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That’s It, Essentially

All three of my finals are complete. All that remains is a redo of a programming assignment, and another programming assignment. I will be done done on Wednesday. I even managed to get an A+ on a music paper I hacked out in a night. Go me.

Order went in for my graduation gift today – my parents are extremely nice people. :) One half of it is in my hot little hand – a spiffy 5 GB iPod – and the other half comes in next week, which I’m sure to document fully when it gets here.

New nifty addition – current playing iTunes track on the bar on the right side! Woo!

That’s about it, really.

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Long Overdue Update

So much going on, so few ways to order it all. We’ll do in order of
importance in paragraph form, that seems to go over big.

Spring Break – my spring break is going to be mostly non-existant
this year. This, however, is not a bad thing – the Monday of break, I
have a job interview with iWon/Excite in Westchester County. It’s a
second interview for a production position. Then, Thursday-Saturday are being taken up by the legendary flyout process to head to Redmond, WA for – you guessed it – Microsoft. This is also a second interview, this time for a Software Test Engineer position. Thankfully, Kate’s spring break does *not* mesh with mine week-wise, so she’ll be coming up the week after. Any way you slice it, Spring Break will be mighty interesting, and I’ll detail as much as I can outside my NDAs on this very website.

Bemani – I’ve shifted slightly away from DDR (although I do still
put in an hours worth every couple of days) and into Beatmania. I’d explain Beatmania, but it’s futile – however, my official controller comes in some time this week, and I’m bouncing in my seat waiting for it to come in.

School – we’ve now passed the halfway point and are into the home
stretch. 7 weeks remain of my Cornell career. Classes are going
decently, although the wild arm-flailing that comes from working on
getting a job and working on the wedding mean my studies are taking a small hit. I’ll survive, though. I’m already starting to get nostalgic – I went to the last home Men’s hockey game last night, where we crushed Yale 4-2. On to Lake Placid!

Ithaca – the weather has been extremely bizarre. Thursday, 50,
Friday, 60, Saturday, 60s, Sunday, 30s and snow. How in the hell? Also
worth noting for Ithaca types – the new pizza place where Wendy’s used to be has great pizza. Get over your Mama’s addiction and give them a try, even if they do endlessly push beverages on you.

Self-Promotion: Check out my Gaming Den interview on MacGamer where I ramble continuously about games. It’s a very me interview.

That’s all for now.

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Show Me Your Energy

Hi.

My name is Dan, and I’m a Dance Dance Revolution addict.

(Hi, Dan.)

What is Dance Dance Revolution (herein after referred to as DDR), you ask? Take a floor pad with some large arrows in it. Step on the arrows in the correct rhythm. Dance like there’s no tomorrow.

An eBay auction got me two floor pads and a copy of the US DDR game for
the PSX; almost all of my house has gone through the following steps, in
order:

  • Lack of recognition – “What the hell are you doing?”
  • Disgust – “You guys look like such dorks playing that…”
  • Reluctance – “No way am I playing that. I’ll just screw it all
    up.

  • Enjoyment – “Wow, I’m terrible, but this IS kind of fun…”
  • Addiction – “Just one more game.”

If you’re curious for more info about the DDR crazy, check out the newspad link about gamers wanting a revolution.

I was down in Maryland this past weekend; Kate and I had a wonderful time. Next visit is in two weeks for El Fall Break-o.

My faith in TV has been restored; Cowboy Bebop is back on Cartoon Network, and Press Your Luck is on Game Show Network. Life is good.

Career Fair is for the next two days, and my workload is starting to finally kick back in. Guess I’ll just have to keep dancing.