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Thanks Again, Indians!
J:Where
did the week go? Oh yeah, our computer came and it sucked up all my
time. It's a good thing though, mostly. I've been exploring Mac OS-X,
downloading files from our old Windows 95 computer, tweaking
applications, importing address books, mail, and bookmarks, and ripping
a hell of a lot of CDs into my hard drive-- all while listening to
hundreds of music files transmitted to our stereo! Fun, fun. (With
moments of frustration thrown in, of course.)
We had a grand vegan Thanksindians feast last Thursday. Gina made tons
of food, and other guests (about 15 of 'em) brought even more stuff. We
had mashed garlic potatoes, sweet potatoes, pastries, soup, gravy,
Tofurkey slices, stuffing, veggies, greens, salad, wine, beer, six
different pies, and vegan ice cream. I ated too much pie.
After pigging out we played several improvisational acting games, sang
some dysfunctional xmash carols, and jammed a bit on dij and drum.
After almost everyone left we bopped over to the Looneys' place to play
games.
On Friday I woke up and got ready to go to work late, but before I
could leave the FedEx guy showed up with my computer. I brought the box
in. It was dented and wet on the top, evidence that someone dropped it
upside down into a puddle. But inside, the iMac G5 was dry and well. I
struggled briefly with the idea of going to work while a new toy waited
at home, and decided to skip work that day. By the time Alfredo came
over to help I had already set up the computer and the AirPort wifi.
Alfredo and Stacy helped me to get the iMac talking to the ol' HP.
Later I tried to push the hard drive by playing and downloading music
at the same time while Alfredo played music remotely from my iMac to
his laptop. No skips or stutters! I was impressed. We ran around the
house and outside into the yard with Alfredo's laptop playing my tunes,
checking the AirPort signal and giggling like two mad scientists.
Chris Welsh came to visit this week, so I had a lot of fun playing
Cartoon Chicken with him, Gina, Kory, and Alfredo. Ginohn and Chris
also watched the rest of the second season of Six Feet Under.
On Saturday Gina, Chris, Jake and I helped demonstrate Kory's published
games at a local game designers' show at the Greenbelt community
center. In addition to Kory's games (Why Did The Chicken...? and
Zendo), other game demos included Balloon Cup, Cluzzle, and Geist. A
lot of people showed up. There were raffles for free games, and a
concession stand.
G:
This coming weekend you can attend another Game Festival and play those games, and also attend the Greenbelt Festival of Lights Craft Show,
featuring many Greenbelt potters and lots of other artists. I'll be
selling my wares and doing a wheel demo on Saturday, about the same
time as the Game Festival, in the same building, the Greenbelt
Community Center. The Craft Show is Sunday too.
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