Yay for me! Yay for a day off! I'm gonna make $564 every two weeks (before deductions)! It may not seem too impressive, but it's $564 more than I was making before. And that's if I don't take any extra shifts. And speaking of that, it turns out that my shifts on both last Saturday and Sunday were extra, so I could have had the weekend off, but I didn't really have a say in the matter. They just told me to come in on those days.

In other news, I finally did that article I was supposed to do last week. This is just my first day off since Friday, so I've had a lot to do lately. You can find it here. Or at least I hope so. I have a history of bad links.

I also bought Donkey Konga. God damn it's fun. And I've become more accepting of certain musics. A lot of the stuff on there is poppy or not what I would normally listen to. The only songs I can't stand are "Rock Lobster" and the children's songs. I mean, they have "Bingo" on there, and it's remixed in this "funky" new way with the kids yelling stuff like "Go Bingo, go Bingo" and "You can do it Bingo!". You can do it Bingo? Geez, he's Bingo, not Lil' Brudder. He lives on a goddamn farm. He doesn't need encouragement. Stupid Bingo. On the upside, there are some great songs on it like "Rock This Town" and the "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!" theme. And, it took me this long to figure it out, but the Pokémon theme is a kickass song. Sure, it's a song about Pokémon, but it's got a sweet guitar solo and, well, just awesome music. But yes, overall awesome fun to be had. Even the one of my brothers who doesn't do much gaming at all thinks it's a brilliant idea.

I guess that's it for today. It's been a nice little break, but it's back to the grind tomorrow, and Saturday. Ugh, Saturday. So damn busy.

Wow. Working sure is different than lazing about all day. Not really in a bad way, but it's sure a huge change for me. Anyway, work is great. It's easy shit. Either I'm punching in orders and making change or pouring coffee. And on the odd time I get to lift heavy things that the womens can't handle. I guess I never mentioned that 90% of all the employees are female. Yep. And I'm the only guy working on storefront. Ever. Only all the women that are posted there as well are far too old for my liking. Except for one, and she just happens to be my current partner. We've even started up a friendly rivalry after working together only twice. Funny how everything seems to be coming together at once for me. In any case, I love my work.

The biggest downside is that not being in school, I'm working full time. That's five eight-hour shifts a week. It could be a lot worse though, so I'm not going to complain about it too much. The other bad part is that I'm on my feet for the entirety of those eight hours and then I walk home. By my own will, of course. But that means that by the time I get home, both my legs and back are totally burnt out, making moving an unacceptable option. At least my parents aren't bugging me to help out around the house or to get a job anymore. And I'm starting to smell like coffee, which would be rad, but I'm not all too fond of the stuff.

In non-work related stuffs, I've bought MegaMan X Command Mission, the first real MegaMan RPG. Boy it's sweet. It's not quite as active a battle system as TOS, but at least you actually use all the buttons rather than just "cancel" and "confirm". Lots of neat customization options, but not too far from most of the usual types of RPG cust options. Graphics are superb, flawed only by the common little oopsies that come along with cel-shaded graphics. And there are a lot of nice little bonus options and mini-game-esqe features like treasure hunting using the GBA as a radar, and being able to pick the color of X's "cape". And speaking of X, If you've seen anything about the game, you know that he's been totally redesigned. At first I was a little bugged by it, but looking at all the new characters and even Zero and Axl, if they'd left him as he was, he would stick out because he'd look so plain. And lest I mention, the game is fun. The bosses can give you a run for your money if you don't play perfectly, and the story is usual MegaMan X fare, just without all the plot holes (so far, anyway). So yes, worth buying if you like RPGs or MegaMan, and definitely worth a rent if you're not truly into either. Not a groundbreaking title by any means, but I like it good.

