The Night Gets Better, Both Truly and Virtually

Chatting around with seventh, Grumpy, TS7 and Matt – my mood improved dramatically. To make things even better, Ben hit me up on IM and asked me if I knew how to pass variables back and forth between php and Flash. I was able to quickly come up with a workable solution, and turned it around in about ten minutes? Actually, I just remembered a tutorial I came across when I was looking to work out the blog/php navigation.

It felt good to solve a Flash problem, and made me feel less "useless" from today.

TS7 hit me up on IM, and took some screenshots of Sim-noy, the virtual Portnoy he created in his SimCity game. I am now living on his computer!

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Portnoy: hahahaha!
Portnoy: Awesome!
TS7: heheheheh
TS7: ah, there are only like 24 faces to choose from :)
Portnoy: Mind if I steal that pic and throw it up on my site?
TS7: hahaha, totally!
Portnoy: And you gave me a devil’s goatee, yes, thank you.
Portnoy: :D
TS7: hahahhaha

Portnoy: So…
Portnoy: this is something that I ask maybe two, three times a year.
Portnoy: Can you tell me how I’ve been doing?
Portnoy: :D
TS7: living in a phat house, actually one sec, lemme check in the game (have it running)
Portnoy: More important than the house…
Portnoy: HOW’S MY FERRARI?
TS7: you have excellent health, education…you’re talking retirement!
Portnoy: sweeeeet
TS7: I’m waiting for you to leave your house so I can take a picture of your car
Portnoy: Technically, stalking. But I’m willing to let it slide just this once.
TS7: I’m gonna have to build a golf course next door to lure you out, apparently!
Portnoy: Does Sim-noy stay at home all the time?
Portnoy: Because, that would be kinda scary and depressing, all rolled into one.
Portnoy: :D
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TS7: fuck! I’ve got a picture of where you work now, I missed your commute!
TS7: one sec

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Grumpy: did you get link?
Portnoy: hahaha yes!
Portnoy: I got my car too!
Mr. Grumpy: i have to say, our neighborhood looks fine
Portnoy: Indeed – I wonder if TS intentionally put is together, or if that just happened randomly
Mr. Grumpy: think it just happens
Mr. Grumpy: could you please ask your gardeners to not start until 9am?
Portnoy: This is exactly why I had them plant those high hedges…
Portnoy: so I wouldn’t have to listen to your constant, inane questions all day…
Portnoy: :rolleyes:
Mr. Grumpy: i’m moving
Mr. Grumpy: get away from this low class neighborhood, what with these ferrari driving wise-guys and wotnot
Portnoy: Look – it’s my driveway.
Portnoy: I paid for it.
Portnoy: I’ll do donuts in MY driveway at midnight until the cows come home!
Portnoy: God bless America!
Mr. Grumpy: lol!

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TS7: kinda hard to see your car, but you managed to move into a luxury house about 1 block from work
Portnoy:That’s my car at the stoplight there?
Portnoy:The red one?
TS7: yup
Portnoy: Oh jeah!
Portnoy: :cruises: