Falling For the First Time

What a week it's going to be!

I can't begin to put into words the feeling inside me right now.

I'm. Simply. Ecstatic. And I barely understand why. I think the word "potential" is appropriate -- I feel like everything in my life is on the upswing, and here's why.

Super Mario Galaxy has turned out to be incredible. Jaw dropping. Game of the Year. Everything you may have heard about the game is true, and then some. It's simply a joy to play, and I'll elaborate on this later this week when I publish my full review. It'll be sucking up most of my time this Thanksgiving.

As a short aside, I experienced a sort of panic attack today. The track pad on my Eee PC became sluggish and difficult to use. I heard that the Eee PC might have a high component-failure rate, especially in the first batch sent out, but I was pissed. After making several fruitless phone calls to Asus and sending email to set up a warranty depot, I realized that the track pad sensitivity was turned all the way down. Oops.

In new-ish news, I'm making some changes.

First up, Alternate Control Computing is dead. As a brand I didn't push it far and as a service it was under-utilized. I'm keeping my copyrights for it, though, and might still poke it around from time to time. I'll still, of course, put my services of computer repair to use for anyone who needs the help. I will be running ACC's Open Source Software Support on a personal basis now.

I'm also in the middle of learning XHTML/CSS and I'm quite prepared to soon update the BrandonBruno.com portal with a fancy -- read that again: fancy -- new front end, with some new functionality as well. I'm planning to set up a web server in late spring 2008, so by then I will be hosting several new websites and perhaps even some applications from the BrandonBruno.com portal. I undertook a project to learn XHTML/CSS/PHP/Apache in late October, and I'm progressing nicely. I intend to spend much of winter break dinking with this project.

Shifting gears, it's time to be ambiguous. A feeling that I haven't experienced in five years is overwhelming me in new ways, and I'm learning that for all the new things I promised myself about relationships, I'm not quite living up to right now. I'm hesitant about my near future but hopeful about my long-term future. On the other hand, I'm trying so many new things and learning so much about other people that it's almost scary. How much of myself can I give to someone else before I completely fall?

Ah well, who the hell cares, right? It's Thanksgiving after all. For all the time that I've spent away from home lately, this week is all about spending time with my family. BGSU only has two days of class (woot!) and then I'm planning some crazy good times around the house and with family. I should be able to see my sister too. I hope. After this week, it's just two weeks of school, then finals. Shit, that's scary!

And what would Thanksgiving be without mentioning of Meijer. Ever since they hired help for me, Heather, my life at Meijer has been considerably easier, and I don't fear the coming work week. I only work six hours on Thanksgiving, so I'm able to still eat dinner with my family. Of course, this week will be worth the extra hours: holiday paycheck bonus!

Well I've rambled enough! I'm off to prepare for bed and pack for tomorrow.

B3 out.