Yesterday was eventful, as I booth took the SAT, and lost repeatedly to friends at Street Fighter Alpha 3. Hey, I just said I liked it, not that I was good at it.

I've just taken the SAT as a Junior for two good reasons. A) If I don't like my score, I have plenty of opportunities to take it again and B) The SAT is the spawn of Lucifer, so I wanted to get it done as soon as possible.

Later that day my friends at I went to Gameworks where I spent most of my time at the Alpha 3 machine and air hockey tables. In my defense, I spent most of the night playing as this site's mascot, Dan Hibiki, so I think I can be forgiven for most loses. I actually landed two or three Hisshou Buraikens and convinced my friend to let me do a level 3 taunt, so I left that night pretty content.

Extra Medium
October 6, 2002

I don't eat fast food. It's not a vegetarian thing, or an anti-corporate thing, or a labor thing, or even a health thing, though that last one does play a small roll.  I'm by no means boycotting the places.  If I thought that me not buying a Spicy Chicken Sandwich every week had any effect whatsoever on the grand scheme of things, I'd have issues to work out.

I've decided it's just not worth it.  Considering burgers can cost as low as 50 cents, that's saying something.  The chances of remembering eating Big Tasty two days afterwards are pretty slim.  The only way I'll eat something is if I can be guarantied that it will be worthwhile. I'm not going to remember a Taco Bell burrito the following morning, so why should I pay 80 cents for it today? This theory conveniently allows me to continue to eat at Baja Fresh, which I consider entirely worth the purchase.

Bii(etcetera)iirdman!
October 8, 2002

I would update more often, I really would, but I'm powered by the sun's yellow rays, and what with Sol going red giant on us and all, I'm feeling a bit under the weather.

I don't believe I ever made this available in any way, so that's what I'm going to do now. It's a quiz made by my esteemed colleague John Duffy.  I remember him saying something about compiling the results from a number of different friends taking the same quiz, but I'm impatient, so I'm putting it up meself. I get mileage out of both Count Chocula and Alyosha Karamazov in the same document, so I'm pleased with myself in that regard.

A few notes on the video games I'm playing these days, since, you know, that's why online journals were created, aside from putting up pictures of your cats.

A) I "beat" Super Mario Sunshine, if by beat you mean I uncovered only two-thirds of the game's items, and the easier two-thirds at that.  The end boss was pretty easy, though it was incredibly hectic and quite fun.  Best of all, I unlocked the Hawaiian shirt, which means I can now create possible scenarios for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Vice City using Mario in lieu of its unnamed, sideburned anti-hero.  Though I suppose I'll have to settle for "Jump on guy's head and spay him with water" instead of "Run over convent of nuns with semi-truck, than illegally park over 7 handicapped parking spaces while shooting five policemen." You work with what you have.

B) Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO Beta Super Hyper Fighting 2003 continues to be a sound investment.  I'm not playing it as much as I might hope, but that time spent with it is very entertaining.  Some might call me a heretic for this, but I find the C-stick option to be useful in some scenarios.  Never in versus matches or in trying to make a legitimate record in the survival or arcade modes of course, but during other times.

First, it allowed be to beat the arcade mode within 30 minutes of purchasing the game by simply doing E. Honda's head-butt over and over, which allowed me to gain the coveted Groove Edit Mode and make myself a Street Fighter II groove.  

Second, sometimes you just get tired of trying to pull off Maki's 720 degree, mid-air throw just so you can see it, and so you say to yourself "Nuts to this, I'm just going to use the C-stick." Thus, it allows you watch the fireworks produced by these special moves without having to actually input the move yourself.  It doesn't give you satisfaction of actually doing it,  but at least you get to watch the pretty animations. 

C) I never noticed just how perky Mai is, even for a female fighting-game character. It's unnerving.