Star Saga

Interesting story. When I was little my brothers and I would play various computer games on an Apple IIe that we got from our aunt. These were games like Karateka or Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony. One of these glorious game gems was Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary. The GIFs above are the maps that went along with this game. My brothers and I selected characters and started to explore this wondrous universe. Unfortunately we didn't get very far before our mother decided we were playing too many computer games and purged a lot of our after-school fun from our house. Years later I decided to search for this beautiful treasure and came across this. So I called up my brothers and revealed to them my find. Since none of us lived close to each other (we're all several states away) they gave their blessing for me to try it alone to find if it was as delightful as it was when we were young. Spoiler alert.... It's pretty close. What I would love to see is a program written that integrates all the parts of this game (the program in the link has you skipping from map to program to text) into one. Just sayin'. And, wow, I never blog.

In-Processing

I'm inprocessing at a new base, Vance AFB in OK as I await pilot training starting on the 19th of this month. I think it's really cool. I get to fly and stuff and have a grand old time and learn how to do other cool things I'm sure.

Right now my wife and I are sitting the the TLF and we are very bored, so I decided to write a blurb of a blog and she decided to invent diseases.

Commissioning

So I commissioned a few days ago and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force. Now I just need to go through all that training to learn how to fly really fast stuff. I'm excited.

1984

I was walking out to my car at university and someone had painted "2+2=5" on the sidewalk. This is probably a reference to George Orwell's 1984. The part of the book that has that particular mathematic equation is a part where the main character is basically being told by the establishment that he has no free thought, that "Big Brother" can make any ridiculous thing up and it has to be true because "Big Brother" said so. Basically the theme of the book is to promote free thinking and to fight against "Big Brother."
"The Establishment" is viewed as this huge evil that needs to be fought so people try to make little statements about it by painting things like "2+2=5" on sidewalks. The thing that strikes me as funny is that 1984 is required reading in a lot of high school English classrooms. So, isn't that one of the definitions of "The Establishment"? So making the reference and hoping people get the reference is relying on "The Establishment" and defeating the whole purpose of painting it on the sidewalk in the first place.
Just my opinion.

Getting close to finals

So I'm officially feeling burned out. I've been working on my two huge final projects for the past 24+ hours and I'm feeling the pain. I even worked a graveyard shift and did homework while I worked (one of the advantages of being a security guard). All I know is that I'll be grateful when this is all over and I'm flying planes for the Air Force.

Midnight

So I'm one of those old married persons that doesn't stay up later than 11 and tries to get to bed by 10 as much as possible. Last night I was up til midnight doing homework and still managed to wake up at 7. And I'm still behind in my other homework. Awesome, eh?

New Shift

I got a new shift at work that's rather interesting. I go to a "rehab" location and help a nurse hand out methadone; or that is to say I sit there while a nurse hands out methadone just to make sure nothing crazy happens. Weird eh?