Bit of a busy week between chores and errands I had to do. However I did get to see the new Knuckles series with my friend. Ordered some pizza and watched all six episodes. We both loved it. Made me play some Sonic Superstars last night. Also did a small bit of shopping for mother's day.
@Sunsy It is very rare that I have guests stay over, but it's nice to have the option. I'm saddened to read your mom has health issues; I hope it isn't anything overly chronic and is manageable. You don't need to elaborate if you don't want to as I know these matters can be private ones.
Seems like you have plenty of decent places within walking distance! Dollar General is okay in a pinch, but they aren't the most optimal. They're the new McDonald's or Subway in my region; they are popping up everywhere. It could be worse though; at least I don't have to drive an hour or more like a handful of people to even access decent food.
It's alright, mostly the usual stuff from being older. I've been helping her for years.
It's nice, I usually like going for pizza monthly, but also it's great for bread, milk, and even cold cuts mom and I need. It sometimes beat having to use the home delivery services the local supermarket has and it gets me out of the house as well. Nice, I think I've seen a Dollar General where I live, but it's surprisingly further away. The closest Dollar store near me is Dollar Tree, though I haven't been to it in over a year. Last time I was there I bought a marker and a Trolls reusable shopping bag.
@Sunsy It's most likely gonna be the Switch version for me. Unless I go to a Dave & Busters or something, but my area doesn't have a D&B.
Thanks. I had a few more rough days earlier, unfortunately... but I'm getting better now!
Yeah it did look quite a lot different from a lot of the other shooters at the time. I've heard people say "kills" for when you shoot down an enemy player, though Splatoon calls them "splats." Love the NES Zapper guns too, the N-Zap '85 is one of my best weapons in Splatoon 3. S3 also has the Super Scope, which I like using sometimes.
I'd like to play the DX version as well sometime. Oh gotcha, yeah I guess I lucked out in my area, lol. There's even a PlayChoice-10 here, which I did get to try out! I did like playing it, they're NES games except that you're using an arcade joystick and buttons. I adapted to it quite well, since I've previously played other arcade games like Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga. My arcade even has Hang-On, that motorcycle racing game from Sega. Kinda wish my arcade has Daytona USA though, I'd love to play that. Your arcade still sounds pretty good, that Rampage ticket redemption game does sound cool. Actually, I wouldn't mind playing a Dance Dance Revolution machine sometime, just to try one out.
I've not played Star Fox Zero in a long time. I remember the controls were a bit tricky to get used to. Yeah that's a good way to put it, having 8-bit demakes of music like Green Hill Zone for example.
Me too. I think I made like three mistakes in that detective level, lol.
You're welcome. Hope you get better, glad you are a bit better.
Yeah, I'm just old school thanks to Quake and Doom, lol. It is "splats" in Splatoon. I love the fact the Super Scope is in Splatoon 3. I always use the N-Zap, I just love how it's literally just the NES Zapper.
Playchoice 10, I think a pizzeria where I use to live actually had one of those. I remember finding an arcade machine with Super Mario 3, and it was one of those machines. That reminds me too, I once played a Vs. Super Mario Bros. machine. I think the boardwalk I went to in NJ had a Super Hang On machine, though I don't think I played it, but I remember walking past it once. The bowling alley I went to had Daytona USA and I played that one a lot. The arcade I went to is more of a local place with indoor rides too, but it's fun and I'm glad it exists because boy I missed arcade games.
I've only played through Star Fox Zero once, I liked it. Yeah, it was an oddity with the Dreamcast Smash Pack, it did the 8-bit music for all the Genesis games on that collection. It was the first time I played Phantasy Star II, and when I played the GBA port, the music felt different. I never played Phantasy Star II or its other games on an actual Sega system.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
@Anti-Matter As a lover of many cheeses (as long as they aren't too sharp), that looks delicious! I do hope your art presentation project is going well.
