weekend and other nonsense

Whew, okay, so my online time has been severely reduced lately. This is due in part to my being insanely busy, and also in part to another new factor, which I shall be discussing momentarily. First though, I have to go back a few days and say, this weekend was the bomb shit diggity. With extra bomb.

Saturday, a bunch of us went over to Zach and Esther's for a proper English Sunday Roast (on Saturday, no less), which involved a roast (of all things), plus assorted DELICIOUS vegetables, including potatoes, leeks, string beans, and cauliflower, all of which were exceedingly delectable, and a nice change of pace from the boring boiled veggies in the caf. And there was cheese sauce. Oh god, real cheese sauce. It was heavenly.

We also had Yorkshire puddings, which aren't actually pudding at all, but rather these awesome little muffin-y things. This then inspired a huge debate over the differences between pudding and muffins, and how custard and mousse fit into the picture, and the correct pronunciation of "Yorkshire." It was grand.

After the meal, we spent the rest of the afternoon playing Zach's new Wii. It was insane. My arms hurt like hell for two days afterward, and I sucked royally at pretty much every game we played (though I did beat Andrew at a couple rounds of boxing), but oh, so much fun.

Then Sunday morning, possibly as an after-effect of all the crazy Wii technology, I awoke with a desperate craving for 8-bit, side-scrolling, mushroom stomping fun. I am talking, of course, about the best game system of all time, the NES. So I bought one. Simple as that. Nifty little shop downtown, got a used system complete with two controllers and a Zapper, plus four game cartridges, for a grand total of $65. Bit steep if you ask me, but it satisfied my lust. I've spent an unholy amount of time on that thing these past few days. I've come *this* close to beating the original Mario, a victory which has thus far managed to elude me throughout the course of my lifetime infatuation with this game, but I can feel it. It's coming soon.

Besides Mario (and Duck Hunt, which is on the same cartridge), I got Dragon Warrior, Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle, Dr. Mario, and Tetris 2. I'm pretty happy with them all, though Tetris 2 weirded me out. I wanted the original, but they didn't have it, so I got the sequel instead, and instead of clearing lines like in every other Tetris game I've ever seen, here you're trying to match up three blocks of the same color to make them disappear. I still haven't quite mastered it, but I think I'm getting the hang of the thing. I'm going to call home soon and beg my dad to have mercy and send me some of the games from there, I'm thinking Gyromite and definitely Mario 3. Or perhaps I'll look online. Either way, I'm loving life right now.

AND, on top of that, KIM IS COMING TO VISIT ME THIS WEEKEND. It is going to be incredibly awesome beyond the power of words to describe.

And with that, I must be off. I have class in the morning. (Curses!)