Return to the scene of the crime..
Mar. 29th, 2003 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
transomwhiplassOh my gosh, I have not posted in a huge amount of time. Ack! How terrible. Well, I guess I will update my life for the last week +, but in brief, because honestly, I think I've forgotten a lot (I have such a crappy memory).
To sum up last week:
It sucked, and it was a major dip for my GPA. I had an English test, an essay test, and a history test all of which I was a total dumbass and slacker and thus ultimately: fucked up Über-time.
Yesterday I spent the evening downloading RPG roms: all the cult games a.k.a. RPG out the ying yang. I am now happily enjoying: Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana (1&2), 3 Final Fantasies (I don't know which numbers since English ones don't align with the Japanese and I'm not sure if all the titles are Eng., Jap., or a mix x_X;;), Zelda: Link to the Past, Sailor Moon: Another Story (omg.. if you like RPG and EVER.. EVER in your life sort kinda BARELY liked SM, this game is SOOOO CUTE and is a promising RPG in my mind), Mario RPG (Haha.. what can I say), Earthbound, & <3 Harvest Moon (dude.. the cows are so cute I could just die) along with a few other old games like Yoshi's Island, Kirby, & Donkey Kong. I'm having oodles o' hours of fun (though the time flies and my weekend will be wasted before I know it).
Today I got the new gameboy advance SP(the one that flips with a back light ^.^;;). Haha, this weekend has all been about being a kid. I've done all my childhood activities, run around like a dork, and worn pig tails HEE HEE.
Ok.... maybe I'm stupid and out of it, or maybe no one has heard of this. With a special dealy-do-dad, you can put your emulators on a blank cartridge and play them on your gameboy (this promotes ripping of the companies, which I don't agree with but the other use interests me...). Several obsessive gamers took it upon themselves to construct emulators (for other consoles) to let you take those games, stick em' on a cartridge and play them on the game boy advance. They have YET to make an SNES emulator.. but oh my gosh when they do... I WILL HAVE ONE. The 32 bit-ness of the GBA would be so great and just think about having all your favorite RPG games (alas.. current consoles carry a pitiful few of good titles [er.. at least for handheld, in my opinion] though report is that there is a Final Fantasy coming out... no date yet for US...suuuuuuck]. Annnnnnyyway...... so that's how I spent my day. I was rambling on about bit-ness today and 8 bit and 16 bit and 32 bit and my mother says "Sarah.. how do you know all this.. wait... no, I don't want to know." Hee hee ^_^;;, I'm going to be like.. the bigest loser, immature grownup in the world.
Speaking of those, on vacation, while basking in the goodness of cable *_*, I soaked up many hours of MTV. One which hour (spliced with flips to CNN) included an episode of Real Life (?) where they followed the lives of Professional Gamers. It stirred many feelings: laughter, facsination, horror, pity, scorn, and something only expressed as "OH MY GOD THAT IS SO COOL". They best/funniest/sadest/most interesting part was definetly when they visited these 6 guys who call themselves, the "Order of Light." Ok, so the 6 guys live in Mephis together in an apartment. They all have the most menial of jobs, and make only enought to support their lifestyle. (One guy: "The average time spent at the most menial entry-level job at Fedex is 6 months, I've been there 3 years") They have many consoles (several of each system), big screen TVs, and a few computers. The kitchen is stacked with dishes which probably haven't been washed since they first used them upon moving in and there refrigerator is stacked full with Coca-Cola (there "primary source of nourishment") lengthwise, all the way up. There was nothing else in the fridge. That is all the guys do.Eat Drink, Sleep (very little), and Play. Then they followed this guy Fatal1ty who is the #1 rank of some game in the world and they like watched him tour and stuff (he makes like $150k through prizes and stuff a year). But it was funny and sort of sad because they will all get old someday and just be those crazy losers with no lives, wives, or money.
[EDIT]Relevant Picture to above and below. Not picture from above "Order of Light" but very much like what they have.
