Video Games:
POKEMON HEART GOLD GET! Let me go over my background with this game before I swamp you with too many details. Over 10 years ago, the things I wanted most on my Christmas list were a Gameboy Color and Pokemon Gold and Silver. That's exactly what I got. By the time I was through with them, I had about 230 hours logged on Gold and about 180 on Silver. I had a lot of fun experiences with these games. Skip ahead 10 years. Gamefreak decided to remake these marvelous games and it was, of course, a first day buy for me. It does not disappoint. So much nostalgia~ In other game news: our Movie Gallery is going out of business soon, so we stopped by for their going out of business sale. I picked up Elebits and Samba de Amigo for only $20; 1/5 of their normal price! I've still yet to play them though, so I'll have to get back to you on that.
Music:
Spring break started with a musical disappointment unfortunately. I was looking to see if I could find a good deal on a mono Beatles box set when I came across an article talking about counterfeits. I started to get that sinking feeling. I looked it up, and sure enough, my stereo box set. I should've guess since it was only $80. When I first got the box set, I knew something was up. I had suspicions that it was fake, but I thought I was crazy, and it was only an early European copy that I recieved. I went to file a complaint at ebay, but I was 1 day too late. I had been living a lie for 46 days...oh well, 46 days of unknowing bliss is better than a lifetime of falsehood. It's not even the degraded sound quality that irks me, I barely noticed that until now, it's the fact that this wasn't a true Beatles effort. Some guy in China just ripped all the tracks on to a new CD and scanned pictures of the booklets and such to make a quick buck. I want to hear what George Martin, Ringo, Paul, and the music editors poured their souls into for almost 4 years. I want something that I can feel proud to show my kids one day. I need something authentic. I'm going to start saving up so I can get the real thing, I just wish I had some way to make money...Anyway, more Beatles news. We went to Barnes and Nobels a couple of days ago, and I found quite a few things that surprised me. First was the three disc "Dylan" box set sitting right at the entrance. This box set was the one I originally planned on getting, and still might. Right across from it was The Beatles Capitol Records remasters volume one and two. It was a special sight to see, but since I already had most of the tracks, I wasn't too struck by it. Since I knew the store had potential for Beatles, I had to look through the CD. I expected to see the same old things I already "kinda" had, but found more, much more. First thing I noticed was that yellow box with "Love" wrote across it jutting out above the rest of the CDs. I did your general guy fanboy reaction thing (Avery was there, he could probably describe my reaction better). It was the DVD-audio and CD version of the Love album, something I never expected to see in a store. Upon further inspection, I found they had the Let It Be...Naked album, something that was also not in the box set. Just above was the Blue album released almost 20 years ago, something I also would've never expected to see in store. I almost convinced my mom to buy them for me, but we had already made a big purchase for me that day, so she couldn't. We will be going there again tomorrow, so maybe I can convince her to at least buy me the Love album. Now, that big purchase we made a couple of days ago, it was a guitar. An acoustic electric just like I wanted too! We didn't plan to buy it that day, but we found it for just $170, and mom said she wanted to get it before it was gone. The seller even threw in a $70 case and rounded the price off to $200. I was a bit hesitant to make such a big purchase, but I'm glad we did now. I've already learned quite a few songs.
Personal Life:
Avery came over two days ago, and we had a fantastic time. We did the usual when it comes to video games and recording and what not, but something special happened this time. Avery had taken a liking to exploring the woods behind his house and he wanted to see mine. My dad and many who live close by like to hunt, so we had plenty of trails to explore. Here's a map showing two of the major places we ended up at.
The blue dot is close to my house, where we began. The yellow dots are two major places we ended up. I knew most of the trail until we started heading south, that's when it really got interesting. The yellow dot on the bottom is a farm. I told him if we kept going, that it would probably lead to a road soon, but he was too afraid that the donkey would charge us, so we turned back. The yellow dot on the right is near the power lines. I was desperate and adventurous enough to want to follow it so we wouldn't have to walk all the way back, but Avery said that he didn't want to risk it. It's probably best that we did head back. I never knew about this segment of power lines, and I assumed that we had somehow reached the ones about half a mile north of my house. Taking the northern path would've taken us out to the lakes, and I would have lost my placement. If we went south, we would be walking a very long time before we got to the road. We engraved our name into the dirt below the power lines. And made the long walk back. I took a pedometer with me, and it said we took about 15000 steps, and my dad told me that we walked at least 3 or 4 miles there and back. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, the clover fields. As you can kind of see in this picture, we came across a clover field right before we got to the power lines. It even had some buttercups growing near the end of it. It was beautiful, and made the entire hike worth the effort. I hope Avery comes back soon. I wouldn't like being out there by myself, but when I have someone out there with some hiking experience, it's wonderful. I really hope I can share the experience with someone else if I ever go hiking that far again.
Ah, so much to talk about, but not enough time. So tell me, has your spring break been anywhere near as great as mine has been?
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