I’m on the phone right now (1:30AM), on hold with Future Shop regarding my TV that, for no reason whatsoever, started having weird issues…the power button stopped working. My TV wouldn’t turn on. I go looking for the receipt…digging through papers from over 2 years ago…and WTF, my TV turns on by itself. Sadly, it reaches a certain point, after the “turn on music”, and shuts off again. Restarts…and does the same thing over and over.
Anyways, that’s been the last hour for me…it really sucks, especially considering some of the epic awesome from earlier today.
Let me explain, see the image below? It’s from 2000 (I think)….
There’s a shoebox underneath my garbage can. Inside that shoebox contained a year+ of Nintendo Power, possibly the most influential magazine of mine as a child. I would read the Mario and Zelda comics in there, I would draw images from Megaman, Street Fighter, Tiny Toons…that was THE magazine that probably defined me as a child and influenced the person I am today. Now…somewhere between 2000 and 2010…I took the Nintendo Powers out of that box and put something else in it. And the Nintendo Powers…well, I wouldn’t have thrown them away, that’s not me. But I didn’t know where they went. Because of THIS image, I never forgot about them. At this point though, I had been moved out of my house for 2+ years…I know where 95% of my things are. But I could never find these Nintendo Powers…even after looking for them for over 5 years. My house isn’t big…they’re not in my condo, I didn’t throw them away, I had no idea where they were. Until today.
Okay, there’s a lot of set up in there but the point is that I found them…in a box in the garage…it was uber dusty and heavy and really high up. But I found them. (disappointing, poorly written climax…gomen!)
Here are just some of them, some of my favs…
From Top Left to Bottom Left in clockwise circle:
Nintendo Power 34: Mar 1992: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Nintendo Power 33: Feb 1992: TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
Nintendo Power 56: Jan 1994: Mega Man X (SNES) – possibly my favorite Mega Man game of all time
Nintendo Power 69: Feb 1995: Mega Man X2 (SNES)
Nintendo Power 20: Jan 1991:Mega Man 3 (NES) – I was 9 when this issue came out
Nintendo Power 38: Jul 1992: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (SNES). Not SF2 Turbo, not SF2 The New Challengers…this was the one that started it all.
I can’t say how happy I am to look through these magazines from almost 20 years ago…I still recognize so many pages of content…like doors to memories that haven’t been opened in a decade…only to open and feel overwhelmed with nostalgia.
The summarize the day (and I try not to do these, I doubt anyone reads them…)
The Bad – Waking up at 6am
The Good – NOT having to drive 3 hours to Kingston, just sleeping in the back seat and letting my dad do the driving. I offered to drive but I don’t drive his giant van too often. It probably wouldn’t have been a good idea.
The Bad – Not getting McDonalds hot cakes. Also, they screwed up my coffee. Instead of 1 Cream & 3 Sugar, I got 3 Cream & 1 Sugar. Bleh. Too much Lactose for me, not enough sugar. Fail.
The Good – Hanging out with Zena, my parents, my brother, my brother’s wife and my nephew, niece all day. I still consider my close family my parents and brother, rarely do we all hang out together. Less than 5 times a year maybe?
The Bad – Yelling “My ass won’t let me go down the (children’s) slide”. Yelling “ASS”…in a children’s playground. With possibly 10 kids and 10 parents in earshot. Not very good uncle Warren, not very good at all.
The Good – Not having to drive 3 hours back to Toronto.
The EPIC AWESOME – finding my Nintendo Powers
The Good – Going out to dinner with my friends
The Good – This much salmon sashimi for $7~
The EPIC FAIL – Wanting to play PS3 and finding out my TV is royally busted.
The Good – Calling 24/7 Tech Support because at 1:30 AM, I’m sure to get immediate service!
The Good – Finishing the night with blogging