May 2006 Archives

What is it with Florida and storms, anyway? It seems like every time I turn around, there's another thunderstorm barging its way through, dumping massive torrents of rain on my head, and vanishing without a trace before I even have time to utter "What the @&*# was that?!" And then there's the lightning. Don't get me started on the lightning. I don't think I've ever seen a storm in Cali where lightning lit up the entire sky like a camera flash in a small room.

I never thought I'd be looking forward to getting back to California this much.

So, meanwhile, school's halfway over now...another two and a half weeks until the happy-happy-fun-fun return drive to the Golden State. I'm debating whether to take the same route that I used to get here, or head a bit further north, taking I-80 through Nevada and straight to my district HQ. Hrm.

(This actually should have been posted a few days ago, but a thunderstorm barged through and knocked out my Internet before I could hit 'Publish'. Figures.)

EDIT 5/15: Lightning just hit the building I'm staying in, or right in front of it, four times in the past five minutes. To hell with this place, I'm going home.

So, yeah...nothing's been happening here for a while. Chalk that up to me having to pack up everything and drop it off at my parents' place, shortly before driving all the way from California to sunny (and occasionally quite stormy) Pensacola, Florida for five weeks of recruiting orientation. Yay, back to school again! I'm about to start the third week, and so far I've been enjoying the class, which is a lot more than I can say about the last couple schools I went to. In another month, I'll be back in California, working out of a station in west Sacramento, which I'm very much looking forward to: the area I'll be working (from what I've seen so far) seems much nicer than San Diego.

I've had precious little time for gaming as of late, but I have managed to spend a bit of time over the last few days playing my recently-rediscovered DS. I picked up a copy of Mario Tennis Power Tour, and I'm starting to wish I hadn't. Not because the game is bad, but because it's almost too good -- it's taking up far too much of my down time, when I could be doing more useful stuff (like posting stuff on SpecMode!). I also got a copy of Mario Kart DS, but I haven't gotten around to breaking it out yet. It's a good thing I left my PSP at home, because if I hadn't, I really wouldn't get anything done around here.

I've got class in the morning, so I'd best wrap this up and get some sleep. (I've found that I tend to perform best when I'm able to maintain consciousness, as opposed to being so fatigued from staying up all night that even prodigious amounts of caffeine can't help me keep my eyes open. Funny how that works.)