Interim Update

While my internet is limited, my updates will be sporadic and short. However, today I received a request to update, and duly I shall comply.

Last night was the first meeting of the JCS. And I was quite impressed. I went along to the lesson and I acted an language assistant for the second time in two months, and for the whole lesson, well, much of the lesson, I corrected grammar and I helped people describe themselves with many adjectives I'd never seen before. That was disheartening, but hey, I lived. Then the meeting started, and practically everyone stayed for the meeting. It was huge, and Mizuki had trouble talking over them, so I took over the shouting and calling to attention part. Carlos was off finding a Cowboy Bebop DVD, so we organised many of the events without him, and it felt good to have an active part in the society as more than just a member. Then for the rest of the evening, they watched Cowboy Bebop, Azumanga Daioh and Read or Die, which I missed as I went home to speak to Ai, who I hadn't seen for a very long time. She pointed out that I was wearing her name on my shirt.

Then something surprising happened.

My first encounter with a Kaori was at Oxford. My second was in SSX Tricky. My third was my current housemate. I've had a few since then, but the second and third ones are the ones relevant to the next segment. I carried over a ton of technology to my new house the other night, including all my Playstation2 games (that I could find). On inspecting them Kaori noticed I had SSX Tricky, and said one of the characters was eponymous with her. I knew this, as she had been my favourite character when I played it (due to her size and versatility). Last night, Kaori told me she wanted to play. Against everything I expected of the XBox at my home, it brought me, Kaori, Katou and Mizuki together until two thirty in the morning, swapping the controller around, all playing for hours. I didn't expect everyone to enjoy it all so much, and I had a great time finally impressing someone with the tricks I had learnt the night before.

But this wasn't SSX Tricky, this was SSX3 for the XBox. I can't find Tricky anywhere, and I'm still looking. But that's not important. I'm getting the other XBox controller around and I'll get Dan to bring his, we'll have a full on party.

I also managed to finish the downloads of Hitchhiker's Guide and Madagascar, both of which are full DVD rips, and are amazing quality. With the installation of Alcohol 120%, I can run the ISOs and burn them easily, and my computer is nearing completion.

Dan and I noted that last year's computer crash was due to installing that program, leading us to jest that putting Alcohol in your system greatly decreases stability.

I can't be long, I must be off and all that tosh, but I hope I can update more frequently than before. I am registered now though, and that means I can get library books. Fantastic. EBooks are better. You keep them.