To celebrate my new job at the United States Patent Office, I splurged a little (well A LOT) and bought my first new car. I took the gradaution money I got from my family and put it down to purchase a 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi, in the only color which matters, World Rally Championship (WRC) Blue. Hawt. Here's some photos & video from my first day.

High Dynamic Range: Or at least my try at them... We'll see if they get better as I go along.

Well, it's done! I've moved down to Alexandria, VA to take that job with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Here's some pictures of my apartment, before and after my weekend of shopping hell (Thanks Mom & Dad!).

Berto invited me to his town to check out Ridgefield Park's 4th of July fireworks show. It was awessome. Pics? Sure, only 'cause you asked nicely...

Kappa Xi Kappa caught fire on March 10th at around 1am. Thank God nobody got hurt, but the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Orson and I were sick of the warm weather this winter in NJ, so we decided to take an impromptu roadtrip to Stratton. For $122 TOTAL we got a room for the night and two lift tickets. CHEAP. We're definitely going to go back soon.

After waiting about 8 hours in line at Nintendo's Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Center, I was lucky enough to get a couple of things signed by master himself. For those who aren't in the know... Shigeru Miyamoto is the creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, etc.

I am luckily enough to be a beta-tester in the newest, probably most anticipated MMORPG, World Of Warcraft. My clan, Shining Force, has a flair for all things grandiose. One idea our clan has thought up to differentiate us from the rest is bombarding the server with dozens of clones of one character, and then working together as a guild to keep our characters as exact and similar as possible. The result? FUN. Take a look...

"Up, up and away, My beautiful, my beautiful balloon!" July 10th, I got a bargain of a lifetime... a ride on a hot air balloon for the low cost of $1. How you ask? At my brother's friend's birthday party. They raffled 10 spots, and at the last minute, I decided to throw in a dollar. Result!

These things are for awesome. And you can make 2d sprites very easily with them. Here are a couple that I've made.

The first day of June brought a pleasant surprise... HAIL. Not your mini sprinkles-sized hail either... we're talking 1/4" sized monsters which hurt when they hit my head but taste good all the same.