The Enneagram test is a gigantic load of shit. It hated me, it thought I had no friends, and it thought I'd sacrifice anything for my career.

"Still not convinced?! Over 70 percent of the United States population now believes that blowing up the cities of Iraq will create a toehold for American brand democracy in the Mid-East. In completely unrelated news over 85 percent of the population of the United States tuned in to the season finale of 'Joe Millionaire.'" - Geist Editor

Let's play 100 questions!

1.Do you shave?
Why, yes!

2.What do you shave?
Face, face, and more face.

3.Why?
Cause people tell me I'm cuter clean-shaven

4.What colour is your razor?
silver (wow, what a girl quiz this is)

5.What size is your bed?
Queen

6.Do you like it?
Why, yes.

7.You're going on a date for a walk around the lake then a coffee at a cafe. what do you wear FROM your closet?
FROM my closet? As opposed to what, TO my closet? Uh, usual first-date clothes.

8.Would you go naked in a bathtub with a naked old man/woman with each of you having a bar of soap and soap each other till the bars of soap run out for a million dollars?
Only if it was someone who psychotically ate soap really fast.

9.If you woke up one morning and found out you were going to stay in the body you have now for the rest of your life, what would you think?
Suh-weet.

10.Letter or E-mail?
Usually email, but letters are good for some things.

11.If world war III broke out, what would you say?
Ohhhh, Caaaaaaaa-naaaaaaa-daaaaaaaaa..

12.Buttons or boxes?
huh?

13.Which 5 people do you trust and are open with the most?
I can't fill a list of 5.

14.What's something a guy/girl will wear that'll turn you off?
Lime green.

15.What's something a guy/girl will wear that'll turn you on?
Something warm and soft and fuzzy in the wintertime.

16.What do you think of soulmates?
Sounds good.

17.florida or cali?
I'd have to go with Cali. Lots more variety.

18.Is the world screwed?
If it were any more screwed we'd all be dead

19.Is cussing a neccesity in life?
Why not.

20.What's an object you can't live without?
*Looks at cable modem*

21.Can you live without the microwave?
Who can?

22.You have this uh, erotic dream about your friend of the opp. sex. how do you act and feel around that friend the next day?
Friendlier than usual.

23.Would you rather be rich with 15 spoiled brats or just barely making it with a dog?
About this being a girl quiz..

24. How's your schoolwork for you right now?
My schoolwork is now a red-headed, unwanted, unloved bastard child.

25.What's something someone's done to make you hold a grudge against them?
Screw over someone else.

26.Favorite weather-
Sunny and 75.

27.What's one physical trait that attracts you to a guy/girl?
Yay for eyes.

28.What's one personality trait that attracts you to a guy/girl?
Intelligence.

29.Do you know what 143 means?
The last answer to this question said "I love you," is that so?

30.Who's phone number are you hoping to get?
Michelle Branch?

31.Describe melancholy, if you don't know, then skip this question.
Depression.

32.Describe mellow-
Nirvana.

33.Do you beleive in ghosts? why or why not?
No, have you seen the idiots who claim to talk with the dead?

34.What time did you sleep last night?
Supposedly 11:00, realistically 1:00.. I hate sleepless nights.

35.Which guy/girl do you wish to be with RIGHT now?
She knows who she is.

36.Is it right to flirt if you have a bf/gf?
Is it right? Probably not. Tolerable? Sure.

37.Would you rather be married in venice, italy, or honolulu, hawaii?
Honolulu.

38.Would you rather eat sandwiches or pasta for the rest of your life?
Pasta!

39.(guys) how would you feel if you gave a girl a flower?
I like doing that.
(girls) how would you feel if you got a flower from a guy?

40.Do you want to drop school?
Nah, I'm going to have fun when college starts. Even in class.

41.What do you think of the word, "no pain, no gain" ?
It's true.

42.What do you think of the quote "eyes are the passageways into the soul" ?
Looks can be deceitful...

