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Did you know Mitt Romney's name is spelled Mitt? What is that about? What an ass.

My car got a boo-boo. A big one. It's in the front. It looks like a crater. I have no car. I have the estimate. Gulp.

Here's why Meet the Robinsons is amazing:
1. Time travel paradoxes. Yes we all saw Donnie Darko and blah blah, but this is cartoons.
2. Cartoons. Yes they're still around and still fun even though you're not still a kid.
3. Evil robots. Robots are one thing, but I'm talking evil robots. You don't get that often.

I'm totally excited for Mass Effect, coming out two days before thanksgiving. Mass Effect is a game. It's like when all you wanted to do as a kid was be Luke Skywalker. And now you can, only there aren't annoying things like George Lucas to screw it up.

I joined Facebook. No, I don't know why.

If Halo was my job, I'd get fired

I haven't updated. The last two weeks have been nothing but work and Halo 3. Which is to say work sucks and Halo 3 is fun.

That's me. It's my...Gamercard.

Work doesn't suck. It just mostly sucks. Its like finding a pizza box in the trash and there's still an untouched pizza in the box! It's free pizza... but it's in the trash. That's like my job. It's really nice to train people about how to be a good barista, but it really sucks being overwhelmed with trainees, not getting paid enough, and dealing with the bureaucracy (hard to spell!) of a corporation. It ends up draining on me. I might quit. Or I'll just stop caring.

I need something more creative. Is it possible to find a job where the two sides of your brain, right and left, are able to operate in unison? Is that a job people have? Or is your hobby your way of using the other side of the brain? So if I got a creative job, I'd make syllabuses in my spare time.

I really do think I'm hilarious.

I took this picture several times

Halo 3 comes out in just 5 days and I'm really excited. See?


I can't sweeten my coffee without sugar. Do you understand that? Any suggestions?

Oh, and I cut my hair.


Shut up.

Do You Like Business Casual?

I start my new job tomorrow morning. And I just closed and it's really late and I should be sleeping! But I'm a bit nervous/excited so here I am.

Tonight this guy came in and while he was waiting for his drink, I overheard him telling his friend about how one time he had been shot at! It was crazy and when I said that his story (which I didn't hear the rest of) was intriguing he said "yeah, don't go to Portland, Oregon." Wha-wha-What? "But I hear it's so nice there" I said, with the hopes of keeping a trip to Portland in my list of things to do. "Well, not if you're my skin color, but you would have a great time," he said. Now would be the time to point out that he was non-white. Although, interestingly enough, he was quite light-skinned. Anyway, it didn't make me feel better. I wanted to say something about racism in certain areas of the country, but what am I thinking, the whole damn place is full of racists (and non-racists too). It's not like we took all the racists and put them in [insert stereotypical area of the country].

For the nerds, I'm really excited about this Japan-only game demo I just downloaded off of Xbox Live. It's a R(ole)P(laying)G(ame) called Eternal Sonata with an amazing premise. The game takes place inside of Chopin's head after he falls into a coma shortly before his death. He dreams up a world where music is a physical part of life, or something like that. I mean, that sells you right there. But the game world is also really beautiful, with lots of bright colors. I'll tell you how it is, but I'm really excited to try it out.

War and Peace

I got the job! Yay! Exciting. We'll see how it goes and check back as it developes. Which they might say in... tv news?

Speaking of newsworthy, I have to tell you about two really interesting games I downloaded recently.
The first is called PeaceMaker, and you take on the role of either the Israeli or Palestinian leader and your job is to, well, make peace. Stop me if you've heard this one. Anyway, it's a really challenging and informative game, with all events and pictures taken from actual headlines. The first time I played, I made about 3 moves before the Israeli "Director General" decided that I wasn't fit for office. Give it a try because the demo is free and it's a great example of videogames attempting to educate people and invite a new perspective on an old problem.

The second game is, interestingly enough, the exact opposite. It's called Defcon, and if you've ever seen the movie WarGames (you should. TBS), then you already know all about Global Thermonuclear War. The goal is simple: Lose the least. It is impossible to win, simply because you and your opponents are trading nuclear detonations. Millions on both sides are bound to die, which creates an oddly beautiful display of why nuclear war is terrible. Watching two dozen glowing green harbingers of death arch across the sky to their whited out targets on your screen gives you a sick pleasure, undercut by the white flashes wiping out your own cities at the same time. If you try this one, let me know, and we can set up a time to play a multiplayer game over the internet. I would like that.

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.