To the question of, “How did you spend your evening?” you might not expect to hear me answer, “Playing Donkey Konga and Mario Party 6,” but that is in fact how I spent at least part of this evening.

See, Dawn and I went to visit Mari and Doug, and along with their other guests I got sucked into some Gamecube fun. (I could have won the Mario Party game, but I had my star stolen near game’s end. Bah!) There was also some hilariously bad music, fun with massagers, and a bit of Neopets gaming (though that was called on account of soda).

All told, much fun was had, as was much pizza. Yum.

All you crazies out there, please note: The full moon was last week, not today. Please put the craziness on hold for a few more weeks.

Thank you.

I’m taking Friday and Monday off from work while Dawn’s in town. The thinly-veiled pretext is that we’re celebrating my birthday the weekend before, but really we just want to get together, ‘cause we haven’t seen each other since mid-January.

I’ll try to post while she’s here, ‘cause I want to keep my ratios up (see percentages in the left column), but it may not be anything particularly in-depth or pithy. You’ve been warned.

Here’s hoping work can survive without me for a couple of days, eh?

Riding to work this morning, I noticed (through the vibrant strains of anime and j-pop music coming from my wonderful Neuros) that the bus I was on had a bit of trouble with the back door, the one most riders use to exit the vehicle. The driver tried toggling the switch a few times to no avail, so the passengers ended up leaving via the front door instead. What raised my eyebrows was what the driver did to solve the problem.

He rebooted the bus.

I kid you not. He turned off the engine, waited a minute, then started the bus back up again. At the next stop, the rear door worked perfectly.

I wonder if he owns a home computer.

I’m so shameless, I’m going to remind you all again that my birthday’s coming up, and that I like presents. If you’re short on ideas, I refer you to my wishlist.

Mind you, I’d also be happy with promises of good company, good food, movie-watching or some combination thereof. I may be greedy, but I’m fairly easygoing…

Karel’s Amazon wishlist

I packed up and came home today. I’m looking forward to sleeping in my own bed and showering in my own bathroom once again.

The weekend, it is a fun-filled one. More later, as time permits.