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Yes, I am a girl and I like video games!

31 Saturday Dec 2011

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I used to be that girl who would roll her eyes when someone mentioned the latest video game they were playing. I just did not get it… at all! Until I was introduced to SSX Tricky and I became a girl possessed!

For those of you who do not know, SSX Tricky is a snowboarding game and it is ridiculously fun! I became so obsessed with this game that I dreamed about how I could get more points and the different tracks I could try on the various courses. It was my mission to unlock everything on this game and I came close!

Until I was introduced to Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and the new obsession began. Jak and Daxter is such a fun platform game with so many different levels to complete. I would literally rush home to play. I remember it being in the winter and there was a snowstorm that shut Vancouver down (as it does since we can’t handle any snow) and I played it all day long for 3 days straight. With marshmellows and Diet Coke to help me along the way.

When I completed it, I tried the others in the series but didn’t enjoy them as much so needed to find a new game. I didn’t really find any that caught my interest until this summer when I met Dave who has a PS3 and Wii so I had way more options to choose from since I only had a PS2.

I started playing Little Big Planet, Super Mario Brothers, Uncharted and now Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction. Dave will attest that I have found my new favourite with this game. It reminds me a lot of Jak and Daxter… a platform game that isn’t too complicated and just plain fun!! I got it for Christmas (thanks to Dave) and have been trying to log in as many hours as I can on it. I want to finish it…. like now!

I don’t know what I am going to do when I have completed this one. I guess try the other ones in the series to see how I like them or perhaps someone reading this will give me some recommendations on some platform games similar?

The new SSX comes out soon so at least I will have that to look forward to in the meantime and that game looks ridiculous! If you haven’t seen the trailer for it, check it out…

 

So yah. I am a girl. And I like video games.

 


‘Tis the Season

18 Friday Dec 2009

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I love the Christmas season! I think it has to do with all of the holiday traditions and the memories. Maybe a little bit about the Christmas parties but mainly about everything else!

I have so many fond memories of my family at Christmas time. The tree that my mom would let us decorate that really was all about tinsel. It looked like a tinsel tree (my moms trees are far from that now!) My mom and dad putting tape across the hallway and we were not allowed to cross that tape in the morning until they had checked if Santa had been. My older brother Jason sleeping on his dresser in hopes of catching a glimpse of santa. Me taking over my other brother Justin’s gift of a Mickey Mouse drum set (there is a priceless picture of me sitting on the drums with a very sad face because I had gotten in trouble). The tradition of opening gifts one by one. Many people might hate this but for me I love giving everyone the attention and seeing their reactions as they open a gift.  The drunk Santa in Hawaii when we spent Christmas there one year. Or the little Christmas tree my mom packed with her so we could still have a tree in Hawaii. The big brunch we all make together after all of the gifts are open. The fabulous Christmas dinner my mom makes for us with all the bells and whistles. My dad sitting in his regular chair, excited about us opening gifts. I especially loved it when my mom opened his gifts. Such love in his eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jason and me hanging up our stocking!     

Jason, Justin and me showing off our presents!

My grandma, grandpa, Justin and my dad. Celebrating at Christmas dinner!

A million years ago. My grandma, grandpa, Justin and my dad celebrating at Christmas dinner!

Things have changed a little bit now. Justin was living in Japan so he never made it home but has since moved back so it is great to have him around again at this time of year. Jason is now living in China so he won’t be home this Christmas. My dad’s chair is empty but he is with us on Christmas as we have an ornament with his picture on it and I have continued a tradition of the same stocking gift he used to give my mom.

I have new traditions too. Festival of Lights at Van Dusen with friends. Have been lucky the last 2 years that there has been snow on the ground when we went.

Festival of Lights 2008

Festival of Lights 2009

Every year a group of my friends and have a gift exchange party that is always so much fun filled with laughter!

Christmas gift exchange 2008

And then of course there are the holiday parties. Everyone is slammed with things they are going to at this time of year. Double and triple booked sometimes. Scheduling becomes a nightmare! But it is all good fun!

White Spot Christmas Party 2009

I guess I just love the feeling that Christmas brings. Walking around seeing all the Christmas lights up in the houses and seeing their Christmas trees up. The lights around the city. Spending time with friends and family. It is a great time of the year!

I really can’t wait to have a family of my own one day so I can start the traditions that I love with them!

My Bucket List

03 Wednesday Jun 2009

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I decided to do up a list of the 100 things I want to do before I die. I created a page on my blog so you can track my progress. I haven’t even come up with 100 things yet but I hope to complete the list soon. There is a lot of travel on it which means I really need to start planning more trips and maybe take more than one vacation every ten years which seems to be the pace I am going at now. There is some major milestones I would like to achieve. There are some things I want to learn. I am really excited about all the possibilities and the adventures that the list could and will bring me.