I'm still trying to summon up the will to do that article, as I've got a new game to play and such, and writing articles is kind of long and uneventful. I'm gonna do it, just not today. Probably Sunday. There's another one in the works too, and I'm thinking about adding more to that there new art gallery. Updates will now probably be a lot more spread out, as I'm probably only going to post on my days off. I like the idea of sleeping workday evenings away. So yes, I've covered everything I wanted to. Stay tuned to find out what happens next on this wild rollercoaster that is my new/working life!

Sorry it's late, but the new gallery is finally online. And it looks pretty slick. Or so I think. It's not full yet, because there have been many distractions in my way, but I did get it up and running. And that's all I really intended to do.

In other news, having a job has totally overwhelmed me. I didn't even do anything today and my head is running in circles. Oh well. They did let me go an hour early, which segues nicely into the bigger events of the day.

First, and very most importantly, I went to Toys R Us. Why did I go there? Well, you see, there's this thing I've been obsessing about lately. It's what they like to call "Donkey Konga". It's not out until the 29th, but TRU conveniently has a demo station. So I went and I played the crap out of it. Well, maybe not that much, as I only played one song. But I do intend to go back tomorrey and have at it again. Anyway, the game is a blast. Even though I was only playing on "chimp" level, it was fast-paced and exciting. Through the whole jam session I was smiling and trying to restrain myself from really giving 'er and acting like a lunatic in the store. I even used subdued claps when they came about so as not to attract too much attention. But Hell, that game brought me more joy than most things have lately. The only thing that upset me was that the demo didn't provide any of the songs I wanted to play (read: the Legend of Zelda theme and We Will Rock You). Totally buying it.

But it got better. I found two really awesome things in the store, and I'm going to review them by the end of the week. Maybe you won't see the awesomeness they bear, but I love both of 'em, and I'm glad I picked them both up without hesitation. But that's all I'm telling you for today. Just go and enjoy the pretty pictures.

It's been a long time since I've posted, and there is much to tell. But I'll get to all the other stuff later. Firstly and most importantly, I've finally got a job. The call came in this morning and now I'm the newest donut wench at Tim Horton's. Yay for me. Now I'll be able to afford my my precious when it arrives later this year. That is assuming that I don't screw up too badly at giving food and such to people. If I'm lucky, they said they might even place me on dish washing duty, a task at which I excel. So yes, I'm a little nervous about giving up most of my time to actually do something, but overall I'm overcome with much joy. And if absolutely nothing else, I've finally got something to go on the ol' resume.

Second of all, I broke down and bought one of the new Pokémon games. It was mostly for the wireless adapter that came with, but you all know I enjoy my Pokémon, so I won't bother making up any other excuses. The game itself is great, being a port of the first game (which was my favorite) with a whole bunch of new stuff crammed in. The bulk of new areas and quests come after the credits roll for the first time, but there are tons of new gizmos and such for you to toy around with before then. Most outstanding though, are the graphics and music. While they look a lot like the Ruby and Sapphire versions, these new games have a few little extra touches that make it just that much sweeter, like coloured text! And a pretty new font to go with it. The music remixes are great, and hopefully they'll attract a little attention from the OverClocked Remix community. I've always wanted to hear the battle theme in metal, but there isn't a single Pokémon remix on there...

Thirdly, SKY CAPTAIN! Flippin' awesome movie. The kind a man like m'self, who doesn't buy many movies, would buy. And not even because of all the special bonus crap they're bound to pile on the DVD. Yes, it's that good. Well, I thought so anyway. The plot goes a little here and there about halfway through, but I've never been too picky about a bad story, so it didn't bother me at all. The only thing I didn't like is that there weren't' enough of them big robots that steal the spotlight in the trailer. Nope. To be honest (tiny spoilers here), they really don't play as much a part in the movie as the trailers might have you think. But again, great action flick, go see it.

And last but probably not least, I've opened a Geocities account which I plan to use as space to house all of my recent scanned stuff. It's a little different that what I'm used to, so it might take me a while, but I intend to have the "second" gallery up tomorrow after work. If it'll happen, I'm not sure, but keep your fingers crossed. Or not. Just do what you like. So I guess I'll be seein' yahs then.