{"id":4902,"date":"2010-10-28T22:13:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T03:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2010-10-28T22:23:40","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T03:23:40","slug":"are-you-ready-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=4902","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready for Halloween?"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRIAN:<\/strong> How are you doing the candy?<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> I figured I’d just let the kids grab candy from the candy bowl.<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> I wouldn’t do that. They’ll grab a lot and your candy won’t last.<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> You can be in charge of doling out the candy then.<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> Haven’t you ever been trick or treating?<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> No. I grew up in the Philippines remember? We didn’t do any of that when I was growing up.<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> What did you do for Halloween then?<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> We went to the cemetery and partied for kalag-kalag<\/i>.<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> I like that idea better.<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> I know. We are cooler than you guys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m kidding. I’m really a big dork. I’m way, way, way nerdier than Brian. <\/p>\n

For instance, today when we stopped by Cox Communications to pick up some free passes to Poltergeist on Saturday from @Cox_Will<\/a> I was really excited because I didn’t just get to meet @Cox_Will<\/a> for the first time, I also got to meet Joey Shirt. <\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> You’ll never believe who I just met. That was Joey Shirt! He’s @Cox_Will<\/a>‘s supervisor.<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> Who?<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> Joey Shirt! (Brian still had this baffled look on this face.<\/em>) He used to play with us on Ogame. He played on Red Hot Pawn<\/a> also. I will never forget him because the first time we played chess together on Red Hot Pawn<\/a> I checkmated him in six moves. <\/p>\n

(I couldn’t beat him anymore after that. I think I just took him by surprise because he didn’t expect me to actually know how to play. He probably underestimated me and was playing too easy.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> What department was he in?<\/p>\n

ME:<\/strong> He was in tech support at the time, I think.<\/p>\n

BRIAN:<\/strong> That explains it. I didn’t really get to see those guys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"RHP\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The sad thing is that I think I remember more people from Cox Communications than Brian did — and he’s he one who actually worked there! LOL. <\/p>\n

There was a period of two months in 2005 when I was completely consumed by Ogame<\/a>. I ended up joining the Cable Mafia through Brian and actually leveled up faster than him. Anyway, I got to play with a lot of the Cox folks through that game and found out that some of them played chess also — which is how I ended up on Red Hot Pawn. It’s a convenient way to play chess with other people online.<\/p>\n

I find it amusing that I remember all of these people from five years ago that I’d never even met in real life. I just know them through their game handles. I didn’t even know real names. So five years later, I finally get to meet Joey Shirt. And we wouldn’t even have met if it weren’t for @Cox_Will<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This made me realize a couple of things: I’m really, really nerdy and<\/strong> it’s a small, small world! I guess we all already knew that I’m a nerd, but it dawned on me that I’m way nerdier than I originally thought. =P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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