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Avoiding studying
10/08/2007
The TV shows have started again. The Office is as funny as ever and Heroes is still pretty good. A new show called The Big Bang Theory is absolutely hilarious. It's on CBS right before Heroes, if you want to check it out. It's about a bunch of nerds living next to an attractive woman. It's really, really funny.
It's been raining almost every day for the past week or so. A week ago I did go up to Copper Harbor geocaching. It was pretty nice weather, although a little windy. I took some pictures if you want to check them out. There are some pretty cool caches around the area that have to do with mines. I'd like to check those out sometime soon.
It's also been really windy when it hasn't been rainy the past week. I did find the time to go biking once or twice though. I ended up breaking my bike pump and I only bought it this summer. That's what you get when you buy some cheap thing from Wal-Mart I guess.
Halo 3 is pretty good, but didn't live up to the enormous hype that surrounded it. The campaign is pretty short but still decent and multiplayer is really good like normal. I think Bioshock is a better game overall, but I'm sure most people won't agree with me.
It's been raining almost every day for the past week or so. A week ago I did go up to Copper Harbor geocaching. It was pretty nice weather, although a little windy. I took some pictures if you want to check them out. There are some pretty cool caches around the area that have to do with mines. I'd like to check those out sometime soon.
It's also been really windy when it hasn't been rainy the past week. I did find the time to go biking once or twice though. I ended up breaking my bike pump and I only bought it this summer. That's what you get when you buy some cheap thing from Wal-Mart I guess.
Halo 3 is pretty good, but didn't live up to the enormous hype that surrounded it. The campaign is pretty short but still decent and multiplayer is really good like normal. I think Bioshock is a better game overall, but I'm sure most people won't agree with me.
Labels: biking, geocaching, halo 3, pictures, tv
MN bound
9/24/2007
The webcam is back up. The leak in my ceiling *might* be fixed but I won't be able to tell until it rains really hard again. Because I'm sick of waiting I just pulled the desk far enough away from the leak that it won't get hit by anything that comes down. Anyway, I put the webcam back up so you can enjoy the Hancock traffic.
I've officially accepted a job at the place I've been working at in Rochester these past few years. I will probably be starting sometime in late May after I pack stuff, move, and do various things like get a new license and plates for the car. It will be nice to be able to not have to worry about looking for a job this year and just focus on fun (I guess school too).
Halo 3 comes out tomorrow and should be delivered to my door around mid-day, I hope. I usually work 8-1 Tuesdays, but I might start a little earlier so that when I get the package I can play it more quickly. I guess people are loving it so far as it has a 96/100 average score when I wrote this.
The bike trainer was kind of annoying to setup. The instructions were decent but the pictures they refer to were too small to figure out what they were talking about. It was also annoying to put my bike in the trainer but I think that was more due to my bike's design in the back. It fits though and it will be nice having this when it's too cold out to go biking. I briefly tried it and it appears to give a realistic road experience. I think it might be a little easier resistance than a road, but I'll reserve judgment until I do a longer ride on it.
I've officially accepted a job at the place I've been working at in Rochester these past few years. I will probably be starting sometime in late May after I pack stuff, move, and do various things like get a new license and plates for the car. It will be nice to be able to not have to worry about looking for a job this year and just focus on fun (I guess school too).
Halo 3 comes out tomorrow and should be delivered to my door around mid-day, I hope. I usually work 8-1 Tuesdays, but I might start a little earlier so that when I get the package I can play it more quickly. I guess people are loving it so far as it has a 96/100 average score when I wrote this.
The bike trainer was kind of annoying to setup. The instructions were decent but the pictures they refer to were too small to figure out what they were talking about. It was also annoying to put my bike in the trainer but I think that was more due to my bike's design in the back. It fits though and it will be nice having this when it's too cold out to go biking. I briefly tried it and it appears to give a realistic road experience. I think it might be a little easier resistance than a road, but I'll reserve judgment until I do a longer ride on it.
New pictures
5/20/2007
I posted some pictures of my new apartment in Rochester. You can get to them by going to the pictures section or by clicking here.
I'll be going to Madison today to see some friends at a graduation party/birthday. I'm not looking forward to the drive too much but it should be worth it. Hopefully gas is cheap somewhere along the way!
