One thing about the heat: I've been remembering most of my dreams ( Read more... )

Life continues the same, albeit bikeless. Adam bought me a bike frame from his work, though -- a Marinoni Sportiva, which is a steel touring frame. And he has a bunch of parts picked out for me, mostly Campy (including Campy wheels) except for Shimano 105 long-reach brakes so I can put full fenders on there. I currently have no money to buy ( Read more... )

Received the USB-SNES controller adapter in the mail yesterday! Guess what I'm doing this weekend? Adam even got an extra controller when he got the SNES, and it has an extra-long cord. Ka-KOW ( Read more... )

I finished reading The Diamond Age. It was really good, save for the lack of an actual ending. Like I said to sainfoin_fields, Stephenson had everything leading in the right direction and then was like OH I'M TIRED OF WRITING THIS THING, I'LL JUST END IT HERE.

He's still awesome enough that I'm getting hooked on him, though. I started reading Quicksilver ( Read more... )

Yay, good weekend. I'm kind of braindead today though ( Read more... )

I realized I have seen Soul Blazer before. I haven't actually played it, but I do remember watching somebody play it for hours. I think it was Toren, but I can't fully remember ( Read more... )

Secret of Mana is pretty darn good! I played it on the emulator today. It will be even better when I get the SNES controller hooked up to my computer. The store on Fraser and Broadway was no good -- he wanted like $60-$120 dollars for games. No price tags, he just quoted me prices on each game I asked for. Hate.

I am nostalgically listening to Mr.

I can confirm that the following SNES games suck ( Read more... )

SNES GAMES I HAVE NEVER PLAYED BEFORE AND WANT TO PLAY
(YES I LIKE RPGS)

Secret of Mana
Yoshi's Island
Soul Blazer
Illusion of Gaia
Terranigma
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom and Lufia II
EVO: the Search for Eden
Super Mario RPG
Earthbound

SNES GAMES I NEED TO PLAY AGAIN RIGHT NOW

Zelda
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy III

I did the World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday. It was better than last year - sunny weather and more people. Car-free day on Commercial Drive on Sunday was pretty sweet too, especially the 5pm lolarious day-rave. Dancing barefoot in the street to silly techno is fun ( Read more... )