uberreiniger | Aug. 18th, 2004

megiloth wanted comments on some political cartoons so now it looks like I shall be sucked into an abortion debate. It seems like all I ever do is get in fights with people online anymore, even though I know full well that arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics: even if you win you're still retarded.

Speaking of Olympics, as I mentioned to

elvinborn the other day, Women's Gymnastics really creeps me out. I'm watching and thinking "Whoa! Check out the muscle tone on her! She's a BABE!" Then the girl turns to face the camera... and she's like, twelve. EWWW!!! ARRGGGHHH!!!! RUN AWAAAY!!!! RUN AWAAAAAY!!!! Sorry, but Uberreiniger does NOT wish to compete in the It's Legal In Thailand category of events! From now on I think I'll just stick to watching events like swimming and fencing where at least the ladies are old enough to have my children, not be my children. Or I could actually try to meet some women in real life. Hmm... now there's an idea...

In gamer news, I leave for GenCon on Thursday and my L5R deck is, as previously mentioned, as good as it's going to get. Which is to say, not very, but it may pleasantly surprise me. Who knows? I've decided to use the same deck that I won the free GenCon pass with. Something poetic about ending the journey with the same deck I started it with, you know?

I was hoping my GenCon vacation could be laid-back, but no. The powers-that-be wish me to have tension. Since I can't leave until Thursday I will only be able to play in the Friday L5R quallifier, which I have to do well in in order to make the championships on Saturday. Unfortunately, the last round is going to overlap with the LARP I've paid to play in Friday night, meaning basically if I've done well up until that point I'll have to drop my final round and hope that isn't held against me for advancement. Damnit, I'm trying to take a vacation here! Why can't anything be simple?

Meanwhile, guess what Dean and Lesley have been doing? Helping film a series of documentaries at haunted buildings in the area. Apparently they've seen a ton of supernatural things happen during the course of this past weekend. I am extremely jealous since I LOVE ghost-hunting and ghosts apparently love Tyree-hunting as well. I've made Lesley promise to beg the guy in charge of all this to include me in an upcoming expedition, so I would like fingers to be kept crossed for me. Also, they ultimately want to get these docs on the Discovery Channel and similar cable networks, so being involved wouldn't just be fun, it would be getting my face on television.

I only wish my haunted steel mill was still standing...