I finally got my diploma, I had to go to the school and smack some people to get it though. They were supposed to be mailed out in August, but apparently there are not enough government employees working in the records office so the diplomas were sitting in, I kid you not, a filing cabinet, waiting for someone to mail them out. If I hadn't gone in (and I had to go into work an hour early, that's 7am, which means I had to get up at freakin' 5:30am, so I could get to the records office by closing time at 5pm) then my poor little diploma mighta sat there for years for all I know. Anyway, now I have two pieces of paper saying I'm smart, my certificate which says I'm a microcomputer programmer <snicker> and my AA degree which says I wasted my time for 2 years getting a pretty worthless piece of paper. But it's a special piece of paper cuz I was in the "75th graduating class" and it says so in GOLD too! So, like, my diploma is a collector's item or something or will be in another 75 or so years if the world still exists then.

In other news, that new show Push, Nevada was on the other night, and also tonight. It's kinda a tv version of that failed game Majestic or something, kinda like sorta. Well, it's about as "interactive" as Majestic was. In other words, not much. And unless I'm missing something, the "puzzles" are stupidly dumb, so far anyway. And I dunno how this winning money will work, my guess is it'll be a dumb "submit your answer here" weblink and some doofus will write a macro <eyes macro-loving friend you know who you are> and spam the mailbox with irrelevant replies so no one will get a chance to win. And, of course, people on the east coast will have an advantage cuz they'll see the episodes first, and even if ABC postpones submission till after it airs on the west coast, east coasters can have their info all ready to go ahead of time. Anyway I like puzzles and I like tv, so unless they ruin it like Majestic was ruined by EA, it should be a somewhat fun diversion.

[ 7:27:00 PM ]   Posted at the speed of blight by NONOBADKITTY!  



Sunday, September 15, 2002

Today and yesterday I played AC2 for a few hours cuz I work during the week and by the time I get home it's usually majorly laggy (at least it has been this week). I've been exploring around, taking the portal rings and jumping in player-summoned portals. I went to lugian island by taking a portal outta somewhere, I think it was near Mayoi. Then I joined up in fellowships and camped lifestones like the l33+ p33pZ do heh. I finally managed to train in a specialty, I chose sorceror because it is the l33+ thing for an archer to do. Unfortunately, most of the skills in AC2 suck really bad. The only ones I like are critical hit cuz it does about 100+ damage per hit and flame arrow cuz it sets monsters on fire and causes ongoing damage, plus it looks cool seeing a flaming hot monster running toward you. I don't like the other ones though, although a few of them look kinda cool when cast, but I think they look better in AC than AC2. The overall graphics are better in AC2 though, I went back and played AC for about 2 minutes last week and it was so ugly I couldn't stand it. Hehe. There are a lot of little touches I do like about AC2 though, like the way your character looks around while running, and the diving stuff and the way vermin's noses wiggle when they're kicking your butt, and the way drudges overact when you kill them. But the gameplay is really really boring, even moreso than AC, and exploring isn't as fun cuz there doesn't seem to be as much variety in the landscape as in AC, but I haven't been everywhere yet. The only neat place I've found so far though is near the haunted caves where it's all spooky and desolate. Anyway, below are a couple pix from my weekend adventures.

Oooh, level 20, whee! And to think Saturday morning I was only level 9 hehe.

If you want to know how to get to Lugian Island, go to Mayoi and run around till you see something that needs repair.

[ 7:19:00 PM ]   Posted at the speed of blight by NONOBADKITTY!