New TV last Friday. Big fat Sony widescreen HDTV ready. Progressive scan DVD player. First movie in? The Matrix. Had some friends over to watch the Super Bowl on it. Used the dual picture by picture to catch the Halftime Show and the Fear Factor: Playmate edition. Sat through The Mummy, Varsity Blues, Leaving Las Vegas, and now have Phantom Menace midway through. It's fabulous. Finished up some java homework, hence the late posting. Have an XML midterm tomorrow. And probably heading home to Woodstock for at least part of next weekend.

Working on my xml homework in my bedroom that previously had me doing my high school homework. Anyway, spending the weekend out in Woodstock, got a haircut, deposited some money, picked up Fifth Element Superbit. Heading back tomorrow, looking to pick up a sound level thingie, to more effectively set up my home theatre, since it really does make a big difference, especially after using video tests to get the screen somewhat calibrated. WUFF in a week, less than, which probably means I'll skip out on indoor ultimate this week, try and give my shins a rest.

So instead of getting plenty of sleep for my first real ultimate tourney of the year, WUFF Co-Ed Nationals in Wilmington, NC, I decide to add direct musing by data access, as well as direct search result musing access. Oh, and I also finished up my XML and Security homework. Java's all that's left on the plate. Sweet. Gilmore Girls is just such a great show. Very very funny. They had a joke about Harvey this week. How cool is that? Real World Chicago continues to interest me. Oh, and a special thanks to TBR for helping get my cell phone back up and visible.

Soon I'm off to WUFF Co-ed Nationals out in sunny and warm Wilmington, NC for the weekend. I'm playing with Tea & Strumpets. Should be a good time. Hopefully I won't continue down this road of a cold I think I'm getting. It also starts some consecutive weekends I'll be out of town, and should test my skills at keeping up to date on schoolwork and such. That should be interesting.

Return to Chicago, even if for just a handful of days. The east coast heavy version of Tea & Strumpets did alright at WUFF co-ed Nationals, making it to the semi's, thus moving up at least 11 spots in the rankings. Special thanks to Rachel and Bryan for organizing, and all the DC folks for playing under the Tea & Strumpet banner. Soreness however entailed, and continues to entail, as I am unable to do just about anything without some more proper amounts of sleep and rest and non-movement. I've really sore. But I've got some big homework due Saturday, which gives me a couple days to get it done before the Abando's Vegas Vacation.

Back from the family Vegas trip, with a short 4 day stint in Chicago, before a return Vegas trip. The fun just keeps coming. Aside from meals, I spent pretty much the entire weekend coding in java. Stupid threads. This week needs to see done more security homework and the project, as well as another java program. And I leave on Saturday. And I'll be happy to go back to 70 and sunny weather in Vegas because it's supposed to snowstorm tonight here in Chicago, 3-6" last I saw the newscast. Stupid midwest winter. Nice Nevada sun.