Just now I was parsing the folders I have on Grace. I had forgotten all about my web page for 528 - Writing for Interactive Digital Media. Heck, I almost forgot I took the class. The last time I was up at RIT, Lewis and Smiz and I were talking about classes and one of them mentioned 4-hour, once-a-week classes. I commented that I was glad I had never taken such a class. Lewis then pointed out to me that, in the Spring of 2002, I took 528 with him and Morash. I believe it was 6 PM to 9:30 PM on what … Wednesday? I remember that on the last day of class, our instructor seemed to think that Morash had stopped attending after the first week.
Okay, I’m rambling. Where was I? My 528 page. I think the main page is funny, and actually looks okay, design-wise. I also like the Officer Profiles page of Ultra Audio, my fake company.
In other news, the DC area job search hasn’t turned up much. Employers want experienced workers. I just got out of college. Employers want top secret clearance. I had interim secret clearance. So it’s kind of slow. Hopefully something will turn up.
First. How many times have I said it? How many times have I said it? Brian Lewis is stealing all my ideas. First I had The List, wherein I ranked people according to numerical totals. Then I created Who Am I?, an interactive, episodic feature that I advertised in my IM info. So what does Brian do? He creates Ridiculously Difficult Daily Trivia, an interactive and episodic feature, advertised on his IM info, with contestants ranked according to numerical totals.
Now. My first post on the latest DP page. I got a new IM name, a new email address, and a new URL. What’s Brian talking about on his latest post to Oblivion Diaries? New IM name. New email address. New URL. I mean, didn’t we sign a copyright accord after WWII?
Additionally. Chipmonk (as in Road, Valley, or Creek) is spelled with an O.
Regarding golf at the Genessee Community Club — first, the starter was a huge dick. Second … Eric Angello’s not gonna be joining the PGA anytime soon because, even though he owns his own clubs and has taken professional lessons and has been playing for years, his score was about as bad as mine. Oh, and he blamed his poor play on his clubs.
Enough with the rants. I’m moving to Arlington, Virginia this Saturday, October 5, 2002. I’m going to be living with my sister for an as of yet undetermined amount of time. I don’t have a job lined up yet, and that’s the main reason I won’t be living in my own place for a while. I’m excited. I like the area, I like the warm weather. Frankly, I expected to be out of Allegany by now, and I had subconsciously planned on never being here again to experience the weather cooling off. I’m glad that we’ve had some nice weather, but really I’m happier to be getting out of here.
Did I ever buy a console for just one game?
It’s interesting. Some people might think that I bought two consoles for one game each, but I really only bought one console for one game.
See, I bought an Xbox and I bought Halo, but I didn’t buy the system just for that game. I bought the Xbox because it’s getting better games than the GameCube, it’s getting more games than the GameCube, and it’s got better graphics than GameCube or PS2.
And of course, I bought GameCube because I’ve always had Nintendo systems. After all, there’s always Mario, and I was looking forward to the new Perfect Dark and whatever else Rare put out. Now Microsoft has purchased Nintendo’s share in Rare and Rare’s stake in itself, and owns the company outright. So no more Perfect Dark on GameCube.
But the one console I bought for just one game? PS2. But it’s not what you think. I didn’t buy a PS2 for Grand Theft Auto III. I bought the PS2 for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I mean, a game that takes place in the 1980s? Built around the engine of the most popular game in the past 5+ years? I just couldn’t resist any longer. So I bought a PS2 and GTA3. I want to be ready when Vice City comes out.
So I’ve sold my soul. I’ll be writing a long letter to Nintendo in the coming days. It’ll be nostalgic and bittersweet. I’ll talk about our good old days with Super Mario Kart and Mario 64, and even about how when I played Perfect Dark I thought that “everything was gonna be okay.” But over the last few years we’ve kind of grown … distant. And those big, black boxes that play DVD movies just look so damn good. Sorry Nintendo, but … the magic’s gone.