El Presidente

I had a very busy weekend, doing lots of stuff. On Friday, I went back to Penn State to the Anime Club's Halloween Party. I had a good time, but was a little underwhelmed. I didn't know many people since many have graduated and moved on and the activities didn't catch my eye, but I had a good time just walking around pestering and talking to people. I enjoyed getting dressed up as Cid and people seemed to still like it, but I really would like to get a new costume. This one is getting old and worn out.

On my drive back to New York on Saturday, I saw the McCain bus parked at a rest stop. I was pretty ecstatic since it was a cool passing, with plenty of people all surrounding his bus. Later when I was on I-84, the bus passed me going probably at least 90 mph, on his way to 30 Rockefeller Plaza is my best guess to be on SNL that night. It was pretty weird having the bus pass me going so fast, but I guess if you are a presidential candidate you can get away with such things. (Either that or he's a POW)

That night I went to Anthony's Halloween party. I went as Mario. I felt it described pretty well as a geek, but was mainstream enough for everyone to appreciate. I think my costume was ok. It might have been a little too much from what I could pick up. People liked it and commented, but it might have just been small talk. Other people's costumes seemed to be simpler, or maybe I just paid too much attention to detail. I had a pretty good time. Anthony's band played which I liked a lot and they were pretty good. If they are ever in the local bars and I remember, I might go. I enjoyed seeing everybody, but only wish I knew more people. I imagine that will come. I didn't want to keep bothering the few co-workers I knew the entire night. I had a good time and hope I'm invited back next year, guess I'll see.

I also saw that yesterday Texas lost. That's good news for Penn State. Now with just a few more losses, we'll be set to play in the National Championship. Hopefully this week versus Iowa doesn't cause any problems.

And finally, tonight, I watched The Orphanage. For the Halloween spirit I decided to rent a scary movie, even though I don't usually see too many. I had heard this one was particularly scary and good, so I decided to give it a try. The movie ended up being very suspenseful. It was scary a few times, and made me jump just a few times, but nothing as bad as some reviews I had heard. Particularly Geekscape's review. The movie was beautifully well done and I enjoyed it being a Spanish movie. The movie was very good and I hoped people gave it a shot even though it's subtitled.