Haven’t blogged in a while, so I’ve got quite a bit to say, and it’ll go off on tangents in some places, so bear with me.

First, congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies for winning the World Series of Major League Baseball and giving the rest of the country one less reason to make fun of us. Now, we’ll only have to hear incessant “we still don’t have a championship ring after all these years” whining from Chicago (S)c(r)ubs fans. (I keed, I keed! Chicago’s a great sports city, really.)

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…and it’s airing right now on FOX. The Phillies led off Game one with a two-run homer from Chase Utley. I’m gonna try to watch every game, because I want to see how this series plays out. A lot of naysayers believe this Series will suck because the Dodgers and Red Sox are out of it, but they’re not the best teams in their leagues, so it doesn’t matter.

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And boo for me leaving the DS power adapter at the bro’s apartment. I was planning on getting the thing replaced, because the touch screen calibration doesn’t work properly anymore, and everything on the left side of the screen is just a touch to the left. If I had it, it would have saved me a few bucks when I picked up my replacement unit yesterday. At least it’s now easier to see the games I’m playing, and the stylus doesn’t slip out of the DS at inopportune times. I can’t tell how many times I’ve nearly lost one of those pencil-thin things on the bus.

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I’m not entirely sure what happened during my visit to my brother’s apartment over the weekend, but I got thoroughly pasted by one of his gamer friends during a four-player split-screen showoff in Mario Kart Wii. I mean, she beat me, him, and his girlfriend combined.

My seasonal allergies appear to have started back up again after a night on the couch…and I also lost the battery charger to my Nintendo DS (but I’m planning on trading that in this week anyway).

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Definitive proof that I’ve actually gotten better at this “video gaming” thing: When I first rented Dragon Warrior IV for the NES some 15 years ago, I made it all the way to the fifth chapter, but couldn’t get past the monstrous King Leo (or Keeleon, now renamed Marquis de Leon). Then I bought Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (the Nintendo DS remake) and slugged it out with him and won. I now know the value of how good spamming status buffs can be…especially when I had to fight Evolved!Balzack a few castles later.

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