Galilyse

Here she is at level 62. I got to 64 last night and will post another pic of her at 65. She’s looking pretty spiffy. no? (Notice the new coloured hair and the facial markings- all thanks to the new barber shop!)

Whooped by a Three Year Old!

I had a meeting at the church tonight with the youth leader, as I had agreed to help lead Sunday School for the preschool class this year (after one of the teachers has gone inexplicably missing) and so we quickly wolfed down dinner and walked down to the church so I could get there on time. I meet the youth leader there and we have our meeting and afterwards I decide that I could use a glass of water. Abby asks for one too, so we dash up to the gathering space to use one of the drinking glasses on the side for a quick drink. 

As we get up there, I see that one of the members has lent us his Wii for Rally Day this coming Sunday. They forgot to bring the Wii Sports disc with, so we’re playing on Wii Play- which was alright I guess, pretty simple games designed for older or younger folk than I. There was a couple of games on there that were kind of fun and Abby really liked a fishing game- which I helped her with a little bit and she proceeded to whoop the butt of the church’s community leader (who’s idea it was to get the Wii in the first place). Not only is the Wii for use on Rally Day, but I also heard that it’s a test run to see if the older folks will play it and we can nudge the trustee board to buy one for the church- as we’re planning on starting up a Family Game Night every Friday during the winter when there isn’t a lot to do. 

It was fun and it was so much fun to watch Abby playing on the Wii and her eyes were just like saucers- she was so entranced it was the most adorable thing. I guess I know what she wants to play on come Sunday :p

Madden 09

Hahaha for the Madden Curse. I hope you have a lousy year with the Jets Mr Favre. It might make you realise what a stupid mistake you made coming back from retirement. Did you think that EA put you on the box front because you’re the #1 QB? No, it’s because you retired. But once again, you had us fooled with your fake tears and stupid sob stories. Get lost, Green Bay don’t need ya anymore. I hope the Jets fans tear you a new one and take you down a peg.

  

Pulling my hair out and going BATSHIT crazy!!

I have always thought of gaming as a way for me to relax in the evening, but recently I’ve been playing games that make me want to pull my hair out and drive me batshit crazy. The first one was Lego Star Wars, I decided to buy a cut-price copy for the PC. Haha, I have recently found out that the PC version is buggy as shit and freezes or just doesn’t work in parts. The controls drove me up the wall too, but now at least I have them configured to how I like and everything is peachy-keen again. Until I get to a part in the game that drives me nuts and I get so pissy. Grrrr….

The second one is a game that I borrowed from a friend of mine this afternoon. He’d been harping on about it for a while, and me and Nick are looking after their house while they’re on vacation. He’s a HUGE gamer (even has a whole room dedicated to it) and I borrowed Trauma Center off him for my DS. Urgh…wish I had never bothered, as it lags in parts and then you can’t finish the level in time. I keep having to do the same thing over and over and over again and I want to throw the DS across the room. Not that I would

102 Views?!

Ahhhhh!!! I have my highest amount of hits in a day EVER! 102 so far today So basically, all I need to do is mention the words ‘Apple’ or ‘Nintendo’ in any of my posts and the fanboys come a runnin’ :p Heck, what am I saying? I’m a FANGIRL and I scour the internet for new Nintendo blogs…I’m so lame.

In other news, I got the new Lego Indiana Jones this morning for my DS. Nick keeps looking over my shoulder and making googly eyes at the screen. Looks like we’ll have the XBox 360 version soon…just like Lego Star Wars. 

And then….Lego Batman is in the works too. That’s probably going to be released somewhere around ‘The Dark Knight’ release, me thinks (EDIT: It’s being released in September!)

So many games to buy and not enough money to do it. Where is that $1000 refund check when you need it? Come on, get here already!

Duck Hunt FTW!!

I’ve just been watching old video games on You Tube. Man, I miss my old consoles. The only one I have left is my original 1989 Nintendo Game Boy. I was saying to Nick the other day that we need to scour rummage sales for a NES…I want to be able to play the original Super Mario Bros or Duck Hunt. I remember going over to my friend’s house to eat Nutella sandwiches and play Duck Hunt all afternoon. Duck Hunt, Mario, Zelda, Tetris and Pokemon. I don’t require any other games, cause they all suck donkey balls compared to the originals. My brother had a Sega Mega Drive (the Genesis in the US/Japan) and he had the Sonic games…which kicked butt too. I’m a Nintendo girl through and through, I will never ever buy anything by another company…even if you paid me a million pounds to do it. 

Kids and Video Games

So I’m slightly miffed about something. I’ve been reading a lot of things recently that seems to state that some parents today are giving their children who are as young as three VIDEO GAMES. I don’t mean the lame-o V-Smile systems or Leapfrog. Heck, Abby has a Leapfrog Leap Pad and she loves that thing- best $40 ever spent on her, it’s taught her a lot when it comes to colours and stuff. 

I mean Nintendo DS systems. You know, that one that I got for my 26th birthday last year so grudgingly (Nick still likes to bring it up in arguments from time to time). I’ve been playing Nintendo since I was about 8…and Abby loves to watch me play, but there is NO WAY that I am letting her touch them until at least her 7th birthday. Until then, she can have a Leapster L-Max and it will be at least teaching her stuff instead of frying her young brain. I honestly cannot get my head around it, why on earth are parents giving their young ones video games to play on? I DON’T CARE if they have games like Dora the Explorer or Care Bears. It’s just wrong, did your parents not teach you the difference between right and wrong? Do you have that little amount of patience that you cannot tolerate your kids being bored, so you just shove a video game system in their hands and tell the to shut the fuck up? 

YOU NEED YOUR HEADS LOOKING AT. HOW ABOUT SEEING A SHRINK, YOU DUMBASSES?!

Exchanges

Not a lot has been happening here in the last few days. I’ve been writing a little and that tends to keep my head above water most of the time. My illness has been getting me down so the housework had been falling behind, but today I was feeling good about myself and managed to catch up with it all. 

I ended up getting Pokemon Diamond today instead of yesterday, but I had to trade for it. Bedroom action for a video game-  seemed like a fair trade to me. I was game and now I have the game. Not played on it much, I really want to test out the wireless capabilities of it but there’s no where for me to test it out yet. Usually, I just hijack the wifi connection through our bedroom wall (my neighbours computer is on the other side and she has a wireless router)…but they’re all at Disneyland until the 2nd, so I’m gonna go out tomorrow to buy coffee and use one of the wifi connections at the coffee shop. Not like there isn’t enough of them around here- heck the library even has one!

I’ve also decided that I love cough drops. The cherry flavoured ones especially. I’ve had a nasty chest infection recently, and the only thing that seems to be shifting it is these cough drops and lots of plain water. It’s taking a long time but I’m getting better slowly- at least I got through choir practice unscathed tonight!