I went to the Memorial service for Carly yesterday. I twas pretty strange, although it was a wonderful little service. IT was up at some lodge in the woods on the Maryland/Pennsylvania border. I saw so many people whom I knew very well at some point in my life, and everyone had lots of rememberies to share...weird, because a lot of them had me in them, and lots of people came up to talk to me who I didn't even remember or know, and lots who I did.

While I had pretty much lost all contact with her, and went mainly to support my mother and sister (who cried profusely), I made a point to find her mom and give her my condolences, as well as the the first edition print of Metal Gear Solid Carly had given me years ago, to which her mother replied that Carly had been searching aimlessly for them for years.

Even if I had never so much as talked to her for more than 5 paragraphs over the past few years, and probably not much more for the rest of my life were she still alive, it's unsettling to think that someone, anyone, will never call or talk to anyone again. Whether it's a complete stranger or a close friend, it's something to think about...but not dwell on. A lot of the traditional Firsts in my life were with this person...I learned to ride a bike with her. I've got a huge gash on my shoulder from the group of us kids attempting to wheelie this huge speed bump...as well as other various scars. I mean...she's the one who told me to get an genesis...and that it was better than Super Nintendo. She's the one who told me to play DDR and IIDX, get stepmania, make cool backgrounds and gifs of strange floating text...go get a degree in it. It's pretty sad to see her go, and while I'm not bawling or anything, I feel much worse than I thought I would.

I feel for her mother and father, as well her friends who I once thought of as my friends. It was nice to see so many people again, after so many years, even on unfortunate circumstances. Early deaths are pretty tragic...but Yoda says "Miss them do not, mourn them do not. Rejoice for those who have become one with the force." Carly's little sister, who looked 8-years old still, but with snake bite piercings, said that nobody is here a second longer than they should be.

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IIIIINNNNNNNN more pleasant news....

My student/Sony loan should come through soon. So show me that PS3 baby. I will also be getting leopard for my MBP finally too...

Steff and I picked up the wonderfully classic game "UNO" as an impulse buy at Wal-mart, which we enjoyed for all of 10 minutes. It was glorious....despite my 2-1 loss. I'm replaying the PS2, or REAL version, of Okami. However, I'm in Ninetails' Castle and my ADD is kicking in. But everyone has ADD. I was LITERALLY 2 clicks away from starting WoW again, out of sheer boredom. But I realized that theres no victorys to be had for a solo player. And I'm far to awesome to join a Circle Jer- ahem...I mean Guild...

and , Please to both of you to be learning 1 of the following skills:
1> Teleportation
2> Flight
3> Mount
4> Driving

I'm WAY bored, and while I plan on having my old work crew in my life more often, I have little in the ways of competition in the ways of the console. And with $4/gallon gas and 215k+ mileage, I'm not picking either of you up. So get your asses (or the MTA) in gear.

I'm tired of waiting 5 minutes for Mariokart to find a group, watching ALL three laps of Rainbow Road while waiting for the next race, and then getting disconnected because of ERROR 210100, which means: "ERROR: Nintendo is attempting to go online". And I'm tired of Brawl. It's sad that the franchises I used to be so excited about I tire of so fast. Sure, Brawl has 36 characters...but I only use 1 and a half. What good is all of this if I only play as Marth with a side of Ganondorf? Why unlock all the Karts if I only use 1? I remember the excitement of OMG...UNLOCKED MEWTWO. But now it's like....bleh. Trophies? What for? I'm 21 years old and I'd rather go be creative...that's horrible.

Despite my love/hate relationship with the 3 months I was all about WoW, it sure did open my eyes to what is WRONG with consoles (and what is WRONG with PC gaming). Let's hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

SCiV....Soon.....soon....