschool, I counted them at 3,000. I may possibly have double that or more, now. After I get them sorted, I'm going to deconstruct the majority of my current decks and rebuild.
I've found that I'm (1) much more of a collector than Curtis is and (b) much more of a casual-fun player than he. In the first case, if the card doesn't help his latest deck idea win, it's of little meaning to him. I'm far more touchy about my cards, having particular fondness for pictures and the like. I don't like my cards being man-handled, let alone riffle-shuffled! As to the second, if a deck idea isn't sure to win, it's of no use to him. Curtis would never consider building a deck that couldn't answer EVERY situation, let alone build a Goblin deck. i'm much more interested in just playing and having a fun game -- yeah, I have more fun, generally, when i'm winning, but I could never play a Lock Deck, just because it's no fun if my opponent isn't fighting back. Curtis is only happy when he's on top, he gets upset when he's losing, and he's left in a huff when he feels things are stacked against him. He and I are two sides of the same coin, though -- I'm a Johnny/Spike (as it seems me and the boys are all Johnny-slashes), and He's simply a Spike/Johnny. He likes interesting cards, but only if they help him win quickly, efficiently, and decisively.
</Mt:G>
As a final note, I've got a new kybard back in my room (I'm at work, now, as I said). Curtis bought it for me -- apparently I'm a loud typer. Yeah, I guess I could believe it. It's this little silent-kybard thing, and it's actually not that bad. It's a new feel, though -- I'm not used to the layout, or the keys themselves. I can type alot faster, I think, on a standard kybard than on that one.
And, I guess that's that. ^_^;; I was looking at one of those meme things, and it said my journal was written on the 5th-grade level... It's mostly because of the little nothing-posts and quizzes that's made up the majority of my entries lately... So, yeah, here's a long post, and I have every intention of writing up a thoughtful/philosophic post again. Sometime. If I get inspired...
Whee.
Except when I'm working here at CPIT. ^_^;;
I've decided that I can improve the environment here if I bring CDs and Headphones.
Curiously, does anyone out there like Alanis Morissette? I think her stuff has been steadily getting better, but it seems most others don't...
I really like this CD Anastasiya gave me -- "Little White Truths." She's taking a page out of my book with that one, I think -- it's subtly clever, I think, along the same lines as my "Every Silver Lining" title... It's got some cool songs on it, too, my favorite being "Shma Yisrael" (Yeah, that's Hebrew). I was supposed to go and see her today, but I'm not sure now that it's going to happen... I woke up this morning miserable, and I'm still really achey... so, yeah, as much as I want to, I'm not sure I'd be able to make the drive... -_-
A few asked me yesterday what's been getting me bummed... And, though I'd had more to say on the subject, I've forgotten it since. ^_^;; I think, generally, I've just been really stressed. There's been work, and school, keeping up with projects on both fronts... I haven't been seeing my friends around much, particularly Claire... And I just don't like losing touch with friends. I haven't been talking much with the friends I am in touch with, too, like Beth, Elizabeth, Leslie... And then there's things with Anastasiya, with me still afraid that I'm going to hurt her and stuff... She and I talked for a while last night, and it made me feel better... All things said, it's never as bad as I make it seem.
<Mt:G>
Oh, randomly, Gene, Josh, Tatsu, and anyone else interested in Magic: The Gathering -- if you're looking to buy cards, seriously consider AnyCraze.com! Curtis, my roomie, just made an order off of there, and he's getting boosters for $2.25 and uncommon singles for $0.50 (and rares for as low as $1.00)! It's like what Comic Kings in Virginia Beach used to be. 'Course, you add shipping into it, but... Chris, another roomie, is looking to get a Scourge Premade deck for about $7.00.
Touching on that, I've brought my entire collection to school, now, and I'm starting to sort it out, so that my cards are in some sort of logical order. I easily have the largest collection in the Apartment, by a large margin. Zach's whole collection is about half the size of my White (my lest-numerous color), and Curtis' isn't much bigger. Chris only has a small handful at home, and Mike doesn't play (yet). One day, I may count them again -- several years ago, when I was still in Highschool, I counted them at 3,000. I may possibly have double that or more, now. After I get them sorted, I'm going to deconstruct the majority of my current decks and rebuild.
I've found that I'm (1) much more of a collector than Curtis is and (b) much more of a casual-fun player than he. In the first case, if the card doesn't help his latest deck idea win, it's of little meaning to him. I'm far more touchy about my cards, having particular fondness for pictures and the like. I don't like my cards being man-handled, let alone riffle-shuffled! As to the second, if a deck idea isn't sure to win, it's of no use to him. Curtis would never consider building a deck that couldn't answer EVERY situation, let alone build a Goblin deck. i'm much more interested in just playing and having a fun game -- yeah, I have more fun, generally, when i'm winning, but I could never play a Lock Deck, just because it's no fun if my opponent isn't fighting back. Curtis is only happy when he's on top, he gets upset when he's losing, and he's left in a huff when he feels things are stacked against him. He and I are two sides of the same coin, though -- I'm a Johnny/Spike (as it seems me and the boys are all Johnny-slashes), and He's simply a Spike/Johnny. He likes interesting cards, but only if they help him win quickly, efficiently, and decisively.
</Mt:G>
As a final note, I've got a new kybard back in my room (I'm at work, now, as I said). Curtis bought it for me -- apparently I'm a loud typer. Yeah, I guess I could believe it. It's this little silent-kybard thing, and it's actually not that bad. It's a new feel, though -- I'm not used to the layout, or the keys themselves. I can type alot faster, I think, on a standard kybard than on that one.
And, I guess that's that. ^_^;; I was looking at one of those meme things, and it said my journal was written on the 5th-grade level... It's mostly because of the little nothing-posts and quizzes that's made up the majority of my entries lately... So, yeah, here's a long post, and I have every intention of writing up a thoughtful/philosophic post again. Sometime. If I get inspired...
Whee.
