Cue your favorite music, grab a beer from the fridge and toast with me later this month. With that 200th post, we'll celebrate the past and look forward to the future. Together.
Or don't - you douche bags - I know there's only about 2 of you out there anyway.
Ran into a wall with my "Star Trek Voyager" binge in the first part of season 6. Just got burnt out and busy with life....I expected it to happen sooner. I'll get back to eventually. Now, I got hooked on "The Angry Video Game Nerd" (search "AVGN") on YouTube. So foul but so funny. It's a Gen X thing, so if you are male, born after 1975, owned an NES and are a dork, then you should give it a chance. Start with a AVGN Top 10 Worst NES games (or some other top ten list) before starting the actual episodes to see if you'll like the show. Also, start with a later episode (90+) as those are better in terms of quality and they are less crass. Also, under NO circumstances should you watch these when your kids are awake - the language is pretty terrible. Here you lazy person, I'll embed it FOR YOU.
Also, the second season of "Adventure Time" finally got loaded onto Netflix so I am sure that will distract me away from "Star Trek" also.
All this is to say it got me into NES roms again. Just discovered the original Japanese Super Mario Brothers 2 (released as "Lost Levels" on SNES a few years later). It's like discovering another Beatles album. Except the album would make you frustrated and occasionally makes you curse. The thing is not easy. I haven't been spending too much time on it but last night I was forced into a warp zone on the 3rd world and it sends you back to World 1. Poo Poo Heads (I will hand it too them, they were devious, clever Poo Poo Heads). Also, I got a NES USB controller on Amazon for 8 bucks with shipping. It's awesome.
In other lazy news the love of my life and I recently rented "About Time". Wow. Best movie I have seen in awhile. I was expecting typically rom com and ended the movie in tears, not because of the characters but because of my own life. Definitely one of those that you'll think about the next day.
I've been in the local paper (and our college paper) a couple of times the last few weeks due to work stuff. I think if I would have somehow known this as a child, I would have thought that was AWESOME. Now, I will admit, it's kinda cool, but it only serves as a means to an end. We want change, so someone has to say something. And on that front, it looks like we won a battle in the war. We found out good news today and it was joyous.
It's been interesting and rewarding experience. First, it was a detective story. I gathered information and collected evidence. Then it was using people skills, calling people on campus, getting different takes on the same event, calling state agencies for more information. Then we garnered support, sure it was easy enough getting faculty members to sign on but I put in hours walking up and down our campus in two days as time was of essence. We even ended up getting some of our administrators to sign on. After that, it felt like we were onto something. Then it was working with the media. It involved meeting with media folks off the record, being interviewed and basically helping shape the story. Keep in mind I am not taking credit for all of this, only a helpful cog in a machine.
Also, spring time is awesome. Flowers, nice weather, ya know, spring time.
Spurs. Damn those Spurs - hope never dies (at least until Timmy retires).
That's it. I stayed up too late. AGAIN. Future self will be confused by the past self. Current self just couldn't stop after a long and successful day, so whatever.
Stay safe, buy local and don't forget to stop and smell the flowers this spring.
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