When I checked my blog today, at first I was shocked - I didn't recognize the layout. I think it's beautiful but not perfect, so I'll think about revamps when ideas occur to me. I need to update the links section - I'll probably fill it with links to sites that no one who reads this blog cares about.
Today, Benjuh and I went to the Toys 'R Us in Washington. He bought toys, and I browsed the video game section. Since I received my DS Lite (squee!) for Christmas, I've been obsessed with buying nice things to protect my lovely. I applied Pelican-brand screen protectors before I began playing any games. Dan laughs at me for being OCD, but I may try to re-apply the bottom one to get rid of a few air bubbles on the edges that can't be seen unless the screen is black/dark but drive me nuts! I've been on a desperate search for a DS Lite case that will allow me to charge the machine while it's in the case, but as I was driving home from Washington, I realized that I can't charge my computer or camera while they're in their cases, so I think I should give up this weird search. I'm thinking about getting the light-up dock for my DS Lite - shiny, pretty, possibly useful!
I've been positively addicted to Animal Crossing: Wild World! It's wonderful - it's just like the MUDs I used to play, except I can play by myself. I started on December 26th, and by December 27th I paid off my first mortage. The town's population is also growing at a fast clip. o_O; I started out with Olivia, Freckles, and Chief - the next day, Genji moved in, and today came Alfonso! I'm afraid I'll turn on the DS tomorrow and find someone else, too! Right now it's totally managable to write letters to residents and talk to all of them multiple times a day. Maybe that's why they keep coming - life is good here. (I hope!) I just worry that I'll have too many residents to butter up befriend. That and I've stripped every single orange tree for fruit to sell for money and send as gifts - if they don't resprout soon, I'll have no good gifts to give!
Today, Tom Nook's was closed for expansion, which is KILLING me - I have all this STUFF, and nowhere to sell it! In desperate boredom, I've started donating fish to the museum and making constellations, and I can't wait to get a shovel (and maybe a net) to start planting and digging for fossils. Money-money-money-money! (Money!)
The game just gets cuter and cuter! I figured out today that I could sit in the chairs in my house, and just a few hours ago I figured out how to get service at the cafe. I managed to sit in a chair at the bar and got served a cup of coffee - a tad expensive, methinks, but it was worth it for the experience. I also figured out the cafe in the basement of the museum is the cafe that K.K. Slider'll come to on Saturdays, so... \(^.^)!/
After Toys 'R Us, we went to Long John Silver. It sorta satisfied my craving - the lobster bites looked a lot better in TV ads than they actually tasted. I'm not sure if that was due to cunning advertisement or the bites being over-fried. I also ordered two hush puppies, which was just enough to satisfy my hush puppy craving, as well as deep-fried broccoli and cheese things. (As I type this, I'm ashamed to admit that I a) ordered those, and b) thought they might be tasty.) I didn't finish the lobster bites or deep-fried broccoli bites because my small intestine started to rumble the greasy warning. >.>; I'm afraid my coat and sweatshirt smell like fish now.
Cuteness, cuteness, cuteness = Tara and An Cafe's new album. Elegant and cool = Kana.
I got all sorts of wonderful things for Christmas. ^___^
EDIT: this is getting longer and longer as I think of new things to ramble/complain about, isn't it!
I'm terrified with medical school applications. Since I haven't gotten anything from NYU, I worry I may not get anything at all, even though technically I could still get a good letter from them in January... it's in February that the bad (ie. rejection) letters start going out.
I really miss my guitar. In the new year, I want to work really hard to get good with a pick. I also don't think I'll have time to visit a guitar shop this break, so when I get back to New York, I'll screw up my courage, march into Guitar Center, and ask about good basses for beginners. I don't have anyone to play with, but maybe I should become better by myself first.
Posted by amoeboid at December 29, 2006 1:25 AM