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June 29, 2005
Gearing up for the mainland
Next week launches my trip to the mainland. I've made the trek countless times and each one seems a little harder to take. I'd say it's a ripe mixture of fewer liberties, fear mongering, and good old fashion age. But thankfully, there are new pain killers to help offset these. The most recent is my PSP. With movies, games, music, etc., the 7-8 hour flight should almost be tolerable. Ah, whom am I kidding? It should at least help until the battery dies. This will also be my first trip on American Airlines. But I suspect all airlines continue to change significantly in their thrashing throes of thlipping thales (sorry, alliterative license).
I've not quite entered the "what the hell am I going to pack" stage--that's usually an hour before it's time to head to the airport, but I have a ritual of thinking about thinking about packing well in advance. It goes well with my procrastination. Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
Regardless, I'm hoping it will be a successful trip to a part of the country I've never been.
In preparation, I've already weened myself off of World of Warcrack. But I found both a new and old habit to keep my occupied until the flight: Battlefield 2 (single player), and Master of Magic.
MoM, released in 1995, is quite possibly the best strategy game of all time. Not for it's depth of strategy, but simply for the pure and simple enjoyment it brings. Like all games, it suffers from bugs and play quirks, but damn it all if I can't stop playing it.
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June 09, 2005
Slippery Slope
Several opportunities have been popping up for freelance web work. I'm undecided as to whether to take them, as that would be, in essence, bringing work home--strictly verbotin! But the extra money would certainly help out. Decisions, decisions.
Back in high school and for several years into college, I ran a consulting business (fixed computers, taught software, removed virii, etc.), and there was a specific peace gained when I stopped taking on clients. Do I grow up and deal with that again?
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