Chess chess chess chess chess! Chess is my new obsession. Chess it ain't even a quesshun. Chess it was love at first sight. Chess when I turn out the lights. I love it! I had promised myself long ago that I would never learn to play chess, although I can't exactly remember why I would do something so ridiculous, but I've been playing for a week now and it's fascinating. I thought I'd be able to master it in a week, because there are only a finite number of ways it can go down, right? Granted, it's probably in the millions, but finite nonetheless, and it's not like in poker where you can't see what the other person has to work off, but alas, it was not meant to be and I haven't won a game yet, but I've gotten 2 or 3 stalemates! Which I consider to be like victory. My roommate and I were thinking of stacking lot of mattresses on our beds and painting a chess board on the ceiling and then playing with glow-in-the-dark velcro pieces with our toes. It's even an aesthetically pleasing game! It's so pretty and regal and dignified looking.