Hung Truong: The Blog!

Mensa Intelligence Test

I dunno how official this is, but the Mensa Intelligence Test has a list of cryptic codes that you have to make out. For example, 24 H in a D = 24 hours in a day. They get harder than that. I got 10/33 14/33 so far. I say so far because my brain is sleepy and I’ll probably come back to it later. Try it out if you want to feel dumb.

Goetze’s!?

So the CS Department had some grab bags of stuff for us undergrads. It had a bunch of snacks and candy. One particular piece of candy caught my eye: a Goetze’s Caramel Cream Candy:

Initially, I made the mistake of associating this candy with goatse, an infamous gross out picture that I haven’t seen. I’ve seen enough “accidental goatse” to get the idea of what it is though. Here’s an explanation of goatse (work safe of course).

Now I’m not sure if I even wanna eat it…

New Blog: Take 5

Ok. So maybe I just like moving my blog more than I like writing in it. Here’s the deal: I just bought a new domain name called hung-truong.com. I decided to randomly select a length 4 string, and a length 6 string, and behold, it happened to be my name! Anyway, look to http://www.hung-truong.com/blog/ for all your Hung Truong blog needs.

Since the blog is now on my domain, I can pretty much control every aspect of it, rather than have livejournal/ujournal/xanga/myspace control it with their evil ads. This actually means instead of seeing their evil ads, you can see my evil ads!

Oh, and the actual layout should be prettier and stuff too.

I’ve imported all of the posts I’ve made ever since I started this thing called “blogging.” The earlier you get, the less organized the posts are. Most of the first ones don’t even have titles. Still, they’re nice to look back on, to see how far I’ve gone (not far).

I think this’ll be the last blog move I’ll make, because seriously, I’m tired of all this exporting and importing. If I wanted to do that for a living, I’d start up a company called “Vandelay Industries”…

My first DDR arcade experience!

First off, sorry for not posting very much. I’ve kinda been busy with my other blog and whatnot. Speaking of my other blog, here’s a post from it that you might enjoy. It details my harrowing journey to the arcade…

So last weekend, a couple of out-of-town buddies called me up and wanted to hang out. Their idea? Go to the mall. A trip to the mall isn’t really my idea of a good time, but I hadn’t seen those guys in a while, so off we went.

While at the mall, the subject of DDR came up. I’m not one to go to the mall often (probably 3-4 times a year), so naturally I don’t play DDR at the arcade that often either. Oh, I guess the title of this post is kinda misleading then. It wasn’t my “first” DDR Arcade experience; Just the first one where I was actually capable completing a song on my own…

Anyway, it was decided that if Natrick* payed, Burtis* and I would dance for him. And dance we did. Did I mention there’s videos? Yes, luckily my New Year’s resolutions did not involve refraining from embarassing myself in front of the internet. So here’s the result of our escapades:

First we warmed up with “Get up ‘n Move.” I think this was on standard difficulty. I hadn’t really played at the arcade before, and my feet kept getting stuck where the arrows are. I guess I need drag my feet less (it’s easy when it’s just the dance mat!).

There was a crowd of people behind us, but after realizing me and Burtis sucked, they all ran away to Hot Topic or something.

Next off, we played “Look to the Sky” on standard mode. I forget which mix it was. I thought I combo’ed through it and would get a AA, but I only got an A.

This is when Burtis thought it would be a good idea to stop trying to stay alive and start showboating. I have to admit it, though, he’s a great dancer. He even got a bunch of little kids to watch us!

Finally, we decided to go out with a bang and play “Mobo Moga” on heavy mode. I can sometimes AA this one at home if I’m lucky. Anyway, I tried to keep us alive, but it was for naught. We failed somewhere in the middle. If only Burtis would have concentrated!!!

Overall, it was a pretty fun excursion. I like the coolness of the metal pad, but it’d take some time to get used to. I think red octane sells a metal pad like the arcade, but it’s like, $200! Maybe I’ll buy a DDR Machine when I become a millionare…

*names have been changed to protect the innocent

Everyone’s a Lobo (woof woof woof)

So at the NMSU game last night (which we won by the way, just in case anyone was wondering), the Soundpack was forced to wear shitty Lobo Loco Shirts over their Soundpack shirts. Now, I’m all for school spirit, but does this look cool at all?

Didn’t think so…