Planarity

Woohoo! What a game. In Planarity you are given a set of vertices with lines connecting them. Your job is to move the vertices around so that none of the lines intersect. It seems hard, but it is quite fun! I made it to level 12, didn't beat it, but played it. My score was 200,070. Play it and have fun!

I found it!

Wildcat Creek that is. Lance is right, they do have mini-golf. I problem was just finding the darn place! Chris knew the name. Shannon knew what side of the road it was on, we were just on the wrong road! Go here to see. Better luck today?

I had a dream last night...

And it was freaky. Well, in a lame way. I dreamt of something, i don't even remember what and then I go, "Okay, time to get up." In my dream. So I woke up in my dream, still sleeping IRL (haha). Then about 15 seconds later, not even maybe, the alarm clock went off. So I said, "Self, time to get up." And I did.

Game Olympics Is

Two years ago some friends decided to hold Game Olympics. It was early July and there were 7 of us. We each were 'from' a country of choice and then proceeded to the nearest Salvation Army to purchase jumpers (or uniforms) for our countries. Snotiva (my homeland) is proud to exhibit a rather large, solid green button up shirt. Fitting. We played 21 games ranging from Air Hockey to Phase 10 to Our Rummy. It lasted for 5 days. Many times there would be 3 or 4 games going on at once. Since good times were had by all, we decided to have a second Game Olympics this year.

On the 4th of July, we held opening ceremonies complete with a firework display over 3 hours long. Not all Pirate Island countries could be present for the full time, but in attendance were Tea Republic, Kerplachistan, Grog Islands, Nettethuania, Snotvia, and Ampersandia. It has only been 2 days so far and there are 5 days until closing. So good luck to all particpants and may the best pirate win!

Game Olympics 2005

We've been gaming. Tuesday was tennis and Wednesday saw some more. Here's where its at now. The current particapants are: Tea Republic, Snotiva, Nettethuania, Grog Islands, Kerplachistan, and Ampersandia.

Tennis
1st: Tea Republic
2nd: Kerplachistan
3rd: Snotvia
4th: Grog Islands

Ztar2
1st: Snotvia
2nd: Tea Republic
3rd: Grog Islands
4th: Nettethuania

Super Mario Brothers (I life no warping)
1st: Tea Republic
2nd: Nettethuania
3rd: Grog Islands
4th: Snotiva

Pacman
1st: Tea Republic
2nd: Snotvia
3rd: Grog Islands
4th: Kerplachistan

Pocket Tanks
1st: Snotvia
2nd: Grog Islands
3rd: Nettethuania
4th: Kerplachistan

Bumperball
1st: Tea Republic
2nd: Kerplachistan
3rd: Snotvia
4th: Nettethuania

And so far we have done 2 skills.
Monster Disc Toss
1st: Grog Islands
2nd: Tea Republic
3rd: Nettethuania
4th: Kerplachistan

Stand on One Leg
1st: Tea Republic
2nd: Snotvia
3rd: Grog Islands
4th: Nettethuania

All in all, its going well. Today will have some more fun. Sadly Pirataly won't be able to participate this year. And so far Harbour Coast has not been contacted either, something about a new job? or vacation? And Monday will see the action of Futontopia! Good luck to all and see you tonight!

Also

PBSE Points. Mission #58: Buy and set of 40$ worth of fireworks

Check. Pictures for proof below. And we were very very close to having over 100$. So much so that I think it was 100$ and we do get the extra points! Woo hoo!

So, +450 +400 = +850

Total Thus Far: 5600

More Fireworks

Since my last post was killed, here are some more pics from Independence Day.

Here is another one from Thunder over Manhattan.


This is a rose we set off around 12:30am.


This is one of the fountains we set off. It might even be Killer Bees, I can't tell.


This one is really cool. Chris, Shannon, and Aaron (or Jenette) each had a Roman Candle and were trying to kill some tanks we had set off earlier. I got this one picutre that shows all three of their trails. It is fun because the top one is a differernt type and it made a really awesome trail!

So there you have a little more. You can click on any of the pics to get to a larger size in Flickr. It was a good time. Even though Manhattan's show wasn't fabulous, we got some really good pictures out of it. Shannon has another good one up.

Fireworks

I had a post, but I goofed up and it is gone, so here is the pic and a summary.

We had 90$ of fireworks. Watched Manhattans and heard a sax player at 1:30 am.

Better luck this time

That's me running off of Anderson.

Then Jenette threw her disc in "the bushes." They are evil and prickly. So Chris and I carried over part of a small tree and threw it on the bushes and then Chris climbed our new tree and somehow dropped the disc. Then Shannon crawled on his hands and knees and pulled with a stick to get the disc out. Time spent: about 20 minutes Discs freed: 1 Blood lost: about 1 mL (while leaning on the "tree" to help Chris, a 1/2" long thorn was in my leg and when I backed away, I was like, "hey, is that blood?" and it was and it made a 3/4" diameter circle on my pants.) Oh yeah, I also chewed my arm up a little in the process. I look like I've been lashed by some small rodent on my right arm.

Frustration Level Rising

What a fun day. We planned to grill at Chris n' Nette's around 6:30, so that meant we needed food now, which was about 2:30. To Panera! Land of soups and breads and I.C. Drinks! Awesome. We ate and got and I.C. Caramel, very good, but it has a big straw and I insisted upon playing with it. So, I ended up with two plops of drink on my USA t-shirt...boo!

Okay, "I don't want food in 3 hours! Lets eat after the fireworks and go play disc golf now!" Yay! It was a day. Wow. First the scores...
Nicole: a whopping 93! oh, wait, you want little points...
Jenette: 88
Shannon: 70
Chris: 64! That ties with Shannon for best score on campus (I think)
Bravo Chris! Bravo.

But the fun doesn't end there, oh no, disc golf was...eventful. We had to search for discs about 4 times. We hit some building and trees as normal. But, on hole five, I pulled a Shannon. Yep, into the street. Luckily, I didn't spend much time whining and there was a lull in traffic. I jumped (sorta) down two 3 foot tall stone walls, and ran into the four lane road and wildly threw my disc back onto the course! Then I gracefully ran back and had to go up those same walls I jumped down. Sadly, it wasn't as easy. Wall 1: tried to grab my chest but I was able to get away with only a bruise (really, I got a bruise!). Wall 2: enlisted the aid of my husband to less painfully get back up. Thanks Shannon!

Okay, I can't get any pictures to upload! Argh!