In a few hours I will be at a LAN party. Yes, they still exist. For those not aware of what an awesome thing this is, we get a room, wire it up, run networking cable, and invite 400+ of our dearest nerdiest gaming geek friends and play video games, eat junk food, talk smack and in general have one hell of a good 'ole time. Games will be played. Friendships will be made. Stories will be told. Shitposting in meatspace will happen. For five straight days. I need this as much as I need my yearly moshpit adventure else I end up like some sort of "normal" person. Eww.

In other news, fuck the US healthcare system. I'm not going to get into a ton of details, but something is wrong with me, and we are trying to find out. This process involves me writing checks, lots of checks, and men and women in white lab coats telling me that they found nothing. (Not Cancer, not ALS, not Parkinson's, not heart garbage at least.) I'm going to hit my deductible, and all the stuff I can blame on the car collision last year has been ruled out, so I don't get the joys of a settlement out of it. Fortunately I do not live paycheck to paycheck and have a significant emergency fund so I will be OK for a while. My big fear now is that they find something that can be fixed, but find it in December so that I have to run through a deductible again next year.

So all you young kids on my lawn asking for advice out there? Get fit and healthy and fucking stay there else you turn out like me.