I don’t like that dude

Appropriately named - "Arrghus"

Damn those toitles

OK I’m back, and I just spent the last hour of my life trying to beat the Palace of Darkness. I’m positive that once I can get to the Helmasaur, I can beat him, but that room full of stupid turtles always drains me so much that I can’t get there.

It’s always the room full of something that is my biggest challenge. “Glide and stab” needs to be my motto again. That’s how I got through the Darknuts of Zeldas of yore, and that’s how I will beat these damn turtles.

For now I am going to take a break, walk the dog, down a root beer, and buckle down and kick some turtle ass!

i miss you…

…Linkster! I can’t wait to accompany you on your adventures once again. Thou art my special pal in times of stress. However, I darest not fly in the face of mine husband, who really reaaaaaally wants me to unpack all the crap we just moved into a new house.

It’s cool, though, sometimes I find hearts or rupees under a box. I’m just biding my time.

These stairs lead to the underworld/downstairs.

it’s a different world

I creamed Agahnim in two tries, and now I’m stuck in the dark world with what sounds to me like a friggin’ endless quest in front of me. But I trust the makers of this Zelda, and I’m ready to go forth and catch fairies and put them in bottles.

Which is really what this is all about for me.

respect for the fallen enemy

Never mind, I beat the sandworms. And composed this poem about their graceful undulations:

Sandworms.
You have graceful undulations.
But now I have the pendant
And you are dead…
Except on Arrakis
Where you continue to annoy me.

weird sandworm synchronicity

I’m stuck (sorta) in A Link to the Past. I’m in the second dungeon and having trouble beating those worms that shoot up out of the sand. Not that they attack me or anything, but I keep dying from the debris they kick up.

Also, I’m reading Dune, and the prominence of two types of sandworms in my life at the moment is weirding me out a little bit. Maybe I’ll go ahead and watch Beetlejuice and make it complete.

Remember the animated series in which Beetlejuice was a lovable trickster? Bizarre.

oh man

Was I right or was I right?

A Link to the Past is totally fun! I’ve already gotten farther in one hour than I did in Zelda II in a month, and now, finally, I’m back to little old men saying random things by the side of the road. I get to slash bushes, bomb walls, it’s the old Zelda all over again!

I’m confident about stuff. This game wants me to beat it.

am i copping out OR just renewing my interest

Guys, I can’t take Zelda II anymore. It is like torture. Nintendo torture of my soul. And maybe it’s a cop out to move past it, BUT!! What if I skip it for awhile and then come back to it? Otherwise I think I might quit the quest for good. It makes me hate Link and hate Zelda and love Ganon. And that’s not right, is it? I want my days to be filled with joy or whatever, not tears of frustration at seeing the same stupid screen every two minutes. I’m getting better but not fast enough, and I just want to see some more things.

Also, I bought a house so I have been busy.

And also, I don’t really cry over Zelda. Please.

OFFICIALLY MOVING ON TO A LINK TO THE PAST. SEE YOU LATER, ZELDA II.

Seriously though, I might come back to it later.

i will prevail

Everyone/three people have asked me desperately/boredly if I have given up on the Torture/Adventure of Link. I have not. I wanted to, but Ross, my official coach, insists that there are things within this impossible game that are crucial to my understanding of the story as a whole.

I’m not sure he means the story of a kid in Hyrule kicking ass, I think he means the story of nine year old kids sitting inside all summer trying to beat a game. That’s OK though. I want to be included in these memories.

I have been slacking off though, but it’s only because I’ve amped up my efforts in other areas, such as reading this great book that Josh recommended called The Curse of Chalion. I’ve also been working a lot more on a terrible yet terribly awesome screenplay with Emily. Josh and Emily are married so…I feel like this is entirely their fault?

Also I am now starting to question the apparent vise-like grip they have on my life.

Oh also, The Wire.

why does nintendo want to make eight year olds cry?

This game is impossible. I was doing OK for awhile until things started getting harder out in the overworld, which means I kept dying, which means I kept having to start in the beginning, which means I hate everything.

Aren’t there any warp secrets or something which would keep me from having to go through caves and stuff every time I’m trying to get back to where I was after I died?