Joe's been and gone...
Nov. 29th, 2003 06:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robotech_masterWell, I got my living room cleaned up so it's nice and open, and then Joe came over for about three hours. We played a bit of Starcraft, me on my Windows box and him on my Powerbook. I won the first game, then we traded pointing devices (he didn't like the trackball) and he won the second one (the trackball didn't work all that well for me either, on this machine...the cord's too short, so using it put me in an unnatural posture). He'll bring his own USB mouse next time.
I played samples from some DVDs and things for him to show off my sound system, showed him the first few scenes of Max Payne, and showed him how fast I could rip CDs. (In so doing, I found my long lost copy of The Beatles's Help!—I don't know exactly how, but it somehow managed to get put in the CD case with the Townshend musical The Iron Man.) For a snack/dinner, we cooked a couple of bacon-wrapped beef fillets I'd picked up for $1 each at the Deal$ store. Joe suspected he might have overcooked them, since we didn't have a meat thermometer handy; they were a little tough...but all in all, quite good, especially at the price. Finally, we watched the first episode of Those Who Hunt Elves which I have in from Greencine; he enjoyed it a great deal. Then he had to leave for a friend's house where he was running a game. I kind of wish he could find the time to spend a whole day, but I realize he's kind of a busy guy...especially since he's looking for work again. I suggested he might see if Quikdine could use him, and he said he'd look into it.
All in all, a decent enough visit.
I played samples from some DVDs and things for him to show off my sound system, showed him the first few scenes of Max Payne, and showed him how fast I could rip CDs. (In so doing, I found my long lost copy of The Beatles's Help!—I don't know exactly how, but it somehow managed to get put in the CD case with the Townshend musical The Iron Man.) For a snack/dinner, we cooked a couple of bacon-wrapped beef fillets I'd picked up for $1 each at the Deal$ store. Joe suspected he might have overcooked them, since we didn't have a meat thermometer handy; they were a little tough...but all in all, quite good, especially at the price. Finally, we watched the first episode of Those Who Hunt Elves which I have in from Greencine; he enjoyed it a great deal. Then he had to leave for a friend's house where he was running a game. I kind of wish he could find the time to spend a whole day, but I realize he's kind of a busy guy...especially since he's looking for work again. I suggested he might see if Quikdine could use him, and he said he'd look into it.
All in all, a decent enough visit.
