The road home

by Matt | Dec 31, 2002 | Imported Entry

A few interesting things happening in terms of school I felt worthy of mention before I signed off for the day. First of all, my loans finally went through which means everything should be ok money wise. I might/might-not have to pick up a part time job to cover spending money. It will depend on how tight I am with the little money I’ll have and how much supplies will cost. We’ll see. Also, I’ll be making the drive on my own this year. Its far too much money for a plane ticket for my folks to continue flying down and they’ve finally realized that and asked me if I wouldn’t mind driving alone this time. While it is better making a drive like that with someone else I don’t think it will be too terrible. It’s not like I don’t know the way by this point.

I’ll stop in VA somewhere, sleep for a little bit and finish the drive on the 3rd. Should be a piece of cake. I’ll make sure to stock up in KMX and CDs before the trip.

My folks also tell me to take back anything that I might want because after I leave they’re putting the house on the market and they don’t want to have to pack up stuff I don’t want/need. So, I guess that when I come “home” it won’t be home anymore. It’s really kind of upsetting seeing as how this house has been my home since before I was born. It’ll be sad to see it go. I don’t know where they’ll be moving to but Milford probably isn’t an option. They’re looking up around Concord.

Thats about it, I’ll let you know more when I figure out what I’m doing.

New Year’s and beyond

by Matt | Dec 31, 2002 | Imported Entry

Well, yesterday Chris and I spent all day in Boston. It was quite a bit of fun. We ended up meeting up with Jeff at Satellite records on Mass Ave. We hadn’t seen Jeff since the last time we had been to Avalon. After Chris dropped a large chunk of money on some vinyl for the turntables he may or may not have, we headed over to Harvard Square. We poked around at The Garage before Jeff’s girlfriend Heidi met us for dinner at Uno’s. We had a nice dinner but had to say goodbye because it was time for Chris and I to get to the Bruins game. We got there a few minutes late but it worked out alright. Chris was made to go across the street to a bar and have them hold his backpack in the coat check because the security at the Fleet wouldn’t let him in. That in itself is rather ridiculous because right before us a lady walked through with one of those mini-backpack-purse things. So, I went up to the seats while Chris dealt with his backpack. The seats we had were absolutely fantastic, probably the best seats we’ve ever had at the Fleet. We were in the “clubhouse” section which means that you don’t even have to get up for food, they bring it to you. How nice!

The game was good although the Bruins lost. They played like crap for the 3rd period and didn’t really try and mount a comeback which was kind of sad. It was enjoyable non-the-less. After the game we took the T back over to Wellington and drove home from there. All in all it was quite a good trip into Bean Town.

As for today I’ve got a few things to do (laundry, packing, etc) before celebrating the New Year later this evening. Jeff was trying to get Chris and I interested in a rave in Springfield but I don’t think either of us are up for it. We’d be going to Avalon if it wasn’t $50 friggin bucks to get in. So, the tentative plan is to hang around here, get some pizza and some drinks and have a nice home-brewed New Years Eve.

Thats about it as far as NYE goes. Later.

LAN

by Matt | Dec 28, 2002 | Imported Entry

Mmmm, games. Day 1 is over, day 2 is halfway done. We’ll probably be leaving tomorrow morning. No sense in trying to drive home tired tonight. It’s been a lot of CS, some Natural Selection and even a little UT2k3. Don’t know what’s going to be up next. Most everybody went in a big group to get some food leaving me a Chip here to play with whoever was left. It’s been a lot of fun. We’re getting our asses half the time but otherwise we’re holding our own. Oh well. Back to the games.

Memory Sticks and the evil mall

by Matt | Dec 26, 2002 | Imported Entry

My original plan was to go to Manchester today, meet up with Chip and purchase a memory stick. As it turns out, electronic accessory items are a popular thing to be purchased the day after Christmas. Circuit City was sold out and Best Buy had a few but they were really over priced. I’ll just order them online along with a spiffy new case. I was hoping to pick up a 128Mb and a 64Mb card. The smaller for applications and the larger for photos and MP3s. Everything was going fine until we decided to check Best Buy. The problem with WorstBuy is that it’s in the mall. Going anywhere near a mall on the day before or the day after Christmas is like committing retail suicide. The smart people are out looking for deals, the stupid people are out because they have nothing better to do and the rest of the world is out returning that sweater that they got and will never wear. Add 12″ of snow on top of this mayhem and you get my afternoon.

It wasn’t a total loss however, Chip beamed a few things over from his Clie to mine and I’m playing with new Launcher X skins as we speak.

Also, tomorrow is the start of the big LAN tournament in Maine. I’ll be out of town for the next few days enjoying multitudes of gaming goodness. I’ve never been to a big LAN event before so it should be an interesting experience. Geeks of all ages and backgrounds, in the same space, playing video games for hours on end. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a medal. At any rate, Chip and I will be leaving southern NH tomorrow afternoon. Wish us luck as we attempt to destroy (or at least wound) the competition.

G’night.