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March 23, 2008
Maybe Someday
I've loved the Nissan Skyline GT-R since I first came to know of it back in '97. They're simply lovely cars in all respects. But being unavailable in the USA (save via expensive private import), they've always been beyond affordable to me. Now Nissan is bringing a new GT-R to market, and this time that market includes the USA. Honestly, I doubt the 2009 GT-R will be any closer to a realm of affordable for me, but that fact doesn't detract from the car's appeal. "Maybe someday," I'll just keep telling myself that. It's worked my whole life so far. :/
Of course, I'd "settle" for an old R34 (or R33 or R32) any day of the week. <.<
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March 14, 2008
Jesus' Snow-White Zorro*
Amaranth by Nightwish (misheard lyrics edition):
Here's the actual music video.
* alternate post title: Hiding M&Ms in a Lamb
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March 13, 2008
le Dernier Poilu
"War is completely stupid." -- Lazare Ponticelli
(December 7, 1897 - March 12, 2008)
Requiescat in pace, poilu.
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March 12, 2008
Spring Break Slacking
This week is Spring Break, and I've been slacking. Freed of my weekly (neigh impossibly) demanding schedule for the past few days has put me into a giddy state of achieving nothing! I've played WoW way too much and attended to what I should be doing way too little.
One of my professors commented that Spring Break is the time when research continues without the interruptions of lectures. I remember being told the same thing during my undergraduate studies years ago. It's an old joke--not unlike immortal schoolyard humour.
So today I'm being trying to be good, and focus on what I have to have ready for next week. I'm not having much luck. Maybe it's just as well. The 24/7 study gauntlet with its 3-hour-a-day sleep schedule and continuous read/review/experiment/write cycle will arrive sooner than I like.
I hear WoW calling. Peace.
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March 11, 2008
Revolution Three
Three years of blogginess. Yes, that's a word... Well it is now!
The last year saw me escape New Jersey (*hiss*) for Georgia (surprisingly *yay!*), give up my career and take up as a grad student full time, give up my house for a rinky-dink apartment, and more! Who knows where all this madness will land me?
Once more around the Sun! Ya, mule! *cracks the whip*
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March 09, 2008
Bye Gy
Introduced to D&D in 6th grade, my fate was sealed at an early age. That “first” Summer was magical. Gaming with Chris, Steve, and Michael on their parents' patio in Cali. The days were sunny and warm and the adventures epic and admittedly not very sophisticated. We were all between 11 and 14. How sophisticated could we be? But the time spent together we some of my happiest.
I played D&D much of life from then on. I'm not sure if the three of them did the same. When I was sent away to school after 8th grade, our lives went separate ways. Then my family moved out of state and I with them. Thus ended my California adventure.
I moved around a lot growing up. Somewhere along the way, I developed a strong case of shyness. Despite this, I was always really lucky in finding friends through gaming. And without a doubt I have had the great fortune to game with some of the most amazing people. Whether or not you know—or remember—who you are, each of you holds a special place in my heart.
Strange how we honour the dead by remembering—however tenuous—our connections to them. My connection to E. Gary Gygax is D&D. Millions are connected to him in the same way. In this I am not unique. He made the game. But my friends and I—and millions like us—made the game great. So the only genuine eulogy I can offer is this:
I never knew him. I only knew his games.
Requiescat in pace.
E. Gary Gygax
July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008
Thanks for the memories.
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