I was too optimistic on Gonzales

He survived to April. He's toast at this point, but is taking a good bit longer to fall than I expected. Still, from a partisan stand point, this isn't a huge problem. His handling of this whole scandal has been so comically inept that an extra week or two to kick him around probably helps the Dems.

Guitar Hero

Last Friday I took my first shot at doing Guitar Hero on medium. Although, kamalloy is still definitely better than me (she consistently has higher notes hit percentage) at least when we play at the same level. It was fun, although I've found that my pinky doesn't tend to be that useful, instead I just slide my hand up and down when I need to hit the blue buttons. I think as a lefty there are actually some advantages to using the guitar like a righty does. Much of the complexity comes from handling the frets and I've got my more dexterous hand on the job.

First big perk of medium: buying a Freezepop song. I'd only heard of them because of lilinthra but even so I like the group.

At some point I'll get my own copy of the game so I don't only play on kamalloy's equipment. For now I'm going to be cheap though.

If I get good enough at Guitar Hero I may also try out DDR again. I really suck at that game because my rhythm is awful.

In New York weekend of the 28th/29th

I've got lodging arranged but figured I'd do a quick post to note that I'd be in town and available to do stuff.