Gamers Are People Too

Well written article indeed.  Finally, a little accurate information is being dispensed by the media.

Party Like a Rockstar

T-3 hours till the party starts, and it's not stopping until Sunday morning! This evening shall begin with a pre-party at Christine's place. At 9pm a cab (completely necessary) will be transporting us to a Heaven/Hell party down in the fan. There is a parking lot between the two apartments that has been dubbed "Purgatory". I guess that's where the poor lost souls languish after being kicked off the dance floor in both Heaven AND Hell. I told you not to try any flashy moves. But hey, nobody said you can't hang out on the curb with a 40 in a brown paper-bag drinking with a plastic straw through a hole cut in the mouth of your Scream mask.

Upon crawling out of bed on Saturday I shall nurse my hangover with some Gatorade and, in the spirit of Halloween, Resident Evil 4. I also snagged a copy of 28 Days Later, in case I'm unable to lift a controller.

Later on that evening we'll be heading for another costume party at a coworker's house. Conversing through a mask with some folks we don't get to hang out with too often. If we get out of there sometime before the ass-crack of dawn, we have yet another costume party to head to! So much for doing anything constructive this weekend. I just hope my Grim Reaper outfit survives long enough for me to scare some little kids at the company Halloween party monday. My record last year was causing 5 children to cry, and 2 to wet themselves.

Personal Responsibility

Did anyone else cheer when they read this? It’s already been passed by the house. If the senate drops the ball on it again I’m going to be sorely disappointed. I think it sets an excellent precedent on holding people accountable for something that is their responsibility.

In news related to people being held accountable for their own actions… Hells YEAH!!! We are the many, don’t fuck with us.

Local Government

When dealing with local government contacts for work, statements such as, “Let me go get him off the tractor” and, “I think we done paved over that cleanout” do not fill me with that warm fuzzy feeling.  People like Colleen really do make my job more difficult than it needs to be.

Mayonnaise

Why? Dear God why?? Why does every grocery store deli market, and every sandwich shop in America think they need to apply this foul condiment onto each sandwich that they make. It's not even a question any more. They feel like it is such a vital part to a sandwich that it doesn't even need to be listed among the ingredients. When you read the wrapper on a turkey and cheese sandwich it says, "turkey, cheese, lettuce." It's assumed that you know because this is a sandwich you are about to purchase, it contains mayonnaise by default. Who made up that stupid rule? Do they not make mustard packets? And ketchup packets? And relish, and pepper, and salt, and any number of other separate packages containing ways to douse your food in some flavor not even remotely related to the actual food that you are supposedly so excited to experience? Why then, don't they just have a packet of mayonnaise? As you walk out of the store with your newly acquired sandwich, you pass the condiment table and you pick up your packet of mayonnaise. It's not like someone is going to walk into the store about to buy a double-decker club and then realize, "wait, this place doesn't have mayonnaise pre-slathered onto the sandwiches! I have to reach down to the table next to the cash register to pick up a mayo packet and then apply it myself? What horse-shit is that??"

It's not a deal-breaker is all I'm trying to say here. However I don't know how many times I've looked at a deli-counter and said to myself, "Shit, I'm really hungry and I wouldn't mind paying 8 bucks for that chicken club. But they already put mayonnaise all over it. I guess I have to go somewhere else." I'm getting sick-and-fucking-tired of having to order the goddamn chicken fingers because everything else has been drenched in creamy lard!

So here's my suggestion to the sandwich manufacturers. Just make the damn things plain. Apply the meat and veggies to the bread. People are (supposedly) advanced creatures, they have opposable thumbs and free will. I think they'll put mayo on their sandwich themselves if it's that fucking crucial.