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I finally  got a Playstation 2 of my very own. I have SO MUCH work and GTA and Katamari Damacy have been calling to me…. I heart video games. I remember spending summers conquering the first Zelda and (eek, this really tells you how old I am) the very first Super Mario Bros on what was the new Nintendo Game system. My parents stupidly hooked it up to the tv in their room and would have to chase us out so they could go to bed at night, my brother and I were so addicted. It’s the challenge of it, I swear, and the payoff over time as you conquer pieces of the puzzle. Clay also had this cool vampire game called Castlevania or something that I really liked and would yell obscenities at when I got stuck on a particular level. We were mad gamers, for the time (no Game Boy yet and no cheat books) and would spend every minute my parents would allow playing. Then came games on the PC (which was a 486, remember that????) — Tetris and, on a later computer, the first iterations of Sim City. I spent an entire finals week in college procrastinating on all my papers because I was on a roll on Sim City. Fueled by coffee, cigarettes, and Diet Coke, I built cities only to destroy them through natural disasters and biowarfare. Those were the days.

Crap. I was supposed to write about either HIV/AIDS or North vs South Korea — those were my students’ presentations today and they all did an excellent job. This group continues to amaze me — with their focus, intelligence, drive and overall their honesty and interest. I am sure all will go far and I am so excited to see what their college years hold for them. I should throw a party for them after the first couple weeks of class….

July 26th, 2007 | Category: Uncategorized | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL