Super Metroid Intro Fail

I was just trying out a Super Metroid hacking utility, and apparently the text editing has more restrictions than they let on.If you look closely, the text is at the top, reduced to a ghost by two cutscenes running simultaneously. Samus and the exploding Mother Brain never went away from the first scene, then the intro skipped to the last scene, which stuck as the final line of text went across the top. I only did what the instructions said I could, and look what happened! It appears the lab computers are blowing up. Sometimes I'm surprised this machine doesn't do so itself.

Computers are even less predictable than my life.

So, I haven't been able to do ANYTHING blog-wise because the computer inexplicably ceased to connect to any secure sites. Now, all of a sudden, I can access any https AND the parental controls seem to have ceased restricting my browsing (if altogether I dare not explore, but I can get to some sites that aren't really bad but have been blocked for one reason or another -- like brawlsnapshots.com, for one).

Given that my life is too hectic to do any more than write up this little complaint and disprove rumors of my death, I am actually annoyed that it's now even possible to get on with organizing my list of "to-blogs." It's just another distraction at the moment!

MS Word's Thesaurus Is Too Flexible.

Seriously, you know it's bad when you can't find a good synonym so you give the thing a word and wind up entertaining yourself seeing how off-track you can get from your original meaning. Here's tonight's example. It's not the best, but I find it amusing to see that I accidentally almost came full-circle with this one:

weather

erode

wear away

wear out

exhaust

drain

sap

liquid

fluid

solution

explanation

details

information

in turn

one by one

alone

unaided

independently

in competition

in contention

arguing

in conflict

fighting

war

combat

contest

race

event

affair

issue

problem

crisis

disaster

blow

gust

squall

storm

Note: I've stumbled upon a better chain, which I'll post once it reaches an end. Technically, this one could have gone on, but I got tired of navigating the different storms to find a way on. I've since looked at it and found that "gust" gives you a couple of options....

Falcon Punch: Kirby Remix!

During an period of brain-flushing the buried panic of school and the exhaustion of researching aluminum, I came across the following video.



Somebody sure put their time and editing skills to good use. This is meaningless, yet it had me laughing so hard!

Driving Vs. Calvin and Hobbes

With the exception of crashing (for I have not crashed), the fast pace and amount of things to pay attention to when driving seem to me much like the mayhem our favorite little genius goes through on his engineless vehicles, both loved and hated.