43.What do you think of sleep?
I'm addicted.

44.If you had the chance to slow down your growth now and live to 500 years but it's like a 50 year old body by then, would you go for it?
No.

45.At one point in a girl/guy friendship will one them them like each other even if it's only for a little bit. true or false?
True. There's a philosophical point in When Harry Met Sally that explains this.

46.Are you a procrastinator?
I'm learning to.

47.Waffles or pancakes?
Either or, but must be in conjunction with bacon.

48.How's your cereal in your bowl?
Who said I have a bowl? *looks at box of Freedom Cocoa Puffs*

49.What's an annoying trait about you?
I sound condescending.

50.football or rugby?
Whichever has people watching.

51. hat or visor?
Neither. I have hair for a reason, nitwit.

52.Ice skating or rollerblading?
Never been ice skating..

53.(guys) Your gf has long beautiful hair which you love, she comes to school the next day with a short crop cut. what do you HONESTLY think?
! She cut her hair! How cute!

(girls) Your bf has hair you love. he comes to school the next day with a shiny head. What do you HONESTLY think?

54.pizza or burgers?
Both.

55.What colour is your jacket?
Gray.

56.What's something you ALWAYS have on you?
Cell.

57.What do you think of guys with nail polishes?
It's about as funny and entertaining as cross-dressing. Which looks absolutely stupid.

58.Do you stay in bed thinking or do you fall alseep in 5 minutes?
I read for close to an hour.

59.Would you rather go to a boarding school, private school, or an all girls or guys school?
I'd file a lawsuit to get into an all-girls school.

60.There's a high school that'll be on a cruise ship and you have the opportunity to go. it's your last year at school. do you go for it?
I get seasick :~(

61. Who do you want to take with you to the prom?
Nobody's caught my attention yet.

62. Your bf/gf gets drunk at a party. in their state of drunkness, they babble about that one time they fooled around with someone else while you were together. they wake up the next morning with a slight memory that did something stupid. what do you do?
Dump the bitch.

63.Is cyber sex considered cheating?
If you're cybering while together with someone you've got issues.

64.How do you react to change?
Me scared.

65.are you happy?
Absolutely.

66.Favorite berries-
Strawberries.

67.What's one facial feature you'd like to change about yourself?
Give me a goatee instead of these stupid sideburns.

68.Do you take a shower after a bath?
Girl quiz, anyone?

69.what colours your towel?
Beige?

70.What do you think of knuckle cracking?
Therapeutic.

71.What was the last thing you cried over or got teary about?
The fear of breaking up.

72.Chalk or crayons?
Crayons! 100 cerulean ones. I hate chalk.

73.How's your happiness level right now? 0 (low)- 10 (high)
7.5 - was starting to get depressed but UT let me in honors dorms way early.

74. Coffee, tea, or me? ;)
How about you.

75.Wouldn't you just love to hug someone right now?
Of course...and then throw them against the wall and have a heavy make-out session with them. <--lovin' it, good call livejournal girl who I stole this from.

76.Who was the last person who complimented you?
*scratches head*

77.What's wrong with your school?
Too few people. It has really bad effects on people.

78.Do you know what an aphrodisiac is?
A stimulant that increases sexual desire. They work, but only on people who aren't tied up in drama issues.

79.Who do you wish you could kiss?
Several people. Not all at the same time though.

80.movies at home or in a theater?
Home with a chick, or in a theater on opening night with all the amigos. (patented blake advice: go for Moulin Rouge. Always.)

81.wanna live in a castle?
I'd rather live in something more modern.

82.Isn't gondola a cool word?
I never liked it, myself.

83.What coat do you wear in the winter?
A big puffy black one.

84.(girls)What's something about guys you don't get?

85.(guys)What's something about girls you don't get?
Why are so many too proud to admit their sexual habits?

