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My roommates, friends and I enjoy a good game of Risk every now and then (usually once a month, but more frequently would be better if we had the time). We've been playing for over a year, with plenty of good games, but never once have I won. That all changed tonight! No, I won't retell it Red Dwarf style, but let me just say the luck of my dice rolls can only come from a former incarnation of myself having sold my soul to the Devil. My friends hate it. It's unnatural how good my rolls are, yet there I am, constantly coming up the victor. I enjoyed it because I was doing so well, they were a little annoyed at the circumstances but everyone had their good moments. In the end, however, I just had a massive buildup of troops which just marched on. -CF PS. We play a new version--Risk: Onyx Edition--which definitely makes gameplay more interesting.
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Instead of "0 to 60 in 4 seconds," cars should come with "0 to 200 feet in X seconds," that way I know how much time I have left to cross the street before you run me over. -CF
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Highlights: Doritos Reviving ("Grandpa!") Star Wars Volkswagen Bud Light Product Placement Unseen footage from Cowboys and Aliens. First footage of Captain America. Terra Nova commercial (first footage?). And I can't forget the Pirate's commercial. "Captain, I wish to report a mutiny. I can name fingers and point names." I was disappointed to not see the Old Spice Scent Vacation or Vodafone Double Rainbow commercials. -CF
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I don't have to change my blogging colors to show who I'm rooting for. Edit: WOOT! -CF
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You sit in your tower and you look down on those beverages which are not yours and you say, "I will have that, thank you muchly!" My magic head! -CF
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Homework to do. But then your roommate gives your friends and you some amazing news. Then you all hang out chatting about life for the next 4 hours. Even though you know you're going to be sleep deprived, probably neglect a homework assignment for class, and have to rush around doing things the next day, these truly are the best moments of college. -CF
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It just so happens to be Bundalings the Bunny's* 18th birthday! That means: 1) He can buy dry ice. 2) He is an official AFOL! (and 3) A bunch of other things... bah.) Also, a few things about myself: -Someone get me a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster! -(J/k. I will not go out and drink certain beverages tonight, because I walk against society and their expectations of what someone should do on a day like mine. I just don't see the point.) -Actually I've found a recipe for a Whovian-themed beverage appropriately named for The Doctor's "magic wand." I'll have to make that someday. -CF *Say his name outloud. I hadn't until BrickFair one year and it's so weird.
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Some TV shows I have started watching, am continually watching live on TV weekly, and shows I hope to soon watch: Currently on, or soon: Stargate Univsere Community (the Excel Saga of sit-coms.) Chuck The Big Bang Theory (just renewed for another three years!) Castle (I don't watch this weekly, but I should.) (Doctor Who Series 6) Catching up, just started, in the middle of: Primeval (I just finished the first season. Loved the ending!) Life on Mars (BBC) Being Human (BBC. I'm weary about SyFy's version starting up.) (I might not keep watching, but it's been enjoyable.) Doctor Who classic (I'm only a few Tom Baker episodes in, but I look forward to him and Peter Davison. Maybe Sylvester McCoy.) Andromeda (seasons 2, 4 and 5. I heard 3 was pretty much episodic. Unless I have some season confused.) Stargate SG-1 (from the beginning. I became a regular viewer around the time of the Ori/Atlantis. I'm halfway through season 1.) (Subsequently SG Atlantis will be viewed I reach that season.) Santuary (I'm struggling though. I hear the Tesla episodes and finales are good though, and I can skip the rest?) To start: Eureka Fringe Farscape Neverwhere I have given up on V (for now), and decided against watching The Cape (despite Summer Glau), which was probably a good idea considering the reports I've heard from fellow geeks on another board. My roommate liked it though. Maybe more important however are the books I want to read this semester: Mockinjay, A Game of Thrones, Storm Front, Solar, the 5th and 6th books to Hitchhiker's Guide, and much of a Sherlock Holmes collection. -CF
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I wish I could have been back home in DC at the March for Life today. -CF
