I guess ya had to be there.
Thursday night was long and evil, and Friday wasn't all that much better during the day. But when the night finally came, the fun began. Veede the sniper, Mar Duk the soldier, and Puchiko the fallen jedi set out on a mission aboard the ship named the "Outer Rim Job". I will spare you the adventure log, but it was action-filled, lots of fighting, and a small bit of plot here and there. I am slowly getting used to this group, who's focus is more on the action than on anything else. I don't say it as a bad thing, since it means I simply have to focus more on writing encounters than on plot. Add to the Friday night some gaming, and you have the weekend's start.
Saturday was the Anime Club's weekend event, which had a small turnout, but it was okay. I picked up some free swag (as we seem to have more and more of at these things), watched 3x3 eyes and Angelic Layer, and did a bit of shopping post-event. I got back to my apartment, and walked right into a massive LAN party. Computers and cables were everywhere, so I picked my way through everything to my room and kicked on Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat Alpha. BF 1942 was sweet. Playing a mod that made it a battle of modern warfare made it even sweeter. After that was 3 on 3 C&C Generals where I (yet again) served as Matt's defensive buffer while he amassed a small army to do his bidding for him. Every time we do human v human, I always end up on Matt's team, and always seem to become his shield. We eeked out a win at the very end thanks to a well executed attack on two sides. Now that I have surely bored you to tears with gaming geek stuff, onto more interesting things. Yes? Good.
I tend to look at WordSpy in my spare time, simply because I am always amazed at new words and their derived meanings. The one that actually caught my eye tonight was Google Bombing, the citation I have provided below for easy reference:
(GOO.gul bawm.ing) n. Setting up a large number of Web pages with links that point to a specific Web site so that the site will appear near the top of a Google search when users enter the link text. (Note that Google is a trademark identifying the search technology and services of Google Technologies Inc.)
I never knew such a strategy had a name. I suppose someone had to call it something at some point. Google should be feeling pretty good that they have nouns and verbs named after their service. Apparently people say they "google" for things when they mean "search". Talk about powerful name recognition. Oh, and on a closing note, today's word is "leather spinster". You can go look that one up on your own.
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