@Sunsy Dollar Tree does exist here, but it's in a part of town I don't go to very often due to the traffic. I will sometimes drop by there for a card or a couple essentials if I need them and am in the area for a haircut. I actually bought my Mother's Day card from there.
I'm sure your mom appreciates it when you help her out.
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I still working on my storytelling project.
Just a few more characters to add, finish all the backgrounds and the supportive properties then I can start to print, cut, laminate and cut.
@Anti-Matter Yeah, I've been busy offline. Between chores and errands I had to do. That's a lot of cheese.
I would love to, but don't think I'll be able to. My friend and I both want to see IF (Imaginary Friends), it looks like a good wholesome movie, we'll probably go see that. In June, I'm planning to buy some new Trolls shirts for the summer, I don't think a movie would be in my budget until July. I might miss out on Garfield and Inside Out 2. I may go see Depsicable Me 4, provided nothing happens in July. I do like the Despicable Me movies. Between the three new animated movies, I'd like to see all of them eventually, even if I can't make it to some of them in a theater.
Also, I don't drive. So if I see a movie, I have to keep in mind not only a ticket, but a Lyft ride, in my budget. When I went to see Trolls Band Together on early access day, I had to use Lyft to make it to the theater.
@Tyranexx Nice! That's what I did yesterday, I got my mom a card for mother's day. That sounds kind of like me. Whenever I get my haircut, I always try to do an errand or two.
Indeed she does. Now I'm just waiting for Mother's Day to come.
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@Anti-Matter Sounds like some great progress! I am sure you will finish in time.
@Sunsy Made out my card today, now just to pick up my pre-ordered box of goodies tomorrow during the specified pickup window. It's supposed to be a collection of scones, muffins, cookies, and cake pops. I think chocolate-covered expresso beans too, which mom isn't quite into, but I might slip them out of the box unless it's sealed. I'm pretty sure she'll pawn them off on me anyway lol. Neither of my parents are coffee people; I am one to an extent, but I acquired the taste and can (usually) function without it. Usually I just drink it for a kick in the rear some mornings. Other times I just rely on mild teas or plain H20.
It's National Train Day... so here's a pic of my Animal Crossing self posing next to my train! All aboard!
@Tyranexx Thanks, I'm glad I'm feeling better too. Things are improving now, which I'm definitely happy for... hopefully things will continue to go that direction! Got to play Animal Crossing for a bit, and took the above picture for National Train Day, and that got me in a good mood! Mother's Day is coming on Sunday too, and I can't wait to see how the cake will turn out. I'd also like to make a card, and I'm thinking of seeing a movie with Mom, as well.
Teddy bears are indeed awesome, I agree right there! Mom got me a teddy for Valentine's Day a few years ago, and I've named him as well... his name is Todd. I have a picture of him if you'd like me to show you! I also have another, smaller teddy that I've gotten from a railroad museum, who wears a train engineer outfit. (Happy National Train Day!) That's cool you're still keeping Bear and a few other favorites of yours! I have a Mickey Mouse plush as well - you may recall seeing him in one of my previous posts - and of course, I have a lot of Mario plushes too.
It's weird that physics is mega hard, even for me... I know how to use the formulas and everything, but it just gets so hard a lot of the time, where I'd not know how to use certain units and things like that! It's a little hard to explain. But yeah, physics is brutally difficult, and I thought word problems in math were hard enough, lol. Yeah, adolescence was difficult for me as well... my teenage years were not great at times, as I've mentioned before. Exactly, I've seen it all before, where society makes it so that people have to look "perfect" or something like that. While I do think health is important, bullying others for their weight is just uncool - obviously, that just makes them feel worse! I'm on a similar situation with the negative thoughts... I sometimes have trouble sleeping because of them as well. You know, that's funny you mentioned burying some of your emotions, I had a similar mindset when I was a teenager. Where I'd try to act "cool" and tried liking things that folks my age considered "cool." Mainly stuff meant for teens and adults. It was definitely harder for me, since I am indeed a guy! I do like some mature things, but I'm proud to still love the stuff that Nintendo and Disney makes, and if people don't like it, that's their problem, not mine. Agreed for sure, it definitely says a lot about them if they use that word in a rude manner. I've known other folks on the spectrum, and they're honestly pretty cool people.
