Since I started working at OfficeMax, I’ve made it my personal mission to shape the buying trends of PC games here at what once was Davis’ only video game outlet. I frequently stack copies of Seaworld Tycoon, Zoo Tycoon, and Rollercoaster Tycoon on top of one another on the shelf, or hide copies of Nancy Drew: Double Dare behind Microsoft Picture It! while spreading out boxes of Halo, Siberia II, and Civilization 3 to fill out two or three locations. Though most game buyers worth a damn buy their PC games from GameStop or EB Games (both of which first opened up only nine months ago) or head to nearby towns for Targets, Wal-Marts, or CompUSAs, its nice to know I’m doing my part, regardless of how insignificantly futile it may be. If I can curb but a single god game enthusiast from purchasing a Tycoon game and going for Civilization 3 instead or encourage a kid to persuade his parents to buy him Halo rather than Illegal Street Racing, I’ll consider my efforts a success.

In related news, vector_black, two of our roomies, and I ventured for many hours to the nearest real McDonald’s this evening, where I purchased one of those new Go Active Happy Meals, complete with wicked cool stepometer! And a Big Mac. Vector_black bought a collection of horrible things which made him die. Or something. I forget exactly. In any case, I proceeded to tear my Big Mac to pieces and work it into my California Cobb Salad, effectively creating the greatest food ever known.

Then we watched From Justin to Kelly, which vector_black gave to me as a birthday gift last week (OMG PAYPAL ME MONEYZ $$$).

It takes nine hours of holding down the tilda (`) key to fill three lines less than 188 Microsoft Word pages (single spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font).

My cat is cuter than any other cat before or since.