N3rd Grrl

Long time, no post. I know. I wish I could say I was busy, but that's not completely true. It's more truthful to say that nothing exciting goes on too much these days.

However, I feel the need to rant a bit about geeky stuff, so you, my faithful readers, shall just have to put up with it.

Lately I've been looking at my 'Geek Card' lately and thinking "I should make sure this doesn't get taken away". For those who don't know, a 'Geek Card', or 'Nerd Card' is like a 'Man Card', if you do something un-nerdy or don't recognize something classically geeky/nerdy. I can usually get away from geek confrontations easily, as I am female and thus have a gold Geek Card from the start. However, there are times when I just look clueless and everyone just smiles and pats my head and says "It's ok, you're a girl."

So, I've decided to work on expanding my nerd horizons. Current mission; Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Now, I've played parts of this game in the past. However, my mother was anti-game system as I was growing up, and N64 emulators never worked quite right. So I only got to play at friend's houses, which means few opportunity's to beat games. That, and the friend that had all the cool games got really...upset when someone either a) beat their score, b) looked to do better than them, c) took to long to solve a puzzle, or d) would get bored quickly and want to do something else. This does not make a very productive gaming environment, not to mention they had a split family, so half the time I didn't even have the right save file to work from.

For my 18th birthday, Chad got me my first gameboy (and SP Advance) and later got me a DS for Valentines day. This allowed me to acquire the Pokemon games I've always been fond of. I admit, it's a weakness of mine, but I really enjoy the complex simplicity of the Pokemon games.  But thats not what we were talking about.

Chad's sophomore year, his roommate was selling his old GameCube for $20. I had to. There was no other choice. I think I bought a few games off him as well, and then hit the used games section of Gamestop for some more oldies-but-goodies. These were the games of my youth, and it was time to play them. I started with Super Smash Bros Melee, one of my all-time favorites. I played the original Smash Bros on my best friends N64, and Melee was always a game I could get my other friend to play with me at her house. Soul Caliber II was another favorite. I love fighting games, but sadly I'm horrible at them. I can't remember combos, I'm not fast with the controls, and I tend to get favorite characters due to looks and one move rather than power. Batman: Vengeance was a gift from Chad, as it has Harley Quinn as a main villain, another weakness of mine. Harvest Moon was bought for Chad, as was Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicals. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness was gifted to me for Valentines day this year. But the cream of the crop for finds was the Zelda collection, with the original two, Legend of Zelda and Link to the past, and the two N64 games we all know and love, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

 I've attempted playing all of the above at various times since I got the games three years ago, but school and work tend to get in the way. But, when Chad needed the computer and all my chores were done for the day (My poor laptop died, I'll complain later) I decided to give Zelda another try.

I think I'm halfway though the game at this point. I've done all of the Young Link spiritual stones quests, and have two of the sages. I'm at the fire temple now for the third sage.

Thus far, it's been as enjoyable and as frustrating as I remember it.

Frustrating things:
 - Controls. Really Nintendo? You couldn't make it easy for Link to look where you point him, could you? And why, when I want to jump somewhere I know I can, you always tend to point me just enough off course that I miss the platform? But when I can't get there yet, you make it look like I can?

 - Navi. Everyone hates her. I used to think she was kinda funny but only useful for L-targeting. I now know better. She can only target things directly in your line of sight, unless of course you've found something shiny you cant reach yet. Also, she's gotten me killed a few times by pausing the game to tell me something I noticed on my own. Yes, Navi, the room is twisted. Did you have to tell me that as a flaming flying skull attacks me?

 - Timing. Again, Really Nintendo? Would it kill you to add ONE MORE SECOND to the end of all your timing things? I mean, I was almost up the ladder when you burned it down!

 - Female Characters with Breasts. Ok, now, remembering this is the era of really bad 3D, and the faces on every character thus far have been really bad; did you have to give the "attractive fairies and desert people" huge chests? Cause it makes them look pointy and Madonna-esque. If that's what you were going for, great. If not, well, you failed. the Fairy Queens that I'm supposed to "feel free to come get healing anytime" scare me, so I'll just buy bottled fairies thanks.

 - Un-necessary money cap. There is an item in the game that lets you hold 500 Ruppies. So why don't you just let me do that from the start? This 99, and then 200 cap is bogus and annoying. The only thing I spend money on is bets, games, and the occasional "Shit, I'm out of Arrows and Bombs and theres no way I can beat this level without them, so lets teleport to town and pick some up for too much money".


Enjoyable things:
 - Complex but not mind-numbing puzzles. Nuff said.

 - Spells. They're nice. I'm sure they'll be cooler later on.

 - Ocarina music. There is a song for everything. Which means the soundtrack is nice.

 - Cute elf main character to stare at while trying to hit monsters with said character's sword. I blame this on a home-schooled childhood crush on a video game character. Link's cute for a main character. Better than Mario, that's for sure.

I think that's enough for tonight. Besides, I have a game to beat.

Peace. Only, Not. (I will clip a corner off your Nerd Card if you don't get that joke.)

Hello again

Hey kids. How's it hanging?

Day 4 of my story blog is complete. You can find it Here. Candi's story is getting to the fun part.

So, question for you all (mainly to see if anyone reads this anymore), Can you name a large (weight wise) hero/heroine? Only ones I can think of are Milicent (Hocus Pocus), Ursula (Little Mermaid, and she's the villain), and the kid in Up. Oh, Gertrude in the comic 'Runaways'. She's a bit larger.

So ya. Name your fat heroes!

Long time, no see

Hey all. Not sure if you're still following me or not. lol.

