Bells Ring Waking

The lost sedation always beckoning.

Bonus points if you already know what song that is. I'll tell you when I'm done.

So today's Tuesday, but I feel like it's Monday. But it's not a suckish day, yet (I still have to go to work tonight). Whatever, I feel really good today. For once. Or for the past week and a half. I don't know. I like being happy. I think my right ring finger has a bruise on it. Ow.

I didn't blog last week. I forgot to mention I was taking the week off for spring break. Oops. I really didn't mean to just not do anything, sort of just happened (I'll warn you next time, I swear).

Anywho, I have news! I got into SUNY Purchase, and am transferring there for the Fall 2010 semester.t Woohoo! (I really dislike Hofstra).

Other news: I'm going to finish my sketch project, Obsessed with Myself, very shortly. I'll post it when I'm done. It's just a silly project, nothing amazing. But hell if it isn't fun to do.

I forgot what I wanted to talk about today. This is bad. Whatever. I found a new subject.

Pokémon! (Shut up, I'm cool).

There comes a point where you stop caring how old you are, and just do what you find fun (if you're 30 and think it's fun to date 15 year olds, this does not apply to you). I'm at that point, and I've been there for about a year and a half now.

Ever since I was about 7, Pokémon has been a part of my life. I bought (yes, I BOUGHT) myself a GameBoy Color (with my own money) just to play Pokémon Red and Blue all those years ago. I felt so badass.

I'm 18, I still play Pokémon, and I still feel badass.

No, it's not a guilty pleasure. At all. Pokémon is a great freaking game, probably one of the most consistently good video game franchises out there to date (Legend of Zelda, Mario, and yeah, I'll say it, Kingdom Hearts, are a few others). Pokémon has never failed to make me happy and keep my occupied for (literally) hundreds of hours. You have no idea how much time I've put into these games. I still play Pokémon Crystal. Which was for the GameBoy Color. That's 2.75 console generations ago, mind you. And you know what? I still love it.

What I'm saying is there are some things you never grow out of. Pokémon is one of those things. Yes, I skipped a generation, and I regret it constantly (I really do, because Pokémon Emerald is still $35, and you can only get it used now, stupid capitalists). But I still found my way back. And with the release of Pokémon SoulSilver, I was reminded of why I stuck with the franchise all these years; these games are awesome. SoulSilver (and HeartGold, but I didn't get that, yet) are remakes of Crystal, not Silver and Gold. Crystal, the game I still play 9 years after it's release (I'm surprised the game's internal battery hasn't died yet...). So obviously I'm happy. It's fun to see how much the games have changed in about 10 years.

So yeah, I do what I love. And I'm not ashamed of it. You can laugh at me for playing Pokémon, or for carrying my Pokéwalker (the Pokéball shaped pedometer that came with SoulSilver), but you know what? I'm cooler than you. Because I can be proud enough to play a game that 7 year olds play. And I'm probably having more fun with it than they are.

List! This one is relevant to today's topic! What?

The Extent of My Pokémon Obsession:

P) My ringtone is the battle theme from Red and Blue

I) My background is usually of Pokémon

K) My text noise? Pikachu

A) I still play Pokémon cards

C) I want a salamander so I can name it Mudkip

H) I got my girlfriend to play

U) I am competitive with the game

Yeah, I love it. So what? I'm happy.

For those of you still wondering, here's today's song info:

Good Morning Night by Bad Astronaut

I love Bad Astronaut. Look them up. Please. They're not that popular, because no one knows them...