Right now I'm torn between pursuits. This week I want to be an architect (but that would be difficult to pursue at Rice, I think it is one of their most elite [and lowest in selection numbers + highest in SAT scores]. But, if I knew that I could be a graphic designer/animator and go work for MTV till I am to old to be on their payroll (what.. like 25?) then move on to Pixar or Sony and get my Oscar for a short or animated film, then go on to be the creative director for an estimed company living in my posh & funky loft that is totally modern and wigged out and colorful and japanese/pop culture-ish. I would be satisfied. Then maybe, maybe I could get a job being a doofus at Nintendo where I would meet my Über-square husband who would be like the ultimate mirror of the stereotypical nerd-dork. That would would be funny too. Basically right now I'm seeing either my life as a total failure or one full of brightness, color, silliness, infinite youthfullness, and one that enriches the lives of children through the media (AHAHAAHAHA.. the media is just corrupting our children, I would know.. as I am one of them). Yeah, but I am totally gung-ho (sp?) on being a weird kid for the rest of my life. I will be this little old lady that is more interested in talking to her grandchildren and participating in their hobbies rather than doing anything else. Haha.. I wonder if any who read this (like anyone did) cringed while reading that.. heh heh.
Annnyway.. I think I'm going to find something to nibble on due to lack o' dinner and lunch.
Err.. before I go: I've discovered that I have aquired a HUGE parking phobia. It totally freaks me out and I feel like I am about to just jump out of my skin and go crazy. I haven't driven much (once or twice) since the fender bender, and both times I parked out of the way. However, whenever we are in the car and my parents park in what is sort of a tight spot.. I just freak out worried we are going to scratch. Today we returned to the scene of the crime (twice), Best Buy. The first time we parked some where away in the parking lot but I still shuddered. The second, we parked in the spot I was trying to get into.. it made me insane.
John likes Hot Topic and I just want to die. Maybe I'm evil and stupid, but so is that store.. I told him (he hates Avril, that's good at least) "John, for every dollar you give Hot Topic they give 50 cents to Avril Lavinge." Which in my mind.. is true. She just sort of represents what that store is: suburban dweeby children hooking on to a form of current, pop culture in order to belong. That is what I think of it. Its funny, you can see Avril's high school pictures online: in 9th grade she is this tangled blond haired nerdy girl girl with glasses (looks nothing like current self), the next year she has corn-rows and so on. Anyway ~_~;; the store is kind of fun because I like random t-shirts which basically mean nothing and sometimes they have really cheap stuff. I got an $8 ghostbuster shirt and that was a good thing.
Ok.. stuff to do, or not.
To sum up last week:
It sucked, and it was a major dip for my GPA. I had an English test, an essay test, and a history test all of which I was a total dumbass and slacker and thus ultimately: fucked up Über-time.
Yesterday I spent the evening downloading RPG roms: all the cult games a.k.a. RPG out the ying yang. I am now happily enjoying: Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana (1&2), 3 Final Fantasies (I don't know which numbers since English ones don't align with the Japanese and I'm not sure if all the titles are Eng., Jap., or a mix x_X;;), Zelda: Link to the Past, Sailor Moon: Another Story (omg.. if you like RPG and EVER.. EVER in your life sort kinda BARELY liked SM, this game is SOOOO CUTE and is a promising RPG in my mind), Mario RPG (Haha.. what can I say), Earthbound, & <3 Harvest Moon (dude.. the cows are so cute I could just die) along with a few other old games like Yoshi's Island, Kirby, & Donkey Kong. I'm having oodles o' hours of fun (though the time flies and my weekend will be wasted before I know it).
Today I got the new gameboy advance SP(the one that flips with a back light ^.^;;). Haha, this weekend has all been about being a kid. I've done all my childhood activities, run around like a dork, and worn pig tails HEE HEE.
Ok.... maybe I'm stupid and out of it, or maybe no one has heard of this. With a special dealy-do-dad, you can put your emulators on a blank cartridge and play them on your gameboy (this promotes ripping of the companies, which I don't agree with but the other use interests me...). Several obsessive gamers took it upon themselves to construct emulators (for other consoles) to let you take those games, stick em' on a cartridge and play them on the game boy advance. They have YET to make an SNES emulator.. but oh my gosh when they do... I WILL HAVE ONE. The 32 bit-ness of the GBA would be so great and just think about having all your favorite RPG games (alas.. current consoles carry a pitiful few of good titles [er.. at least for handheld, in my opinion] though report is that there is a Final Fantasy coming out... no date yet for US...suuuuuuck]. Annnnnnyyway...... so that's how I spent my day. I was rambling on about bit-ness today and 8 bit and 16 bit and 32 bit and my mother says "Sarah.. how do you know all this.. wait... no, I don't want to know." Hee hee ^_^;;, I'm going to be like.. the bigest loser, immature grownup in the world.