So I started a daily writing blog, just to get back in the swing of things. I challenged my sister, so I have to win. You can find my writings here: http://imbetterthanyouineveryway.blogspot.com/

Just random writings really.

Have fun.

Voted

I've been outvoted. Looks like we're staying and I've wasted a week.

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

Just going to start this post by saying that it's freaking cold in here.  The hole in the wall is still not fixed, not looking like it'll get fixed for another month.

Did you hear it's gonna be 20f next week? (Though, that was just on the radio, the internet says 40's.) Yes, that's right. Below freezing.

Anyway. We found two apartments we like, and more or less chose one. It's a three bedroom, so I can have my business out of the home, and it's got an indoor pool. The only thing we didn't like about it was the pet policy. Oh, did I mention the indoor pool is less than 10ft away from the back door of the place we'd be getting? (Did I also mention that working out at a gym sucks for me and swimming is so much more healthy?)

We can sign the papers tomorrow, Move the bed and stuff in on Saturday (If my dear friend with a truck is free), and then Chad can go to work Monday thru Friday and I'll see if my dear friend (and her truck) are free all week to help me move boxes and such. (Dear Friend, I will pay you in tea, and booze, and pizza, and home cooked non-vegan food, and lots and lots of love. <3 )
 But Chad's being slow to decide. He's thinking we should wait a month, move in in January. But he wants out of this apartment. But he hates rushing, esp with all our finances. We can afford it easy.(Well, not easy, but still)

But here's my thought:

What do we lose by not buying now? "THE F*CKING SALE" "MY F*CKING MIND" are the two answers that come to mind.

I spent all of my time the last week looking up apartments in the area. I am the one that did all the homework, called all the places, got the headaches. I am the one that has to give up business growth in order to further personal and family growth.

But I see that staying until we hear from Nvidia might not be too bad. Other than the hole in the wall. And the crappy landlord.

Also, Why is it that my mother-in-law has to doubt everything I research?  In other news, lately my mother-in-law's voice has been giving me headaches. Not sure why...

Anyway

That's my problems for the day.

Later.

Rock shows, Homeless people, and apartment hunting

Hey all. I know, it's been a while. Again.

So, I just want to say that I went to Lauren's (lalalalauren) solo show tonight, and it rocked. Yes, I'm a groupie, so I'm bias, but still, I felt it was a great show and a wonderful start to a solo career. I filmed 90% of it on her camera, so keep your eyes on her blog the next few days and you should see some awesome songs.

After the show, we were standing outside saying goodbye -We didn't know there was a cover to see the band Lauren opened for, and we didn't have any cash on us. I felt kinda bad, cause we bailed on the other band, but they didn't exactly advertise. I mean, if we had to buy $3-5 worth of drinks at the bar, that would be one thing, but still. - Anyway, we were outside and this really loud black (Yes, racist. I know. But my Uncles are black, so lay off me.) gentleman comes across the street toward us. The closer he got, the more I could smell booze, and smoke. He starts to walk past us, with a cheerful 'Hello', so I'm like, ok, this is just a harmless bum, lets move along. But then he turns and starts talking. And talking, and talking and talking. Chad is grinning, Lauren is all freaking out (you were, don't lie.), and Ryan has his "you're a freak but I pity you so here's a fake smile." look on his face. So the guy, who called himself 'Floyd', was pretty much picking on Ryan, since Ryan kept edging away from him. Lauren's trying to get back inside and bring Ryan with her, but then Floyd steps up toward Lauren, who takes three steps back.

Which causes Floyd to start in on Lauren. Go figure. But we get Lauren and Ryan inside. And then what does my Husband do?

He talks to the guy. And they talk and talk and talk and talk.

Finally we get away, but it was interesting to hear the drunk guy talk. Pretty intelligent, but he rambled like no other.

In other news, We're apartment shopping again. The hole in our wall is still there. They just got the insurance lady out to look at it, so hopefully they'll fix it soon. We're still going to move though. 1 bedroom just is not enough space for all our stuff.

So, we're looking at 2 bedrooms. Or 3 bedrooms, if I want to do massage out of our home. Which isn't a bad idea, I just don't foresee getting too many new clients that way. Would save a lot on gas and time though.

Oh, we got a car, for those following that aren't facebook friends. (Which is no one) 05 PT Cruiser.

So yes, busy with apartment shopping and trying to clean the current apartment.

I'll try and post sometime within the next few days. I have a few rants ready to be posted.

Later y'all.

Love ya.

Wow, it's been a while.

Hello my freaky darlings!

Ya, It's been a while. Sorry about that.

So, I'm trying this new program/web-thing called "Write or Die", which is supposed to prompt you to write using flashing red backgrounds and annoying music. The only problem? The first piece of music was "Banana phone", and I got distracted from the distraction while dancing...So far, the only song has been Banana phone....*sigh*

So, life. Ya, it goes. Took our van into the shop yesterday. The Head gasket, as well as everything else, is busted. Power steering, Transmission pan and cover, and a few other things as well. So, this weekend we get to go car shopping. <sarcasm> Yay. </sarcasm> So I get to pull everything out of the van into the living room. I'll keep you updated. Or I'll try.

Oh ya, and a car ran into our apartment last week. There's a nice hole in the wall now, so that part of the living/dining room can't be used right now, in case someone wants to come look at it. So, my messy living room is getting all the crap from the van piled onto it. Joy. My apartment looks like crap...

What else? Hum...Oh, the business is up and running. It's the shaky run of a newborn horse, but it's still a run. I've got enough to make rent, and that's what matters.

Screen's starting to turn pink again...hum...what to write...

Banana Phone...

Ya, ok, turned it off. I'm done for now. I'll try again tomorrow.