Dear Blog: And those darned peasants keep revolting...

So yeah, still addicted to Rome: Total War. It's really fun... even though I'm still on the same scenario I was on about 5 days ago. So many settlements to conquer! But the ones far away from my capital don't like being so far away, so they keep getting mad and rioting. Then they get madder and take over the city, so I have to go re-conquer it. And at the same time, I'm trying to conquer the entire civilized world. But, all in a day's work.

So, the last most-of-a-week has been nice. I've had my first few days of not having to worry about any school at all. (what a good time to get addicted to a new game, eh?) I worked for 11 hours on Friday, but it went by much more quickly than I thought it would have. Maybe it'll help make up for the time I'll lose on vacation. Oh wait, the 38 hours I'm working for 2 weeks after that should do the trick.

And then there's this week... I'm going to go over some math before I take placement tests this weekend for Walsh. And I'm going to work either 5 or 6 hours (all until 9) on each of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then I have to go to orientation at Walsh all day on Friday. Then go on vacation the next morning. So who knows, this may be my last entry until after then.

Ok, time to crush these stupid Carthaginian dummies...

Dear Blog: Life as of 7/11

I finally got around to finishing up all my school stuff. Whee! Now I get to have 5 weeks of free time before ... college. But yeah, done with high school.

Today is my mom's birthday, so I took her to see the Prairie Home Companion movie, because we have a mutual interest in the radio show it is about. Well, it was strange and boring, but oh well. It's the thought that counts, right?

So, in the computer world, I have thoroughly exhausted my interest in Sim City 4. This was aided, perhaps, by the recent acquisition (legal, that is) of Rome: Total War. So, now I'm all addicted to that.

At work on Monday, there was this lady who came in with two kids. One was probably 4 months old, and the other was about 2. She went to use the computer for 2 hours, with the 4-month-old sitting next to her on the floor in a baby carrier thing. It was bad enough that this baby was screaming and crying for 2 hours straight. But then she completely ignored her 2-year-old, who was climbing and jumping on the desks and chairs, and trying to color on the LCD monitors with little pencils, and running all over the library. So then, when the 2-year-old got stuck in the elevator, the mom ran over to get her out, leaving the sobbing baby unattended, which prompted even noisier sobbing. Of course, once she grabbed the 2-year-old and held her on her lap, the 2-year-old started screaming and whining too. So, 2 hours of this. It was not fun.

So yeah, random story of the week.

Dear Blog: Movie Night!

I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest today. It was absolutely spectacular (in my own opinion, anyway). The funny parts were funnier, and the dramatic parts were way more interesting and complicated. And should you go to see it, stay after the credits for one of those little 20-second clip things.

So, other than that, life has been pretty much the same as usual for the last couple of days. I have obtained a copy of Sim City 4, which is quite possibly the most addicting game I've ever come across. (and right now, it's playing on the other computer as I type this.)

Still have a couple physics tests to do, but that's because I have to wait for mom to grade a few other things before I can do them.

And, that's all. Woo hoo.

Dear Blog: Graduation Party, Etc.

So, let's see... last week was nuts. I finally got around to finishing my big 1750 word paper, and I was going to try to finish up my physics tests too, but that got interrupted. I spent most of Friday and Saturday helping my dad build our nifty new deck. It'll be handy to have around, when it's finished. Still have to put up some railing, though. But that was absolutely exhausting.

So, then was my graduation party, which was fun, though after the first few minutes of introducing people to other people I kinda just gave up. So, LAN party followed, which ended up being everything I had hoped it would. There somehow ended up being almost enough fast computers for everyone to use... and the 8 player red faction was hilarious. (not to mention the 9 player call of duty games.) It kinda fizzled out on Monday morning (I got 3 hours of sleep, by the way) and most of the people were gone by about 1:00. But Mike, Ben, and Seth stuck around until 5:30-ish, when I had to start getting ready for work.

And at work, I was a complete zombie. Ugh. I nearly fell over a few times, and every time I sat down my eyes just slammed shut and wouldn't open. But 9:00 eventually came, at which point I stopped being really tired. Then I stopped at Wal-mart to see if they had SimCity 4 (all Brian's fault!), but they didn't, so oh well... next time. Then we shot off a bunch of great fireworks that my uncle bought at some place like an hour away. They were exceptional. While the ones we got didn't go up a hundred feet and blow up and get huge, they were nice tree-height things that had plenty of flair. (The neighbors probably had a fit, though... we were doing this at 11:00 PM)

So, then I took turns playing Call of Duty 2 with my cousin, and we decided that we're both really tired, so now I'm going to bed. But whee, tomorrow morning I am obligated to get up and watch a bunch of 8-year-olds walk up the street chasing a fire truck, complete with headache-causing noises. Maybe I can get some sleep NEXT week.