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Craig

craigtheplague

About Me

American expat living in France to improve his professional life.

My Interests

I really like video games. Although I don't own hundreds of games and every system like Mark, I will still fiend out for hours. I own a Gamecube and a PC which are theoretically all you need to get your gaming fix since their games are polar opposites in the gaming spectrum. I also go bowling with Mark every week. I've bowled very well a few times but I'll totally suck after a bowling drought from being in Corvallis for a term of school.

Music:

I don't buy any records because I'd rather spend my money on video games and besides music is everywhere and there is p2p file sharing :-p. I'm not going to bother listing bands. I like to listen to classic rock the most (stuff on 92.3 KGON). *EDIT* I don't care about KGON anymore because I got tired of hearing the same stuff after listening to it after a while. I listen to 94.7 the most now which isn't that much better but at least I'll hear new stuff. I wish there was a station that played hits in Europe minus the crap that they import from the US.

Movies:

Action, adventure, comedy, thriller. I'm way behind in movies since living in France the movies come out later. I only get movies from the video store because I can watch them in their original language and they are free for me. Recommended french movies: Le Convoyeur, the Taxi series, Persepolis.

Television:

Simpsons, South Park, Futurama, Family Guy, Chapelle Show, Law and Order (SVU is the best), CSI (Vegas and Miami), Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, 24, shows on G4, various music videos on Vh1classic, IMF, Fuse, and MTV2.

Books:

Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics and Properties of Materials, System Dynamics and Controls. I am not much of a reader but the last real novel I read was Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" a summer ago.

My Blog

To the Peter copter!

I haven't written a blog in a while and people have been nagging me about it so here goes. For those who have been reading Mark's (aka Gen. Pac-man at this time) blogs he is house sitting Jacob's mom'...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 11:01:00 PST

a new vehicle

As the heading suggests, I got a new car yesterday.  It's a 95 Honda Civic Ex.  I've driven it around yesterday and gotten used to the stick.  Driving those things around is not li...
Posted by Craig on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 02:11:00 PST

I dubdubdubdubnananananana got a job!

The heading says it all.  Almost four weeks after finding out about that job, I finally got it.  The suspense has been killing me for so long.  For those of you that have...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Total BS

So I responded to a job posting on Craig's list on Monday.  I must have been one of the first since it was posted the same day.  I got a response on Tuesday asking if an interview on Wednesd...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Diaries of a bored man

In WarioWare: Twisted I was able to max out at level 999 on the microgame "don't move".  Just start the game up, set the GBA down and walk away.  I spent a bunch of time taping the GBA ...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

This will only interest Mark/Mash

Here's your blog: I've changed my mind regarding the Jak and Daxter vs. Ratchet and Clank verdict.  I give the nod to Jak and Daxter.  Ratchet and Clank was fun because the weapons upgraded ...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Now I get it

Previously on Craig's blogs: "You guys (and girls) know how when you login or view your profile it shows 8 of your friends at a time? Do any of you know how myspace determines who shows up of those 8...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Nitpicking about myspace again

You guys (and girls) know how when you login or view your profile it shows 8 of your friends at a time? Do any of you know how myspace determines who shows up of those 8, and in which order? I thi...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

CAD fun

So I got Solidworks today and I'm playing around with it now.  Hooray....  But seriously, this will help me in the job market as I notice some are looking for people who are familiar with so...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Here's a cool thought for a game

Do you know what someone should make? Another Lost Vikings game. It would be quite a feat to transition this platform strategy into 3d. I imagine it would be like a more sophisticated Prince of Per...
Posted by Craig on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST