Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Get Ready!
Ok, so I think February would work better to hold the Otakubowl. And that means that I will start taking nominations now. I noticed that there aren't as many people updating on myO these days. So, I might need as many nominations as possible from those few who do visit. However, for now it's best if you give me no more than one nomination per category for now. I'll let you know later if I'm in need of more.

Here's the categories:

-Anime Series Old (original release prior to 2000)

-Anime Series New (original release since 2000)

-Manga

-Movie (based on an anime or video game)

-Video Game

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In other news, the video game mishap I had mentioned was with my new Guitar Hero 3 game. It was a Christmas present for the whole family with 2 wireless guitar controllers. Well, my 12 year old son Casey was playing it and my 6 year old daughter Amber just had to have her blanket, which was laying over the cord to the game. The PS2 fell to the floor, which scratched the game pretty bad. Also, I found out the wireless guitars aren't all they were cracked up to be. If someone forgets to turn them off when they are done playing them, the batteries run down. And of course these don't have the option of plugging them into the PS2. So, dead batteries means you buy more batteries or don't use the wireless guitar. Or, in extreme circumstances when you really want to play the game and the wireless guitar's batteries are dead, you smash the guitar like the real guitarists do. (No, that has not happened in my home, tempting though.)

Also, I mentioned something about Lego Star Wars. Well, my 9 year old son Tyler got the game for Christmas. He's a total Yu-Gi-Oh! freak, but has found an interest in Star Wars recently due to playing Star Wars Battlefront (and at mom's urging of watching the movies). Anyway, as Lordsesshomaru put it, the game is funny to begin with. So, on top of that you add cheats. My son likes to look for cheats on the internet for his video games. So, he discovered how to give his Jedis brooms instead of lightsabers, or if you prefer, teacups. You can also give everyone mustaches... yes, even the girls. Ok, so there are a couple of characters who don't get mustaches. Darth Maul being one of them, which really disappoints me, Darth Maul is my favorite Star Wars villain, though just a little more than Darth Vader.

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In more serious news. My 16 year old daughter Tawny's boyfriend broke up with her after being together for about a year and a half. This is a hard thing for me to deal with as well. She has never had a serious boyfriend like this before. And I've been through it before, so I know exactly what she is going through. I just try to help her as best as I can, and be there for her.

Also, back in November my mom ended up in the hospital. She has emphysema and has to be on oxygen the rest of her life. She's fine... ok, I think she's fine. It's kind of a long story, but when she was in the hospital my sister and I drove down to see her. I live in Northern Idaho, my sister is about a 2 hour drive south of me, and my mom is another 4 hour drive from where my sister lives. Anyway, she got out of the hospital and into a care facility before we left. She was going to be in the care facility for a few weeks, then getting out. Her and my step-dad were going to be moving. So, I kept in touch with her while she was in the care facility. But when she got out, I haven't heard from her at all. She sent a Christmas card and some gifts, but said that I could write to her at her post office box. No phone number to get a hold of her at. As I said before it's a long story, and there's more to it that I'm not saying. So, I'm sure this leaves you with a few questions. But I can't really explain it, nor do I want to. Also, she hasn't had her internet since this all happened so she wanted me to contact some of her old friends and let them know how she's doing. Well, in the past week or so I've gotten new emails from them wondering how she's doing. I hate to write them back saying, "I don't know how my mom is doing." I'm more pissed off than worried, though. My mom does things like this. It just annoys me that she doesn't keep me informed. When she was in the care facility I told her I was going to call her every Sunday. I haven't talked to her on the phone since early December.

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Ok, that's enough rambling about my mother. I can't really think of anything of utmost importance to talk about at this time. And I'm getting pretty tired. So, I think I'll end it here.

Take care.
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