Welcome to the New Year. Better Late Than Never...

Time is a fickle mistress. 

I have been a terrible blogger. It has been ages since the last time I posted anything and 2012 pretty much ended without me. Let me start of by saying that I hope you had a pleasant holiday season and that 2013 started off with not just a bang, but an epic explosion of awesome. You deserve it.

Of course with every new year comes New Year's Resolutions and the blinding obsession with self-improvement that always seems to fade away by the time January 31 rolls around. If you couldn't tell by that last sentence, I'll just come right out and say that I'm not a big fan of the tradition. However, I am determined to write more this year and that includes working harder on this blog. I didn't get the chance start right when the ball dropped, but I will try to keep this motivation burning as long as I possibly can.

How has 2013 been treating you? Did you make any fantastic (or extremely reasonable) resolutions?

Make Your Favorite Game Sound Like Garbage

A friend of mine posted this challenge on her Facebook page and I thought it would be interesting to throw it out to you...

Describe your favorite game, but make it sound as terrible as you possibly can.

Here's mine:

You play an overweight, out-of-work tradesman who is invited to a castle to have cake with its princess. After a short trip through the local sewer system, you arrive at the castle only to discover that it is a basically an abandoned art museum and the pretty princess has been captured by the disembodied voice of giant turtle. The only way to save her is to explore the art museum/castle and jump each into the paintings, one by one.

Inside the paintings, you will be forced to complete menial tasks in the pursuit of monetary compensation and defeat random creatures that are much larger than you so that they will transform into weird stars with creepy, beady eyes that never blink...

You will waste an extraordinary amount of time running up a staircase that never ends.

Your only friends in this journey are a transparent little person in a mushroom hat and diaper that can somehow be in several places at once, an owl that likes to remind you how fat you are and a vocally challenged green dinosaur that only appears long after you finish the journey and shoot yourself out of a cannon.

If you didn't get it, I was describing Super Mario 64, the first game I ever played. How do you think I did?

How can a game this epic ever sound boring?

What's your favorite game? Can you make it sound terrible?

I'd Like to Thank the Academy...The Liebster Blog Award

I return from my short absence with good news: I was nominated for a Liebster blog award! For those of you who don't know, this award is passed along from new blogger to new blogger as a way of saying "I like what you're doing. Keep up the good work!". Liebster is a German term of endearment.

(It's really just a blogger chain letter. But it doesn't involve your crush kissing you or tragic death in any way, so it's a letter you actually want to receive and pass along.)

Thank you, Carissa (from Lillies & Silk)! Your blog is fantastic by the way.

When you receive the award, you're supposed to post 11 random things about yourself, answer 11 questions from the person who nominated you, nominate 11 blogs of your own and post 11 questions for them to respond to. The best thing about this is that it's for blogs with less than 200 followers (Check my numbers; I'm not even close), so it's a great way to get exposure as well as connect with others.

Here's 11 random video game related facts about myself:
1.) I only own a Playstation 2 because a friend of mine got two for Christmas. He gave me all the games he didn't want, but I'm still very grateful.
2.) Many people honestly believe that I own a pink Wii. I wish I did.

Why don't I own this?!?

3.) If I play a game where I can decide my character's name, I choose either Jessica or Fox. Link is always named Jessica.
4.) I get extremely excited whenever I hear the main theme to Super Mario Galaxy 2.
5.) I played clarinet in high school, but I joined a saxophone group just so I could play the Super Mario theme with them for one performance.
6.) I only paid $1 for the DS that I have now. It came with Pokemon Pearl.

The deal of the century.

7.) There was a point in time where the workers at my local GameStop addressed me by name and spoke to me like we were old friends.
8.) I still have the original box and additional materials for my Nintendo 64. Including the old Nintendo Power magazine offer cards.
9.) When the colored Nintendo 64's came out, my mother suggested that I paint my dark grey one with nail polish. She was joking, but I considered it.

I only didn't do it because it wouldn't be transparent.

10.) My older cousin once carried me out of Target like a sack of potatoes because I didn't stop playing the in-store game demo console fast enough. I was just reseting it for the boy behind me. After all these years, I am still mad about it.
11.) I don't celebrate Halloween, but I would dress up as Princess Rosalina at least once if I did (Happy Halloween to those of you celebrating today).

The 11 Questions for Carissa's Nominees:
1. When did you start your blog?

July of this year after a previous failed attempt.

2. What made you decide to start blogging?

I want to be a writer. It was about time I started writing something.
3. What goals did you have for your blog when you started and have they changed now?
My initial goal was to start writing. Now my goal is to keep writing. 
4. What are your hobbies?
Playing video games, reading, writing, drawing, shopping, eating, magazine collaging.
5. Do you enjoy movies and if so what are your favorite two?
I love movies. My favorite two are Pocahontas and Taken. 

The colors of the wind: a rainbow.

The color of revenge: blood red.

6. What season is your favorite and why?

Fall. It's the best fashion season and pumpkin is in everything. 

Pure awesome in a liquid form.

7. If you could do one thing at this moment what would it be?

I wouldn't do my homework if I could still get a A.
8. Do you have any pets and if so what kind of pet is it?
Not at the moment. My mother has a Pomeranian but he doesn't like me so I don't claim him.
9. What is your favorite color?
Electric Blue Metallic.

A picture for reference.

10. What are you grateful for the most?
My life and the ability to get an education at the college of my choice while living in the best residence hall/apartment on campus with the best roommates ever. It's all thanks to God and my mother. 
11. What is your biggest fear?
Pregnancy and childbirth. No joke. Right now "I don't know nothin' about birthin' no babies" and I don't want to.

And here are my 11 nominees:
1.) Holly at Nintendo Lifeline
2.) Nicola at ChibiChic
3.) Zack at Nintendo Gamer Thoughts
4.) GurlNxtDoor at Gurl on Girl-Gaming
5.) Jessica at Southern Ramblings
6.) Miss Tattoo at Tattoos and Lace
7.) The Sorting House
8.) Jessica at Diary of a Young Adults Divorce
9.) Michelle at Michy Nails 
10.) Seabo at 3 Years in the Merde
11.) Brandi at Cupcakes and Curves

And my 11 questions for them:
1.) How did you come up with the name of your blog?
2.) Can you see yourself still blogging 5 years from now?
3.) If you won the lottery right now (the Mega Millions jackpot is at 32 million at the moment), what would you do?
4.) If you could only eat one food, everyday, for every meal, for the rest of your life, what would it be?
5.) Do you like to read? If so, what are some your favorite reading materials?
6.) Who would play you if your life was a movie?
7.) What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life?
8.) What are some of your hobbies?
9.) What are some of your talents?
10.) What was/is your least favorite subject in school?
11.) What is your favorite color?

Consider this a virtual pat on the back, from me to you.

Gamers Rock the Vote

One guess who I'm voting for.

Today is the last day you can to register to for the general election on Tuesday, November 6th. If you haven't filled out the necessary paperwork...

Nudge, nudge. Hint, hint. Time is running out.

This is important stuff, you know; more important than video games and fashion combined. The future of our country is at stake, after all. Don't you want to have your say?