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I am off to the FOCUS Conference in Baltimore with 14 other "local" colleges this weekend! (I wish there was an attendance number up. 1000 maybe?) From what I hear it should be amazing. It's a gathering of a bunch of Catholic college kids to have a weekend of fun, gathering, and devotion. And the Baltimore harbor is pretty cool too. -CF
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I watched it on Monday. And I must say, I think it is a completely flawless movie. -CF
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(Though really, it's the other way around.) Birthday celebrations happened a few days early with another friend who's birthday was yesterday! Tonight my friends all celebrated our two birthdays halfway between each, having some waffles and a bit of cake. Also, with two friends visiting to see the Blue Man Group, my mom had them bring down a cake she baked and some presents from my family. We cut into the cake after BMG, but I saved the presents for my birthday tonight. Aside from my friend getting me a red Dalek desktop figure (which is super awesome. It moves around a table and won't fall off at the edge, all the while yelling "Exterminate!") direct from Scotland, and my family getting me Inception and Serenity Vol. 2 Better Days, my brother got me a Nerf Maverick (and 20 more darts)! This is exciting because 1) it's a neat gun and 2) I've never owned a Nerf gun before! B) Note: We're not supposed to have these in the residency, but all my friends do and haven't gotten caught (my freshmen year roommate did though), and now I can join in on the action. tl;dr: I have a Nerf Maverick! My first Nerf! -CF
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The Blue Man Group is at the university's center for the arts this weekend. Some friends and I went tonight and boy, what a show! They are phenomenal. I'm sure everyone who has already seen them will agree with me, and when I say that the performances are fantastic, funny, random, and worth every penny. We got some pictures, with my cell phone (so they're not so good), and it was pretty exciting: -CF
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And friends. An excellent New Year's celebration, as usual. -CF
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I got a new bike today! It's a silver Cannondale Quick 5 and is really neat. I'll take a picture of it when I get to school and put it in my room. It's a light aluminum frame, which is awesome, and the transitions among the gears is swift and smooth. Same for the brakes. This will last me quite some time and is a good investment for my time on campus and the small bike rides I take in the neighborhoods around school. Part of it was a Christmas present, the other part wasn't such a thorn in the side of my bank account because I had a job this past semester. -CF
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Whether or not it is snowing in your general vicinity right now. -CF
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I had a baby tooth removed in July b/c there was nothing underneath it and it was causing the top teeth to sink too low, so they removed it and there's been a hole in my toothline ever since. Today they're drilling into the hole to place something in my toothbone to later hold the fake tooth they'll place in May. Long story short: I'm having uncomfortable things done in my mouth (again) which included but is not limited to needles to numb out my mouth but it's still weird and icky and unwanted. Then I have to deal with the pain once I get home. On the plus side I plan on showing my 11-year-old sister all three episodes of the Star Wars trilogy today (in one day! (probably not)) while I lay on the couch drinking milkshakes and soft, cold foods like applesauce and pudding. -CF
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I just discovered this duo today. You might have heard them singing in some holiday Hyundai commercials--apparently done in their garage by Hyundai with a lot of freedom to Pomplamoose. I like the sound they put to some "classic" songs, and a few might be their own. Pomplamoose. That's just fun to say. I'm digging a few of their songs, so I might buy them off iTunes so as to support this small, quirky, fun, not-so-well-known couple. -CF
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Aside from spending quality time with my immediate family and then seeing my grandma and uncle at my grandma's place, partaking in a delicious dinner and then an even more delicious dessert (all after Christmas Eve Mass the night before), there were some nice gifts to be unwrapped with my name on them: Lunar Limo Golden Staff Guardians Star Wars Original Trilogy (And I say, it's about time. This has been on my list for half a dozen years now.) The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Volume 1 ) Solar by Ian McEwan A scarf Black men's pea-coat I got my brother Warehouse 13 Season 1, as he's been wanting to watch it. As stated before, I got my sister Minotaurus. I also got her A Wrinkle in Time, something I enjoyed when I was her age (and should probably borrow from her to read again). I hope everyone else had a great day as well. -CF
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My favorite Christmas music: The Calling's version of Carol of the Bells (or any version for that matter, especially Trans-Siberian Orchestra's) Snoopy vs the Red Baron by The Royal Guardsmen Jack Johnson's Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Relient K, and Barenaked Ladies Christmas CD's Newsboy's Christmas songs Anberlin's Baby Please Come Home The Stowaway by Murray Gold as appearing in Doctor Who's 2007 Christmas Special Shake Up Christmas by Train EDIT: I'm pretty sure most of you have heard Carol of the Bells. Looking up "Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve/Sarajevo" might refresh memories. -CF
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With school out, I've had plenty of time to "catch up" on things I would like to watch. I have already said I started marathoning Chuck, having watched 7 episodes in one day and am so far 12 episodes in to season 2. I also borrowed a few DVDs from the school library: Die Hard: A movie my friends said was the best Christmas action movie, and I couldn't agree more. Quite good. (For the record, my favorite Christmas movie is The Santa Clause.) Dead Poet's Society: It was really good. I did not expect the ending, and it was kind of a downer, but overall a really good movie. Tonight I am watching Pan's Labyrinth (I hope it's not too creepy for me to finish) and unfortunately have to devote my full attention to that (as opposed to sorting bricks or working on my uncle's calendar Christmas present) because of the subtitles; later tonight comes A Knight's Tale (I've seen all but the half hour...ug. I remember liking it the first time, and now I know it has Alan Tudyk). Edit: Pan's was indeed weird, but in a good way. In the end though I just have to ask what makes it such an acclaimed film. IMO there were too many storylines to follow, and what I felt was the central one around Ofelia did not have much substance. IDK, maybe it's just not for me. Tomorrow my friends and I are watching Tron (again, in my case) in the afternoon before out midnight showing at the 3-story tall IMAX theater. -CF
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That's not something you hear very often. Usually, people that have Verizon love it (and people that don't sometimes do as well, but this isn't an entry about phone service). But I am a little irked right now. I am due for a new phone soon, which is good because my EnV2's front "OK" button stopped working in August or September. Unfortunately all the good phones require a data plan, usually at least $15/month but the $30/mo unlimited data package is the best deal. There's no way I feel like paying $15 or $30 a month, even with my job. But seriously, all the phones that don't require a data plan stink. They either look terrible, are a touch screen with virtual QWERTY keyboard, or just stink. I have settled for an LG Octane, most likely, though I would love to find a good deal on Amazon or somewhere for an EnV3, though unlikely. Point being: I want the LG Ally but that requires a data plan. Heck, I would love the EnV3 or the Samsung Reality, but both are off the market and required plans. Simple phones and they required plans. I'm all for making money and having good marketing schemes, but it's almost leaving customers without much choice. And sometimes it doesn't make sense if the phone wouldn't really surf the web well anyway. -CF
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Tonight's stop-motion episode of Community is going to rock! This just might be the most over-the-top episode yet. More than the zombie Halloween or the paint-ball episodes. -CF
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If I turn into a flat pancake by the end of the week (or by tomorrow), someone will come and scrape me up, right? I really wish I could just not sleep. Or that I could pull an all-nighter, but I know that is never a good idea. I should get 8+ hours of sleep, but if I start my day right I should be able to get away with 6 or 7. I probably wouldn't be worrying so much if I didn't have an exam from 2-4:30 tomorrow followed immediately by an exam from 5-7:30. I'm trying to figure out how I can not get hungry during that time. Probably crackers and perhaps an apple, but I'm going to eat lunch right before that so I should be moderately fine where I won't need a full meal. I obtained the Doctor Who series 3 soundtrack from a friend, so that's 1.2 hours more of music for me to jam listen to while I study. Unfortunately no word on my friend finding Series 4.5 or 5 though. He's usually on top of those things. For now I'll have to settle for MI7G's rendition of The Eleventh Doctor's action theme. I need to stop playing snake. -CF
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As my roommate describes them, they take that one track that sounds awesome that every epic movie soundtrack has on it and made an entire CD like that. I have the Invincible CD on my computer and am trying to find more (with much luck!). -CF