Speaking of those, on vacation, while basking in the goodness of cable *_*, I soaked up many hours of MTV. One which hour (spliced with flips to CNN) included an episode of Real Life (?) where they followed the lives of Professional Gamers. It stirred many feelings: laughter, facsination, horror, pity, scorn, and something only expressed as "OH MY GOD THAT IS SO COOL". They best/funniest/sadest/most interesting part was definetly when they visited these 6 guys who call themselves, the "Order of Light." Ok, so the 6 guys live in Mephis together in an apartment. They all have the most menial of jobs, and make only enought to support their lifestyle. (One guy: "The average time spent at the most menial entry-level job at Fedex is 6 months, I've been there 3 years") They have many consoles (several of each system), big screen TVs, and a few computers. The kitchen is stacked with dishes which probably haven't been washed since they first used them upon moving in and there refrigerator is stacked full with Coca-Cola (there "primary source of nourishment") lengthwise, all the way up. There was nothing else in the fridge. That is all the guys do.
[EDIT]Relevant Picture to above and below. Not picture from above "Order of Light" but very much like what they have.
Right now I'm torn between pursuits. This week I want to be an architect (but that would be difficult to pursue at Rice, I think it is one of their most elite [and lowest in selection numbers + highest in SAT scores]. But, if I knew that I could be a graphic designer/animator and go work for MTV till I am to old to be on their payroll (what.. like 25?) then move on to Pixar or Sony and get my Oscar for a short or animated film, then go on to be the creative director for an estimed company living in my posh & funky loft that is totally modern and wigged out and colorful and japanese/pop culture-ish. I would be satisfied. Then maybe, maybe I could get a job being a doofus at Nintendo where I would meet my Über-square husband who would be like the ultimate mirror of the stereotypical nerd-dork. That would would be funny too. Basically right now I'm seeing either my life as a total failure or one full of brightness, color, silliness, infinite youthfullness, and one that enriches the lives of children through the media (AHAHAAHAHA.. the media is just corrupting our children, I would know.. as I am one of them). Yeah, but I am totally gung-ho (sp?) on being a weird kid for the rest of my life. I will be this little old lady that is more interested in talking to her grandchildren and participating in their hobbies rather than doing anything else. Haha.. I wonder if any who read this (like anyone did) cringed while reading that.. heh heh.
Annnyway.. I think I'm going to find something to nibble on due to lack o' dinner and lunch.
Err.. before I go: I've discovered that I have aquired a HUGE parking phobia. It totally freaks me out and I feel like I am about to just jump out of my skin and go crazy. I haven't driven much (once or twice) since the fender bender, and both times I parked out of the way. However, whenever we are in the car and my parents park in what is sort of a tight spot.. I just freak out worried we are going to scratch. Today we returned to the scene of the crime (twice), Best Buy. The first time we parked some where away in the parking lot but I still shuddered. The second, we parked in the spot I was trying to get into.. it made me insane.
John likes Hot Topic and I just want to die. Maybe I'm evil and stupid, but so is that store.. I told him (he hates Avril, that's good at least) "John, for every dollar you give Hot Topic they give 50 cents to Avril Lavinge." Which in my mind.. is true. She just sort of represents what that store is: suburban dweeby children hooking on to a form of current, pop culture in order to belong. That is what I think of it. Its funny, you can see Avril's high school pictures online: in 9th grade she is this tangled blond haired nerdy girl girl with glasses (looks nothing like current self), the next year she has corn-rows and so on. Anyway ~_~;; the store is kind of fun because I like random t-shirts which basically mean nothing and sometimes they have really cheap stuff. I got an $8 ghostbuster shirt and that was a good thing.
Ok.. stuff to do, or not.
