Saturday also introduced Aaron, Kricket, and me especially to a new classification of trouble-avoidance: The Flare. You see, on occasion Kricket and Aaron will use each other's actions as "Chaff" to direct a conversation away from something that would embarass them. All in all, it's harmless. However the Flare constitues involving a friend (who will become the Flare) in a big 'ol lie that directs the anger or suspicion of a person or significant other towards the Flare like a heat-seeking missile. Well yours truly got turned into a big, white-hot flare on Saturday and it was not good times. I won't go into details, but suffice it to say I've got some serious stuff to say to this person next time I see them. I don't like being abused like that. Unless I'm going to be compensated somehow. I am cheap afterall.
Other than the stinkiness and flare up, the weekend was quiet and uneventful. I picked up Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and am quite happy with my purchase. I was truly torn between Paper Mario and Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders. What decided it for me was that Paper Mario is something different and truly inventive. While to me, Kingdom Under Fire is like an upgraded D&D version of Dynasty Warriors. Don't get me wrong, I like hacking and slashing on a large scale, but as to where my money should go I would prefer something new and different. Unless of course it's Halo 2, KOTOR 2, MechAssault 2, MGS3, or GT4. Those are cases where more of the same is all good to me. Speaking of Halo 2...T-Minus 3 weeks and counting. Which reminds me, we (my friends and I) need to form a Halo 2 Clan and get it registered. This will actually be the first game I am sure that Aaron, Kricket, and I will play online together over Xbox Live. We need at least one more person to even it out and we'll be all good. We can discuss this later on the board.
Well, that's all the craziness from the last week or so. This week I'm gong to be busy as the Umbrella Corp. (my employer) starts to renovate some of their labs and we have to dispose of certain "organisms" that might get us in trouble. Then we have to decontaminate the areas before they can do construction. Gotta prevent the T-virus from escaping after all. Then Wednesday I have to stay late because there will be a group of high school girls here attending a workshop for Women In Biotechnology and they need someone from the safety department to be around...just in case a zombie shark gets loose or something. At least I get free pizza out of it. Free pizza makes it all better.