here in Hawaii has been a lot cooler, and for the last couple of days, there has been a lot of trade winds coming through the area, which has been nice.
On Thursday, I actually wore my hooded sweatshirt to school, although by the time I arrived on campus it was warm enough for me to not wear it.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sweet new toy...
My phone broke today, and I bought the iPhone as a replacement.
In fact, I'm writing this entry from my phone; hence the proper capitalization of the sentences, and the short entry.
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In fact, I'm writing this entry from my phone; hence the proper capitalization of the sentences, and the short entry.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
the (slightly) changing weather...
while the rest of the country has entered well into autumn, honolulu had its first "cool" day of the season.
the temperature was in the high 70's (mid 20 degrees C), so it wasn't cold, but I can sense the chill in the air with the shirt I was wearing.
it's probably not completely inappropriate to break out the sweat shirt, but it's not at that point yet for most of the population...
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the temperature was in the high 70's (mid 20 degrees C), so it wasn't cold, but I can sense the chill in the air with the shirt I was wearing.
it's probably not completely inappropriate to break out the sweat shirt, but it's not at that point yet for most of the population...
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Monday, November 2, 2009
throwing out the needle...
For the last 61 days, I have been completely addicted to this game called Mafia Wars on the Facebook.
If you are among the millions of people on the face of the English speaking part of the earth, you already have a mild idea of what I'm talking about (in fact, you don't even need to speak English, as Facebook is available in many languages including "pirate" English, -aye matey, arrr...)
But for some reason, if you have no idea what I'm talking about (like my dad in Japan that reads this blog who probably has no idea what I'm talking about), it is basically a game where you earn experience points, mildly similar to the RPG games like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.
What makes it slightly more interesting about the game compared to the RPG games is that you can interact with other players and play cooperatively.
You may be wondering, "why was I so consumed?"
Part of the reason is that I just don't like to lose; so when I started playing the game, the top 10 of the friends that have been playing for months were at levels over 100.
After about a week, my character was moving relatively quickly through the levels, and within three weeks, my character's level was at over 100, which was mildly satisfactory, but still short of making the top 10 list.
My aspiration was not being #1 on my own list, but to overtake the friend that introduced me to the game.
I made the top 10 list in my small group of friends in about a month, but I was at least 40 levels away from the friend that introduced me to the game.
As you may have guessed already, today was the day that I finally overtook my friend in the rankings, at level 239. Now, I can put the game to rest, and focus on important things, such as this blog (haha).
(...on a side note...)
Although my regular character had not achieved the number 1 spot on my list, I actually have another account that was geared to level up quickly, and that character took less than 30 days to get to level 560, which is sitting currently at the number 1 spot on my top 10 list.
Ok, enough recreation (including this blog),
I'm going to get back to serious business...
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If you are among the millions of people on the face of the English speaking part of the earth, you already have a mild idea of what I'm talking about (in fact, you don't even need to speak English, as Facebook is available in many languages including "pirate" English, -aye matey, arrr...)
But for some reason, if you have no idea what I'm talking about (like my dad in Japan that reads this blog who probably has no idea what I'm talking about), it is basically a game where you earn experience points, mildly similar to the RPG games like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.
What makes it slightly more interesting about the game compared to the RPG games is that you can interact with other players and play cooperatively.
You may be wondering, "why was I so consumed?"
Part of the reason is that I just don't like to lose; so when I started playing the game, the top 10 of the friends that have been playing for months were at levels over 100.
After about a week, my character was moving relatively quickly through the levels, and within three weeks, my character's level was at over 100, which was mildly satisfactory, but still short of making the top 10 list.
My aspiration was not being #1 on my own list, but to overtake the friend that introduced me to the game.
I made the top 10 list in my small group of friends in about a month, but I was at least 40 levels away from the friend that introduced me to the game.
As you may have guessed already, today was the day that I finally overtook my friend in the rankings, at level 239. Now, I can put the game to rest, and focus on important things, such as this blog (haha).
(...on a side note...)
Although my regular character had not achieved the number 1 spot on my list, I actually have another account that was geared to level up quickly, and that character took less than 30 days to get to level 560, which is sitting currently at the number 1 spot on my top 10 list.
Ok, enough recreation (including this blog),
I'm going to get back to serious business...
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