I'll take a break from the technical posts for a moment.  Friday night, I helped out with a youth lock-in up at the church.  It was just like old times (except no spitting ice down the stairs).

The youth group at our church is decidedly smaller than at our church in Austin.  But, it makes sense because the actual church is much smaller than our church in Austin.  There were about 8 guys there (the girls were elsewhere).  We pretty much played video games all night.  We had 2 Wii's, a PS2, an XBox and an XBox360.  We also played some (outdoor) capture the flag.  It was a variant that I hadn't played before in Texas, and I didn't really understand it.

The highlight of the night was linking the xbox and the 360 and playing some 4 vs. 4 Halo 2.  I don't like to brag, but I did pretty well.  Mainly it was fun because they were trash-talking pretty bad about how they were going to beat me.  One game in particular (4v4 Team Slayer on Beaver Creek) I lead my team to victory with 35 kills and only 3 deaths.

It was cool to connect with the guys in that way. They are having a "ski day" on Wednesday, and I'm bummed that I have to work.  The whole concept of a day trip for snow skiing is completely foreign and bizarre to me.