What a day. I slept till 4 and got up, went to work, and came home to watch Ferinheight 911. I got it off the net. It feels good to get movies off the net for free. Simple pleasures. Did anyone early vote yet? I am waiting tables at this joint called the 11th Street Cafe and guess what, it's on 11th street. Who woulda thunk it? But damn, if people aren't lousy tippers as of late. I can't blame them, the economy is in the crapper unless you work for a corporation. Then it's pigs to the trough. Lately it has been a real tough road to tread in the battle to see my kid and be in his life. I need to go get ANOTHER lawyer to deal with his mom. It would be more productive to beat my head against the wall and call it a day, but I can't. I really was thinking about bailing to Alaska in January, but that's not really who I am. Shit, my kids already 10, more that halfway till he's 18, and then I can tell his mom to shove it. But it is so psychologically taxing to constaintly have to deal with a woman who is in denial that she had a kid with ME before she even met the dude she is married to now. It gets old. But I say fuck it, I can see this through, I will be the best parent I can be given the circumstances. And I always say it could be worse . . . right? :)
Plus I can channel my emotions into goofy songs for yallz. You know, even in my darkest nights, my lonliest midnight hours, turning thoughts over and over in my little pea brain, when I feel most vournerable, I always know there are friends who are out there just waiting to help me to my feet. Here, let me show you a picture of my stalwart companions:
Video games offer constaint amusement for a guy who grew up on an Atari 2600. I have found a few good, perhaps great links for you all to play some games on the net that are definetly above average. Everyone needs entertainment, right?
We start with a link to a wonderful site that I believe uses java language to let you play all the great old Infocom games on the net! This is great as you don't have to download anything to your hard drive, as if your at work and stuff, well it leaves a trail. Boy, these old text games are some of the finest peices of interactive fiction written (or should I say programmed) as of yet, I believe. The beauty of these works is that they give the player the tools to engage ones imagination to the fullest and actually participate in the unfolding story. A soap opera for your brain. Amazing stuff. If someone out there reading this has not played one of these old text games from the early eighties, do yourself a favor and give one a try. At first you might think, "This is trite and simplistic." But give yourself 20 minuites and really try to progress in a game and you will discover a richness and boldly engaging role-playing challange that is quite unique and may I say, rewarding, in it's demand to make you think of diffrent solutions to given problems. Classic stuff, and again, free on the net.
Next is a cool new flash game that someone made that is beautiful in it's execution. Go play Road Blocks and discover an exciting maze type game that requires much trial and error, but is very satisfying when you solve the level.
Like I said I grew up on and really enjoy playing the old classics on the Atari 2600. Here is a great page to get the emulator and roms (games). As you can see if you click the link, there are also many other systems that this page supports. I was having a blast with the Colecovision emulator and the original 85 NES emulator. Gaming goodness awaits you!