mDuo13

I don't know how long it took me to beat Metroid - certainly long enough that Samus didn't take even her helmet off - but I'm done with the game. And that feels like a real accomplishment, given how hard the game - or nearly any NES game, for that matter - is, compared to modern games. I'm also feeling pretty done with Hawaii after sunburning myself pretty thoroughly yesterday (although I caught a lot of good waves).

The first time I came to Hawaii was quite a few years back, and we spent a bunch of time in Honolulu and Lanikai. I did not enjoy that trip and came to dislike Hawaii entirely. The second time I came to Hawaii, we went to Maui and had a distinctly more laid-back time, which was better, and getting to swim with sea turtles and spend the rest of my time lounging around by the ocean. After that, I scaled back my dislike of the place. I've come to the conclusion now, on my third trip to Hawaii, that I have nothing against the place itself, though it's also not necessarily paradise. I only hate going vacationing with my parents, who want to spend most of their time driving, shopping, or sipping Mai Tais, all of which I'd rather skip.

I guess the short version of this story is, I'm glad I brought my Eee and my DS. I'm catching up on Kemono no Souja Erin (which is still good, although it's been fairly difficult to follow the politics without subs, and the fansubbers are quite a few episode behind me), keeping up with other shows like K-ON, and working my way through Shakugan no Shana, a show that has been on my mental backlog for a very long time. With some people going crazy for the show and others entirely nonplussed, I had to see for myself. So far, I'm enjoying it but I'm also not feeling the magic that makes people rave about it, which I guess shouldn't be surprising. I mean, it has a great OP and ED, and if the whole show looked like the Itou Noiji official art, I'd be a lot more excited, but as it stands it looks and feels pretty J.C. Staff.

So as I lie here hoping my sunburn will hurry up and turn into a tan, I guess I'll be doing more of the same things I do at home... saving the galaxy one Metroid at a time.