Bleh at the Weather

// Dreary weather can't dampen my excitement for Starcraft II though. As much as I loved the Protoss in the first one, Terran are growing on me in the beta for II. Get psyched, get hyped, get ready for a fucking fight. Cowboy up! \\

Starcraft II is coming. I can feel my free time bleeding away at the prospect of sitting in front of a computer monitor micromanaging my underlings and balancing my resource budget.

And by that I mean MMM rushing. >_> I'm still new to the beta, don't harsh my newbie tactics! Goddamn banelings...

Atlantic City is so abusive sometimes. Borgata likes playing with my emotions by letting me struggle to get in the green, then raping me in one fell swoop like I was some fresh meat in the state pen...

I suppose updating in class isn't the best of ideas, so I'm out for now. Whooooooooooo Modern Chinese history!

~ Kesshi, FXC

Happier Things

// He has something of a country twang to his voice, but it's pleasant enough to listen to, and he has a nice voice for the music he's putting out there. David Choi, everyone. Thinking about picking up the album to see what else this guy has to offer. \\

I was going to post my recounting of that night's events, but I just felt like I needed something a bit happier to talk about. Dwelling on it too much is getting to me, and I'm just not in a place where I need that sort of thing.

The Borgata trip was fun, although I was something of an awkward cow in the car. We were reading fuck my life submissions, and I thought I'd add my own little fml by telling them about the mugging, but in a slightly whimsical style. Heh, it didn't quite come off the way I had intended, and the condolences rolled out, followed by a much needed Wawa restroom break. Air out the awkwardness!

I came out on top this time around, and I have to admit, it feels NICE coming out positive. The rooms we had were deliciously swanky, with Josh and I sharing a corner room with a double-door bathroom and an awesome view of the casino strip in Atlantic City. Wonderful.

The amount of money they gamble with is often mind boggling. I hope I'll get to that level of comfort with money soon. It'd be nice to make more than a pittance at work. Go go grad school!

New person at work is nice. Fun to talk to someone that still has that easygoing college vibe. Revitalizes the soul, hanging out with someone who doesn't yet seem that jaded by the weight of the world.

Twenty more days until 2.0! :D Hopefully this'll revitalize the anime scene, and not fall to wayside as just another way to milk the franchise.

Listen to this asian boy croon. It's not half bad.

~ Kesshi, FXC

Gambling the Time Away

// It's beautiful. There's really not much else I can say about Faye's voice. Of all the songs I have ever heard in my life, her cover of 千言萬語 is one of the very few I can listen to over and over again and still be able to enjoy every single second of it. \\

Valve is coming out with Left 4 Dead 2 this fall, which is pretty exciting news. From the trailer at www.lrd.com it seems like there will be an assortment of new weapons, including a chainsaw and a frying pan. I can just imagine braining a hunter with a cooking utensil. ^_^ Maybe they'll include more playable zombies in the sequel. The tank looked a bit deformed, although it could just be an aesthetic design change and not so much an actual class alteration.

Been reading the strips at www.threepanelsoul.com recently. Quite a few of the works had me giggling like an idiot.

Planning on going to the Borgata this Thursday and Friday. Hopefully I won't blow all my cash this time around. It'll just be nice to see some old friends again. Between living and working far away and not having a car, I haven't had much opportunity to hang out with a lot of my old college friends anymore. It's a bit saddening, but I suppose that's life, right? Losing yourself in a job you don't really care about and coming home to nothing, sitting alone in your room wondering where it all went wrong? SOMETHING like that I guess. :x

Work friend is going to Japan on the JET program. Sad to see him go; he was such a pleasant co-worker, and we could hold random conversations about this and that. Don't really have many of those kinds of people at work. Jealous that he's able to do this. Hopefully I can figure out a way to stow away in one of his bags...

Faye Wong's rendition of Teresa Tang's 千言萬語 is... there really is no way for me to adequately describe how it makes me feel. I had dabbled a bit in Faye's music before, but she hadn't quite solidified her position in my top 5 until I stumbled upon this live track. It captured my heart, and maybe it spoiled me for future slow songs, because I don't think anything I've heard after this has ever really measured up.

我爱你,

~ Kesshi, FXC