The Last Candle

FALL2k4schoolsemesterisDONE. In celebration, here's a 25×19 image of Gai from Naruto giving one heck of a hearty thumbs up — in the XPM format! Since I haven't paid the hosting bills yet, I can't upload anything to my account, thus removing the ability to show off fancy-schmancy pictures, audio, hot drinks, or anything else binary I want to use for the page. But why use a binary format when ASCII text works just as well? Thus:

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Ah, that was great. Not having access to the FTP server also means I can't edit my posts, so let's hope the XPM text doesn't foul up the post and cause it to end looking like — well, your ordinary perl script. OH MAN! ZING! <p/> (Dear Rodent: If all goes well, I will pay the hosting bill tomorrow. As long as you take punches in the mouth as currency, that is. Just kidding, my man! PLUR, baby.) <p/> Before I go ask Joe to sock me in the gut for actually putting PLUR in a post, I thought I'd line up my terribly exciting schedule for the next few days. My life is like that of a rock star's — except on the planet where I play, everyone is made out of foam.

• Wednesday: Wake up bright and early to study. (Ha ha.) Go to last exam. (Accomplished with gusto.) Finish train wreck of a fiction assignment (Done, and it was nasty.) Play Halo 2. Scream and howl at sword and rocket-whores in Halo 2. Cup of tea for the throat. Play Deus Ex, count the number of homicidal save-and-reload rages that occur for great humor justice. Play Fatal Frame 2; scream and howl at the ghost children coming out of the walls. Spend the rest of the night trying to frighten Paul as he's trying to spook me out at the same time. End the night with a truce for no scaring, causing us to close our doors simultaneously from across the apartment.
• Thursday: Gee, Wednesday was pretty good. I'll go with the same thing, sans the school stuff. WOOT.
• Friday: Anthony is coming to visit for the night! Apartment turns into a modern Valhalla with bloody fighting, resurrection, and fine Scandinavian dining.
• Saturday: Paul and Joe graduate! Pictures to come of the after-grad party.

And now it's time to pick up on that Halo 2 gaming, since I haven't called/been called enough derogatory names to/from total strangers enough today. Xbox Live's a rough neighborhood, for sure.