My dream in life is, and has been, to stay at home and do what my father calls "nothing". I tend to think of it as more like "playing video games and chillin' with my friends", but it's just a matter of details. In any case, once in a while (Usually 2-3 weeks every year, 1 for spring break, 1 and a half during the summer, and another half at winter break,) I take time off from everything. Time where my only goal in life is to do what I want to do. Live my life as I would given the opportunity. So I spend this time playing the game of the week, eating fast food, and hanging out with my friends. I've found this method of self indulgence to be quite relaxing. Now, don't go thinking that I basically become a slob for a week, nope... I still do chores, do my errands, and maintain my server during this time. I have frequently done things that I like to do outside, but can't because of the lack of time in my normal life, like hiking to my favorite stores, working on experiments, and general horseplay with my friends.
Specifically, today I woke up, showered, and then went to 3 different stores to see if they had the new, totally awe-inspiring (I just can't bring myself to say 'totally awesome' in a sentence... DOH!!!!) Unreal Tournament 2004. Turns out that Game Stop did... But I hadn't reserved it, so they where out. Then I went to lunch at chick-fillet. But the part the I felt was most interesting was the largest, and most boring part of my day (Boring to read about, not actually boring to participate in): I was in a single party for almost 14 consecutive hours. I did nothing but kill mategoras for 14 hours. That's impressive. I went from a low 28, to a mid 30 in only one day. Considering that the optimal exp rate is about 1K per hour, this holds with how much I leveled (Seeing as it takes about 5800 XP per level, 5800*3/1000 = 17.4 hours.) This means that, not only was it one long party, it was one GOOD party. As a matter of fact, the first time the party was disbanded (and the only time) was at the very end, after a SAM, a WAR, and a RDM (myself) took on an IT mategora by ourselves.
Now that I'm 30 with a fair buffer though, I'm going to be spending tomorrow working on getting RNG and maybe NIN. Or heck, maybe even DKN... It could be fun. ;)
Somewhere between 15 and 30 people... That's a lot of party members...
Mood: Exhausted. You try playing video games for 14 straight hours...