I just moved my cursor to the bottom left of my screen in an attempt to view all my open windows.

My Macification is taking hold nicely.

.. but I can’t tell, because I have no idea what’s going on.

My friends have been worried about me because I don’t have enough video games, so I’ve been importing DS titles from Japan. I have Arkanoid DS and Space Invaders Extreme, both playable with the fancy paddle that came bundled with Arkanoid. The majority of the text is in Japanese, but both games are so old school that it didn’t take much time to figure out. Good times.

Yesterday, my 3rd imported game showed up. It’s very fun – I think – but I have no idea what’s going on. Way back in the ago I bought Taiko Drum Master for the PS2 on a whim, and it turned out to be a great deal of noisy fun. When I discovered a DS version, there was really only one thing I could do – order the game, brush up on my drumming skills, and hope I can work my way around the Japanese screens.

Taiko Drum Master is probably one of the most bizarre games I own, and the DS version does not disappoint. I can’t tell what I’m doing, exactly, but I seem to be able to dress my drum up like a fish or a carrot or a wolf in a babushka and what more could I ask from a game? The music is hilarious – Japanese pop songs make me giggle – and it came with official DS Taiko drumming sticks. Ed was wary of the game but since he’s wary of everything I give it little thought. Funny Japanese game is the win, I think.

This isn’t the first time I’ve tried to force my way through a game in a language I don’t understand. I bought the Japanese version of Me and My Katamari for the PSP because a) it came with a cool pre-order gift and b) the NA version wasn’t out for another six months. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of text in that game so when I finally got the English version I discovered that I was doing everything wrong. I don’t mind, though. Owning things that aren’t from around here make me so awesome it hurts.

Hey, did I ever tell you about my first job? Ed thinks I’ve told the story and I think I’ve told the story but I can’t for the life of me find the entry. Does me working at a taco stand in a mall ring any bells? Let me know; I don’t want to tell a story I’ve already shared. I must be getting elderly in the brain.

Today I would like you to note two three things:

• I am dressed like a girl
• My shoes are much, much cooler than yours
• It is Miranda’s birthday and she is super

I decided to take advantage of the car today and hump it silly wear clothing wholly not suited for the scooter. As a result, I am very, very girlie today – ruffled dress, mascara, girl smells. I like it. Even though I have a fierce wedgie, I am a pretty pretty princess.

I think I am going to place a temporary moratorium on video games. I love video games, you see. I have many, many video games. In March alone, I’ve purchased .. 7? 8? games, and that is clearly a lot. For the rest of the month, I will not buy any new video games. I know that’s only 11 days, but I’m only human. Maybe I can try for two weeks. Okay, for the next two weeks I will not buy any new video games. I can do it! I am strong! I am a proud warrior woman!

.. I am totally lying to myself! Sort of. I mean, I won’t buy any games for the next two weeks – that part is easy. The lie is in the details; there is nothing coming out in the next two weeks that I am at all interested in. April, though – my list is massive. It still counts as effort if I don’t buy any games for two weeks but then buy 10 in the first week of April, right?

Lastly, I demand that you marvel in the awesome power of my fantastic shoes:

I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT VIDEO GAMES!

Even more so than usual, I mean.

Next week, Sega Superstars Tennis is coming out for all consoles. While I am ambivalent about tennis games – for me, the genre couldn’t really get much better after Virtua Tennis for the Dreamcast – the game allows you to play as/versus characters from throughout Sega’s history. Beat! Ulala! Gum! Pudding! HOORAY! I heard rumours that House of the Dead characters would be in the game as well, but as of yet I’ve seen no signs of the Dogs of the AMS or G, suffering or not. But STILL. I am EXCITED.

Two nights ago I finished Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, the 4th offering in the Phoenix Wright series. I liked it – it was fun and it made me laugh out loud several times. I had forgotten the length of the game, though – I was about halfway through the final chapter (I thought), so I figured I would go to bed early and finish the game. This was at 9:15pm. At 1:05am, I finally got to the credits and could turn my DS off. Let this be a lesson to me: the last case in a Phoenix Wright game goes on for a MILLION YEARS.

Today I am bouncy.

Wide awake at 8am on a Saturday – what’s a girl to do?

Update the video game section, naturally.

I’ve been a busy girl. I’ve finished 7 more DS titles since my last game update, and posted reviews of them all. One more game made my shit list, and I’m in the middle of playing 4 new games on 4 different consoles.

How do I find the time to play this many games and still have a social life, you ask. The answer: I don’t HAVE a social life. Now shut up and pass me my PSP.

That large “WOOOOOOSH” noise heard in downtown Vancouver this afternoon was entirely my fault – sorry. One of my Lab Bosses sent an email saying:

Have left a VM for Mario to confirm points 1-5.

.. to which I responded:

With my luck, the princess will be in another castle and I won’t get an answer until Monday >:E

And to think, they’re still delighted they hired me!

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:(

HELL YES

I am delighted beyond eight words!