The Feast of Friday

Another Friday, another feast.

Appetizer
How fast can you type?

I’m not entirely sure. Somewhere in the range of 85-100 words per minute. I haven’t tested myself in quite a while. I know that I type fast enough, so I don’t really care about the exact number. I also know that people frequently tell me, while chatting with me online, that I “type far too fast.” (Hi Chantal.)

While on the topic, I don’t however, type correctly. I probably use the wrong fingers for a few keys, particularly keys that aren’t used a whole lot, like the shift+number keys. That’s the price you pay when you teach yourself how to type by having battle after battle with a DOS prompt, I suppose.

Soup
What is your favorite online game?

Wow. That’s a tough question. I’ve enjoyed a large number of online multiplayer games over the years. Counter-Strike / Counter-Strike Source, Day of Defeat / Day of Defeat Source, and Subspace are all games that I’ve logged far too many online hours with. World of Warcraft was also a favorite of mine for a while, until I realized (repeatedly) that it’s a game I can’t play “casually.” I suppose as of right now, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 holds the #1 spot. It’s rough around the edges, and isn’t nearly as polised as Day of Defeat Source, but I enjoy the gameplay more.

Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 as highest), how intelligent do you think you are?

Ugh. Not a question I wanted to see. I’d say a 6 or 7. I think I’m fairly intelligent, but I know there are many people out there who would make me look totally ignorant.

Main Course
Name three of your best teachers from your school years.

Mrs. White for fourth grade, who was a real sweetheart. I don’t remember much about her teaching style (or efficiency), but I do remember that she was about as nice as you could expect anyone to be. She also had a cute addiction to potato chips.

Mr. Tomko for my 9th grade biology class. I wasn’t a fan of biology, but he made it interesting, and was also a nice fellow. He struck me as the type who enjoyed learning for the sake of learning, and that always gets high points with me.

Mr. Kremin (spelling questionable) for fifth grade. Good teacher, nice guy, didn’t put up with any crap from problem students. He was also the first person I ever knew who used a text-only browser. He often requested for me to print out pages that had images at home, because he was unable to see them with his computer.

Dessert
What are your plans for this upcoming weekend?

Writing and studying. I have a 5 page essay about a short fiction piece due on Monday. I also have my American history midterm Monday. For that, the professor gave us a list of 5 different questions to be prepared for. For each one, we need to be able to write 3-5 pages in response. Come Monday, he’ll take four of those questions, and split them into two brackets. We select one question from each bracket, and write our responses. So, even if I “cheat” and only study for four of the questions, I still need to have enough information in my head to be able to write, in theory, 12-20 pages of response.

Suffice to say, I will be a busy little bee this weekend.

If I have any spare time after studying and writing my essay for English class, I’ll probably do some pleasure reading. I finished Speaker for the Dead last night (post about this soon forthcoming), and started reading Sharpe’s Tiger today. Worry not, fellow Ender fans; I’ve not given up on him! I loved Speaker for the Dead. I just want a brief break from Ender before I read Xenocide.