Nick Is All Gussied Up!

First Batch Of Incentive Songs

I finally got to use my the first $30 of my $150! (the other 20 had already been spent on applications, but not music)!  I purchased:

The Sailor Song Toy-Box
“You’re a Pirate”    LazyTown Cast
“Everytime We Touch”    Cascada
“Sandstorm”    Darude
“DotA (Radio Edit)”    Basshunter
“Raver’s Fantasy (Radio Mix)”    TUNE UP!
Geordie Gabry Ponte
“Dance Dance (Radio Mix)”    TUNE UP!
Friends! Luna’s Ceiling
Siriusly Smiling
“Thoughts on the Ministry of Magic”    The Whomping Willow

Further thoughts on them after listening to them!

[AUTO-UPDATE]

To Do List

I need to make a list of things to do, as well as things to pack, for my epic adventure at the zoo later today.

To Do:

1.  Steal a baby.

2.  Shanghai a friend (may be unsuccessful)

3.  Change the settings on the laptop to maximize battery length.

4.  Check on Visa gift card’s balance.

5.  Obsessively check email and Facebook to see if anyone will go with me to the zoo.

6.  Pack the necessary items.

7.  Check the weather.

8.  Eat a BIG breakfast.

9.  Put cookies into bag.

10.  Take most everything out of backpack.

To Pack:

1.  ZooKey (a green monkey thing that’s about a decade old, that unlocks little information speaky box thingies)

2.  Laptop

[3.  Laptop bag with accessories (may resort to only backpack)]

4.  Backpack with supplies (may minimize down to laptop bag)

5.  Power Cord

6.  Power cord extension

7.  iPod

8.  Wallet, with credit-card-ish-thing and various sundry pieces of paper and plastic

9.  Pants, with cizash in the pocketz

10.  Hogwarts hoodie

11.  Jacket?

12.  Baby

13.  Vault

14.  Notebook

15.  Writing Utensils

16.  House Key (ZooKey more important)

[17.  Laptop speakers (if room, only slight chance of using them)]

18.  Trail mix, or assorted nuts, or power bars, things like that

19.  Copy of Zinsser, so I can make a series of photographs entitled “Zinsser at the Zoo”

20.  Hats! (fedora AND ski)

21.  WATER BOTTLE(S)

22.  Picnic Blanket?

23.  DUCT TAPE (important)

24.  Checkbook

25.  Wisdom rock

26.  A Harry Potter Book

27.  Headphones

[28.  Dawlish (my llama)?]

29.  Kazoos

More will be added as I think of them, and items will be striked through as they are completed, and bolded if they will not be included.

Because The Rules, They Are A Chaaaaaaaanging

Speaking of which, I still need to see “Watchmen”.

Anywho, a few general updates, as well as updates to the rules.

Firstly, I HAZ A UTUB ACCONT.  It’s http://www.youtube.com/user/EpicQuest2, and if I want to use videos to supplement one of my blog entries, they will be uploaded via that account.

Secondly, I mostly drink Green flavor, but Red flavor Vault is actually pretty darn tasty.

Thirdly, you know all of those carefully thought-out rules?  Well, all of them have been scrapped even favor of these two rules:

1.  Post a blog entry every 2 hours, about.

2.  Don’t fall asleep.

I’m pretty much taking up an “anything goes” sort of philosophy to this now.  I will still try to stay by the rules for as long as possible, but if it’s a choice between taking another energy drink, or succumbing to exhaustion, I’m gonna take that drink.  Because I really wanna do this thing.

However, I’m still keeping the rule about incentives, but I’m changing it.  For the first $50, I can start spending it at 4:00 this morning.  The next one will be at 4:00 the next morning, and then the last one will be pretty much anytime the following evening/morning.  Because the zoo opens at 9, and if I followed my original plan of every 20 hours, I would be late to the zoo, and I want to max out my zoo time.  If I get there late, there will be long lines, and I’ll never get to ride a penguin.

So, I’ll try to stick to my rules, but I will ditch them in favor of the main goal – staying awake for 72 hours – if need be.  Also, I (FINALLY) get to use my iTunes Gift Card that I got for filling out some survey for PCC (I probably filled out “Don’t Know” for all of them) in 4 and a half hours!  Official Check-in in 30 minutes!

THE GREAT EMU WAR

I shit you not.  There was, in fact, a great emu war.  AND THE EMUS WON.

Addendum: Bigger post to make up for the criminally short posts sometime between now and midnight, then an update at midnight.  The midnight update will say all I’ve done tonight, and the post within the next hour will be about rules.

Wednesday, 4:36 PM: Urgent Question:

Does today’s “Blondie” comic strip contain intentional sexual innuendo?

Also, do you think today’s “Dilbert” is making a joke at the expense of Oregonian legislators?

Wednesday, 3:01 PM: Oh, and by the way…

If you want to see the list of holidays I am using, and try to guess what holidays I will celebrate, or make suggestions about which ones I should, or whatever, go the following site: http://www.brownielocks.com/february.html

NOW for lunch!