That's good. Yeah, it's good to have boundaries, I can get a bit upset if someone's being bad to me. That's great, I can be a bit shy, at least with meeting new people, but I think my eye contact has improved quite a bit over the years too. I'm decent with conversations too, though I can be slow with talking as I think of what I wanna say. I can overthink sometimes, lol. Same here, I also like a mix of cute and not-so-cute things. That's cool, Kirby Super Star is a good game for sure! I got into Kirby kind of late, with Kirby 64 being my first game. Kirby didn't appeal to me when I was in my single digits, I was way more into Mario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong when I was a kid. Aww, thank you, and anytime... glad I could have quality conversations with you as well!
Oh that's cool they made some QoL improvements. It's been a long time since I played Bowser's Inside Story, but yeah, I do remember having to blow into the mic to do Bowser's fire breath in the giant battles. On a side note, my posts tend to be a bit short and sweet in the "Games You Recently Beat" thread, lol.
@Sunsy Thank you, things are improving on my end now. I'm excited for Mother's Day... I'm getting my mom a cake and I can't wait to see how it'll turn out. I'd like to make a card for her, too. Got to play Animal Crossing for a bit and took the above picture, since today's National Train Day, and that also got me feeling pretty good!
Me too. The Super Scope is called the S-Blast in Splatoon 3, and is part of the blaster class of weapons. It fires a lot slower than shooters, but it's mega powerful, and can splat an opponent in one hit with good aim. I try to mix things up, at least in regular Turf War matches... I've gotten surprisingly good with a charger a few times. In Splatfests and Ranked Battles, I pick whichever weapon I'm good at using.
That's awesome, I've also played Super Mario Bros. 3 in my arcade's PlayChoice-10 machine too! If I recall correctly, SMB3 came out on the PlayChoice-10 before it came out in cartridge form on the NES. Gosh, thanks for sparking my memory, my arcade also had a Vs. Super Mario Bros. machine! It's quite a bit different from the original NES version, and I also have Vs. SMB downloaded on my Switch. I don't recall seeing a Super Hang-On machine, I only played the Sega Genesis version years ago. That's cool, I do at least have Daytona USA downloaded on my PS3, and my uncle used to have it for his Sega Saturn, too. That does sound like a cool place, sounds like it's an indoor amusement park.
I only played a bit of Phantasy Star IV. It's a series I'm curious about, but being RPGs, I'm not sure if I have the commitment to really dive into them anytime soon, lol. Maybe one day. How did you like Phantasy Star II? I may try it out sometime, though apparently it's not in the Genesis app on NSO - only PSIV is.
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Good night.
I have spent a lot of hours in front of my laptop to design the characters for my storytelling and looks like I can work on making the backgrounds and various stuffs tomorrow.
My head felt dizzy. 🥴
I still have to think again what it looks like the backgrounds for tomorrow.
I have to finish all the background due tomorrow so I can print all of them on Monday and Tuesday.
Good morning.
Now I'm using my laptop for continuing my storytelling project.
I must work for at least 12 hours to finish all the backgrounds and various stuffs.
Focus Mode ON. 💪
Happy Saturday (or Sunday)! How is everyone’s day today?
I’m doing well, better than last week luckily! It is not Mother’s Day yet (at least where I live) but I drew and wrote on a card and gave it to my mom, and she really liked it. I had fun drawing on the card, but I think I maybe overdid it… the art took so much space up on the left of the card so I had little space to write a message on it. We still plan on doing festivities tomorrow, but we decided to do some things already to get it out of the way, since some of my family members are going to be busy tomorrow. I’m pretty happy right now
Huh. It had been a while since I last played Phantasy Star II on my iPad, so I launched it today to see where I was last time I played, and much to my surprise, it seems the app is now discontinued… And It’s odd, but this actually…. Improved the app?
