What’s the best way to fight terrorism?
Promoting democracy
Military action
Tighter security

Lovely. The three options you have are Republican party-line options. Nowhere is “better foreign policy,” which is fundamentally part of the root of why terrorism happens. “Promoting democracy” is basically nation building, military action won’t do jack shit against decentralized terrorists, and tighter security will never be tight enough to protect everyone from everything. Nice. So our only options are to bow to our Republican masters, and accept their worldview, as CNN has, as the only option.

Assholes.

grass pollen. Man. That was *brutal*. Basically, spent the whole day with swollen eyes, a runny nose, and sneezing constantly. My eyes couldn’t focus, I could barely stay awake, and basically spent the better part of the day just wanting to lie down and die.

Fortunately, Ei-Nyung was able to leave a little early, and we got home and got some sushi from Geta (she was also nice enough to go pick up dinner). Tossed in Medal of Honor: European Assault – a huge step up for the series, to be quite honest. Not a real mindblowing game, necessarily, and the squad AI is frustratingly dumb – running out into open clearings, etc. in the middle of firefights, in a game that really requires the judicious use of cover. Still – all in all, a pretty fun first level, which was all I got to before feeling like crap made me quit. Also got Destroy All Humans! from a coworker who’s got a contact at THQ. I now owe him a favor, or $20, but we’ll see. Probably give that game a whirl this weekend.

Spent part of the evening cleaning up the living room, which was almost unlivable. Not really sure what I ended up throwing out, but it was a reasonable amount of crapulence. And then killed an hour watching Top Gear, which is now (hallelujah!) broadcast after Mythbusters on Discovery. They’re basically re-editing last year’s segments into a new series, but hell, I’m just glad to have it on TV – hopefully more exposure means that put it on more, and start airing it simultaneously in the US. I kinda doubt that, because a lot of the segments are very British – Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car, for instance, often has people I’ve never heard of – and the “news” is always very local. So, alas – I doubt that’ll make it on TV in the US. But still, glad to see it.

Hm. Not much else – work’s crazy-assed hectic right now, and we’ve essentially only got a week ’till everything has to be functionally at “alpha” which gives me a week to do two objects, and finish both the food effects and social mode. That’ll be “fun.”

w00t.

Walking from Nob Hill Foods to EA started an allergic reaction that has pretty much incapacitated me for the latter half of the day. I’m almost incapable of coherent thought, and basically, have been sneezing, have a pounding headache, am almost completely unable to focus, both mentally and physically, and am basically useless today. Whee.

Well, so we ended up largely moving into the new room today – at least, the first iteration of the move. Basically trying to remove clutter from the common area, and use the room in a relatively efficient manner.

In the new room:

* My computer, with screen, printer, mouse, keyboard, speakers, on the desk I inherited from my grandparents.

* Ei-Nyung’s computer, hooked up as a server, and accessible through my computer via a client of some sort.

* My Alesis Quadrasynth – if I turn around from the computer desk, it’s right there. There’s just enough space that it doesn’t feel cramped at all.

* In the corner, the Roland MC-303 (a sort of crappy analog synth emulator/drum machine), the Alesis Wedge (a desktop reverb unit), the Toshiba 20″ TV Ei-Nyung gave me for my birthday a couple years ago, my Dreamcast, and my PS2.

* A stack of PS2 games in a DVD tower.

* The Concept 2 erg I got off Craislist’s free listings (it’s got a funky clutch in the flywheel which needs work, but most of the time works ok, and if you know what you’re doing, you can tell when it’s going to slip – still – potentially hazardous).

* The Total Gym Pro I got from EA’s Want Ads system for $20

* My guitar and bass, as well as Ei-Nyung’s two acoustic guitars

* In the closet, three longboxes and one shortbox of comic books (I’ve got two longboxes still at my parents’, which I’ll be moving over shortly), and Ei-Nyung’s wedding dress (for next year).

Wackiness. It all fit reasonably easily, and there’s even room in the middle for a chair of some sort, on which to play games.

I also reorganized one of the hallway closets, which freed up enough space to get our cleaning supplies stored in the closet, which is a nice change of pace from just having them pressed up against the wall. Ei-Nyung also found a bag of her sentimental-type stuff from some time ago. The remaining boxes could use a pretty thorough going-over, but it’s in a much better state than it was.

Whee. Long day ‘o cleaning, and frankly, the rest of the house currently looks much worse for it. Still, had to be done, and much left to do.

… they invariably get worse.

Two things bring that to mind:

1.) The roof leak in the back of the house has gotten … different. The roofing company came out, fixed some stuff that was messed up so that it looks much better. However, they inadvertently appear to have created a new leak, that showed up while we were gone. In our bedroom, the walls are stained slightly, where the fire breaks are. Looks like water came in, but it didn’t go out. Gotta call those guys tomorrow morning, and have them come take a look.

2.) We’re moving into the newly finished spare room – it’s gonna have music stuff, Ei-Nyung’s computer, and workout equipment, as well as possibly having the smaller TV, to give people something to watch/listen to while exercising. As a result, the *entire house* is a mess. The desks downstairs are all moving, the upstairs has exercise equipment (like the Concept 2 I got from Craigslist for a whopping $0) all over, and basically, the entire house looks like a complete disaster. This isn’t really *new* – it’s always been pretty chaotic – but it’s really bad right now. So, we’re working to fix it (I’m taking a break from that writing this) but it’s quite the uphill battle. Still – we’ll see how it shakes out.

Fun. Two days off at home, and both spent on “home improvement” type stuff. Gotta love it.

Whoo. Home after a week on the road – went to Philly, attended a wedding, ate at Morimoto’s, hung out a bit, went to Atlanta to visit her family, and now, am finally home. It’s nice to be back. Gardened a bit today, which was fulfilling. Happy Birthday to Ei-Nyung!