Dogs, Fish, Feet, Fairies, and Bions.

So, awhile back we had this thunderstorm. It was pretty high-power, and after a power-surge offed my computer, I figured, "I think it's high-time I went on a walk," and legged it in the rain for a bit. I was soaked within the minute. The gutters, where I usually walk barefoot, were lined with small tree-limbs that were torn off by the wind and rain, and I felt compelled to walk the scenic route, because I seldom get rain hard enough to soak me that well. I danced, too. I looked like an idiot, dancing around in the rain with my unused umbrella in one hand and my hat and sandals in the other, whistling Guru-Guru's Song from Zelda.

I was waiting to cross the street when a soaked Labrador started following me. I took it back a few houses, picking the houses who's lawns she seemed to be eager to go into, but nobody answered for three houses, and when someone finally did, he'd said he had no clue who's it was. I finally figured, "Alright puppy, let's get out the rain!" and hurried it into my garage. My father and I dried it off and fed it - it inhaled its food and it was bleeding out its ears, so we figured it was a safe bet to say a stray. After the dog dried up, ate, rested and drank, its owner came to pick it up. He said thanks, that I'd saved him cash, and left.

While trying to hurry the dog inside, I scraped my bare toes against the street, and they bled...It looks awful ugly, and it feels like my foot-care progress just bit the bullet. It's better than being hit by a car and all, but I'm still a little down about it, because my feet were looking showy for a bit. Feet cut-up or no, I got the dog home, and that's what counts.

I played a few rounds of Dark Reign against Parsee. I was Paru-Beamed out of existence repeatedly. Actually, it was really more of a Paru-Explosion. I'm looking forward to a rematch on a bigger map, and perhaps with a team. Using my tricks, as well as his, I plan to utilize the following:

1.) Zerg-Rush with cheap, micromanaged vehicles.
2.) Never. Stop Production. Always have more vehicles in queue.
3.) Multiple bases, and multiple plants! You can never have too many places to hide.
4.) Towers. Everywhere.
5.) Harass early in the game to thin-out Freighters and halt resources momentarily.

With these five things, which will likely be much more difficult to do than type,
I plan to at least be a real pain in the neck, if not win.
Also, a difference between Paru and I is that I put some stock into infantry...
I wonder if I can use that to give me an edge, anywhere?

Also, today was Father's Day!
I didn't really know what to do, and I ended up writing him a card, which was quite boring. We were supposed to go out to eat, where I'd planned to order Blackened Salmon, as I always do. However, he ended up putting in a pizza, and then grilling later, so it was kind of scrapped. I sort of regretted it, but then I got this pang of guilt, thinking "Did you really just want to eat salmon for the first time in awhile, or did you want to take your Old Man out to eat?"

We ended up singing "Invincible", as well.
Me and my old man.
"Pleeeeaaaaase. Use your poooooowers. For gooooooooood-!"
Then we harassed Napoleon, because he's such a delightful French cat bastard.
It's our mutual consensus that Napoleon intends to use his powers of stealth for his own nefarious gains.

Also, it's likely that tomorrow I'll be Sunny-Milk for another day.
Pascal, Alon and I are tag-teaming Touhou Server as the Three Mischievous Fairies, that is, if I can hold a connection. Ever since that power-surge, my computer's been severely uncooperative with either of the Half-Life engined games I own. They periodically go super-blockish and refuse to let me move. My ping stays fine, so I've started to worry that, perhaps, they've finally upgraded everything beyond what my little half-compatible Video Card allows me to handle. The card can't manage too terribly much, like the lighting-effects for Killing Floor (which makes me entirely blind in dark rooms, mind you, so I have to follow people...) because it's meant for Windows Vista and exceeds the limits set by an overclocked system running XP. While that may sound technical, it's also entirely possible that I have no clue what I'm talking about, but after discussion with Charles, it's likely the scenario I'm in, according to him.

I may have to back everything up and wave XP farewell.

Or hell, maybe it's the power-surge, and I'll be plum angry if I switch and nothing's fixed?
I don't know, but that's all I've got for today.
Longer than usual, this time around, because a lot's been going on.