Sunday 14 December 2008

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-Eat a Quad Stacker (Done)
-Eat a Mega Mac (Done, Mega Mac beats Quad Stacker)
-Unlock Axtinguisher (Done)
-Unlock Blutsauger (Done)
-Finish up to Chapter 4 minimum
-Take over the world
-Resuscitate the plant above my desk (Failed)
-Return all of Sam's Discworld books
-Get the other two Gaunt's Ghost omnibuses
-Figure out why the *&!@ TF2 keeps shutting down on me mid-game
-Convince parents to let me build my own computer

Yeah, the plant died after awhile... 6 days of no water while I was in Malaysia finally killed the poor thing.

Its not the only one dying from watering (Or lack of it). 6 days straight of Malaysian water has made my stomach throw in the towel. Or perhaps it was the oddly fried chicken from the Marrybrown outlets that are such an obvious rip-off of KFC. I mean, the colour scheme is the same, what the serve appears to be the same if you've ever been to one, and they simply changed Up-Size to Size-Up. Wonder why KFC hasn't tried to sue yet, could get quite a bit with the compensation.

Oh yes, about my self-built computer. Its not exactly a far-fetched fantasy. Tim K just built one reading a DIY book which he's kindly lent to me, and it runs S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Clear Sky perfectly. All from $800, and that was inclusive of a monitor, which I won't need.

Okay, so the book was written at a time when thumbdrives weren't created yet, and 512 RAM seemed like a big deal, but hey, the basics are there, and it doesn't look too hard.

It's a better way off selling the idea of getting a new computer to my parents. "I want to learn how to build a computer" sounds a lot less expensive and demanding than "I want a new computer". My mum is already good with the idea, but she's just worried I'll fail with my terrible hardware-karma. Dad however, doesn't seem to take a hint very well. Despite me continuously walking around with the book in front of him and saying how easy it looks, he still has no idea I want to *actually* build one. Guess I know where I got my subtlety from.

And apparently, my computer doesn't randomly restart itself during TF2 if I play on these two Korean servers. Well, one's a custom map called Toyfort, but hell. If I have to be subjected to looking at anime girls in compromising positions at every turn and corner to enjoy my TF2, so be it!