86.who was better in rush hour/rush hour 2?
Jackie Chan.

87.If someone said you were hot, what would you think?
Yay!

88. You go to your bf/gf's house for the first time and in his/her room, and everywhere is... you. what do you think?
Yay, she likes me!

89.What happens when you hear the word christmas?
Where's the mistletoe?

90.Does being a psycho sound appealing?
Hell no, I've seen too many of em.

91.what food brings back good memories?
Garlic bread! Always a good time with Garlic Bread�.

92.Do you talk to yourself?
Way too much.

93.sun or moon?
Moon. Also, I'll take a moonroof over a sunroof.

94.What's your opinion on love?
Ironic that it wasn't invented until around the twelfth century.

95.What's a happy memory of a time you've spent with the opp. sex?
Lots of movie watching with several wonderful members of the female sex.

96.Would you rather go ballroom dancing or square dancing?
Can we go clubbing?

97.Do you think you can afford to lose weight?
I'm happy as I am.

98.If you could dye your hair any colour, what would you dye it?
I liked it when I had lowlights and blonde highlights at the same time.

99.What's the nicest thing any one has ever told you?
No single thing stands out in my mind. But thanks to everyone who's been nice.

100.How was the survey?
Definitely written by a girl.

"All I have to say is once this is over, the Iraqi people better be the freest fucking people on the face of the planet." - gywo

One of my most memorable competitive experiences was the Unreal Tournament over at the Fragwire party about a year ago. I won the tournament, but it wasn't an easy trip to the top. By the final three matches, I had some fierce competition. I started a match against a guy named Falcon and I quickly went down by 3. It was the first time I had no competitive nervousness. I just kicked it up a notch and said to myself, "I CANNOT lose." My mind, in its indecipherable language, knew that it was impossible to lose that game. Sure enough, I pulled off the greatest comeback I've ever accomplished and won the game 10-8.

Little did I suspect that I'd be presented with a harder challenge in real life in which my brain is reacting in the exact same way - real life. "I CANNOT fail," I thought to myself, once again thinking over the horrible consequences of failing - this time just a tad more painful than being knocked out of the tournament. Unfortunately, there's five months (to the day) remaining until we know which way this one goes.

Gave up on playing through Command & Conquer: Generals. It's loads of fun, but boy oh boy, do I suck at strategy games.

Promptly replaced on the "currently playing" list with Splinter Cell. I'm lovin' it so far.

Attention everyone:

I'm going to one-up the only persistent music mixer I know and assemble the great high-school-nostalgia mix cd. Except this time, it'll go light on stuff ripped from 102.1 and heavy on music with a bit more meaning, a bit more edge, and perhaps just a bit more nostalgia. You, the everyones, come in to fill in any of the gaps I might miss.

I'm talking mainly to three groups of people here:

The Amigos: you know who you are. If I spent the last summer with you, you fit. Stuff like Frontier Psychiatrist, Mr. Skruff - what else have we been obsessed with?

The Band: Eric, Greg, Daniel.. Does anything really need to go in here besides old-school Blink-182 songs and maybe a Pennywise tune? Oh, can't forget NOFX's 'The Brews.'

The Group Consisting Entirely of Aroon: Man, does that sound lame.. what an unnecessary ego boost for aroon. :p Regardless, musically, you deserve it man.. Deftones, old-school Limp Bizkit, Stabbing Westward, old-school Incubus.. what else?

