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明けましておめでとうございます！
I suppose it's a new year now, isn't it. Hello, 2006.
Today, Oren came over and Carl and I went to lunch with him at Chipotle. After that we came back here to my place, and played video games for several hours. They played Kingdom Hearts and some Ocarina of Time, while I worked on some Perl scripts and whatnot. (Believe it or not, that's really like my ideal work environment -- hacking away on my computer with some friends hanging out in the other room being amusing but not wholly distracting.) We also played Mario Kart 64 together for a while, and some Pokemon Puzzle League.
Zach came over and then we all sat around playing Tichu for god-only-knows-how-long. Zach and I were partners against Oren and Carl and for the most part we got annhilated, not that I mind because it was just for fun.
Eventually Zach had to leave, and we headed up to Lake Forest Park, ostensibly to go to Heidi and Cory's new years party, but we decided to stop for dinner first at Pagliacci's, and by the time we were done it was almost 10pm and Carl was falling asleep due to east coast time, so instead we came back here and put on the movie Mr. Baseball and watched that. (I love that movie! And since it is about Japanese baseball, I think Carl and Oren enjoyed it a little too.)
5 minutes before the end of the movie, we heard a bunch of loud bangs and booms from outside -- people were setting off fireworks all over because it was midnight! We went out on the balcony for a bit and watched the fireworks, then came back inside, ate some mochi, and watched the end of the movie.
So, come to think of it, this was an awful lot like last year's new years' eve -- hanging out with close friends from CMU, playing cards, watching a movie from 1992. Glad I got to spend a second New Year's in a row with Carl. This year, rather than Chris calling me,![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
arashink called me, though I didn't find the cellphone in time. Pretty amusing.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Today, Oren came over and Carl and I went to lunch with him at Chipotle. After that we came back here to my place, and played video games for several hours. They played Kingdom Hearts and some Ocarina of Time, while I worked on some Perl scripts and whatnot. (Believe it or not, that's really like my ideal work environment -- hacking away on my computer with some friends hanging out in the other room being amusing but not wholly distracting.) We also played Mario Kart 64 together for a while, and some Pokemon Puzzle League.
Zach came over and then we all sat around playing Tichu for god-only-knows-how-long. Zach and I were partners against Oren and Carl and for the most part we got annhilated, not that I mind because it was just for fun.
Eventually Zach had to leave, and we headed up to Lake Forest Park, ostensibly to go to Heidi and Cory's new years party, but we decided to stop for dinner first at Pagliacci's, and by the time we were done it was almost 10pm and Carl was falling asleep due to east coast time, so instead we came back here and put on the movie Mr. Baseball and watched that. (I love that movie! And since it is about Japanese baseball, I think Carl and Oren enjoyed it a little too.)
5 minutes before the end of the movie, we heard a bunch of loud bangs and booms from outside -- people were setting off fireworks all over because it was midnight! We went out on the balcony for a bit and watched the fireworks, then came back inside, ate some mochi, and watched the end of the movie.
So, come to think of it, this was an awful lot like last year's new years' eve -- hanging out with close friends from CMU, playing cards, watching a movie from 1992. Glad I got to spend a second New Year's in a row with Carl. This year, rather than Chris calling me,
arashink called me, though I didn't find the cellphone in time. Pretty amusing.Happy New Year, everyone.