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I had the day off today, and was sadly not feeling too well, but I had to go to the local shopping centre to get some food. There’s a game store in this shopping centre, and I kinda couldn’t stop myself from going there and somehow ended up buying a second-hand copy of Mario Party 8.
I had promised Mr Pharmacist (the taller half of the household) that I was going to be better at saving money and not buy so much crap, so I came up with a cunning plan. I hid the game in my room and planned to sneak it into the lounge over time, and he’d be none the wiser.
Here’s what happened when he came home:
I showed him the Wii Fit balance board charger that I had bought in the sale, and immediately blurted out “And I did not buy a game.” “What did you just say?” said Mr Pharmacist. “NOTHING!” said I, which obviously meant that I had indeed said something. And out comes the game from the bag hidden in my room.
I really, really, really suck at lying, especially to Mr Pharmacist or my parental units. See, this is why I don’t play poker. I can predict how that would work: “Are you bluffing?” “I AM SO NOT!” I would make the worst secret agent ever. Oh well, at least I made Mr Pharmacist laugh.
I’ve just worked out for more than an hour and feel extremely big and clever.
I need a root canal! Fabulous. I went to the dentist yesterday and was drugged and poked and got drilled on (a win in itself), and it became evident that what was wrong with the tooth could not be fixed. The aftermath hurt like no tomorrow, and I took some painkillers under the supervision of Mr Pharmacist. I still ended up completely zoned out at work the next day (fell asleep twice, once during a conference call. Go me.) so went home at half past three, curled up in bed, and woke up again at 7pm. I feel less drugged now.
The fabulous, magnificent, beautiful
And then I found my Animal Crossing DS game, which has been AWOL for weeks. Not a bad day all in all, if you ignore the whole falling asleep at work thing.
Timeline for recent computer woes:
September 1: Learn of existence of Spore. Get ridiculously excited. Is slow, but has not been paying attention.
Sep 5: See Spore in a shop. Look at it, touch it. Get more excited. Realise as home computer only has in-buildt graphics card, this not be very compatible. Sulk.
Sep 6: Go to PC World to look at graphics card. Get advise from nice tech that it’s better and cheaper online. Agree, go home with nothing.
Sep 6: Order graphics card online. Squee.
Sep 8: Verify address to dabs.com. Annoyed that they refuse to ship anywhere but card address, as always have stuff shipped to work. Sulk.
Sep 10: Graphic card arrives at home! Only self is at work, so get red ‘Sorry you were out’ note. As is leaving for airport straight from work on Friday, arrange redelivery at local post office on Monday.
Sep 13: Birthday party. Get gift: Spore Galactic Edition! Joyous celebration!
Sep 15: goes to post office on my behalf. No package. Arrange redelivery again. Sulk.
Sep 16: goes to post office. Still nothing.
Sep 17: goes to post office. Still nothing. Self pine for graphics card so hard that end up buying Sims 2 Double Deluxe in lunch break in anticipation.
Sep 18: Is home sick. A new ‘Sorry you were out’ note arrives with the rest of the post. Run out to talk to post delivery person. He says someone was there to deliver it earlier and we were out. He has no box. Self was in bed all day, heard no knock. Is completely confused. Log complaint. Arrange redelivery for HOME on Saturday. Pissed of.
Sep 19: Pout more over card. Get really excited for next day, plan magical installing and game time.
Sep 20: Post arrives, no card. No ‘Sorry you were out’ note. Totally confused. Go to post office. No box there, either. Get pissed off. Staff don’t give a shit. Weep angry tears. Go home and hide in bedroom to sulk. Log ANOTHER complain. Wonder if will ever get card. Despair. Stare on Spore Galactic Edition. Decide self must become dictator, and will replace Royal Mail staff with Robots.
I look back to the days before the DS and the Wii were released, when Nintendo’s console was the Gamecube and the handheld was the Gameboy. Wow, how things have changed. Back then, I saw Nintendo as the system for kids, and I mean that in a nice way, really. I used to sell these things, and I knew my target group for every product.
