One More Month...
I made the drive back to Atlanta today after a great winter break. With less than a month to go in school (graduation is on January 27th), I will be in complete isolation from the living world until the portfolio is finished (early February). Santa delivered this year in the form of a camera tripod, sweet new shoes, an external hard drive, and of course The Essential Yo-Yo Ma. Andrew gave me an awesome custom-made Lego guitar set. I also got the video game SSX On Tour, which is the latest installment of EA's snowboarding series. It's ridiculously fun, with insane challenges like "run into 15 skiing kids in 2 minutes" and special outfits like a giant panda suit. The interface is one of the best interactive menu systems ever, with all the type and imagery feeling like it was ripped out of a rock and roll sketchbook. Any game with a unicorn rocking out a face-melter on a double neck guitar is awesome in my book. Since the hand-drawn look is similar to what's going on with my portfolio, this game has been pretty inspirational in terms of style and presentation.
Jeff and Don came over to the Basement of Doom to rock through as many old Okay Samurai songs as we could remember, and the end result was surprisingly good for not having played together in forever. We even ended the night with Mario Kart, just like old times. And New Year's Eve in Philadelphia was so much fun. It was great to hang out with the old Baltimore roommates and play a couple of sets with Ferenczy (still celebrating at around 3AM in the photo above). Nice to see that everyone is pretty much still the same: Tammer still loves camshafts, Charlie can still pull off the sweater vest, Nick is still a compulsive gambler, and Mike can still say offensive things to women and get slapped. That's 'effin teamwork. It was the perfect way to start off 2006.
It was also cool to watch King Kong (freakin' awesome), hang out at the farm in Linden, play video games with Andrew and Sarah, drink Mom's peppermint hot chocolate, watch Dad blow up a wreath in the fireplace, and catch up with old friends like Louise, Jen, April and Jinsoo. So after a busy but entertaining break, I guess it's time to get back to work so I can blow this popsicle stand. PEACE.
Monday, January 2 at 6:13 PM
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