Today's rambling: Another trip down Mario Memory Lane...
Written on October 17, 2001 at 2:53 a.m.
while feeling a bit

Yesterday (well, 'yesterday' as in Monday), I started playing Paper Mario around 4 or 4:30 in the afternoon. This is a VERY rough estimate...it could've been earlier! Anyway. That's not important. Not that any of this story IS, but I feel like telling it anyway! If any of you've played this game, the last time I'd saved was right before the lava pirahna guy (who's holding the 5th star spirit). For the rest of you who've never played the game, don't worry about it. All you need to know is that there are 7 star spirits total, so when I started yesterday, I still needed to get 3 of them! And then I had to beat Bowser besides (of course, otherwise it wouldn't be a true Mario Bros. game).

I kept saying to myself, "Okay, I'll save and stop playing after I finish THIS quest" and "I'll give this Boss Enemy a try, but if I die, then I'll stop and try again later." But I was on a roll or something, because I didn't die at all! Mom came home a little after 5, and around 10 or so she was like, "Are you ever going to stop playing?" I had to laugh at that, because even I couldn't believe I'd been sitting there for so long! But the night wore on, and even though I knew I should stop, it was like some invisible force had strapped me down to the couch and refused to let me up 'til I'd gone as far as I could.

As it turns out, I got all the way to Bowser. At first, I was going to save the last battle for another day, but after getting so far I was like, "I HAVE to at least TRY it!" So I did. And when I beat the game, I just sat there for several moments, staring at the screen in shock. It hadn't even been that hard! Granted, the Life Shrooms helped....

And you wanna know what time I finally finished all of this? TWO IN THE MORNING!!! *faints*

But anyway, now I'm kinda sad because I beat it, and there's nothing new to explore. I started over again today, and as I saw old characters that I knew would eventually be joining Mario on his quest, I was like, "Ohhh, that's Parakarry!" and stuff. It was really quite silly. Guys never get sentimental over video games, but Mario's been like a childhood companion, LoL! Literally, really...I've been playing these darned games since the first Nintendo came out! :oP And before that, I used to play the old Donkey Kong game (for Atari) at my great-uncle's house....ah, the memories...And look! There's a quote from the official Nintendo site, regarding the NES system: "No new games are currently being produced for the NES, but a legion of classic gaming fans still have their trusty NES systems right next to their Nintendo 64s. Even in today's world of advanced graphics and refined artificial intelligence, the original NES stands up to the test of time and proves that great games never get old." ....

While going on this nostalgia trip, I stopped by The Mushroom Kingdom, mostly to see if they'd put anything up for the Paper Mario section (they hadn't). But there in the updates, I discovered that they'd made a new section for the old Choose Your Own Adventure books! *grins stupidly* These books came out SO long ago, and I remember seeing one of them in a store (I think it was Koopa Capers or something like that...it had Luigi and some ghosts on the front), and I was so excited about it that I read it while following Mom through the store, then begged her to buy it! I got several others, but I lost 'em all...that Luigi one is in a box somewhere, hehe!

At any rate, I know it all sounds stupid...maybe it's not so much Mario as happy childhood memories, LoL! I'm retrogressing to get away from these new stresses...dun dun dunnnnnn..... ;)

Okay, I know you all are getting sick of hearing me ramble about a video game. So I'll think of something else to talk about! But really, the only other things I can talk about are sad things, and I don't feel like talking about that!

Therefore, I think I'm going to go. It's pretty late...the latest I've stayed up in quite a long time, actually! And I'm getting tired. Besides that, I have to stay by the phone again tomorrow, in case the lawyer or anyone else of significance calls. And then there's Pierre, that puppy that Mom HAD to have but I get to look after, hehe... :oP