An early and very tentative list:

-old-school days (junior high)
Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (far away)
Limp Bizkit - Pollution
Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself
Orbital - Halcyon + On + On
Incubus - New Skin

-Times with the punk band (freshman year)
Pennywise - Every Single Day
Blink-182 - What's My Age Again . honorary mention - all of cheshire cat
NOFX - The Brews
Goo Goo Dolls - Broadway

-Ty introduces Blake to trip-hop and IDM (sophomore year)
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Thievery Corporation - Focus on Sight
DJ Cam - Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens

-Somewhere in between
Millencolin - No Cigar
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission (space permitting)
Linkin Park - Pushing Me Away (space + patience with LP lovers permitting)
Tosca - Orozco (space permitting)

-Times with the amigos (junior/senior year)
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
T.A.T.U. - Not Gonna Get Us

-Steph's phase (senior year)
Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
John Mayer - No Such Thing
Telepopmusik - Breathe

-It's all over
Opus III - It's a Fine Day (radio edit) - brownie points to he or she who can find an mp3 of the edit playing on KDL
Dzihan + Kamien - Colores (space permitting)
Michelle Branch - Goodbye to You . All You Wanted (space permitting)

and to close things out...
Incubus - Nice to Know You

If you think this needs any changes, leave comments or bug me personally. Free copies to anyone who wants one.

The snagger.org domain name is down for a couple days for a DNS switch. Site can still be reached at snagger.blogspot.com.

GTA: Vice City postmortem:

An absolute masterpiece of a game. The best title to come out of the UK since GTA3, and before that, well, it had been quite a while since a great game came from over there. Vice City cashed in on the commercial success of GTA3 and did the impossible: Rockstar North took a successful execution of a very ambitious design and improved on it. In typical sequel fashion, they took most aspects of GTA3 and simply made them bigger. More radio stations with longer soundtracks. The 80s music license was a smart gimmick, but now they're in danger of using the decade gimmick over and over again a la Austin Powers. Rockstar, luckily, is smart enough not to do so. [Clarification: the game is published by Rockstar Games, and developed by Rockstar North - the newly-renamed DMA Design after a buyout after GTA3's release.] More vehicles. Motorcycles were well-balanced, which was a huge relief. More weapons. Now if only the M4 had auto-targeting. More missions and plot branches. More extras. Upon finishing the plot line and triggering the end credits, the statistics menu revealed I had completed 60% of the game. And that was after acquiring most of the real estate properties and completing their missions. Unlike a typical sequel, though, the attention to detail actually went up as the size of the game increased. I remember watching with amazement as Cubans and Haitians got into a gunfight, seeing ambulances show up, reviving the Haitians and seeing the Cubans kill them once more while the paramedics got killed in the crossfire.

The single biggest change in VC had to be the creation of a main character. Tommy Vercetti is easily one of the better video game characters ever created, and we have Ray Liotta to thank for the brilliant voice acting that brought him to life. This was a huge undertaking for Rockstar, but it was worth every penny they spent toward all the added dialogue, voice, and animation that gave us a round character to play through instead of the comparable silent automaton we were given in GTA3. Tommy didn't make the game any more immersive, per se, but it made the player so much more proud to act as badass Tommy than the nameless goon in GTA3 who was always someone else's tool.

Gameplay in VC is grand enough to fill its own dedicated novel. But anyone who's played the game knows exactly what's going on. The beauty of it is the percentage completion system. The minute I get the time I'm going to pursue the 100%, something I haven't actively wanted to do since Donkey Kong Country.

Graphics are the game's only weak point. The environments are absolutely beautiful, as positively everyone has seen by now. The problem is that these gorgeous views are ahead of their time. The PS2, with the current knowledge programmers have of it, isn't powerful enough to handle the complexity and detail of the VC world. Maybe in a couple years, when developers know how to get more power out of it, we'll see a future title that handles the visuals a little better. Framerates were noticeably slower than GTA3, and that's even with blurry-screen mode turned on. I can't count the number of times I drove along a sidewalk only to suddenly run into a palm tree or a lamppost or a police officer that popped up three feet in front of me. Yet I saw the Downtown skyscrapers even from Washington Beach. Oops.

