Mr. Wright (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mr_wright) wrote,@ 2008-08-12 21:45:00 |
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I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!
The last week or so has been fun.
There was a Portal party. It was my first time playing the game, and I loved it. The turret-robots are the cutest things ever, and I want one as a pet. About my only complaint about the game is that it's quite short, but we spent a while playing other levels we found on the internet (the best of which was a Rube Goldbergesque level where balls would roll down tracks which would move under their weight). We decided that we should bake a Portal cake (the recipe appears on the computer terminals in the game).sulenda and I finally got around to baking it on Sunday; here are some photos:
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction!
On Friday was a board/card game party; there was lots of fun stuff including Apples to Apples and someone (not entirely sober) talking about Atlantis (and making a lot of sense, amazingly). It's somewhat noteworthy because the person there I'd known for the longest I'd met the previous week; everyone else I'd either met the day before or at the party. I'm getting a lot more comfortable in social situations with people I don't know well; a year ago I probably wouldn't have imagined myself going to a party like that without anyone I knew well. But I'm glad I did; the people were awesome and I had a lot of fun!
I managed, for the first time, to pick a Best SFIC lock (these are the locks that were used at CMU). I'd never tried very hard, thinking I probably would have no luck, but it turned out not to be so bad (it now generally takes me just a few minutes to pick). Here's a photo:
After the summer I want to see if I can make a torque tool like the one described here and use it to remove the core from the lock.
As for the rest of the summer: I leave Chicago on the 24th (actually a few days earlier for a dance weekend near Indianapolis); I've started to pack but have barely made a dent. I'll be in Montreal from the 24th until Sept. 8, when I leave for Greece. I'll be getting back to Chicago on Sept. 18 (just in time for a Crüxshadows concert on the 20th, which will (if all goes well!) be one of the few times a band I like will be playing in Chicago and I'll be able to make it!).
The last week or so has been fun.
There was a Portal party. It was my first time playing the game, and I loved it. The turret-robots are the cutest things ever, and I want one as a pet. About my only complaint about the game is that it's quite short, but we spent a while playing other levels we found on the internet (the best of which was a Rube Goldbergesque level where balls would roll down tracks which would move under their weight). We decided that we should bake a Portal cake (the recipe appears on the computer terminals in the game).
sulenda and I finally got around to baking it on Sunday; here are some photos: 
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction!
On Friday was a board/card game party; there was lots of fun stuff including Apples to Apples and someone (not entirely sober) talking about Atlantis (and making a lot of sense, amazingly). It's somewhat noteworthy because the person there I'd known for the longest I'd met the previous week; everyone else I'd either met the day before or at the party. I'm getting a lot more comfortable in social situations with people I don't know well; a year ago I probably wouldn't have imagined myself going to a party like that without anyone I knew well. But I'm glad I did; the people were awesome and I had a lot of fun!
I managed, for the first time, to pick a Best SFIC lock (these are the locks that were used at CMU). I'd never tried very hard, thinking I probably would have no luck, but it turned out not to be so bad (it now generally takes me just a few minutes to pick). Here's a photo:
After the summer I want to see if I can make a torque tool like the one described here and use it to remove the core from the lock.
As for the rest of the summer: I leave Chicago on the 24th (actually a few days earlier for a dance weekend near Indianapolis); I've started to pack but have barely made a dent. I'll be in Montreal from the 24th until Sept. 8, when I leave for Greece. I'll be getting back to Chicago on Sept. 18 (just in time for a Crüxshadows concert on the 20th, which will (if all goes well!) be one of the few times a band I like will be playing in Chicago and I'll be able to make it!).
