So it's been a tough few weeks. Surprisingly by trying to take things off my plate and start to build a social life I managed to fall into a busier time for work with less energy leftover. Hopefully starting this week the energy level will go up while the work level goes down.

Speaking of which. Anybody in Silicon Valley want to hang out? I've got a wii with extra controllers :D and I like sharing!

The wii rocks btw, the graphics aren't as stellar as the other 2 new consoles. In 2 days of having it, I managed to beat 90% of the Super Mario World (from SNES) through virtual console! I've had it for 2 weeks as of today. For just that feature buying the wii is worth it, my old SNES is dying (memory chips in the game cartridges are apparently both battery backed and highly aged, so dropping the cartridges even 2 feet onto carpet stands a chance of randomly erasing 1 of the savegames) and my sister illegally claimed it for a year. Now, with virtual console, I can play all of the old games I grew up on, and more because it was much cheaper. Then you have everything else that comes with the wii and it's just amazing. Another game I've been playing is Prince of Persia: Two Towers. I already beat it on the pc back when it came out, and the graphics on the wii aren't as good as they were on my computer, however on the upside is the graphics on the wii are extremely consistent. There is never any jitter, and never any stuttering. And with the wiimote and the nunchuck, the gaming is really intuitive. When I first started playing the game the controls seemed really annoying, but they grew on me rapidly as I got the hang of swinging my arms in the air vigorously, the game started to flow together. I guess before then I was a lazy gamer, being good via highspeed low energy accurate button presses. Now it's a couple buttons and a bunch of appropriate armswings. Healthier I guess :P [I also have Metroid Prime 3, but because I didn't grow up with the story, it's still growing on me, though I like the game mechanics] I plan to get the rest of the mario collection to round out my piece of history of gaming fun on one system :D

In addition to all that the world solar challenge is creeping up Just under 27 days before the race. Tension is creeping up and it's killing me I can't be there. Go Fast. Go Blue. We're rooting for you guys.