My first LAN party.

I think this might be the first LAN party I've ever been to where I was actually somewhat involved. A group of my nerdiest friends came to Patrick's house to play WoW together. Daniel was having issues getting on so I went home and downloaded the game onto my computer, which took about two and a half hours. It was such a long wait, especially since I wanted to be back with friends. But once I was finished (after 1 in the morning) I immediately returned and handed over my beloved laptop to my friend in the hopes that he could get a better connection with it.

Unfortunately, there were so many people on Patrick's internet connection that he wasn't able to connect. Even now, as I type this, I'm on an unsecured network named "default". It's kind of crappy, but at least I have internet. But it's not enough to play WoW, since it takes up a lot of internet and this one doesn't have much.

So far, throughout this night, I've learned WoW terminology and even ran around on Patrick's character. But mostly I've been watching and talking to people. As the night goes on we start to lose our ability to hold sensible conversations. At around three or so, Greg mentioned something about going down to a place called "Booty Bay," to which I raised my eyebrow curiously, and it wasn't until I said something that he finally realized what he said. I'm not saying it's not an actual place, but the fact that it took him a while to understand what he said, and then to see him laugh until his face turned red, was quite hilarious.

Wren and James just recently returned from taking Adam home. I knew that Wren left and so I said hi to her, but I hadn't realized James went with her until he spoke. He wants me to start role playing with him again. I know I already role play a lot now, but I don't want to get into something long term and intense. Like, the role plays I'm in right now are only Harry Potter related and aren't very intense so it's pretty easy for me to write something.

Daniel is acting very fidgety since he has nothing to do but watch everyone else play. I feel kind of bad for him because he really wanted to play WoW with everyone, but no computer he tries to play on seems to let him. The internet is being really stupid. Our friends called it the "Daniel curse," which I don't think is a very good term for it. I can't really help out though, because even though my computer is connected to an internet, I can't connect to Patrick's internet. Still too many people even though a few of them aren't connected to it.

Doran went to sleep about twenty minutes ago, but I'm really worried about him. He told me he was feeling off and he watched this really strange Pink Floyd video having something to do with being numb... It was really strange and made me concerned for his mental health. But he told me he was okay and that all he needed was sleep. I'm still worried though.

Anyway, now I'm left at my own little table, typing this up and listening to friends talk about their WoW ventures while Daniel walks around aimlessly. I'm really tired but I don't want to sleep yet. I'm kind of sad, actually.

But I guess I'm finished with this blog now. Toodles.