Dorm Life at FAU
I spent the weekend here at the house, playing with the girls, Suzie Q and Miss Sissy Pissed-Her-Pants, helping dad clean out the house a little more, and visiting Ian for a few hours. Of course, I didn't want to leave without having something to say about my first week back at FAU.
First, I left most of my possessions at the dorm with Adam, my roommate. He is skinny, four-eyed, and a big fan of the Settlers of Catan series. It's a German board game that involves obtaining resources needed to create cities, roads, and settlements. Doing so will earn you points, and the winner is the one who reaches 10 points first. It's slightly more enjoyable than it sounds. There is also a robber in the game who will take cards from the players if his number is rolled. Now, I'm not saying that the makers of Settlers of Catan are racist, but the black game piece they created for the robber does strike me as a bit odd.
Despite my opinions, Settlers of Catan has won two Board Game of the Year awards, and the German-coveted Adolf Award three years in a row. It was finally beat out in 1999 by a new popular German game called Oven Space, which is basically a rip-off of Tetris that I rather not go into detail about.
Adam calls it the best board game ever...
but I say otherwise!
Overall, I'm lucky to have Adam. Granted, I'd be even luckier if I had that one really attractive girl with the... nevermind, he might be reading this.
I think the only real issue between us would be his computer. The guy is glued to it much of the time he is in the room. I'm afraid to even ask if I can check on my online assignments and notes. I can always walk to a campus lab and go online, but I am unable to print out the material. A second (minor) issue is my black GCN controller. Sadly, the joystick is constantly moving the character slightly to the right. It has been dropped one too many times thanks to my dogs tripping over the cord. I finally have another person to play video games with, but only one functional controller. I paid Ian to buy me a new one, but the idiot he is living with stole the money from his wallet when he wasn't around. Ah well. I'll eventually get the chance to smack the s*** out of Adam in Smash Bros. Melee. I just have to be patient. *Update: While grabbing a few items at Wal-Mart, and avoiding the crowd of people fighting over hurricane goods, Diane was nice enough to pick up a pair of controllers for my Gamecube, so I now have three of them, but if anyone can help me fix the broken one, please let me know. Also, pictures of how to do it would be most helpful.*
I'm loving cable TV again. I watched Full Metal Alchemist, Shin Chan, Drawn Together, WWE Raw, Naruto, and a Cowboys game on ESPN. (^_^) I hope AMC does Monsterfest again this October. I'm a big fan of scary movies, even though I'm unable to handle survival/horror games. Eternal Darkness provided me with more than enough chills. I am in no rush to try out Resident Evil 4.
As for my schedule, I have classes from 12 to 2 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and from 12 to 4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My courses are Physics 1, Physics Lab (which is kept separate, since a few college majors only require the lecture), Bichemistry 1, and Genetics. I'm already panicking over the homework for Physics, and the professor I have for Biochemistry is very specific with her notes. I start the lab next Tuesday. *Update: thanks to Ernesto, I will have to wait another week, because Tuesday classes were cancelled.* Genetics is the only one I feel safe in right now. I will let you all know that I have no real desire for science. I'm only hoping to pass through it in order to become a store pharmacist. I'd aim for teaching, but the pay is bad, and all it takes is for one unhappy, f***ed-up student to claim sexual harrassment or abuse and my career would be ruined. I also had this idea of doing something that involved writing, but my down-to-earth tone cannot compete with the "big word" jargon of many English majors. Plus, there are thousands of untalented writers hoping to achieve the dream job of reviewing games for a living. Just look at the most popular bloggers on 1Up.com. The fact that LinktheLegend2 is among them is even scarier than those survival/horror games.
I shouldn't get too comfy in my new home. September is the busiest month of the hurricane season, and dad is already whining to me about Hurricane Ernesto, as if I care anymore. The news is providing Floridians with tips on how to prepare for the season. Hello! How many of those f-ing storms have we been hit with by now? What can Weatherman Steve Weagle tell me that I haven't heard countless times before? "Make sure you have plenty of batteries, food, and bottled water. And remember to stay hunkered down." Durrrrr! Believe it or not, each named storm receives its own theme song, which plays before any news about the disaster is issued to the public. I'm burned out on the warnings. I no longer care. If a hurricane hits, so be it! My only concern is the possibility of having to move everything back out of the dorm room. I just unpacked all of my stuff; I don't want to have to box it all up again.*Update: I came home and helped dad prepare for the storm, just in case Ernesto developed into something more serious.*
I think that's about it, so, hopefully, I will be online again soon.
