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[9:45 AM EDT - Party hard.]
It seems like this weekend is the weekend for partying and eating. Anyway, I don't have time to catch up on things right now since I've got a lot of other stuff to catch up on. (And a computer to set up.)
I should be letting Laz destroy my car this afternoon, and there should be a party tonight for Stonaday, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to hockey tonight. We'll see..
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[9:56 AM EDT - No support.]
Erk, I just checked out this announcement on the camera that HKL gave me. Hmm, that's annoying. Let's see if it even works huh?
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[3:33 PM EDT - A little ride, a little mouse.]
Ah, I finally got the powerdown feature to work on Knossos as well as the IBM mouse. I also installed the CD-RW on it, so that I have writing abilities (while it's working). Hopefully it won't take down the other CD-ROM when it goes on the fritz.
![[2003 Acura RSX.]](../Pictures/2003-05-27/2003-10-11a.jpg)
It was a really nice day when I gave Laz some practice on stick, so I decided to take some pictures of my cars before the weather turned bad again.
My new car is a 2003 Acura RSX Premium with tinted windows. There's virtually nothing else added on to this car when this picture was taken.
My new car in the driveway.
I gave Laz some driving practice on my GT-S and took some pictures of my two cars. I figure I might as well show MJO what the heck my new wheels (and old ones) looked like.
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[3:40 PM EDT - No halo for me.]
Argh, it seems as if I can't install Halo on my machine for the same reasons why I had trouble with Homeworld 2.
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[Sunday, October 12, 2003: Dinner, pickup, and leak.]
After Laz's driving lesson, and showing him the first episode of the second season of "24" (while I was catching up on some stuff), we went out for dinner at Harvey's before picking up Tenshi. I figured that I would drive since it was their first time in the new car. When we got back to the house, we noticed a large puddle underneath the GT-S. Popping the hood, I noticed that the brake fluid reservoir was empty. I had filled it up after our driving lesson since the level had dropped a bit. It seems as if the brake line sprung another leak, this one closer to the reservoir, which meant that just letting the car sit around wasn't a good idea either. Crap!
![[1988 Corolla GT-S.]](../Pictures/2003-05-27/2003-10-11b.jpg)
My old car is a 1988 Corolla GT-S. (Very close to Hachi-Roku.) It's holding up pretty well despite it's age, but I think it's on it's last legs now. I'll be using it mainly as a trainer and commuting car from this point on.
My old car in the driveway.
I had noticed some sort of smoke or mist coming out from under the car when I was testing the brakes (while trying to find out where the other leak was - back left tire) so I guess I really do have to get this fixed if I even want to consider having other people drive this death trap. Curses! Time to take it down to the mechanic to get it looked over. *sigh*
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[Sunday, October 12, 2003: The other birthday party.]
After Laz and Tenshi left, I got caught up on some bookkeeping before heading downtown to Stonaday's party. I wasn't sure how long I was going to stay down there since I had a hockey game that night too. Eventually, I figured that I only go to birthday parties once every year (for each birthday, duh) so hockey could wait until next week.
Anyway, I found out that the party was being held at the same building that BMH and KW were living at, except it was one of the penthouses. Nice.
I parked in the usual spot and tried the buzzer. Nobody answered. I tried again. Nothing. Fortunately, I did write down Stonaday's cell number. I gave him a call, and found out that their buzzer thing wasn't working all that well (or wasn't on or whatever since I wasn't the only one with that problem).
So I got there, and I saw the usual group as well as a lot of new people. (One was exceptionally cute, but I never got to talk to her: She left early. *shakes fist*)
Anyhoo, it was a fairly big party. About thirty people showed up and we played a game called "Mafia". I had not played it before, but it was very similar to "Murder" with some extra twists. Mind you, I was the first one to get lynched so I was out of the game very early. I'll just remember that reverse psychology doesn't work on a mob.
The Murder won actually, and it was quite interesting to see how the people interacted in the game. How alliances were formed, and how groups stuck together (for a little while). Remind me never to put myself into a situation like that.
There was a lot of food (as always this time of the year) and I probably should've had more had I not given myself a sugar high from all of that cake I ate. *urp*
One interesting part of the night was when Stonaday gave everyone with a birthday in October a shot of port and explained his little birthday tradition (which he got from "Mad About You") about walking around the block with some port and to reminisce on the good things in life (or something to that effect). It's a neat idea actually.
As the party wound down, a couple of the guys broke out the chessboard and played a couple of games. Since I hadn't played in many years, I decided not to embarass myself and held off from joining in. (Although it didn't stop me from making comments. =)
Eventually, we ended up talking about game theory (based on the "Mafia" game we had just played) before heading home.
I drove DeeL and KH back home but stuck to the side streets since I'm still braking in the car. I hope I didn't scare them both from my crazy driving though..