When the DS was released, at first not much changed. Warioware? Nintendogz? Good games, but not a revolution. I sorta kinda wanted the DS for the Warioware, but I got a PSP instead and felt it was highly superior. And hardware-wise, it was. After a few months, it dawned to me that Sony kept releasing PSP versions of films, and very few games. I was annoyed, because I didn’t find any games I really wanted. And before long, I noticed the rows and rows of DS games in shops, and they all looked fun.
Enter Brain Training. I was sold. A game with puzzles, that supposedly helps your brain stay active? I tried it out, and it was great. I also got addicted to Sudoko through it, as the Brain Training game included several puzzles and after one, I was hooked.
Since then, Nintendo has firmly cemented its position as the best gaming platform for me. Okay, so the graphics are simplistic, and sometimes so are the games. So what? I had great fun playing games with crappy graphics way back when, more fun than games that seem too realistic, as they plain freak me out. Nintendo now offers games to keep you fit (Wii Fit, My Health Coach on the DS), language classes (My French/Spanish Coach), magic tricks.. and now cooking.
Today, I exchanged in some other DS games to get Cooking Guide. I found a recipe, when shopping and when I came home, the game led me through the cooking step by step, with pictures and audio. Result: I made Beef Stroganoff for the first time. It was delicious.
I love the future, and I love living right here, right now and experiencing how much everything is changing around me. It’s brilliant.
Note to self: being stressed out due to work and flat things and generally having too much on your plate can lead to overreaction.
Where the fuck is my fucking copy of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All. I want it now!!!
RIGHT NOW I TELL YOU
*curse, sob, shake fist*
ETA: holy crap, I actually found it. I also found my password token for my work email! Amazing.
AWESOME.
I figure it went down something like this:
“Lets get some hookers!”
“Yeah!”
“Okay… We’ve got some. What do we do with them?”
“..iono.”
“…”
“…”
“WAIT I GOT IT!”
“..?”
“MULTIPLAYER HALO FTW!!”
“OMGFGYEAH!”
“THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME!!”
“TOTALLY!”
“Quick, get some snacks.”
hoot, high five etc.
My main annoyance so far this year is that there are a bunch of awesome films out and I’ve not seen any of them yet. Damn you, courses! Damn you, flat hunting! Damn you, work!
If there was any fairness in the world, I would spend all my mornings with my Nintendo Wii, all my afternoons writing web applications and all my evenings at the cinema or at gigs.
Oh, to be Paris Hilton. Imagine what you could do with that much money! I think my priorities in life are perfect – I’d take a new game system over a trip to the plastic surgeon any day of the week.
Did you ever watch Battlestar Galactica? The episode where the second Sharon connects to the computer network by injecting the cable into her arm? Sometimes I wish I could do that with the internet. You think I’m joking. Be honest, if you’re on the internet enough to read random blogs, you probably understand.
Tomorrow I have a date with Photoshop. Sweet.
See this beauty here? I am in love with it. Oh yes, my techie obsession, whenever I lift it, be still my heart. Commuting is so much better thanks to it.
The disks look oddly like the old (now pretty much dead) format Minidisc, which I’m sure no one will remember in five years. I had a mini disk player, which was stolen. Boo. Anyway, these disks are about 1,4 gigs in size, if memory serves me correctly (it probably doesn’t).
The extra cool thing about the psp compared to other hand-held systems, is that it also plays films. Which is cool, when I find Kill Bill 1 for 159,50 while I’m waiting for my train. The bride? Kicks my trainride’s ass. Warning: public laughter and evil grinnage may occur.
And I’m spending an absolutely obscene amount of time playing Everybody’s Golf. This makes me bite back quite a few curse words in public places.
Did I mention it also has wireless technology, and can connect to the internet?
So in case you’re wondering where I am.. I’m either
a) at work
b) on my way to work/from work
or
c) playing Everybody’s Golf.
b) and c) are compatible, a) and c) – unfortunately not.
I am aware this is old news for American techies, but it only came out a month ago here.
