streaming from the nfinite

I realize that I have not posted in some time. What's today, August 14th, 2007; last post: August 06th, 2007. I'm behind on my schedule it seems. But I have a valid excuse this time! (Not really, but it's a better excuse than usually). It's been a hectic weekend.

Friday:
Finished my co-op term for the summer.
Packed my things after work and through until sleep time.

Saturday:
Drove/sat in a van for 10 hours driving home from Virginia to Georgia.
Got home Saturday night at 8:30ish.
Unloaded.
Ate.
Slept.

Sunday:
Moved some of the stuff I could into the apartment at school.
Got back at 11pm.
Slept.

Monday:
Organize.
Anticipate the night.
Meet with my special someone.
Get home at 1:30ish.

Tuesday:
Oh that's today.
Blogging.
Thinking that this blog will essentially be a stream of thoughts from my head.
There is no real structure to this post, no fore-planning nor ideas to talk about.

So to distract you for a few moments while I think of something to type about. Here are three pictures that I took in the van driving home. I thought the mountain landscape was pretty. Unfortunately, they plant trees to hide the view. When we actually got into the mountains to go down (on the Z-Axis) and down (the Y-Axis), it was my turn to drive. I didn't find it prudent to drive down a mountain and take pictures at the same time. But it was really pretty, looking off the mountain-side into the city below. I wish I had been passenger so that I could have taken pictures of the view.

I really enjoyed the clouds that day. They were very natural (if that makes any sense at all, because clouds should always be natural...).

It's very fun driving down a mountain. You only have to worry about one pedal. No, not the accelerator. But also, our van we rented had one of those consoles that showed various informations - odometer, heading, temperature, and (my favorite) the mileage meter thingy. (I wonder if it's called kilometerage when talking about kilometers per liter in standard units. Anyway, mileage in miles per gallon was fun to toy around with. It was especially fun on the mountain side; the reason: reset the tool while you're coasting down the mountain side. I wish I could have taken pictures of the console - I was doing like 900MPG! That's some good mileage. I could've made it home with that kind of efficiency in one gallon! Oh well. I averaged 26.9MPG in that van lugging all my housely possessions, so I guess I did OK.
Trip was ~700miles. Divide by 27. 26 gallons. Price for gas: ~$2.85/gal. = ~$75 for the trip home. Monkeys, gas prices stink.

Speaking of gasoline, that reminds me of this stuff that my parents put in my food for me to try yesterday. No, they didn't put petrol in my food. But it did smell a lot like methanol or some similar alcohol. The thing is, it's housed in this tiny bottle and applied to food with a dropper. Not only this, but the box that it's in states only to use 2-3 drops. Those 2-3 drops are rreeeeeeally potent. Because all I could taste after 2 drops was the stuff. So I asked what it was (after it was already put in my food of course). It's an extract from a bug. Cà cuống. That's all they could tell me - my dad clarified, the bug is in the same family as a cicada. The box says "Mangdana Essence" along with a lot of Thai characters.

All I could come up in my mind, though, was the Mandragor mobs from Guild Wars... Close enough right? So I looked it up on Wikipedia - Ca cuong.
*Skimmed it. [...Giant Water Bug...] ... [...bug's essence...] ... [...small glass containers...] ... [...bug is scarce...] ... [...demand...high...] ... [...mostly imitation...] ... [...is in fact a pheromone...] ... [...males...] ... [...attract mates...] ...
So basically, this meant three things to me:

1. It came from a bug.
2. The Thai text that we can't understand probably says something like: Imitation. This is actually methanol. (I knew it)
   
3. I'm putting sex liquid in my food.

Those things ran through my head when I finished the article. Seems like I'm complaining a lot about the additive. It's not necessarily yucky, but it's very very potent. The taste is unique and slightly sweet, but it's very overpowering. Two of drops was enough to basically mask any taste of the food whatsoever. I don't really like the extract for this reason; Additives are OK if they add to the taste of the meal. Just two drops of this, though, completely obliterated all other smells. No, I'm not attracted to bugs any more now than I was before.

In regards to my DS project that I've been brainstorming about, I believe I shall attempt to design some clone of either R-Type or Ikaruga. I think I'm leaning towards an R-Type clone. The thing is, I'm still brainstorming on how to creatively use the touch screen. Cloning a game is (relatively) easy. Reinventing game-play by using the DS's capabilities, however, is something that is truly difficult, but is the only way to make an impact in the community. Only time will tell if I can actually pull through with this "project". Art direction might be an issue for me since I'm artistically retarded. Maybe I'll give nien a nudge if this project gets anywhere.

I leave you with two pictures. This is all I need to survive - minus clothes and food and a house to put this stuff in.

Just the boxes, and stuff; the shelves and things are not my stuff that I moved.

Take cares! and enjoy the time left of your summer. For school starts in under a week for me! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

....man I started this post at 11:01, and its now 6:00; interrupted by dentist appointment and kitchen work - fail.

HHHHHHHHHHHHH!