Nintendo World Store - Street Pass Heaven

Now that I'm back from my trip to NJ and NY, I have to point out how I arrived at my parents' house on the night of the Wii U launch, and had missed out on the Wii U Launch Party at the Nintendo World Store they had at midnight. It's too bad I missed out on seeing Reggie of Nintendo of America in person. It would have been awesome if I could have street passed with everyone there as well, but when I visited during the day, there were still quite a lot of people there buying Wii Us among other things. During then, I was able to get quite a few street passes which certainly gave me a nice boost in my Mii Parade that I had started not even a month ago at the time.

Poll - Card Games

Wow, a week went by without me realizing that the middle of the week slipped by. I guess I've been too busy to realize. Still am, but here's a brief post about it anyway.

Do you play card games?
Yes, I like deck building and strategy - 5 votes
Yes, with virtual cards - 1 vote
No, I just collect cards - 1 vote
No, they're too expensive - 1 vote
Yes, with standard playing cards - 0 votes

Home, Sweet, Unfamiliar Home

I've been meaning to post this since the 17th when I arrived here in New Jersey by train that I am on vacation for Thanksgiving, a friend's wedding, and my birthday. Unfortunately, the train did not have its own Wi-Fi, and I've been much busier than when I was busy down in Florida as well, so I haven't really had much time to make a post, nor even keep up with my daily routines either. This post will also be fairly brief since it looks like I will be just as busy throughout the rest of the vacation.

I just wanted to point out that I got to see a couple of my friends, namely Solomon, Phoenik, Steven, Anup, and Josh and had a fun time on my birthday. Briefly listing things that we did include visiting my old house, eating pizza at Big Jim's Pizzeria that I worked at, went to play billiards at Imperial Pool, played some games at Dave & Buster's, and ate at a Johnny Rocket's. Hopefully I'll be able to see more of my friends at the wedding or even before that, since I will be heading back down to Florida again. I feel like I could get better used to how things are here in NJ though.

Before then, we also visited New York of course on the 18th, and visited many places. Among them was the Nintendo World Store, although we missed out on the Wii U launch party. Got many street passes there on our 3DS though of course. Plenty of other places as well, but my FourSquare check ins can tell us better where I went at this point. The less interesting things we did are mostly shopping for clothes and going to the dentist's.

Well, that'll be all for now until I get back from my vacation. Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Mind Occupancy

Lately, to keep my mind busy, I've been pushing myself harder to play video games more than usual whenever I catch myself with even a few minutes of open time. During this time, I've actually gotten some time to play Star Ocean: The Last Hope, practiced a bit in Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3, checked out Waveform on Steam, and started Virtue's Last Reward on the 3DS.

Eternal Sleep Close to Home

I really didn't think I'd be digging a third burial ground any time soon. At least, not this soon, right after burying the goldfishes from the carnival. I decided against burying Firion next to the goldfishes though, since he simply deserved better than the spot I had originally chosen for them. They were buried at the side of the house, behind the fence where you'd have to walk all around the house to get to. No one ever goes there, except a bunch of cats apparently, to use as their litter box because I saw so many cat turds there, which is what deterred me from burying Firion there. Instead, I chose in front of the house, next to a tree that I can see from the window here in this room where Firion and I spent the most time in. I already feel much better knowing that his burial site is where I can see from here.

Changing Trademarks

I've always been known to wear a blue jacket, sort of like a trademark. I wore it regardless of the season, even in Florida's hot, summer days. The reason why I wore it was mostly for my own protection and convenience. I generally dislike sunlight, not that I'm being all vampire or anything, but wearing it protected me against the heat, often times retaining the cooler temperatures from air conditioned rooms, providing better comfort in short terms. During the night, I primarily wear it to protect myself from bugs, mainly mosquitoes. Considering how I always wear a t-shirt, again regardless of the season, the jacket protected my arms from exposure to both threats. Even aside from these protections, I also use my jackets for carrying many items inside its pockets. Everything aside from my cell phone and either another handheld device or a wallet goes in my jacket, while the most handy things go in my pants pocket. Protection, utility convenience, comfort, and fashionably(?) donning my favorite color of blue, I can honestly say that I love this jacket.

The Silent Desk

The past few months have been awfully eventful in my life. Perhaps too eventful. I had barely been able to keep up with this site due to having two jobs, and Herschel has left us late October. It was a horribly short life that it lived, much like the other two goldfish. Despite my experience and confidence in being able to keep the goldfish, the lack of cooperation of the members of this household has had me delay my plans for getting a better living quarter for Herschel until it was too late. It was an unfortunate loss...

However, it didn't occur to me that Herschel wasn't the only one in need of attention...

Slashing Off From the Wishlist

Now that I've had two jobs, I actually have some spending money! With how neatly I've laid out what things I want/need on my wishlist, it certainly was easy deciding on what I should spend them on. A Nintendo 3DS! ... Also sweatbands.

It's about time I finally got one, and honestly, I should've had one much earlier anyway, if only I had a job to help fund it then. I may have missed out on the Ambassador Program and several other special offers for early 3DS owners, but it is certainly a neat device and I am looking forward to the entertainment that I will enjoy with it.

Poll - Types of Jobs

It's November 1st, so it's time for a new poll as well as the results for the previous one.

What sort of job do you feel is best for you?
Thinking / Quick-witted work - 4 votes
Crafty, Dexterous work - 1 vote
Being a lazy bum - 1 vote
Muscle work - 0 votes
Charismatic / Customer service work - 0 votes
High responsibility work - 0 votes
Balanced / Little-of-everything work - 0 votes