Breaking the Habit Posted April 4, 2003 at 12:00 am
Another update coincides with another visit from my parents. I guess it goes to show that I need external forces to do things outside of the normal routine. My parents were in town starting Tuesday but I didn’t see them until Wednesday afternoon due to schoolwork constraints.
The beginning of the week was one of the most toilsome yet this semester as I had a test, paper, and homework due within the first few class days. After extended hours, much cursing and telling myself how much I hate this class or that class, it’s done and I can take a breather for a few days.
This visit was again accompanied by several outing to some nice restaurants. Wednesday night we dined at Chin-Chin on the Perimeter, a continual favorite. My dad was the only one who experimented this time around. He had an interesting shrimp dish, the name of which escapes me. Mom had walnut chicken and I had sesami chicken.
Thursday night we dined at Daily’s in downtown, which came with high recommendations from Dad’s co-workers. It was a very nice place, albeit with a rather limited menu. I had the New York Strip and caramel-apple pie for dessert. Both were excellent.
My parents left of Friday after we had lunch at the Varsity, a legend in its own right. We had chili dogs, onion rings, and french fries. The chili dog and onion rings were good but the french fries weren’t. It was a new experience for all of us at least.
Today was a day for much experimentation with software. I found an excellent resource for useful information on the Phoenix browser that I highly recommend to anyone who uses Phoenix or is simply interested in trying out. Winamp 2.9 final also arrived recently and I upgraded accordingly. It features a new, if subtle, default skin and some other neat new features for those of use who have held off on 3.x. Finally, I purchased a license for Trillian Pro, the upscale version of the popular messaging software. I had tried a semi-illegitimate version a little while back and I was impressed with the cleaner, more polished interface. You can see it in action in my latest desktop.
Linkin Park’s new CD, Meteora, came out last week. Rubesh tipped me off that Best Buy would have the CD for only $9.99. Naturally, I jumped on the deal and picked up a copy for myself and Nicky. So far I’m very pleased with the CD and I can safely recommend it to anyone who likes any of the band’s other work.
Also, while I was at Best Buy, I threw in a copy of “Love Hina” Vol. 6 for good measure. It’s a comedy-romance anime about a prep-school student who seems to end up taking physical and verbal abuse from the opposite sex in one misunderstanding after another. All in all, highly recommended.