We had a nice round of Settlers of Catan tonight. My roommate John and my neighbor Seth came over. The first round was one of those bummer games. Nothing really rolled my way, but thankfully John only took about 30 minutes to finish us off. He was Lord of Catan. Second time through was a different story. The game was competitive from the beginning. It looked for a second like I was going to get stuck again, but then I had some fortuitous trading that helped me block John. I raced ahead for a little while. Meanwhile, John and Seth were competing for the same location on the board and they had roads that ended there but no settlement. Both of them were stuck with about 10 cards and no wheat. I was raking in the resources at the same time. It was a location that I did not intend to go after, but suddenly I had what it took, and I was like, "I'm only doing this because I can." I built two roads and a settlement on their coveted location. John became vindictive, but not very. I couldn't stop laughing!
Despite my progress, Seth gained the upper hand in the game. He was on the verge of winning. John and I used all our 7's and soldiers to delay him, but it wasn't going to be enough. I had one last chance. I was sitting with 8 points, built a city, and then knew I had one shot to get the win - a victory point. I bought the card but didn't want to look at it... Okay, so I waited half a second and turned it over and WON! Woo-hoo! Seth was frustrated. He'd just been cheated out of his victory. I was lucky. And my luck made me the new Lord of Catan.
It's amazing how this game can get my adrenaline going. It really is meaningless, but that doesn't stop me from being ultra excited when I get 4 wheat when my 11 is rolled. I was rolling in that wheat! On my way to becoming Lord of Catan.
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
June
Monday was Memorial Day, the one holiday of spring term. I went hiking with Laura and Korance. I read up on a trail in Springville Canyon. It wasn't much of a canyon, but it was fun to see a new trail and climb a new mountain. I pushed them until we got to the top of this peak. We had a great view from up there and even saw this hawk or eagle diving and cruising along about 50 meters ahead of us. It was a good event.
I scored a 95 on biochem. One more test to go and no final for me.
It's hard for me to remember what I did during the week. I conquered Zelda, the old NES version. It's great fun. I downloaded this emulator so now I can download all the old games I want and have at it. I played it so much on Friday that it got me thinking about how I need to govern my life again. Some things never seem to change! I did take a break to watch Everything is Illuminated, directed by Liev Schreiber. It was very artistic and a good film. Frodo was in it (Elijah Wood).
Saturday morning I played some killer sand volleyball. The weather has turned pretty warm all of a sudden, so it was perfect to be outside and in the sand. The only thing missing was some water. We also had an In-An-Out Burger escapade yesterday for dinner. Michaela, Andy and I had this long conversation on Catie's facebook page, and we concluded we would go a few hours later. Lo and behold when the time came to go eat there were about 15 others who came as well.
Something similar happened today. I thought it would be fun to have a little break the fast with people in the ward. I started off with those I home teach. Laura already had planned with some other girls, so we decided to do it at the Campbell House. I invited a few other people, and an extra 15 or so showed up once again. The ward is just so social in the Spring! A week ago Sunday I had this excellent Brazilian grub done by my neighbors across the hall – Bobby and Seth. Bobby cooked. They both served in Manaus. I've had some good time reminiscing with them this week and last. And Andy too. There's just so much good to Brazil that we could probably talk forever.
I've made progress on my application to med school, but at this point I'm not in any hurry to get it done. I'm still waiting for a couple of letters of recommendation. I think I'll give them another week and then start pressing for them. One is done, so I was told, but just needs to be turned in.
I scored a 95 on biochem. One more test to go and no final for me.
It's hard for me to remember what I did during the week. I conquered Zelda, the old NES version. It's great fun. I downloaded this emulator so now I can download all the old games I want and have at it. I played it so much on Friday that it got me thinking about how I need to govern my life again. Some things never seem to change! I did take a break to watch Everything is Illuminated, directed by Liev Schreiber. It was very artistic and a good film. Frodo was in it (Elijah Wood).
Saturday morning I played some killer sand volleyball. The weather has turned pretty warm all of a sudden, so it was perfect to be outside and in the sand. The only thing missing was some water. We also had an In-An-Out Burger escapade yesterday for dinner. Michaela, Andy and I had this long conversation on Catie's facebook page, and we concluded we would go a few hours later. Lo and behold when the time came to go eat there were about 15 others who came as well.
Something similar happened today. I thought it would be fun to have a little break the fast with people in the ward. I started off with those I home teach. Laura already had planned with some other girls, so we decided to do it at the Campbell House. I invited a few other people, and an extra 15 or so showed up once again. The ward is just so social in the Spring! A week ago Sunday I had this excellent Brazilian grub done by my neighbors across the hall – Bobby and Seth. Bobby cooked. They both served in Manaus. I've had some good time reminiscing with them this week and last. And Andy too. There's just so much good to Brazil that we could probably talk forever.
I've made progress on my application to med school, but at this point I'm not in any hurry to get it done. I'm still waiting for a couple of letters of recommendation. I think I'll give them another week and then start pressing for them. One is done, so I was told, but just needs to be turned in.
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