Sound: very, very nice. Extremely high production values. I didn't think the radio, with all its cleverness, could stand up to GTA3 coming into VC. Once again, I was pleasantly surprised. Huge kudos to both studios for adding all the extra material. Even after finishing the game, the radio hasn't gotten so old that I just have to turn it off. Even the classic sarcastic humor managed to stay in, which kept me hugely amused. I don't think I'll ever understand the world's obsession with Lazlow, but I'm personally ecstatic that Fernando Martinez made such a triumphant return. Avery Carrington (Burt Reynolds) was hilarious, too. Kudos to the brothers Houser and Lazlow for some good material.

Production value: dear Lord, I don't think any studio has ever done it this well. These guys have redefined attention to detail, and they've done so in style. It's easy to see that all the talent used in this game cost millions of dollars, not even counting the 100+ development staff. It's considered poor taste to give one person credit for a great game, but it's obvious that the Houser brothers have been keeping tabs on every aspect of the game's development and when the right guy with the right vision gets authority over everything, good things happen.

Oddly enough, I just discovered that I've followed Gamespot's review system up to this point. But their Tilt idea is retarded so I'm going to just close things up:

Vice City is easily one of the best games I've ever played. It's wholly gratifying to play, is extremely well-written, and raises the bar in game development for Rockstar North's ability to top themselves on a very ambitious sequel to a very ambitious title, and even to Rockstar themselves (as much as I hate giving publishers credit for doing anything valuable for games) for expanding North's operating environment and giving them access to so many more resources to make a truly great game.

What's next: Two rumors are floating. One says GTA: San Andreas will be more material following the Vice City formula and will be out this fall.* The other says North is going to go back to the drawing board and release Grand Theft Auto 4 late in 2004 (expect delays into late 2005). My prediction says both will happen, but expect one or both of them to hit the XBox.

* Recently, a Rockstar employee registered the domain name www.gtasanandreas.com. On the other hand, Vice City had kentpaul.com - not exactly a dead giveaway.

You're not punk. You know you're not punk. You don't listen to punk music. You don't wear punk outfits. You don't care about politics. Why did you take this test?? Whats Yer Punk?

What the fuck.

So Clinton gets a blowjob and lies about it. Impeached.

Bush fabricates a bunch of shit about Saddam having chemical weapons, gets discovered that he's lying about it, and no impeachment.

Consistency, politicians? Please?

[disclaimer: this does not deny that saddam has those weapons. just not in the quantities that we're being led to believe. in fact, we're completely ignoring the facts on this one and going on the supposed 'leadership morals' that got Clinton in trouble. as with all political threads, don't post comments or i will delete them and ban you.]

Wow, way too much computer gaming lately.

Lan party after lan party after lan party... and all that leading up to the huge disappointment that was the PCK party where we lost consecutively to the teams that ultimately took first and second. By 3AM, I felt like I had run out of games to play - and so did the rest of our group. So the next three hours were spent in a half-asleep limbo playing Stepmania.

Needless to say, it's time for a break from computer gaming and a return to the basics. Max agreed with my complaint that we haven't played enough SSB lately. On top of that, I got a surprise call from Thomas basically saying the same thing. Personally, I think there hasn't been enough Mario Party, either.

That's the thing with hardcore gaming - the good players play the game because it's what they enjoy; it's what triggers the endorphines and adrenaline in their brains and that's how players get the pleasure of being 'in the zone.' I've only once been in the zone playing a computer game - and it turned out to be a game nobody played at all. On consoles, though, I get it all the time - that's how we all managed to spend so much time playing Goldeneye back in the day. SSB comes pretty close to being the same thing, but more importantly, when we all play SSB it's a good time. Zero frustration, very close matches, and we all happen to be extremely good at what we do (hence our owning up on everyone else at Gus's party). Being a good hardcore player isn't about the frustration of constant loss or fighting to develop strategy and skill. It's about just playing, playing, playing. And if you can enjoy that, you've got a good chance at becoming a great player.

I like small competition. As opposed to the big times. The stakes are lower, but the adrenaline rush is just as big, victory is just as thrilling, and the players have enough social skills that they can actually talk and have a good time with one another when the games aren't playing.

