Tuesday, May 18, 2004

It's all fun and games....
....until one stupid jerk starts cheating. >:(

I just got back from laser tag a little while ago. I think I mentioned it a little while ago. The graduation party committee (well, mostly my mom) decided to have a laser tag party to raise money for the party. Tons of people said that they were going to go, but would not commit to buying a ticket.

We wound up being $10 short, but everybody who went had fun; except for one person, but he was rightfully disagreeable.

I played eight games tonight, five on my ticket, and three on my mom's. Some were with my high school friends, some with middle school ones, most with both.

I had fun all but maybe one of the games. In the game in question, one of the players on the other team was cheating.

You see, at this particular laser tag facility, the weapons you use must be held near the center in order to fire. You pull the trigger with the other finger. So, basically, you need both hands on your gun to fire. One to hold the handle and pull the trigger, and another to support the gun and cover the little sensor on the side that let's you fire.

Eric (not the Senior I usually hang out with) had taped up the center of his gun so he didn't have to hold it with both hands. While this may not seem like much, it is actually a rather large advantage. He can reach over obstacles and fire without exposing himself; he can fire behind him as he runs away, and he move his weapon much more rapidly.

He didn't see it as a big deal, but he was pretty much alone on that one. Everybody who was on the other team (the one against him) was very bitter, and three of them left. TJ complained to the manager of the place, who had apparently given Eric permission to cheat, since Eric works there.

TJ got three free games out of it, and so did the two other people who had to leave with him. TJ was so disgusted that he left, and as he was their ride, Steve and Brian had to go as well.

What was very nice about tonight is that I had friends from all over coming in to play laser tag. David (Boba Fett) came and played a few games. (I think he did better than me...-_-;;) Kids from my church Youth Group came, several of my St. Bernard's friends came, and Victoria and Christina came from Sacred Heart.

I managed to stay on the average playing level. I.e. 5th out of ten people; 8th out of 16.

And that's with both Christina and Victoria following me around all game, shooting me in the back or cornering me and relentlessly bombarding me so I couldn't do anything. >_>

When it came time to leave, and the place was closing, Victoria's mom hadn't shown up yet to pick her and Christina up. We waited for about ten minutes, while the lights were shutting off in the building and dozens of cars drove by. My mom finally decided to drive them to Sacred Heart, where both their moms were working.

On the way back, my mom drove past Sacred Heart, eliciting a few giggles from the two girls in the back. I hadn't realized what we had passed either until a moment later. So, we turned around and pulled into the school, only to find that neither of them were there. So we drove to Christina's house. That was when my mom got a call on her cell phone (which had been dead, apparently) from my dad. He had been contacted by Victoria's mom, who had driven to the laser tag place to pick them up.

Eventually the whole thing was sorted out. Victoria was left at Christina's house to be picked up shortly by her parents. All was well again.

I came home and took a shower. (It was just a few moments ago, actually. Mid-post I was called downstairs and told to take a shower)

I've got to go to bed now, though. We're driving Christina up to St. Bernard's tomorrow to shadow somebody, so I need to go to bed "early" so I can get up early so we can leave earlier. It's not too much earlier now than I would normally got to bed, unfortunately.

I hope Christina likes St. B's. I think Tyler and Victoria did. They didn't really offer much information when I talked to them about it. =/ They were fortunate enough to come on a day when we had an assembly and shortened periods. The assembly rocked, too. ^__^

I'm torn between sitting with Christina at lunch tomorrow or dueling John. =/ I'm going to try and do both, but the social status of Christina's shadow might shift the odds towards John. We shall have to see, though.


Yes, to bed then.

This Day in History: On the day of Buddha's enlightenment, India detonates a nuclear weapon and breaks the UN Security Council monopoly on nuclear weapons. This occurred on May 18th, 1974.

Good Thing of the Day: Awesome laser tag party with lots of cool people.

Bad Thing of the Day: Eric cheating at laser tag and then blowing it off as no big deal.

Jerk.

Ah, last minute thought. Raine (eighth grader with a crush on me) IM'd me today. We talked about music and her favorite band, which I'd never heard of. She's copying two of their CD's to give to me. The conversation wasn't very long, as I had to leave to got to the laser tag party. Nevertheless, it was nice.
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