The blind date was something new for me. I have not been a big blind date kind of guy. I have not been a big date guy. So my telling of how the blind date went will be from my perspective. It was three couples that went on this blind date. Me and my date, and the other two couples. For the sake of this review I’m going to concentrate on my “date” only.

You have to remember I’ve been out of circulation for a long time. So my comments will have a certain misogynistic quality to it. And there I go using that word again. My date was a nice lady. I have nothing bad to say about the chick, ok?

We went to J.M.K. Nippon. First strike. I don’t like Japanese food. It was cool and all that. But just not something I would do. I didn’t mind the food. I don’t like sushi and I refuse to try it. I tried to be funny and all that. I just felt that there was no vibe going on. Not that I was looking to marry the chick. Again it’s just me.

Second strike was when we went to Oscars Pub. A bar was something I could do for the second part of the date. Give me some alcohol and I’m fine. But as it is with me, mistakes were made. First I guess I didn’t go and sit by her. So the conversation process was killed. Of course the chick didn’t come and sit by me, either. So it was a wash in my mind.

The third strike was the fact I wasn’t into the whole spirit of the blind date. I have some issues I still have yet to resolve. Nothing that needs mentioning here. Just something I have to deal with.

It’s strange. I happened to get the energy to fuck with the computer today. I figured for a hoot I would try to install XP again. The really strange thing is that the installation went off without a hitch. Almost.

I have yet to get the sound card drivers installed, so I hope that’s the reason the sound isn’t on. Windows recognized my GeForce 3 card and my modem. I got to ride my bike over to Troy’s and get my copy of Warcraft 3 over here to test out my system.

Well my fresh install of XP lasted about 30 minutes. I ran into some trouble with updating my GeForce 3 drivers. I’m re-formatting the hard drive as I type this at Troy’s. The hope/plan is that I have better luck than 30 minutes this second time today.

Just a small little statement here. I have XP up and running again. The trick was (for me) to use the Windows Update to download the GeForce 3 drivers. Because for whatever reason when I got the drivers from Nvidia reboot was always a no go. It’s all good for now.

Warcraft 3 runs great! Now I’m taking another shot at Soldier Of Fortune 2. If it works good I will be a happy man.

Ok up and running good here is a link I found and just laughed my self silly. Something awful dating game gone awry is the name of the link. Here’s a blurb from the page by the guy who put it up:

“all of a sudden, hundreds and hundreds of twisted fucks like me bombarded this place, and took over.”

A warning to those of you who are on the opposite side of my sense of humor. Stay away from this one. Some of it I even found offensive. It’s a page done up by some Something Awful forum members. That should be warning enough for you people who are in the know.

The last time I heard from Adrian was back in February. Here is what the young lad had to say in the GuestBook:

hey man, i decided to drop in and say what upo, also to tell ya im alive and kickin still, and also im back in the area, so if ya wanna do some hangin out, then email me or im me! yeah im doin alright, did NOT SO good in college, but im bringin my gpa up next term. so its all good, wel if ya got any q’s for me, im always on aim. ttyl man

Well as far as instant messages are concerned, most of the time I forget to run the program. I’m also way behind on my list of friends I should e-mail. That’s not counting the people I should reply to. I’m trying to get better at this stuff. I’ve just been really lazy.

So I finally went done to Gamestop and picked up my copy of Neverwinter Nights. It’s a D&D game done by Bioware, the same guys who did Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2. I have yet to play it at home, because the computer is down again. I have played it a bit at work and it’s the best D&D game yet. Here is a lone screen shot of the game showing off my guy (800×600):