A couple weeks there was a shindig at the house of a guy named Gus. Gus was a friend of a friend's younger brother - a friend of a friend of a friend. Nevertheless, I showed up at Gus's house, as did about 25 others. I suddenly found myself in a room warmer than hell, surrounded by high schoolers of all ages, 99% of them male. Well, maybe 92%, since 1% female in a group of 25 would equal out to one guy being 1/4 female and that's just gross.

After a few rounds of 6on6 Halo (a feat accomplished with no less than four big-screen TVs and Xboxes in the same house), our party loaded up Super Smash Bros. on the biggest of the big-screens and organized a tournament with 32 players - 24 or so humans and 8 computer players.

In the third game, one guy suddenly whined aloud when he realized he was matched against Gus in the first round. Apparently, Gus was the king of all things SSB, the winner of the previous tournament, and the only person alive who can use Ness worth a damn at all. Gus easily defeated his opponent, a nameless lowerclassman from Lamar.

The very next game was myself against a similar nameless lowerclassman. Easy win. 12 more games come and go to complete the first round of the tournament. Oh shit, I say to myself as I realize my next match is against Gus, the god himself. I take up the controller and ready up, figuring I'll lose but I'll at least put in some effort and see what kind of fight I can put up.

Gus gets himself situated and readies up. The map is set to Onett. Thank God it's a decent level. He kicks my ass close-range, then he kicks my ass long-range. I'm up to about 80% damage while he's comfortably at 20%. I finally manage to get in some good shots, bringing it up to 80-70. He throws a good Smash attack and kills me right as a Warp star falls where we had fought. On my second life I rush straight over to the Warp star, and for some reason Gus hasn't grabbed it. I make a guick grab at it and nail him with a direct hit, and we're tied at 0% and two lives to go. A few "ohh's" come from the crowd of 20 or so watching the match - apparently it was some kind sign of defiance against the tyranny of Gus and Ness.

In the second life I definitely hit my stride and managed to kill Gus before I lost the life. This threw the crowd into a frenzy and suddenly we had a tense moment on our hands. As Gus killed me in retaliation, a disappointed "awwww" came out and we returned to our tie: 0 to 0, one life left. Gus started to slip - I hit him across the map with a couple easy shots. I take a lead and the tension comes back, stronger than it had been before. Gus quickly fights back, and soon it's 80-70, myself in worse shape. I fly over him as he holds a green shell and shield in mid-air in anticipation of his throw. He waits until I begin to fall to the ground and then throws the shell and takes me out. Gus wins. The crowd screams with indeterminate emotion and Gus shoots up out of his chair and celebrates his victory for a split second before turning around and throwing out his hand to shake mine, pushing out the words 'that was close' while trying to regain his breath.

And the minute I lost, I gained the knowledge that the next game we play, I'll win. I feel these things.

In the next round, Gus lost for the first time ever in competition to Thomas, who went on to win the tournament. We, the seniors, truly rocked Gus's party. Here I thought we were just playing for fun all this time.

So I took the Camry of Love out on a joyride. Going north on Davis (Davis Blvd, the one in NRH) I followed a guy on a Harley, so loud I couldn't hear the Avalanches album on its second time looping. So Harley and I go past a gas station where there's another guy on a Harley looking to turn out. The two Harley riders friendly wave to each other as the one passes.

That struck me as interesting. Southern hospitality taken to extremes, one could say. On the other hand, here were two guys who didn't know each other's names, but they picked each other out of a crowd of motorists because they rode Harleys. They were both fairly decked out in the leather and the jeans and black t-shirts, but they weren't your typical bearded Bubbas you see at Christmastime riding down the highway with teddybears in their arms and their wives sitting behind. No, these were two ordinary fellas who just happened to ride their Harleys around. They probably had decent day jobs and lives outside their bikes. And still, each rider waved to the other because he knew that there were qualities in that guy that were prerequisite to having one of those bikes. The two riders waved to each other like brothers from the same fraternity, like two men who had grown up as Scouts, like ... they knew each could trust the other.

