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It occured to me today that a number of things in this world are currently in my favor.
Let's make a list, shall we? I do so love lists.

1. I'm a Junior. These next two years are practically going to be a vacation when compared to the last two semesters at DigiHell. Don't get me wrong. I'm in love with my school. I'd probably marry if it I could (right alongside voxels). But several of the teachers make it very clear that they want nothing more than to force you to expel everything you thought you previously knew about three dimensions, angles, coordinate systems, four dimensions, rotations and any number of other miscellaneous affine (and non-affine) transformations, in much the  same way that a small minority of the highest classes in Roman civilization would deliberately vomit immediately following a large feast. Regardless, the past is past and I have two more years of pure math, comp sci and game classes to look forward to.
2. Benjamin Ellinger loves our game. The professor for our game class, who holds a full-time job at Microsoft Casual Games, expressed genuine excitement and enthusiasm for our game project immediately following our pitch this past Tuesday. I attribute the success of our presentation in equal parts to Joe's charismatic, well-received speech, Andy's true-to-the-spirit-of-our-game Flash demo, Will's techno-making abilities (which were flaunted shamelessly during our slideshow) and my procedurally generated terrain prototype (plug plug plug). I honestly can't think of a better team for making this game - everyone has their own specialities which we're going to be utilizing to the fullest. At the end of the presentation, Prof. Ellinger was known to say (and I quote), "This is the kind of game that wins awards." Friends, I shit you not - I almost squealed like a little girl on the spot.
3. I sold my truck. This afternoon I got a call from my friend Nathan who was supposed to be selling the truck in my absence, back in Oklahoma. It sold for $2400, which is far better than I was expecting, to be perfectly honest. Most of that will go towards finding a more economic vehicle up here, so I'm not consistently shelling out gas money for a truck that gets 20 miles to the gallon, if I'm lucky.
4. I seem to have been gifted with an abundance of motivation this semester. The past two years have been...mediocre in terms of my academic performance. Usually I have trouble forcing myself to buckle down and get homework out of the way early. But so far, I've been incredibly motivated to finish everything up front. Maybe it's the excitement I have for the game project. If I don't have classes to bog me down, I can devote more time to the game itself. More time devoted to the game means a more polished finished product, which means a better chance at winning multiple awards over the next two years (Independent Games Festival, Northwest Games Festival, Slamdance, etc.), which means a better chance at attracting the attention of some big name developer, which means a better chance at winding up in a job I really like, ad nauseum. I have this recurring dream in which Microsoft approaches our development team and says, "Your game was so much fun that we want to put it on XBox Live Arcade. How about you come work for us?"
5. The cutest girl ever arranged to have a pizza delivered to my house today. From Oklahoma. Furthermore, she went out of her way to find out what my favorite toppings were. ♥ That's the first time anyone's done something like that for me. Sure, I've gotten packages and letters in the mail, but...there's something about having a pizza delivered  with your favorite toppings, from a girl that you're crazy about, that's already paid for. With the tip included, nonetheless! Stephanie's just...amazing. Seriously, she rocks my world, and the month in Tulsa wasn't nearly enough time to spend with her. Christmas soon...please?
6. Stephanie.
7. Stephanie.
8. Stephanie.
9. We're going to a rave tonight. Scott Motherfucking Brown. A few of us had the distinct pleasure of seeing him spin in LA last summer when we went to E3. But the sound setup at the venue was shit, and it wasn't nearly as good as it could've been. But, tonight... I'm so stoked. Jimni Cricket is spinning a set right before him, and she always puts on a good show.