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The clouds of exhaustion are swiftly moving in so, I may make this a shorter entry than usual. First off, SGCT's 2nd annual trip to Lake Compounce was amazing! I'd secretly hoped for a higher turnout but we still faired better than last year. For 2006, I'm looking forward to our getting 20 people, getting the half-off group discount and extending the difference to renting a picnic area stocked w/ grilled goodness and a keg. A tall order but I think well within reach. Pictures are up in the group with my underwater roll to make its appearance by week's end.

There's what looks to be a busy SGCT week ahead... MisterSalt is up and running is regular kickball game and BBQ on Wednesday. I discovered that this conflicts with Article10's Hartford Advocate Band Slam. Both are bound to be amazing amounts of fun though it's uncertain if I can make either. Laerkai and CinderOla are hosting their housewarming party at their place on Friday. I'm now dying to see what is in store for my former video game cabinet. By descriptions of the other projects Laerkai has been rolling out, I should've sold him that unit ages ago!

Sunday turns out to be two engagements... The first is chiquitabonita's bridal shower. Criterion Cinemas hosts a Movies & Mimosas event - Movie for $5, drinks $2! Better yet the movie is Some Like It Hot! A couple hours later will end up being a recently planned hike and BBQ at Hamden's Sleeping Giant Park. I used to walk this walk on a very regular basis but its fallen out of favor in recent years.

I've also begun plotting on changing up some odd and ends on the hacked XBox front... I'd been considering changing dahboards from EvoX to Avalaunch. Team Avalaunch produces tons of good freeware to best combine using your Box and your computer...game management through your PC, easy interface FTP ripping from one machine to another, etc. Some of this stemmed on a brainstorm on how best to support network play w/ DarkRabbit who lacks the hard copies of our favorite titles. Experimentation may move ahead next week when I have a week off of work!

Perhaps that's enough for now, true believers... I'll be huddling with those parties interested in carpooling to the afforementioned events and on other randomness. Until then...