Sometimes people ask me *why* I'm a game-lover, why I keep doing what seems like such a monumental waste of time. I can't help but think to myself because I couldn't get a Harley.

I am p Everyone loves pi _

what number are you?

this quiz by orsa

ANGER
1. Who did you last get angry with? Probably Eric, probably for not shutting up.
2. What is your weapon of choice? Throwin' them bows.
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Punch? Absolutely not. Get with? If she's cute.
4. How about of the same sex? Punch? If they start the situation, I have no qualms causing a death. Call it my TKD influence. Get with? No way.
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? Someone at Oakridge behind my back.
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I keep, but I'm willing to drop with good reason.

Sloth
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time? Lift weights.
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? 7pm-ish, day after I got home from Space Camp.
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't: My brother, my cousins.
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? I'm busy playing games that night, how about another?
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones...)? Yeah, for some reason I found the Ronco cooker hilarious.
6. When was the last time you got a good workout in? My black belt test, but even that didn't leave me destroyed.
7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? Just once, only time I did this week.

GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Bawls.
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? White. Chicken > *
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event? Umm.. two drinks? I had a small buzz going and had a blast. Yay for responsible drinking.
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? Nope.
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? Not since about seventh grade, after that I started to grow up and thin out.
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? Spicy and salty.
7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, "LUNCH?" wtf?

LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)? 3.5 or so. More halfway than all the way.
2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)? 2? 3?
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? Once or twice.
4. Have you "done it"? Nope. I don't know why that surprises some people.
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Face, without question.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? I've had some pretty odd girls offer me some odd things, but that hasn't been one of them.
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? STD? No. Pregnancy, well, I won't answer.

GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? No credit, per se, just a check card.
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? Game-skins.com.
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? Live off of it so I could do whatever I wanted for a job and not worry about money.
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Rich.
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? A question I haven't decided. I think it would come down to whether or not I had a family already.
6. Have you ever stolen anything? Cookies, 5 days a week.
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? Roughly 1900.

PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of? Found my niche.
2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? Probably the smorgasbord of academic crap.
3. What would you like to accomplish in your life? Get a job just knowing everything about video games, being semi-famous (in a Frasier Crane kinda way), find my soul mate and marry her, and raise a kid or two.
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? No, because that means I reached the finals.
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? A few times, playing video games. It can be really fun if the gap isn't *too* big.
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? Sure.
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? I can't think of anything.

ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own? Scholarship money.
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? Mike Belske, he'd make my place look pimp.
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? If not Brandon Boyd, I'd stick to myself.
4. Have you ever been cheated on? I have a good feeling I haven't been, though it's possible that I could have been lied to.
5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own? Maybe darker skin, but that can be fixed.
6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself? A little bit more outgoingness wouldn't hurt.
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? Hell no, this survey sucks.

Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin? Lust.

FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? Nothing.
2. What religion were you raised as? Religion-less.
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? Humans can forgive one another for stuff they've done wrong. Whether they should be willing to is up to them.
4. Do you believe in magic? Nah.
5. What was the last promise you broke? I'll call you back.
6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it? I've never said the words.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? Relative to me, yes.

HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? Nope.
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? A combination of love and money.
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? I've outgrown it.
5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Nah.
6. Do you gamble? The voluntary stupid tax? No.
7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? Like what? "Sorry honey, gotta cancel sex tonight, weather's bad out." *unf unf unf* (?)

CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? Animal rights, human rights. Let's not fix starvation or disease, though, because we're overpopulated.
2. What causes have you given money or time to? Only money of my own was to fight multiple sclerosis. Hypocritical, but I have the impression that MS is treatable.
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? No.
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? No, I'd travel just for myself.
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? No, they all want booze.
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? No.
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? I've had to talk one down from suicide.

FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? Being cheated on.
2. What did you do today that was really brave? I let my dog outside. HOLY MOLY, was that ever a tense moment.
3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why? Superheroes suck.
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? Provided I could get myself out of the situation.
5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? Brains. BRAAAAAAIIIIIIIINS.
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? Way too much for a singer.
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? Leader.

JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? Not just yet.
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? Get me out, send the non-college-bound hicks across the street.
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? For the annual population reduction of 30 people, it's not worth the fight. I do believe in vigilante justice, though.
4. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? Hell no, we've suffered a coup d'etat and we haven't done a damn thing about it. We're all turning French.
5. What was your favorite media circus trial? I hate those things. I'd like to see them put the media giants on trial for making us all dumber.
6. Have you ever written a letter to a politician? I've done a few fill-in-the-blank emails.

TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? Horniness. Hey, you look hot *humphump*.
2. Do you collect anything? Dust. There's dust all over this damn desk and I just wiped it down.
3. Are you addicted to anything? Caffeine.
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? No way.
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? Very much debit.
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do? I really don't have many regrets.
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? Some things.

PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? Lou.
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? Religiously, no, but if video games count then tons.
3. Do you take advice when it's given? Only when I ask a small number of people for it.
4. What area are you wisest in? Anything but biology.
5. Do you drive defensively? Yeah. I probably spend too much time in the fast lane though.
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? Nope.
7. What did you learn today? I am really, really psyched to go to Austin.

Finally, what is your favorite cardinal virtue? Truth/honesty/whatever you want to call it. I'm a lover of the truth.

So someone took it upon themselves to write a complete history of Capture the Flag as it pertains to Quake3. I loaded up this second part in a three-part series just to see if my old team, [warp], was in there. I don't know why they would be - few people remember [we are reasonable people] and the few who do remember us as either great sports or really funny goofasses.

Yes, goofasses.

Then there it was, in the review of a post-season setup for one season of CAL: The seeding for the East division play-offs were #1 Evolution, #2 Eradicate, #3 Affliction, #4 Massive Destruction, #5 Killers Inc, #6 Virus.23, #7 [warp], and #8 kfc.

And that was it.

#7, warp. Barely hanging in at the top of the pile. Could easily lose their spot to one of the many other teams out there, but somehow managed to make it in. That is the historical note of [warp] - a decent competitive team. Great buncha guys to play with. Etc.

There was a time when my life revolved around [warp]. I loved every second of it. I'd say one of the top 3 experiences of my life was Quakecon 2001 spent with "the [warp] thugs and friends," as they came to be known. Those guys were my best friends. I spent every second of that weekend laughing uncontrollably. And I even played well. I really, really belonged with that group of people.

So then it fell apart. CTF died - hence the writing of the history. [warp] had died sometime before and I've only really managed to keep in touch with one player, a guy who's me with an extra four years. Those guys were the impetus for my choosing Austin - at the time I reveled in the idea of living on fast-food, caffeine, and gaming like I did during Quakecon, and spending an entire four years laughing uncontrollably like I did for four days during that sweltering August of 2001.

So everyone outgrew the game. The older members grew out of gaming altogether and got jobs and made lives for themselves. The younger members run into each other every now and again and YELL STUPID THINGS IN ALL CAPS LIKE THE OLD DAYS!@??!!?!@??? Life will sadly never again be what it was playing in [warp]. But it's a memory that I'll never give up. Thankfully, that clan made history with someone else. And like the [warp] that was true to its day, few people will really understand what that clan was worth to its players.

[we are reasonable people] - 2000 - 2002

I am 55% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?

The old answer to the Michelle Branch FAQ "are you single?" question:
My guitar is my boyfriend.

The new answer to said question:
Wouldn't you like to know ;)

Is she no longer single? :~(