every word of it.

is not Halo

The best version of Meteos is Meteos: Disney Magic. IGN got it all wrong. If anything Meteos should be lowered to a 7.0 and Disney Magic increased to 10.0.

Meteos: Disney Magic takes Meteos and rotates it 90 degrees and also introduces the ability to move horizontally as well as vertically. Those 2 small things make Meteos fresh again.

Why you should mod your XBox, Reason #245:

You can watch your Web Courses, which are Real Video streams, on your TV using XBox Media Center. You are untethered from your computer. Think of it as a really boring episode of 24.

It’s the future of E-Learning really.

Egbert is leaving. And I gave him a fricking Lunar Lander! And I missed dinner with him cause I was on a call. I may never see Egbert again

But the good news is that I did pay off my mortage yesterday. It felt nice. But unfortunately that feeling wouldn’t last, I ordered an extension on my house. So I’m back in debt, 120,000 bells.

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Hey, that’s me! Except I just sorta parked outside of McDonald’s and couldn’t get a good wireless signal. Didn’t bother going in, cause you know I wasn’t hungry.

Just picked up Mario Kart DS. It’s $24.99 at Fry’s for today (11/15) only. But be warned, they don’t take American Express.

Which is just weird. I mean credit cards and expensive electronics go hand in hand.

My friend code is, 369426 645531 feel free to add me.

I love The Boo Radleys. You probably do too. They did the cover of “There She Goes” for So I Married an Axe Murderer (which had an excellent soundtrack). The rest of their music is amazing as well. Giant Steps is what many would consider a “perfect album”. So, The Boo Radleys = Awesome.

On Saturday, I was over at Larry’s, Long’s cousin, birthday party. See Larry is friends with one of my cousins, Drona, so I was there to even things up. We were playing various games on the Xbox. Eventually we got to Kung-Fu Chaos. Like most games, they trick you into playing it by locking certain features. That way if you want to play multiplayer properly, you should beat the game 10x over. Long’s sister was talking about this wonderful ice stage in the game, but unfortunately it was locked. So just now, I went and got a game save with everything unlocked and tried the ice stage. And guess what was on the soundtrack, Wish I Was Skinny by The Boo Radleys. See, I brought it back.

The Boo Radleys – Wish I Was Skinny

It was such a strange place to hear that song. I don’t think The Boo Radleys were commercially successful in the US. And the game has songs like “Kung Fu Fighting”, it’s not filled with britpop gems from the 90s. Just seems out of place. I guess one of the developers must’ve loved The Boo Radleys.

I received a Nintendo DS for my brithday from Jenny & Long. I wasn’t really expecting it. But looking back, all those conversations with Long about what I thought about the DS were a big clue. The color is officially “Electric Blue”, which in my book is the best shade of blue ever. It changes from blue to purple, depending on the light source. Under fluorescent lights, it’s purple. In sunlight, it’s blue.

So what do I think of it? One word, “Surprising”. Like, “Wow! This is really quite fun. Who knew taking Tetris Clone #64 and letting you use a stylus would keep you up at night?” It really is a charmer. It’s really well designed also. I have the original Gameboy Advance, and using that for extended periods would make your hand hurt. The DS is of a similar size and more rectangular, but it’s comfortable. Making use of the extra plastic, it has a wonderful set of speakers. And I love how it has two slots for cartridges, one for DS games and one for GBA games. The wrist strap even has a little piece of plastic that you can use as a stylus. They were really thinking when they made the DS. Plus I love the logo.

As for the negatives, it’s a little chunky. It’ll fit in your pocket, but it’s fat. And I think the stylus is too short.

I rented two games, Meteos and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. Out of the two, I enjoy Meteos the most. It’s a puzzle game, like Puyo Pop or Dr. Mario, except it’s up to you to save the universe. Advance Wars is just like the previous Advance Wars, except the presentation is amazing. I’m still at the beginning in Advance Wars, and the characters just keep talking. I just want to go blow stuff up.

And you want to know the best part of the DS? The sleep mode. You’re playing a game, and you don’t want to play anymore, just close the lid. It’ll sleep. You don’t have to power it off or anything. And when you want to resume, just open the lid and you’re back where you were. No menus or anything. Also, I think it’s powered by a tiny imp. The battery life is incredible. I got it on Thursday, and after the initial charge, the battery status is still green.