Lots of Monkeys

So, I was rooting around in my file cabinet, and under, “Things that may be important” I found this:

I, the undersigned, hereby relinquish all rights to have my name correct at any time. This includes proper spelling in print and web articles, proper pronunciation over public address systems, restaurant lines and proper signing in American Sign Language.

I also relinquish all rights to being called by my correct name. Instead of my name, people will use the name of any Asian male that they can remember having talked to in the last six months.

At the very least, this piece of paper makes me difficult to google.

One stainless steel cocktail shaker + rudimentary juggling skills + Saturday morning with some free time after breakfast and before lunch

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Right hand one and a half turn shaker toss transition to left hand position change to behind the back pour to overhead turn to upside down turn to set on bar counter.

Good to know that my Saturdays are already fairly productive.

It tastes like the morning sun on your face. It tastes like wheat toast slathered with butter. It tastes like a two egg omelette with dill. It tastes like a well brewed cup of tea with milk and sugar.

Yeah. I could get used to this.

I guess I’ll find out when I wake up later on today. I quit my retail job, getting my Saturday mornings back in the process. Tomorrow is the first Saturday without work in a long, long time.

I guess I’ll get some errands done.

Or something. I don’t really know what to do with myself. Maybe I’ll just go to the liquor store and get set up for some Blue Hawaiians.

As some of you may have already seen here and there, there’s a new GBA (Game Boy Advance) model coming out. Dubbed the GBA SP, it adds front lighting, a rechargeable lithium ion battery, and a clamshell design that protects the screen and makes it even smaller when not in use.

Great. It’s the Game Boy Advance as it was meant to be. Why they didn’t put backlight in the first iteration of the Advance is beyond me. The screen is so bad right now that you can’t play it in well lit rooms. I think Nintendo took tiny black holes with six inch event horizons and placed them inside the screen. My room actually gets darker when I turn mine on.

No lie.

If Nintendo keeps the battery user replaceable, then it might be acceptable. They’ve stated that the battery will only last about three years and that’s a worry of mine. Also worrisome are the ergonomics of the SP. I’m also skeptical of the “front light” that they’ve added to the screen. The articles state that the lighting works pretty well, but I’ll have to wait and see. On the “piss me off” list of changes is the removal of a standard headphone jack. Instead, Nintendo (because they love forcing people to buy peripherals) is making people buy a separate cable that connects to the GBA SP and allows you to connect headphones to it.

Damn them to hell.

Now the question is–import from Japan and be “King of Handhelds” for a month and a half? Or wait and be one of those in line at the counter? Ah. Tough decisions.