FLNE was today. I didn’t do very well, but nontheless, I’m relieved XC is over cuz i’m pretty much burnt out after 6 months of it. Sadly enough, I can’t say that I’ve ever been legitimately satisfied with my performance during XC seasons despite putting in a ton of mileage and doing well in practice. There’s just been a mental block that’s really screwed with me everytime i’m on a course that just happens to be 5000 meters long. Anyhoo, it’s been a good 4 years of XC, but I guess I won’t be missing much just yet since the training and people will be essentially the same for the final 2 seasons of track. On a happier note, George qualified for Nationals, so he’s off to san diego in 2 weeks.
I set up XBMC Live and installed it on a flash drive this past Tuesday. I’ll most likely invite people over for movies in the coming months b/c I can play all of my movies off of the comp onto the plasma screen and through the 5.1 system. (in HD bitches!) Also, my dad is probably going to get new speakers (at least replacing the front 3 channels) so it will be an exquisite experience. The XBMC software is very intuitive and very simple to use (as long as your computer doesn’t have ATI graphics, cuz then it fucks up the strangest things. Luckily I’m a pro and I replaced the .dll file that it somehow lost…). It uses very good video decoders, so even with a so-so computer, you can still manage to play 1080p H.264 content very well. XBMC is probably one of the best examples of open source software out there at the moment, and it pretty much owns any commercial alternatives. The only caveat is that there’s no interface to set up the WLAN so I’d hafta go into the command line to do it, and even if I did, 802.11g probably isn’t fast enough for HD content, especially if obstructed by my computer being in a wall console. Hence, I’ll hafta run Ethernet cables through the floor to the wall console.
Spent thanksgiving at oscar’s house playing melee almost the whole time. Also rewatched Juno, which is a ballin’ movie. Michael Cera is a beast.
Finished watching Minami-ke Okawari this weekend. Can’t wait for 3rd season this January. Got further in Darker Than Black. It gets a lot better in the middle episodes.
Gotta figure out Christmas gifts. Decent budget for gifts this year since I had a summer job. Getting gifts for people in school that I think will probably give me gifts plus a few others because otherwise everyone will just get shitty gifts that had no thought put into them. Quality over quantity. I’m not looking for anything in particular for myself this holiday season because my tech need have been fulfilled. (Pandora, new desktop.) Anything thoughtful is nice.
Sweet, I can officially break out my holiday-themed anime wallpapers since it’s past thanksgiving. (Come to think of it, need to become a photoshop pro this summer!)
Tons of college essays left. I haven’t done any of the essays for my schools that are on the common app. I’ll save at least a few until after I hear back on my ED. Gawd, I can’t hope enough to get in ED.
I need to talk to more girls. I only talk to Paco on a regular basis, and as a result, she bears the brunt of the inherent awkward (but admittedly amusing) sexual tension that comes from Bert talking to girls. (Although sexual tension is practically a cornerstone of ABFAFship, so it can’t be abandoned) (That’s a lie. If Paco were a guy, I’d probably still be tight with her (Or him. Wait. How do hypothetical pronouns work? I think it should be him) (But if you are a guy and you have orange hair, don’t talk to me. Seriously. You probably can’t pull it off the way paco does. It’s her natural hair color. Just like all other Asians. The rest of us just choose to dye our hair black.) )
Just hold on, two more weeks and hopefully EA/ED college acceptances. After that, partay. (If I don’t get in, it’s an essay partay) (Dammit Joe, it’s all your fault I feel like such a tool for that last sentence.)
