Loot waffle

So, not a terribly large amount of anything happening lately, hence my inactive blog. I recently played through the expansion to C&C3, which was fun, considering the lore it filled in. Aside from some annoying crash bugs, not a bad game. Also, I'm in the midst of re-playing Starcraft, and finally trying to beat it without cheats. I think I got as far as the second-to-last Zerg level when I first played it (when I was what...13?), and then stalled out and just cheated through that and Brood Wars to see how the story turned out. So now, it is my mission to legitimately beat those before the sequel comes out. Knowing Blizzard, I'll have plenty of time.

Today, though, I got a pleasant surprise at work. Several weeks ago, someone had left a nice bookbag with a few books in it at at the waffle shop. And today, since it had been there so long, they were getting rid of it, and instead of let it get tossed, I noticed that it had some good science fiction books in there (including one author I've been meaning to read) and ended up taking the whole shebang. So, free books and free bag! Pretty damn good for a few hours' work.

This week will hold TWO new Battlestars for me, since I missed last week's episode thanks to Quiz Bowl Nationals. Our Div II team did win their division, though. At least we got a national championship out of missing Battlestar! So, that was fun. The tournament was down in St. Louis, which was a long-ass drive and a fairly uninteresting city. Washington University was very pretty, though, and the Gateway Arch looked pretty cool from our hotel room. Of course, between the weather and cramped schedule I never actually got to visit the monument itself, but it's not like I would've gone up in it anyway. The very concept of an "inclined elevator" gives me the heebie-jeebies.