So I played M:tG with Jaime for the first time last night. I think we both went through all our decks with the exception of my “Palinbeat” blue/green. I slaughtered him most of the time, but his souped-up white pre-con (with two Pentarch Paladins and oodles of flanking) was pretty formidable. And he has a red/white (with a tiny bit of green) that’s really cool — it’s kind of a denial deck that mostly revolves around a Dingus Staff + Humility + various burn spells combo (Pyroclasm works well). Apparently he’s from Pasco too. Small world, huh?

Rant is getting really good. I’m surprised at how science-fictiony it is; kind of unusual for Palahniuk. I really like the Nighttimer and boosting/out-cording elements, but Party Crashing (a game that takes place on city streets on certain nights where drivers of “flagged” cars stalk each other, trying to gently ram opponents) doesn’t seem all that interesting to me. I mean the esoteric-ness and subculture details are interesting, but it’s not really on the same level as Project Mayhem, quaint New England island sacrifices, or even collecting vampire furniture. (Bonus points to anyone who understands all those references.)

I made a pretty boss dinner last night. We started with a very basic salad (honey mustard vinagrette, hearts of romaine, four-cheese croutons, and parmesan) and some store-bought Seattle rolls (which were better than I expected them to be).

I also had some of this Pom Pomegranate Black Tea. This is my new favorite drink. It tastes fantastic (not overly-sweet like the vast majority of bottled iced teas) and it’s packaged in such a way that, after opening it, you’re left with a pretty drinking glass. Awesome idea.

And finally, the pièce de résistance: Pork ribs. You know IGA had these for only $10? I love pork ribs. The last time I made some, I used a recipe that called for 45 minutes of boiling, then another 45 minutes in the oven baking. This time I was kind of lazy. I’d planned to actually barbeque them, but it was raining really hard. So I just seasoned both sides of the rack, doused it with Longhorn BBQ sauce (and a little honey), and baked at 350° for 60 minutes (flipping ‘em halfway through). Came out great though — I don’t know why anyone bothers boiling them.

Ooh! I just got an email reply from Paige. She’s working at this store in Bellingham called Daiso, which sounds pretty cool. If I remember what Jones told me, it’s kind of like a Japanese ShopKo, but with more focus on toys and snacks. I might be off about that since it was a while ago. Anyway, apparently she’s following the IMBC and playing a lot of Kirby’s Adventure on the Wii. I fully endorse both endeavors. She also mentioned possibly participating in next year’s IMBC which I think would be extremely stellar. This is my fantasy: Getting all my friends, especially the ones in far-away places like Bellingham, Los Angeles, and Orlando, to blog regularly.

Okay, gotta start on this paper… I have write about some form of “border politics” (which doesn’t have to do with actual borders, apparently) in APA style and supply a bibliography with five peer reviewed journal articles. Have I mentioned how much I hate this English class?

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