I've been playing the Halo 3 Beta online with some online friends and I have to say that it is way better than Halo 2. I can't put my finger on exactly what I didn't like about Halo 2's multiplayer, but I think it may have had something to do with how common dual wielding was. It's much harder in Halo 3 to dual wield because they don't start you off with weapons that can do that. Overall, it seems to make it so that it isn't just luck on who ends up killing who, but skill. They have this awesome stats page now (for both Halo 2 and 3) that shows a ton of different stats for individual games and overall games. Check out my stats. I think it's cool that it keeps track of your overall kill to death ratio. That should tell people if you really are helpful to your team or not.
I'll be going to Madison today to see some friends at a graduation party/birthday. I'm not looking forward to the drive too much but it should be worth it. Hopefully gas is cheap somewhere along the way!
I've been playing the Halo 3 Beta online with some online friends and I have to say that it is way better than Halo 2. I can't put my finger on exactly what I didn't like about Halo 2's multiplayer, but I think it may have had something to do with how common dual wielding was. It's much harder in Halo 3 to dual wield because they don't start you off with weapons that can do that. Overall, it seems to make it so that it isn't just luck on who ends up killing who, but skill. They have this awesome stats page now (for both Halo 2 and 3) that shows a ton of different stats for individual games and overall games. Check out my stats. I think it's cool that it keeps track of your overall kill to death ratio. That should tell people if you really are helpful to your team or not.
Rochester
5/17/2007
Well I'm all moved in to my new Apartment in Rochester. I'll post some pictures when I get around to making a page for them.
It was a really busy week last week. First my Dad and I packed everything in the U-Haul. This wasn't too bad except that the couch wouldn't fit back through the doors easily so we ended up taking them off. When we got to Green Bay, we had to unload everything to take the couch out, since I wasn't bringing it to Rochester, and put everything back in. Finally, we got to Rochester and had to take it to my apartment. Then we went to Ikea and a few other places to get some things that I needed. I was surprised that there aren't really any unencrypted wireless networks near my apartment. Because of that we had to live without Internet until Friday when the cable guy came. Finally, we went back to Green Bay for the weekend for a baseball game a Mother's Day.
As I mentioned, we went to a baseball game last Saturday. Hall of fame Cub Ryne Sandberg is the coach of the Peoria Chiefs and they were coming to Appleton to play the Timber Rattlers. Naturally, since my family is all Cubs fans we went to go see the team play and to see Ryne Sandberg. Of course, I forgot my camera and had to take pictures with my cell phone. I might post them, even though they are terrible. The Chiefs lost in true Cubs fashion, 11-1.
Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta started today. I had some spare time this morning before work so I downloaded it and tried played a game. It seems like it will be a pretty fun game when it comes out in September. Halo 2 was good but it didn't capture my attention like Halo 1 did. Maybe Halo 3 will do it again.
It was a really busy week last week. First my Dad and I packed everything in the U-Haul. This wasn't too bad except that the couch wouldn't fit back through the doors easily so we ended up taking them off. When we got to Green Bay, we had to unload everything to take the couch out, since I wasn't bringing it to Rochester, and put everything back in. Finally, we got to Rochester and had to take it to my apartment. Then we went to Ikea and a few other places to get some things that I needed. I was surprised that there aren't really any unencrypted wireless networks near my apartment. Because of that we had to live without Internet until Friday when the cable guy came. Finally, we went back to Green Bay for the weekend for a baseball game a Mother's Day.
As I mentioned, we went to a baseball game last Saturday. Hall of fame Cub Ryne Sandberg is the coach of the Peoria Chiefs and they were coming to Appleton to play the Timber Rattlers. Naturally, since my family is all Cubs fans we went to go see the team play and to see Ryne Sandberg. Of course, I forgot my camera and had to take pictures with my cell phone. I might post them, even though they are terrible. The Chiefs lost in true Cubs fashion, 11-1.
Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta started today. I had some spare time this morning before work so I downloaded it and tried played a game. It seems like it will be a pretty fun game when it comes out in September. Halo 2 was good but it didn't capture my attention like Halo 1 did. Maybe Halo 3 will do it again.