sigtrent (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sigtrent) wrote,@ 2008-04-23 11:08:00 |
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Sig update!
Other than that I’m just trying to keep life moving along and help Anne with school. I’m studying operating systems this quarter as it’s the class she finds most challenging.
Politics
I went to our legislative district caucus as an Obama delegate and Anne went as an alternate and was sworn in when a spot was available. It was quite interesting and ultimately a lot of fun. People were very excited and it was a crowd of folks that have strong opinions and like to speak their minds. The Obama camp had lots of political fist timers and populist types. The Clinton camp were more the experienced pragmatist, women with strong stands on women’s issues, and a smattering or folks with strong views on health care. I ended up sitting in what was unofficially the Clinton side of the auditorium so I got a nice sample of the folks there to support her.
After some introductions and such they go to taking requests to change the party platform. It was fun to listen to folks get up and propose additions or redactions from the given document. I got up and proposed they add a motion to end don’t ask don’t tell, and also to strike a motion to impeach George bush (something many spoke out against as being pointless political wrangling).
Then we broke up into groups by candidate and by region to pick state delegates. I did an uncharacteristically poor job of introducing myself for the job in my short speech (30 seconds) and wasn’t quite feeling up to gladhanding the room. Those that were chosen were the ones that went out of their way to work the room, person to person or who had a very flashy gimic for folks to remember them by. I did get some votes and many kind words so I wasn’t especially disappointed.
All in all it was a rather long day and pretty tiring but also exilerating and fascinating. I especially enjoyed policy discussions with various Clinton and Obama supporters there. It was a well informed and thoughtful crowd.
Gaming
The number one game for me at the moment is Neverwinter Nights 2. I couldn’t play it on my old machine without great frustration, but it is quite fun on my new system and it’s a game Anne and I can play together.
I’m still keen on DDO but I think about it more than I actually play it. I recently stepped down as leader of my guild because I didn’t have the time to be the kind of leader I think wanted to be. (aka I hardly played more than a couple hours a week) Guilty and gaming are a poor combination so I decided to disband my guild. It turns out the guild members were understanding but really didn’t want to find new guilds. After a period of indecision one of them decided they would rather take the reigns than let the guild go.
I’ve played a smattering of other games on my new rig just to see them in action. I’ll probably finish Bioshock again, on the hard setting this time. It’s really amazingly good.
Other stuff
I’m rolling out to a Linux fest this weekend with Brett and Sarah. It should be fun although I’m not any kind of Linux enthusiast. I like the ethos but I don’t generally like to tinker around with my computer these days.