For some background info, I played the games in free ads-supported mode- never actually paid for the premium unlock. But now that the app is discontinued and can’t be downloaded by new customers, on my iPad it now just plays without ads, online requirements, nor in game purchases.
It effectively became three truly free full classic RPGs.
Good night.
I still haven't finished all the background but I have to print all the characters tomorrow.
Designing the backgrounds was way more difficult and longer than I thought.
Even I have spent more than 12 hours in front of my laptop but designing 36 pages of A3 size backgrounds were way harder than it looks.
There were some backgrounds need some specific objects and specific color.
My head felt dizzy again. 🥴
But at least I can print the characters first then I can print the backgrounds on Tuesday or Wednesday.
If necessary, I must go to school on Saturday and Sunday just for finishing all my storytelling project before 20 May 2024, the day of performance.
It's 11 pm here.
I'm very sleepy and tired.
I have to teach tomorrow.
Bedtime!
Good morning.
It's 2.15 am here.
I finished cutting the multiple characters of my storytelling just now.
I had been working from 7.30 pm until 2 am because I have to cut literally more than 100 pieces and I tried to finish almost all of them in one day.
Not to mention there were some characters that I have to add additional pose after I evaluated again.
This storytelling project was extremely hard.
If I give scale from 1 until 10 about the difficulty level, my current project is 10/10.
The amount of different pose for main characters with partner are insane, more than 20 different pose + villain with also more than 20 different pose.
I still haven't edited the vehicles + other backgrounds for my storytelling project yet.
Also, this Tuesday the students will have Field Trip activity outside of the school until lunch time so can continue my storytelling project while the students are having activity outside and I can do my storytelling project secretly.
I have to go to sleep now. 🥱
I have to wake up at 5 am.
Happy belated Mother's Day from yours truly. I had a very busy weekend between the holiday, spring cleaning, and mowing, so I didn't have hardly any time for gaming and Internet activities outside of early Saturday morning. I'm busy this week too between appointments and errands.
@MarioVillager92 Glad to read things are improving for you. If your life is anything like mine, you go through various periods of yay interspersed with periods of nay. Lengths may vary. I hope the Mother's Day cake turned out well and that you managed to spend the day with your mom. I spent much of the day with my mom, sister (Now also a mom!), and did get to visit bother grandmothers. Had to duck out a bit early so I could mow before it got dark though. I think my mom liked her goodie box minus the chocolate covered coffee beans (Package deal, so no picking). My BIL and I put those beans out of their misery. XD
I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of Todd the Bear, same with Mr. Teddy Train Engineer! Happy belated National Train day btw! Besides Bear, I also have a couple old stuffed animals I bought from a camp I went to as a kid, a couple Beanie Babies (Tangles the cat is my favorite), and a plush T-Rex I absolutely love. Funnily enough, the only plushie I have that's gaming related is a small DQ slime plush I bought off Amazon for my bday a few years ago. He usually lives on my work desk. I also bought a Totoro plush on my Germany trip this past summer.
You've highlighted my difficulties with physics exactly lol. I'm not too fond of math word problems either, though that's less that I don't understand them and more that I think some of the language can be intentionally deceptive sometimes. What's funny about "perfect" is that it's an ideal that can change based on the person...kind of like "normal". Sadly, bullying never improves a perceived flaw, especially if it's something someone cannot change. Weight can be changed, but there are so many factors - genetics, sex, physical or mental illness, disabilities, etc. - that make it much easier for some to shed than others. I'm at a normal weight now through a lot of hard work, but I still often have a negative self image despite all that. Sadly bottling up a lot of those emotions is the same as shaking a capped soda bottle until it explodes. I'd say I acted in a similar manner sometimes, but more often than not I'd withdraw and just do my preferred hobbies on my own. Which was pretty easy since I'm an introvert. I don't have any problems with what people like - it's their life and preferences, after all! Not our problem of people don't approve (as long as it's something legal and not harmful I'd say). Words and actions can tell us a lot about people. Not always good things either sadly.