First, I left most of my possessions at the dorm with Adam, my roommate. He is skinny, four-eyed, and a big fan of the Settlers of Catan series. It's a German board game that involves obtaining resources needed to create cities, roads, and settlements. Doing so will earn you points, and the winner is the one who reaches 10 points first. It's slightly more enjoyable than it sounds. There is also a robber in the game who will take cards from the players if his number is rolled. Now, I'm not saying that the makers of Settlers of Catan are racist, but the black game piece they created for the robber does strike me as a bit odd.
Despite my opinions, Settlers of Catan has won two Board Game of the Year awards, and the German-coveted Adolf Award three years in a row. It was finally beat out in 1999 by a new popular German game called Oven Space, which is basically a rip-off of Tetris that I rather not go into detail about.
Adam calls it the best board game ever...
but I say otherwise!
Overall, I'm lucky to have Adam. Granted, I'd be even luckier if I had that one really attractive girl with the... nevermind, he might be reading this.
I think the only real issue between us would be his computer. The guy is glued to it much of the time he is in the room. I'm afraid to even ask if I can check on my online assignments and notes. I can always walk to a campus lab and go online, but I am unable to print out the material. A second (minor) issue is my black GCN controller. Sadly, the joystick is constantly moving the character slightly to the right. It has been dropped one too many times thanks to my dogs tripping over the cord. I finally have another person to play video games with, but only one functional controller. I paid Ian to buy me a new one, but the idiot he is living with stole the money from his wallet when he wasn't around. Ah well. I'll eventually get the chance to smack the s*** out of Adam in Smash Bros. Melee. I just have to be patient. *Update: While grabbing a few items at Wal-Mart, and avoiding the crowd of people fighting over hurricane goods, Diane was nice enough to pick up a pair of controllers for my Gamecube, so I now have three of them, but if anyone can help me fix the broken one, please let me know. Also, pictures of how to do it would be most helpful.*
I'm loving cable TV again. I watched Full Metal Alchemist, Shin Chan, Drawn Together, WWE Raw, Naruto, and a Cowboys game on ESPN. (^_^) I hope AMC does Monsterfest again this October. I'm a big fan of scary movies, even though I'm unable to handle survival/horror games. Eternal Darkness provided me with more than enough chills. I am in no rush to try out Resident Evil 4.
As for my schedule, I have classes from 12 to 2 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and from 12 to 4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My courses are Physics 1, Physics Lab (which is kept separate, since a few college majors only require the lecture), Bichemistry 1, and Genetics. I'm already panicking over the homework for Physics, and the professor I have for Biochemistry is very specific with her notes. I start the lab next Tuesday. *Update: thanks to Ernesto, I will have to wait another week, because Tuesday classes were cancelled.* Genetics is the only one I feel safe in right now. I will let you all know that I have no real desire for science. I'm only hoping to pass through it in order to become a store pharmacist. I'd aim for teaching, but the pay is bad, and all it takes is for one unhappy, f***ed-up student to claim sexual harrassment or abuse and my career would be ruined. I also had this idea of doing something that involved writing, but my down-to-earth tone cannot compete with the "big word" jargon of many English majors. Plus, there are thousands of untalented writers hoping to achieve the dream job of reviewing games for a living. Just look at the most popular bloggers on 1Up.com. The fact that LinktheLegend2 is among them is even scarier than those survival/horror games.
I shouldn't get too comfy in my new home. September is the busiest month of the hurricane season, and dad is already whining to me about Hurricane Ernesto, as if I care anymore. The news is providing Floridians with tips on how to prepare for the season. Hello! How many of those f-ing storms have we been hit with by now? What can Weatherman Steve Weagle tell me that I haven't heard countless times before? "Make sure you have plenty of batteries, food, and bottled water. And remember to stay hunkered down." Durrrrr! Believe it or not, each named storm receives its own theme song, which plays before any news about the disaster is issued to the public. I'm burned out on the warnings. I no longer care. If a hurricane hits, so be it! My only concern is the possibility of having to move everything back out of the dorm room. I just unpacked all of my stuff; I don't want to have to box it all up again.*Update: I came home and helped dad prepare for the storm, just in case Ernesto developed into something more serious.*
I think that's about it, so, hopefully, I will be online again soon.
posted by Phronemophobia | 1:28 AM
3 Comments:
I love the boardgame cover. Splinter is like there is something over there and none of the turtles care. Man what a great concept for a cartoon/comic book.
TMNT is what they call it today, I still remember all that 90's stuff, that kids these days will call 'gay' but I like those cartoons instead of all the Crap on a Plane hype going around...I haven't seen it and don't plan to.
"but the idiot he is living with stole the money from his wallet when he wasn't around" Thanks for the vote of confidence. Lets see trust Ian with anything definitly not money. He does always try to blame everything on someone else doesn't he. Sorry to dissapoint you but never touched or saw the money.
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