Puzzling Words

Weather is getting colder here at Rochester..

Seemed like snow is just around the corner (Yucks!)

Adapting to the weather, I stop cycling to school (actually my bicycle tire got flat again and uuukh how I hate to repair it!)

Taking the public bus again.. pfft.. ok

So taking the public bus, although it seems mundane, sometime interesting things can occur.. Like today,

I was in the bus, somebody play the bell to stop the bus. The bus stopped somewhere (not sure if its a bus stop coz its at the side of the road with darkness and all) and the guy who was going out of the bus said:

"Thank you! Thank you for being gracious and ignorant!" As he went out of the buss - having this weird expression on his face ..

Interpretations?

So I was thinking.. "wait, that doesnt sound right.. Gracious with Ignorant??? Doesn't go together in my dictionary"..

Is the bus driver gracious because he stopped at the bus stop exactly where he wanted? Or is it coz he stopped not at the bus stop but close to where the guy should have gotten off?
Is the bus driver ignorant because he did not hear the bell? Or is he ignorant because he stopped at some place where theres no bus stop (ignoring the road/bus rule)?
Or is simply because the guy was being sarcastic?

Either way, I could not decide what really happened and my mind was wondering about this conundrum for hours.. It's interesting, isn't it?

work-work

http://arherring.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/hard-work.jpg

Hurrm its been awhile!

oMg fall 2010 was so busy! Not just academically but also leisurely lol

I did not think that I took this magic the gathering thing so serius before.. It was fun and I really like to talk about it.. But since I have too much to talk about, I designed a new blog designed just for magic! lol.. ok probably no one would read it.. But here's the link anyway:

http://briboomermtg.blogspot.com/


Ok so semester is going well so far! It much work, but doable.. And the class that I am taking this semester only has 2 exams! So most of the time I just write papers.. o_O


Since Summer, and Fall.. I have lived with new roomates/housemates.. They are all awesome!! At first I was kind of scared that we would have a lot of drama going on in the house.. You know.. But hey, nothing serious!!

Can't wait for my first pre-release magic tournament this saturday.. Have a nice weekend =D

Mtg M11 First Tourney

Card of the day. Simple but Powerful,,

I tried to play MTGO online tournament. I dont know much about previous set like Rise of Eldrazi and Zendikar. So I decided to join M11 Sealed deck tournament..

Sealed Deck is a format where every player receive 6 booster, and build a 40 cards deck out of it.. I like this format compared to "bring ur own deck" because it challenges ur ability to choose good cards from a pile.. It also eliminates the fact that opponent can have so many rares in one deck (since they are rich and buy all the rares in the world :/ )..

Ok, I have to admit that I do have outside help.. Mior and Syafrul helped me creating the deck..

Although it is my first time playing in Magic online tournament, I have confidence and excited to do well.. And that I did! I won 3 out of 4 games, losing to ranked 2 in the tournament.

Event Results:

Rank= 8,

bri boomer

Points: 9

Versus : Mihauliuc (2-0), HelloSir (0-2), OrphanOphidian2 (2-1), FaMuLa (2-1)

Made it to the top 8 o_O certainly better than expected.

My M11 First Sealed Deck

Lands (17)

8 Island

9 Plains

Creatures (12)

2 Æther Adept

1 Air Servant

1 Assault Griffin

1 Elite Vanguard

1 Infantry Veteran

1 Palace Guard

1 Phantom Beast

2 Serra Angel

1 Water Servant

1 Wild Griffin

Spells (11)

1 Brittle Effigy

1 Crystal Ball

1 Elixir of Immortality

1 Pacifism

2 Mana Leak

1 Mighty Leap

1 Negate

1 Safe Passage

1 Jace Beleren

1 Preordain

Sideboards

(Didnt really change at deck content at all during break time between matches)

Artifact

1 Kraken's Eye

1 Gargoyle Sentinel

1 Triskelion

Creature

1 Arc Runner

1 Armored Cancrix

1 Barony Vampire

1 Berserkers of Blood Ridge

1 Bloodcrazed Goblin

1 Bloodthrone Vampire

1 Captivating Vampire

2 Chandra's Spitfire

1 Child of Night

1 Duskdale Wurm

1 Earth Servant

1 Garruk's Companion

1 Goblin Piker

1 Greater Basilisk

1 Harbor Serpent

1 Liliana's Specter

1 Llanowar Elves

1 Maritime Guard

1 Merfolk Sovereign

1 Merfolk Spy

1 Prodigal Pyromancer

2 Rotting Legion

1 Silvercoat Lion

1 Viscera Seer

1 Vulshok Berserker

Spells

2 Dryad's Favor

1 Holy Strength

1 Primal Cocoon

1 Volcanic Strength

1 Autumn's Veil

1 Cancel

2 Chandra's Outrage

1 Combust

1 Fog

1 Hornet Sting

1 Incite

2 Inspired Charge

1 Lightning Bolt

1 Naturalize

1 Safe Passage

1 Rootbound Crag

1 Terramorphic Expanse

1 Deathmark

2 Demolish

1 Disentomb

1 Duress

1 Fireball

1 Lava Axe

1 Mind Rot

1 Pyroclasm

1 Sign in Blood

1 Solemn Offering

Won 6 Mtgo M11 booster.. Should I enter the next tournament? lol,,