A full week has passed since my last post, so here’s another long, fun post with subtitles.
Camera Five megapixels is a lot. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve truly been in a situation where five was necessary. Of course, the biggest use I have for this camera is a final output at 500×375 pixels. I’ve had more than fifty pictures ready to print, but haven’t taken the time to stop by Wal-Mart to upload them. Shutterfly is a consideration. Rewind to the intro sentence. Six megapixels is more, so I am having a pretty hard time justifying a Canon 300D.
Axim My first Pocket PC was definitely worthwhile. I have used it everyday since I opened that little brown box. Some uses aren’t so productive. Actually, I estimate that I only use it for my original, legitimate organizational uses 5% of the time. But the sun still laughs at us and summer is raging on. Wake up, eat, poo, shower, and work are about the only things I can really plan at the moment. Please make sure to acknowledge the comma between eat and poo. For the other 95%, I am watching movies or listening to music. Actually, that’s probably just another 5%. So what makes up the other 90%? Morphgear, a SNES emulator, and an RPG.
Earthbound This game is classic. I didn’t care what reviews said back then, and I don’t care what nostalgic reviews say now. Actually, they are both right for the most part. The graphics are horrid and the sound is worse. But there aren’t too many things in the world that can bring me back to fourth grade more clearly. And something about the game really entertains me. Eight years ago, I never really did catch the humor, but I loved leveling up all the same. The world doesn’t really seem to be in any true danger, there aren’t any huge twists or dramatic story elements, the characters aren’t seriously motivated or out for revenge, and I even fought a giant evil tent as a boss. It’s not an epic RPG. That’s what I like.
This game is classic, and it is also the number one daily battery drainer on my Axim.
Final Fantasy V Along with Earthbound and Chrono Trigger, I’m pretty sure that this was only other SNES RPG I beat. It And it took me three years in all—maybe four or five. I was stuck on the last boss and quit for two of those three or four or five years. I finally picked the game up again to beat that giant tree, and that’s when I found out it was the end of the game. As far as I remember, I logged in 72 hours before I saw the ending. I estimate I was stuck at the end for more than fifteen hours. I’d say that I don’t want to brag, but that’s what I’m doing. Yes, I am bragging about taking more than three years to beat a single game.
It was in Japanese and I started in third grade. Maybe it’s not so amazing to these modern, Pokemon-raised RPG children, but I am proud of the accomplishment. I really doubt that I’d be able to do the same if someone offered me $1000 to play through it now. I had no idea what spells were doing, and it would be common for me to travel around the world map for a few hours before finding something new to do and progressing the story. Thinking back, I can’t imagine how much free time I had in elementary school.
I tried to do the same with a Japanese version of Chrono Trigger, but was fittingly stopped at the end of time. How stupid is it that you had to walk around Spekkio’s room three times to move the story on? Very, that’s what I say. It was put in the game just to keep stupid American kids like me from getting farther. Even though that probably isn’t the reason, I wouldn’t blame Square anyway considering how well it worked.
Alderwood Mall I dropped a decent amount of money on a trio of items. But it was worth it, and the trip was a lot of fun. Chris, Paul, Glenn, Junior, and Curt went and we met up with my brother. We’re officially the slowest mall-walkers ever. People were passing us left and right. We played with the gadgets in Brookstone for an uncomfortably long time. Junior and I quit early and just had a conversation with one of the workers there. Like our Wild Waves trip, food was big on our mind and we ate at The Steak Escape. It was good, but a little overpriced. When it comes to mall food court food, quantity is definitely a priority in my head, and Quizno’s has meatier sandwiches for the price. The Steak Escape’s Loaded Fries are nothing to scoff at though. Then we bought Bumbershoot tickets and headed home. A little known fact is that the name Bumbershoot comes from the Muckleshoot tribe. I know this because they both have shoot at the end.
Movies Here are some of the movies I have seen recently and my opinion. The Village, Bad. Kill Bill 2, Good. Collateral, Good. Rounders, Good. Pumping Iron, Good. Bourne Identity, Good. Good Will Hunting, Good. I just read through my list again. It sure looks like I love Matt Damon.
That’s the end. Hopefully I post more than once a week. Until then, update your Xangas and Blogspots so I have something to inspire me.