swedish santa
Dec 18, 2005 @ 22:12
Turns out Ikea is an excellent place to go Christmas shopping last minute. They have tons of cool cheap stuff. They've even got great toys like stuffed animals and wooden magnetic train sets. I love those! I also was admiring the trains at the Lego store in the big mall. I used to have a Lego train set. When I have kids, I'm going to buy them every single Lego train set so I can play with them on the Ultimate Track Setup. My parents were cheap asses. So what if it's like $100 per Lego train item?! In fact, I kind of just want to buy them and play with them now. That sounds super fun. The mall was incredibly insane. Well, okay, actually it wasn't that bad. I got great parking and the lines were short. It still stressed me out to be there. Ikea was much more pleasant. I got a rug to put my wet, salty winter shoes on. I got gifts for my sister and her kids. Most importantly, I bought myself a stuffed rat because it is extra special soft and fuzzy. I named him Rat-faced Killa. He's watching TV right now. We're going to be best buddies. Isn't that right Rat-faced Killa? He nodded in agreement.
I got my ribbons and bows and wrapping papers purchased at Ikea as well. I think I'm going to cut out custom snowflakes from one type of paper, and paste them to the boxes I wrap with the other type of paper so the gifts look extra special amazing.
I also went to the Ikea of clothing, H&M. It's a favourite store of mine, but we've only just finally gotten one here. They had some most excellent pants with which I partook. I stopped at a few other stores, too. I think I bought more clothes for myself than I did Christmas presents for other people.
Well, I think Rat-faced Killa is getting lonely. I better go join him.
best blonde joke ever
Dec 16, 2005 @ 13:27
This is probably the best one I've ever heard.
pine needle in the hay
Dec 16, 2005 @ 10:43
Wow, I fell asleep to super depressing Elliot Smith last night instead of jolly old Chrimbo music, and I feel much better today thank you. No horrible dreams. I feel much more productive, too.
give me money
Dec 15, 2005 @ 14:35
So I was just reading about the new Nintendo console. The controller is radically different than your traditional video game controller, but it sounds pretty cool. Flying by moving the controller through space rather than pressing buttons on the controller, for instance, sounds awesome.
They mentioned the prospects of massively multiplayer games on a home console. Anyone who has played the 3D varieties of Mario and Zelda (especially the very cartoony installments on the Nintendo 64) can relate to the joy of diving off a waterfall, or watching a sunset, or floating down a river. I haven't really seen that kind of platform gaming ideal captured in a massively multiplayer world. Massively multiplayer games are currently all realtime RPG, strategy, or shoot-em-ups.
I personally think it would be really awesome if every time you started up your new Nintendo, you were automatically placed into a Mario/Zelda like world where you are given an Avatar -- a digital representation of yourself. It would be like Zelda, Ocarina of Time, but with other real people on your screen you could interact with or chat with. So every time you turned on your box you'd show up in this digital world, then you could pop in a disc and play a game by yourself or with your friend sitting next to you. OR(!), you could run, swim, and jump your way through this 3D world to find people to play with or against out there on the Intertron. There could actually be lines you could stand in to queue up for joining some big team game, or to play against some Video Game Celebrity. And, while you were waiting in line, you could challenge other people in line to mini games. These could be like a quick game of 2D pong or whatever, but I imagine it more as staying in this 3D multiplayer world. You would challenge them to a quick game of Hop-on-the-Koopa-Troopas or snow hill sledding or platform jumping or whatever. Maybe Smash Bros. type games, too? This could be just to waste time while waiting in line, or if you challenge somebody ahead of you in line and won, you could swap spots with them.
I think it would be awesome.