Monday, May 19, 2008

One application process down...206 miles to go


The following came to my email today:

SCOTT HALDAN JACOBSEN,

THANK YOU for registering for the 2008 LOTOJA CLASSIC. Your online application was processed and approved on MAY 19.

Translation: i got in to the Lotoja Classic.

I am kind of going back and forth between excitement and fear. I am never going to med/law school but i imagine getting into a prestigious school has a similar feeling. It is something that you have always wanted, but it is going to be a very difficult process.
So here we go!

Saturday, May 17, 2008

@ a truck stop in tooele...

Yes, the title of this post sounds like the begining of an improv sketch on "Whose Line is it Anyway?" However, everything you are about to read is true, so brace yourself.

So two weeks ago i was working in Tooele. On one particular day i went to lunch at the Taco Bell located inside the nearby truck stop. I ordered two spicy chicken burritos, and they were delicious. On my way out i glanced at one of the arcade machines that lined the wall. This particular machine was the "win a prize" type. It begged me to play (i think it was the amazing zoltars cousin). The game worked as follows: There were roughly 20 rows, and each row was roughly 10 squares wide. The game would begin with 3 squares moving back and forth along row #1. The player then presses a button that freezes row #1's squares on place. Once row #1 is frozen in place 3 squares begin moving back and forth in row #2. It is the players goal to freeze those three squares directly on top of the previous 3 squares. This process continues all the way to the top, however, as the game progesses you only given two sqauares, and finially you are only given one square. The ultimate goal is two create a tower of squares all the way to level 20. If a player reaches level 15 he/she can elect to recive a prize (this prize is on par with a 50-100 ticket prize at your local arcade) or he/she may elect to forgo that prize and try to complete the tower all the way to level 20. If the player makes it all the way to 20 he/she wins a grand prize (this prize is much more significant, like a wii or an ipod etc.)

I am sure you can finish the rest of the story, but just to be sure. I WON! As a result i am now the proud owner of an XBOX 360. It was pretty awesome.