Orifice Politics

Sorry for the sparse updates. Between work, work, and more work, I haven't had much time to sit down and breathe. Even in chat I'm interrupted every 5 minutes. XD

Today is the day to air our grievances, but instead, I bring stuff I got in the mail. Eve's package arrived, as did my Secret Santa present from neo-geo.com. I now have two starter sets for the defunct Capcom/SNK card game (Ukyo and Twelve... I have both of those but it's cool XD) as well as two sealed boxes of cards: One Street Fighter and one Darkstalkers. Finally, I have SF III: Double Impact for the Dreamcast. Not a bad haul.

I really want to chow down on Eve's candies and cookies, but I must save 'em for after I make my late lunch/early dinner. Why? Because Eggplant is on the menu.

Sharing seven things across the span of a week.

Day 1: A song
Day 2: A picture
Day 3: A book/ebook/fanfic
Day 4: A site
Day 5: A youtube clip
Day 6: A quote
Day 7: Whatever tickles your fancy

( Piccy under here! )

I was gonna sit here and complain about my day (my relief was late, so I missed my ride home), but then Magnaflux on neo-geo.com showed us THIS:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/22/giant.squid.ap/index.html

Japanese researchers caught a LIVE GIANT SQUID.

I've literally waited for this day since I was a kid. ::dances around like an idiot::

We have a Neo Geo MVS machine at work.

It's for employees only.

I win.

So last night I had a get-together with some of my fellow Neo Geo gamers. We had a total blast, playing all sorts of arcade and Neo Geo Pocket games. Then we go out to binge on sushi... and some damn good sushi at that. Hopefully it might be an end of the month routine. I could definitely hang out with these people on a regular basis.

In other news, the pin convention is in town, meaning that pin folks from around the world gather here to buy/sell/trade pins. It's kinda fun, but these people are very very obsessive. They'll do anything to try to get us to give them extra things that aren't allowed.

"It says we're entitled to two pins.. but can we have three?"

Me: NO!

Might as well cherish the moment.. since it'll be one of the few times we can actually say no to a customer. XD

Then there's the other sad news. Charles Bronson passed away. May he rest in peace.