i should have been a food photographer. it screams eat me.
having amassed $75 in gamestop gift cards (most through e-rewards.com), i finally gave in and bought the one gaming system i've been eyeing for the past couple of years; it was the guitar hero edition that did it.
the last handheld i'd ever owned was the gameboy advance, before that, the original gameboy. my brother does have a psp (which was better after we put nintendo and sega games on it).
"The Gaming Years"
nes
before nintendo (early 80s), we had a system called socrates (which we pronounced so-crates) it pretty much made you spell words to get to the next level, none of us knew how to spell squirrel. my cousin had an atari, which we always played, then he got nintendo with contra. our parents got us so-crates. after our inability to pass level two, they returned it and got us a nintendo.
sega
hello sonic. i think sega was the better system at the time. the graphics looked great, the games ran smoother. I prefered sega versions of games that were made for both systems. nba jam! (i never had a turbo graphx, but i played an emulated version of it when i got older, that system would have tied for first, thanks to bonk and splatterhouse)
sega cd
this is a picture of our second sega. our first one (pictured above) wouldn't play games in color anymore and replacing the cables didn't help. a friend of ours gave us his sega cd (with no games). we never used it, but it looked cool.
super nintendo
super. it was all about the mario's at this point. that's really all this system was good for. oh and donkey kong 64, the graphics were stellar.
n64
since we had gotten a ps2, my brother gave away our original black n64 (with all our games) to a coworker. after awhile i got nostalgic missed destruction derby, nwo vs wcw, golden eye, mario party, etc. i use to play on emulators on my pc, since switching to a mac, i really never got back into it, so i retrieved a donkey kong edition n64.
dreamcast
my favorite system of all time. my brother use to go down to rocky's replay and drop quarters for hours on marvel vs capcom 2. my parents got him this as a birthday gift with said arcade game. dreamcast is all about marvel vs capcom 2, power stone 1 and 2, and house of the dead 2. As you can tell, my dreamcast has seen better days, it's a system that needs to be played daily, if not, most of your hours will be spent trying to bring it back to life.
Elfie was created from the deepest recesses of Beka's mind to bring me happiness whenever I saw him. He's got my ear, my nose and my blues. officially born on my birthday.
Somebody had to tell you. (<3)
This is what you use to look like.
ewok.
tiny.
This is what you act like.
so Beka gives the best haircuts in town, self taught no lessons, thanks pop. it's plain to see i'm lucky, since the last great haircut i got was in france (circa 2005).
french cut. (merci`)
Riding the metro. Every city should have a subway system. Most cars are yellow cabs, most corners are food stands (instead of gas stations). The streets are easy, you can walk anywhere, or ride anywhere (for $2).
NY has a classier set of "thug or rap scene or gangster". No hanging pants, baggy clothes, etc. The fashion: 80s glasses, fitted jeans, vintage shirts and retro shoes.
On our way to see Spamalot on Broadway.
Stopped at Zenith* for dinner before the show.
One of the best theatrical performances I've ever witnessed.
*simply amazing vegetarian food
Children of the Nations dot org gives you the ability to feed, clothe and nourish a nation with a small gift of kindness. It's an unselfish act that goes a long way.
It's funny how our money here can't really buy enough of things we think we need, but over there it can really change a life.
(Browse their Gift Catalogue to Find This)
It was a little before 8am when Beka attempted to wake me up from a sound sleep with yet another phone call.
The Target in Oviedo had the ever elusive Wii Fits. They weren't expecting a shipment, but they just happened to get 10 in. A half hour drive later, I got number 7.
(the night before my pinky toe slammed into the doorway of my room. it turned enough colors to make Willy Wonka smile)
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