The Schoolyear of Scott

Last Monday, I had a complete and utter geek out moment, as I spent nearly two hours watching Microsoft’s feature presentation at the annual video game expo, E3, on the G4 television station*. During the presentation, Microsoft introduced an addition to their Xbox 360 gaming system called Project Natal. For lack of a better phrase, THIS WAS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!  I mean, seriously, I felt as though I was looking into the future right then and there.  Many people made fun of me for the amount of excitement I had towards Project Natal, but I feel as though it was/is completely warranted.  If you continue reading, I think you will understand why!

*G4 is a station that totally caters to nerds. Besides showing reruns of Lost and Arrested Development, it has a show every evening called Attack of the Show, co-hosted by girls who I’m sure have no idea what they are talking about (video games and youtube), but are hot. Curiously, for a channel that talks so much about technology, it isn’t available in HD.

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I went to a fundraiser for Prostate Cancer at Morton’s this evening.  The speaker was Dr. Weiner.

You can’t make this shit up

The complex where I live now has a rooftop pool and I have an issue with it.

The pool is not what one might consider to be a “normal” pool.  This pool, you see, is on the 22nd floor, and, due to a number of reasons, is only three feet deep.  I guess the builder realized that the buildings structure could only handle so much water weight and thus made the executive decision to only make the pool accessible to kids 8 and under.  But this is not the issue that I am talking about.

My issue deals with the fact that there is a lifeguard on duty at all times at this pool.  This lifeguard (paid for, by the way, by myself and the other owners) sits in her lifeguard chair and makes sure that no one drowns in the glorified swimming pool (wearing her lifeguard bikini uniform, no less).

Her's is blue, but you get the idea

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Well, yes actually!

A week ago today, I had Lasik surgery in both eyes.  Lasik surgery, for those that do not know, is type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.  Having astigmatism in both eyes (basically, a condition where the eyeballs have little craters in them and therefore aren’t perfectly round), I was a prime candidate for the surgery.  I thought I would use this forum as a public service and discuss the surgery, and even open it up for questions for those that are on the fence about getting the operation (that is, if anyone even reads this site anymore.  Seriously, if you want a prime example of someone not living up to their word, read the first paragraph of my Passover entry nearly two months ago).

Not as scary as it looks!

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