Shy + introverted = me lol. Again, I've improved, but it's definitely harder in situations when I'm not comfortable. I can relate with overthinking 1000000%. I try not to, but I think my brain is wired to do so. Kirby Super Star was my first Kirby title, but I've tried several of the objectively better core series games on the VC. I have yet to try Kirby 64 though, and I have both Planet Robobot and Kirby and the Forgotten Land backlogged when it comes to more modern titles. Same here regarding Kirby appeal earlier in life. I do like our conversations, even if I can't always get back in a timely manner due to IRL.
Woohoo! Finally just said F it and bought a shamisen. It isn’t a Tsugaru as I can’t drop that much cash on a musical instrument this year but I can finally stop longing for one. Upgraded to an electric (for practice only) violin as well. Next year I will get the Tsugaru and a digital piano (my last two big purchases as I am saving for a house and a car in the future). It is starting to look like a music store in the back of my home office. Thank goodness for the internet. Haven’t been able to afford taiko lessons (or rather can’t justify the expense) so I have been practicing online.
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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@Tyranexx Thanks, me too! Yeah, I have a mixture of both good moments and bad moments in life... I think my biggest challenge in general is my low self-esteem, which does get me every now and then. I do admittedly have an inferiority complex... that's something I would like to fix somehow.
The Mother's Day cake turned out wonderfully. I even had it made so that it had red poppy flowers on top! My mom loves poppies, so I thought of her that way. The cake was delicious too, it had vanilla frosting with blueberry filling. I also made a card for her. My grandmother and nana live far away from me now, but I did at least wish them both a happy Mother's Day. Sounds like you had a good Mother's Day, the goodie box you've mentioned sounds like it was mostly, you know, good! That's a shame about the chocolate covered coffee beans though. I don't think I've tried those... I do love regular coffee though, so maybe I'd like them better.
OK, here are my teddy bears. Got them in the same picture, too!
They're so cute, aren't they? And a certain favorite character of mine says hello, too! And thank you! I had to take that train picture in Animal Crossing, haha. And in real life, I have a small train set that I've turned on for National Train Day, too. It steams as it moves along the tracks, as well! Sounds like you've have/had some nice plushes as well. That Dragon Quest Slime plush sounds cool, same with the Totoro one... I've not seen My Neighbor Totoro, I've heard of it quite a few times though. Oh that reminds me, I used to have a Jiminy Cricket plush when I was very young... loved that little guy!
That might be why I've had trouble with the word problems in math, lol... the way they word them and everything. The regular math problems were so much easier, for the most part anyway. Yeah exactly, some things just can't be changed easily... I've had a difficult time dealing with bullies in school at the time too, even with teachers saying that I should ignore them, which I struggled with. I've gotten a bit stronger since then though, mentally speaking, though I can still struggle with how sensitive I can be. You know, I'm an introvert as well, I've kind of always been like that! Just enjoying my favorite hobbies on my own, and things like that. Same here, we all have our own favorite stuff! It's actually nice that everyone has different favorite things, that's a good way to try out new things. I've even been considering to try watching one of the Trolls movies thanks to Sunsy... after all, I do like animated movies, especially ones from Disney.
Shy + introverted = also me, lol! My brain's wired to overthink a lot as well... it's a habit that I can't really shake off, but I try my best to not overthink! That's cool, Kirby 64 is a solid game for sure. It's the one where you can combine two powers. Planet Robobot and Forgotten Land are really good too, same with Super Star, and especially its DS remake, Super Star Ultra. Love the music in Kirby games as well! It's OK if your replies are late, my replies can be as late as the White Rabbit as well, haha! Life can be busy at times.
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