Present Time!!

Alo people,

I'm not one to talk a lot about my personal life online, but from time to time I'll indulge in a little digital extroversion.  ^^

After my viewing of Christmas Story (and the writing of my crazy manifesto), we had some of the baked goods I made, plus about several hundred shots of Rompope and a new drink I enjoy called Rumchatta.  In other words, an overdose of sweet stuff... always good during the holidays (and to pack in the calories in a very short amount of time).  Though we watched Love Actually afterwards before the customary midnight feast, I probably passed out in some drunken stupor, as I awoke around 7am on my bed, fully-clothed, hungover, and with no recollection of anything.  Apparently I wasn't the only one either, so gift-giving had to be postponed for the morning (half the family, including myself, prefer opening presents at night).  XD

So anywho, after half a breakfast and some crazy jokes at my expense, it's present-opening time!!  As many of you can guess, bread, baked-good and bread-making accessories figured heavily in my repertoire of presents.  But I'm not 100% shallow, so fancy cheeses, salamis and tapenades were also included amongst my collection of tasty treats.  Candy and tea as well.  ^^

For the amateur builder in me, a pair of Feng Shui mushrooms to bring in positive energy into my room, or something like that.  It's a little known fact, but I actually LOVE mushrooms IRL, both to eat, to behold and as decorative elements.  It's one of the reasons I'm annoyed by the fact that mushroom blocks are impossible to get in vanilla Minecraft... when we transition to a Gulliver-Forge server, enabling mushrooms blocks are going to have to be priority #1 (before protection mods, lol).

And for the geek in me, a little nostalgia trip for a change... an actual NES toploader!!! :D

Used, of course, but in working condition and with an assortment of games (including my favorite Super Mario Bros 3!!), controllers and a light zapper to go with it!

Even though I grew up during the 16-bit era, I only really owned an old NES toploader for myself, and indulged in only a small collection of games (mainly Super Mario, Megaman and Kirby's Adventure).  It was probably for the best since I was a VERY slow student, and spent almost all of my free time very slllllooooowwwwwlllllyyyyyy doing homework, and anything more expensive than an old 8-bit system would have been wasted on me.  It was towards the twilight of the Playstation One era that I finally tried the Sega Genesis for a little while (Sonic!! <3 ), before making the leap-frog into the PC era with amazing building games like SimCity 2000 or ultra-detailed immersive games like the original Half Life (and before ultimately giving up gaming entirely due to college and after that my demanding full-time job).  I wouldn't own another console again until the Nintendo Wii, and even that I didn't buy it for myself, and don't really play it anymore unless it's with my younger cousins or nieces.  <3

But up until today, I still have fond memories of my old NES.  My original one was gifted to my cousins in Mexico a LONG time ago, and the urge to play it again has been slowly but surely brewing in me as I got older.  And today I have the chance to relive some fond memories, so believe me when i say that I'm very truly happy!!

If people ask why I was so keen to import Dravics and other maps onto our server, it's quite simple... memories are golden.  And although I'm too young of a Minecrafter to get a nostalgia trip from an old map, believe me I'm quite aware of that awesome feeling via other means. ^^

And that about ends my little holiday journal.  I hope all of you have also enjoyed your Christmas, and are in the company of fond friends and family!  See you later!  ^^

Thank you!