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      • In response to: "Who are you?" A guy that would realize that I'll never have the Little Red-Haired Girl, and just see that Peppermint Patty is pretty cool...
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    • My Nintendo Still Works, Sucka!

      • My Nintendo Entertainment System.
        Wow, I can't remember the year I got it...had to be like 88' or 89'. What is that, 22 years old?
        My grandma bought it for me for Christmas. I flipped. I ran on the ceiling. I flew around the living room. I...ME...THIS GUY HERE...had a friggin' NINTENDO!!!
        I think I spent most of that Christmas Eve just looking at the pictures on the box. I wasn't allowed to open it and play with it until Christmas morning after I'd eaten breakfast. Sweet merciful anticipation.
        Heck if I remember what else I got that year.
        And its still with me, sitting on my entertainment center along with the rest of my video game consoles.
        This piece of hardware lasted every tantrum I had over Contra and Super Mario Bros. It endured every shove into the closet when I got put on punishment. It patiently sat while I moved on to bigger and better systems.
        I still have the original a/v cord, power cord, and one controller (pretty sure the 2nd one I had stopped working after numerous throws to the ground in frustration). I did replace the 10-pin connector inside of it that had the contacts on it for reading the game cartridges. And...the lid that covers the game came off at some point in life. But the thing still fires up and works as good as the day my grandma bought it.
        Its odd how an inanimate object endures better than I have.
        Wow, just thinking of all the times it's seen:
        The rise and fall of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
        All the Robocops and Back to the Futures.
        All the passings in the family.
        To think it was held in my grandma's hands and put into a shopping cart, at a store that is probably no longer standing, at a time where the future was then, and now wasn't even thought of.
        Heh, I never thought of that thing like this. This entry makes me view my NES a lot differently now...I mean always have treasured it since it was a gift from my grandma...but now its like I have a bond with it. Its the only thing other than my ma and aunt that has never left me. Geez.

      • answered by splitty_booms on 04/26/2011
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    • Get Away From Me

      • 1 - Impatient people.
        Ironic that I don't have patience...for impatience. But you know what I mean. Those people who act like whatever you're doing is taking soooo long and it is inconveniencing them soooo much. When I encounter these people in service professions, I really want to hurt them. How can a doctor be impatient? How can a policeman? A customer service rep? The IT guy? How can someone who is supposed to be there to help, be so friggin' impatient?

        2 - Liars, cheaters, ulterior-motive havers, etc.
        This is one big clump of a thing. One big crap of a person. This person's only goal is to get over...no matter what the expense to others. They lie to get what they want. They cheat to get what they want. They always have an ulterior motive behind what they show you. Always. Are they being nice? They want something. Are they calling more often? They want something. Are they trying to do good? They want something.

        3 - Abuse
        I remember when I was a young teen. A bunch of us went to Cedar Point. My female lil' cuz was getting annoyed at this other kid's constant swearing. I guess it pissed him off. After some comment by my cuz, he proceeded to grab her ponytail and yank her backwards. She was sitting on a rail and almost fell off. I think that was the first time in my life that I acted without realizing what I was doing. I 'moved' him away from my cuz.
        My one friend said that I did so very calmly and with ease, while the kid was bigger than me. I'm not a violent or physical person. But when he put his hands on a female it was over. I cannot stand the sight, nor the idea of a man intentionally hurting a woman. Same goes for an adult hurting a child, a human hurting an animal, bigger kids picking on smaller kids, bigger adults picking on smaller adults, those in power abusing the weak. Who are you to harm someone else that did not harm you? Who are you to ruin someone's day; someone's life? Who are you to stand in the way of a person's well-being? Who are you?

      • answered by splitty_booms on 04/26/2011
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    • Impossible

      • All family.
        Everybody has ample spending loot.
        We're in one of those big comfy vans.
        We tour California.
        From South to North.
        Eating.
        Laughing.
        Looking.
        Partaking.
        Spending.
        Meeting.
        A week.

        I know we shouldn't doubt things...but this just seems impossible.

      • answered by splitty_booms on 09/15/2010
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    • Cedar Point!!!!

      • Ooooh...even that map reminds me of this magical place. Off to the left and right is all that purty water and boats and stuff. While driving on the causeway, you can see the Millennium Force in all its towering glory...and that's when you get that awesome anticipation of thrills to be had.

        Maybe its because I've never been to Disney, but Cedar Point just feels so otherworldly to me. So many people and so much going on, with raging coasters on steel tracks as the background noise. Its just so big that I'm in constant awe, even after the 3rd visit in a year. (although I probably will never be back since moving west)

        It used to be all about the thrill of the rides for me, but now that I've conquered all there is to conquer, I no longer have that adrenaline rush. Don't get me wrong, I still love the rides. Its just that now they are more about pure fun than any kind of rush or adventure. I can go down that drop on the Mill Force while reading Shakespeare now. Yeah. I'm awesome, I know.

        But seriously, the rides are SO much fun...and maybe I get so giddy because there are rides everywhere I look. Humongous man-made contraptions built to the skies as far as the eye can see. That has an affect on me. Its a beautiful thing.

        Then of course there's the FOOOOOD. I love amusement park food. From cheese dogs, to ELEPHANT EARS, to over-priced burgers and onion rings. It all seems to taste better simply because I'm eating it at Cedar Point even though I know that's all in my mind. But elephant ears are just something everyone should experience. Oh, and the bbq turkey legs!!! I'm getting sad just thinking about how far away all these wonderful things are now:(

        Anyway, even if you're not a thrill seeker, even if you don't like spending a lot of dough on marked up park food, there is still a great time to be had. Sitting on a bench just watching all the people come and go is great for me, too. Where are these people from? What's their favorite ride? What are they riding next? Its a great atmosphere.

        I dunno...I love this place and it will always have a sentimental spot in my ticker. I haven't been there nearly enough times, though...and now its all the way back east and I'm all the way back west. I've had some great memories here, some of the greatest in fact. And now they're all just so far away...

      • answered by splitty_booms on 09/01/2010
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    • What I Believe (or Don't)

      • Ooooh...one of THOSE questions!

        I'd say spiritual...I believe in the things the eye can't see. That's more than just believing in God...its knowing that there's a whole kingdom of 'stuff' in the backgrounds of our lives that we cannot see with our natural vision. Religion has nothing to do with that.

        Even if I'm not the most model Christian, I still try to do things that are at least halfway decent, and make sure the other half of them won't send me on the first thing smoking to hell. Now, heaven and hell...I feel that is religious, but I also know that the workings of both of those kingdoms is all spiritual.

        How did I become a Christian? Well I got 'saved' because I know there's more out there than just the sun, clouds, and moon. I did it when I was younger, before all the bs could really affect me, and my desire to make God a part of my life was genuine. I've never doubted the existence of God...but lately...and this is hard to admit...I've questioned if He still cares. Too much pain in this world has dulled my faith. That is definitely not religious, its all spiritual.

      • answered by splitty_booms on 08/25/2010
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