Yes my post is a few days late, deal with it. Anyways, a long (not really) awaited (not really) picture of my leet industrial punk costume.
Halloween was really cool and lots of people liked my costume which made it even better! Sadly I only have one picture of the complete costume (gas mask included) and it didn’t turn out particularly well. Halloween was best due to the visit of a certain special someone!
So here at Cal Poly we have something called WOW week (Week of Welcome….week). Apparently it’s the largest volunteer orientation program in the nation. 
Crazy imo. There’s over 500 groups totaling around 4000 freshmen. It’s insane, it’s fun, it’s awesome, it’s COLLEGE! The past week of activities includes but is not limited to: hiking, paintballing, eating, kayaking, swimming, crafts, exploration, free stuff, cross-campus capture the flag, mind games (I can play the key game, the key game, the key game, I can play the key game, how about you?), barbecues, and two things I want to elaborate more on specifically, the hypnotist and the big…rally…thing…in the field.
The Hypnotist show was BEYOND funny. This guy hypnotized roughly 20 people from the audience and had them do various amusing things from the beginning while the ‘most under’ did crazier things as the show progressed. Eventually, a bunch of guys took their shirts off and pretended they were in a body building competition. Things progressed to a live performance of Bye Bye Bye by Nsync. I must admit the person portraying the lead singer did an excellant job singing and dancing. However, his performance led to his downfall when the hypnotist threw a bunch of tissues on the stage and told him they were 1000 dollar bills and to hide them somewhere no one would find them (he was shirtless…). Naturally, he shoved a ton of tissue in his pants. He was then instructed to forget what had happened during the show that night. 20 minutes later I was going to the bathroom minding my own business when I turn around and there’s 9875928374928734982 people crammed into a tiny bathroom. Apparently the guy walked into the stall and people followed him to hear his reaction. The complete silence was broken– “…..hey guys….what happened tonight….? Did he put something in my pants…?”
The rally on the field included all 4000 freshmen. For about 2.5 hours, we did a TON of crazy games that became more and more crazy as the night went on. They would have all 4000 of us run around playing tag and then have to return to our lines as fast as possible. They had us organize ourselves by birthmonth and birthday with no help. They had the ladies ‘mount their mustangs’ where they had to jump on a guy’s back and shoot their finger guns into the air like a cowboy. The only catch–it had to be the same guy every time it was called. Mind you, it can be very challenging to find ONE person in a crowd of 3999. Somehow it all worked out and everything fit into place. Fun, silly, and memorable; a night well spent.
Tomorrow is a concert by some band I haven’t heard of, not sure what’s planned for the rest of the day. I just know I’m going to sleep in. ‘night all!
is amazing. There’s so many new people to meet, it’s awesome! I think the best part is the sheer volume of nerdiness around me. 127.0.0.1 sweet 127.0.0.1 (Nerd joke). Last night we had a LAN party downstairs until 2:30am or something, a couple people hauled their desktops down but I opted to just take the laptop. Had a little wc3 goodness and made some friends.
I drank my first ever Monster and I must say, that stuff wakes you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. The aftermath wasn’t so great–ended up with a stomach ache. D= Ah well, it was fun and definitely worth it. They’re pretty much feeding us every 30 minutes and keeping us super busy with activities. Well, that’s all for now, I’ll be around moar.
Things have been going well lately, sold one of the tv’s (PROFIT!!! w00t!!!11!1) and getting some bites on the next one up for grabs. Grabbed some new (and to my dismay, expensive) fans for the computer in an attempt to quiet things down while keeping airflow up. It seems to have helped a decent amount, shy of watercooling I’m running out of additional quieting options. I am considering modding the case with a 120 or 140mm intake fan on the top panel. The graphics cooler (pics on the prior post) does not exhaust hot air like the last one did, so the CPU runs a little hotter than it used to. Plus it would be the preface to radiator mounts for watercooling…
Where has the time gone? The past few weeks have been very fun filled and busy. For example..
Hawaii
Helicopter ride in Hawaii
Then a little birthday joy back home, 
Plus the typical nerdgasm computer parts, 
Thus concludes the summary of the last 3 weeks. Oh, except for the epic airsofting showdown at audrey’s house. owned. That’s all there is to say. Just owned.
-God
3 out of 5 Functional
2 out of 3 Flawless
2 out of 5 Remaining.
Sharp 26lv67 (26″)
Westinghouse SK-32H240S (32″)
Oh the things one one does in their spare time for some extra cash:
Got 5 broken LCD tv’s plus one monitor. All are LCDs. The monitor is a 20″ and the tv’s are 26″-32″. In the 12 hours I’ve had them in my possession, 1 tv has been revived to a fully functional condition (the far bottom right), while another lingers mostly fixed (on the bed). A third (the 32″ bottom left one) has been completely taken apart and assessed, and the parts are en-route to have it working again. The remaining 2 have been opened but a solution is not yet in sight. The monitor (not pictured) hasn’t been touched yet. If everything goes according to plan, I should get about $1000-$1500 for these repairs. Anyone want to buy an LCD tv soon? 
My masterful intelligence *sarcasm* caused me to add another $40 to the repair bill on this one. See those really thin lightbulbs? Yeah, uhh..only 1 possibly 2 needed to be replaced before I…shattered…3 of them… On the bright side, one of the possibly broke ones was shattered. On the dark side, 2 perfectly good ones lay in pieces now. On the bright side again, the lights are easy to buy and replace, and after doing so I’ve got a couple hundred dollar piece of digital euphoria ready for a new home.
Forgot I had a blog…again. Let’s see…been working about 20-22 hours per week. Done a few minor computer tweaks and additions, nothing major–just a fan with some red LEDs, a multicard reader, and a new dvd burner to replace the POS one I had before (sata now, w00t!). Going to try and push the overclock to 3.4 or 3.6ghz soon. I don’t think I’ll be able to get more than 3.6ghz within the temp range I want while on air cooling. Watercooling blows, so I stop when the heat wins. In addition to working normally I’m planning to start repairing some more LCD monitors/tvs in my spare time for a little extra ca$h. After all, next gen graphics cards come out in a few weeks and it’s going to take some major bank to get one. 
Still haggling with a few people over their dead electronics on that one.
Also have Angelique’s cotillion practice, the typical funness. My hip hop dancing blows, whiteness FTL. Aside from dance work and games not much going on around here. Just counting down the days until funtime ends and college begins.
