Zelda Has Been Saved

 History was made last night when the credits started to roll. That's right, I beat The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess! For once in my life, I have accomplished something.

It all took about 58.5 hours to complete but some of those hours were from Big D and Bubba taking the controls…so no, I didn't waste that much time of my life. The game was started a little before Christmas so it lasted about 2 months. I know for sure that I got my money out of it.

Overall, the game was pretty damn good. The graphics and controls were decent and I personally think that if a game can keep hooked and coming back for more…its a good game. The only thing that I didn't like about the game was that it gave you the feeling of completion, but then it would turn around and draw out longer. For example, I remember sitting there and just saying to myself, "I beat it. I beat the game." But then all of a sudden…"WTF do you mean I now have to go to the castle?! I busted my ass for the mirror shards and now this?!".

I loved the The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess soundtrack. I know that sounds nerdy as hell to say, but it was cool. I must admit that it gave me goose bumps when I heard a touch of old school Zelda in there. I could picture the sparkling gold casing of the first Zelda for NES and the hours I spent on that game back in the day.

Not only did I enjoy it, but my 11 month old daughter took a liking to it as well. She loved the opening scene where Link and his horse put on a little show. Every time she saw this, I had to let her watch for a but and bounce up and down like she was riding a horse. She also showed good response to the horse call and Midna's little alerting giggle that came through the Wiimote. Because of this, the game also has some sentimental value as well so it will be difficult to put it up on Ebay.





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Shamrock Steps Up

John Brown goes down. Shamrock from the White Rapper Show took the crown last night and put that burbs turd in his place.

The performance before the final show was a little shaky as Shamrock’s mic didn’t work and his grill fell out his mouth…but looking at John Brown, he was nervous as hell. If I had lame and motionless rhymes about "Car Wars", I think that I would be a little nervous too.

In the final performance, the last two standing had to write their own track to a CD of beats that Serch provided. Shamrock had the best rhyme called "Fly Away" which had a story about girls getting in his face and wasting his time. Doing it totally opposite of John Brown, Shamrock pumped the crowd up and bounced around stage. His energy almost got the best of him as his tricky flow got a little too tricky.

Instead of someone stepping off, Serch allowed the best to step up. The show is about the best in show and Shamrock was the best.

Congrats to Shamrock! PS, let me know if you need a web site or something. :)

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Super Mario Farts

Have you ever had a tune stuck in your head and just cannot get it out? Well for me, its often the Super Mario Brothers theme song.

This is probably one of the coolest things that I have seen in awhile. This guy has way too much time on his hands…literally. Many people can make a farting noise with their hands squishing together, but this guy has it mastered. He can actually create notes and tunes to create songs!

Check out the Super Mario Brothers hand farting performance below and be amazed…

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Cat Invasion

 We had another cat fall out of the ceiling tile here last Saturday. I was sitting here in the office alone and about soiled myself when it came crashing through.

Being the animal lover that I am, I didn't want to be mean to it because its not like it was trying to break in and steal my stuff or anything. I tried my luck for about a half hour trying to flush it out, but it was much more smarter and evil that I imagined the cat to be. Every time I approached the demon, it arched its back and gave out an hellish hiss. Giving up, and before I went to lunch on Saturday, I opened a tile back up so that it could go back to where it came from. I wasn't going to touch the monster because it did look kinda mean and would like to keep my fingers. Thinking nothing of it, I came back from lunch and finished out my day of work.

So here it is Monday and the entire office wreaks of cat feces and cat urine…badly. {sidebar id=1}Each employee that walked through the door this morning complained and grabbed their candle of choice to cover up the smell.

The minor guilt trip not getting rid of it started to set in as the stench and complaints kept getting worse.

At about 2pm, someone just happened to look over the side of a 6 foot cubicle wall and seen my little friend. Besides the cat from hell still hanging around, there was also a nice collection of cat turds scattered around.

Now that the entire office staff is captivated by the presence of this freakish feline, I became distracted as well and watch everyone take their turn at trying to grab it and lose a limb in the process. The cat finally gets enough attention and scrambles down to the other end of the office to find some shelter behind a microwave. With the constant death threats made to the cat, I decided that I didn't want to watch someone take it's life and went outside.

Soon after I light up a calming smoke, a "professional" pulls up with some gloves, protective carhart jacket, a neck-clamping contraption and a metal cage. 5 minutes later, he runs out of the building treating the flipping cat like an armed bomb. He then forcefully throws the poor thing into the cage and drives off towards the sunset.

That's the third wild cat spotting there has been this year and we can only hope that any other cats up in the ceiling tiles learn from this other's mistake.

The carpet cleaners will be here tomorrow morning.
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Its Cold

 Winter started late for us in Indiana and man, it finally hit hard. This past week, we got close to 18 inches of snow and 40 mile an hour winds to top everything off. Temperatures are in the single digits and now that the snow has finally stopped coming down, its a complete freezing nightmare.

It was a pretty amazing sight when it was coming down and blowing all around. Work got cancelled and there was nothing better to do but fire up the Nintendo Wii. The TV in our living room is positioned next to the window and I found myself watching the magic snow show more than I was paying attention to Link rescue princess Zelda.

But with all this beautiful snow, there is a price to pay. Driving becomes a pain and shoveling isn't fun at all. Since I have four wheel drive in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, it wasn't too bad getting around…but its the other drivers that you have to watch out for. If a snow drift is about 3 feet high, your car that rides about 6 inches high is simply not going to make it. And guess what? Snow is slick and slippery. That corner that you normally take right in front of the house at 50 miles per hour will indeed be dangerous. But hey, if you still feel like going that fast, living your NASCAR fantasies and endangering the lives of others…go for it!

For a person that sits on their ass all day long and the most physical task performed is taking a shower, shoveling and scooping snow was a heavy work-out. I probably spent about a half hour shoveling a two foot clearance of my drive way and then gave up. The snow was so heavy and packed tightly and there was no end in sight. That's where kids come in handy. Since they have been home from school for the past few days and jacked up on caffeine, I thought it would be a perfect way to provide a chance to earn some allowance money. Besides the redneck snow plow driver continuing to build the 4 foot high barrier next to the road, I can finally get in and out of the drive way now.

Today the sun is shining and its a nice 1 degrees out. The weather people are talking about more snow coming and I don't want to hear it. I am ready to see some green grass and be able to throw on some shorts.

My poor 10 month old daughter probably thinks that the outside world consists of what she can see out of the living room window…snow and speeding rednecks. I can't wait to change that.

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