Mario Party

The Cat, Barnelia, Cecil and I used to play Mario Party 7. Until Barnelia claims I "ruined" it by discovering you get crap loads of stars by playing alone. It was great fun that usually ended with me accidentally socking some one with a controller. Usually Barnelia...hmmm.

At least our games never got this ugly.

Hopefully I have a Wii by Mario Party 8. I'm sure that no one will get whacked in the gob with all those Wiimotes waving around.

An Xmas Tale

I should have posted this earlier but I ddint want to encourage the
whole holiday thing.

I have always seemed to be sick around Christmas. Typically its a
respratory thing (I suspect its the pine trees) but it can be any common
illness. Now that I think about it I can only remember being well for
the past two holidays. I'm sure there were less but being sick at Xmas
tends to stick in your mind.

Anyways, when I was a kid one sick Xmas stuck out. I can't remember how
many days before Xmas it was. I think it was pretty cold and I was just
loafing around feeling blah. One night all of a sudden my parents jump
up cause they heard something at the door. One of them went out to
check and came back in with a present for me. They said it was in these
giant bushes (which often harbored snakes) by the door. They reported
that they saw an elf darting off. I unwrapped the package and it was a
set of bright yellow Buck Rogers (or was it old school Battlestar
Galatica, nope I think it was Buck) long pjs. I have to say they were
pretty sweet. I guess my parents wanted me to dress a bit warmer so
they called in the elf for a special delivery. I remeber being very
excited and even forgot about being sick for a while.

Ties r dumb

As I sit at work waiting for a semi-glitzy event to begin I wonder why
the hell I have to wear a tie. I can't think of a dumber piece of
clothing. It just doesn't seem like the best idea to willingly wear
clothing that can choke you.
Let me revise that a bit: they make other guys look nice and neat but
they just make me look like that kid who got forcibly scrubbed up to go
to church. I don't wear a tie for my day to day work so they are extra
uncomfortable. I constantly make strange neck movements because of the
consant pressure on my neck. I'm sure I appear off my meds.
My people are not a tie wearing people. At my graduation my dad wore a
tie for the ceremony but removed it with great to-do when we got
outside. He had even specially purchased it for the occasion because he
didn't have any. (It had William from the Met on it.)
I proudly carry on his tie-less example. I hope I never have to have a
job that requires a tie (i.e. Tie model). But the way the world is
becoming more casual I don't think I have to worry. Soon businessmen
will be going to work in cut-offs.

Wii Alert!!

You've all been placed on Wii Alert.

I've been searching online and off since it came out. But I can't
manage to find one. There have been plenty of PS3s floating around and
mountains of 360s. But I am but one man, one man in a sea of others who
want a Wii for their 'children.' So I call on all of you to help. If
your in a Wii-vending (Target, Best Buy, WalMart, etc.) location, check
to see if they have any. If they do, snag one for me and you'll get
reimbursed. Just don't buy a bundle; they are overpriced and usually
only contain the lamest accessories and shotty games.
Now go forth and find Gameboy a Wii. Good luck troops.

Vacation Recap

Tomorrow I go back to work. I’ve been off since the 22^nd on vacation. For some reason I didn’t feel like blogging about it; mainly because I didn’t do a thing. Well nothing most people would associate with vacations. I mostly stayed around the house, watched DVDs and played video games. There was a bit of Xmas shopping in there and holiday duties thrown in but mostly it was a good hard loaf. For about 5 days I didn’t shave; The Cat was a little weirded out.

Here’s a summary of activities:

• Watched The Venture Bros., season 1: Very funny stuff. I expected lots of infantile frat humor, but they threw enough intelligent jokes to keep me interested. I’d quote my favorite line, but kids might be watching this.
• Watched some old Doctor Who from the Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker years: Wow. . . uh. . .Wow. The effects were hokey, the acting hammy and The Doctor (both versions) are major asses. But there were Daleks so I enjoyed them.
• Watched the new Doctor Who Xmas Special. It was great! The TARDIS in a car chase was over the top in a good way. Ever episode makes me want to head to England and pick up a toy Sonic Screwdriver. I’d carry it around and people would get so annoyed by its buzzing.
• Started watching Brisco County, Jr.: Man, I loved this series when it was on. It’s not as slick as more modern shows. But I love the Wild, Wild West like vibe and John Astin (who I thought was dead) was great as the Professor.
• Read some Astro City graphic novels: Hopefully I’ll get my hands on the book where it tells the Silver Agent’s story. It’s driving me up the wall. Sure I can read a spoiler, but I’d rather just read the book (I’m looking at you Cecile).
• Started and finished Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal: Playing this game was my only “real” goal for the vacation. It was great; could have been a wee bit harder but I had a ball playing it. Only one more game in the series left. I’m really going to miss playing these games. They might be one of the few games I’ll go back and replay.
• Started Okami: It’s simply amazing. If you have a PS2, get this game. If you don’t, buy one and get this game. Sure it’s a lot like Nintendo 64 Zelda games, but the calligraphic art style is beautiful. The story is as compelling as the art. The one downside is that it has the scariest spider boss (one of the last pics in the gallery) I’ve ever seen in a video game. It took a lot for me to watch the screen as I beat the crap out of it. It looked evil and moved too realistically for my tastes. It has this one attack that jumps at the screen that made my skin crawl. I fully expect to wake up with spider nightmares tonight.
• Played some Carcassonne: The City which I received for Xmas (thanks guys). It’s a nice variant of Carcassonne and I can’t wait to play more of it.
• Purchased a copy of Niagara but have yet to play it.
• Got my next leitmark in Perplex City thanks to some cards Mustard and Mayo got me for Xmas.
• And finally read The Octonauts, which my Mom got me for Xmas. Thanks Mom. It was cuter than hell. We need a coffee table so that this book can live on it and when people can come over they can experience its cuteness.

Well that’s it.

I wanted to play Worlds of Warcraft but I plan to roll a new character when the expansion comes out in a few weeks. (No time like the present to start Cecile and The Cat). I can’t wait to stomp around as a Draenei, possibly a priest (unless I find out that they make crappy priests). In other MMORPG, I finally canceled my City of Heroes/Villains account. The game just wasn’t going anywhere and got to be repetitious. I’ll miss you Busy B and Control.

I’m sure that some other stuff went on but I can’t remember it. All I know is that I have to go to work tomorrow. Everyone will tell me about the stupid things they did in my absence and expect me to be proud of them. They will also ask many questions about my vacation. I wish they wouldn’t. Nothing that goes on outside of work is their business, but you can’t just go around work telling people to piss off (I’ve tried). They just laugh and say “No, really, blah blah, blah…” I’ll just keep my head down and my headphones handy.