a windblown left side

"OVER THE LINE!"

Overheard:
[JF and BH are discussing how easy job applications usually are]
JF: "Yeah, maybe there would be characters on the application."
JL: "Characters?"
JF: "Yeah, circles and triangles and all that stuff."
JL: "Those are shapes, [JF]."

Overhead:
JL: "When did Aspen start liking 'fetch' so much?"
AM: "Ever since she was a golden retriever."

I'd like to add that those quotes were approximations of what was said exactly. I didn't write them down right away, and my memory sort of fails me. You can email me with corrections.

A shoutout to the loyal readers out there who helped explain the wonders of evolution to me.

Sometimes it's not always the best idea to get the best possible value. For example, all-you-can-eat deals. There comes a certain point where, yes, you will get more food for your money if you continue eating, but your stomach might burst like that guy in Seven. Another example - if you pay for an hour of bowling, its not the best idea to bowl five games in that hour, especially if the lane is shady and doesn't stock any balls that weigh less than like 20 pounds. I think my right arm is now a bit longer than ole lefty.

Last night, I found out that Ft. Collins (i.e. Fort Fun) has what the Koreans would call a PC baang. A PC baang, for those of you who aren't in the know, is like an arcade, but with computers all networked up. So there are maybe twenty-five really fast computers, and they are all networked together, so you can play huge team games of say, Warcraft III or Planetside (yeah, Kristin). Or you can just use their really fat pipe to the internet. You pay by the hour to play games. Anyway, these things are super popular in South Korea, which, by the way, is a nerd's heaven, since really good Starcraft players are paid to endorse chips and soda and stuff. But my "friend" Jesse neglected to tell me about this place until the night before I left! I could have been living it up, indulging my nerdy side. It's a tragedy of epic proportions. Seriously though - Jesse showed me one hell of a time in Ft. Collins.

Overheard:
[outside the PC baang]
Me: "It's usually about five bucks an hour to play games."
JL: "So are all those guys playing games against each other?"
Me: "Yeah, mostly. Some of them are just playing games by themselves."
BH: "And some of them are just playing Solitaire and using Paint."

Posted by Ben at June 5, 2003 09:43 PM