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Sick
I've been relatively inactive lately; sorry. Partly that's due to the political situation. The whole situation is nightmarish; I see inevitable disaster coming, and yet so many people insist on believing that everything is fine. Just ignore that anvil 20 feet above our heads...
I've also been sick as a dog. The throat bug that has been going around finally got to me via Teri or Sebastian. It hit me like a ton of bricks a few days ago; my head felt hot, and ready to explode, while my throat felt as if it had been sandpapered. I actually passed out last night at 7:45. But I kept waking up every hour or so. Several times because Sebastian was shouting for me.
In between I had lots of dreams, including a neat one where I was driving Sebastian around on a beautiful sunny day. We stopped at an odd sort of "state welcome center", or something, that had a tall shelf of colorful, used books for sale - most of them for children. Sebastian was really happy to see it, and then we accidentally walked through a curtain into an inner courtyard that had thousands more books, and lots of other fun stuff for sale.
Dreams are fun. Mine are, anyway.
Back in the real world, we've been playing Super Mario World on my old Nintendo 64. At first I didn't think it would play, but eventually I got it working. Sebastian loves it! He loves it so much, in fact, that I have had to give Teri lessons so that she can play it for him when I'm not there. The whole game cracks him up, particularly when I make Mario crawl.
He also really likes to see Princess Peach (I think he has a little crush on her). That requires me to actually beat the game, which used to be hard to do. But I've gotten really good at it.
Recently when this bug was starting to wipe me out I did have some trouble with the final Bowser battle, and got a little upset. So now every time I'm on my way to Bowser, Sebastian pats me on the shoulder and says, very earnestly and sincerely "You're very good, Daddy!".
He's really trying to encourage me. It's so cute.
The boy also finds Mario's butt-stomp attack hilarious. He's been trying to do it on our sofa, and cracks up every time.
I don't suppose anyone reading this plays Super Mario any more, but I was recently able to solve a puzzle that had always bothered me: there are two coins hanging underneath the castle's bridge. It seems that there's almost no way to reach them, unless you've beaten the game and can fly. So why are they there?
It turns out that you can reach them. You need to do a double (not triple) jump against the wall, and then jump up off the wall straight up. It's not really easy, but I've done it several times now; you need to stay on the line of the sun's shadow. Once you've gotten the second coin, a 1-up appears on the floor of the moat directly beneath the center of the bridge.
So it goes.
I've also been sick as a dog. The throat bug that has been going around finally got to me via Teri or Sebastian. It hit me like a ton of bricks a few days ago; my head felt hot, and ready to explode, while my throat felt as if it had been sandpapered. I actually passed out last night at 7:45. But I kept waking up every hour or so. Several times because Sebastian was shouting for me.
In between I had lots of dreams, including a neat one where I was driving Sebastian around on a beautiful sunny day. We stopped at an odd sort of "state welcome center", or something, that had a tall shelf of colorful, used books for sale - most of them for children. Sebastian was really happy to see it, and then we accidentally walked through a curtain into an inner courtyard that had thousands more books, and lots of other fun stuff for sale.
Dreams are fun. Mine are, anyway.
Back in the real world, we've been playing Super Mario World on my old Nintendo 64. At first I didn't think it would play, but eventually I got it working. Sebastian loves it! He loves it so much, in fact, that I have had to give Teri lessons so that she can play it for him when I'm not there. The whole game cracks him up, particularly when I make Mario crawl.
He also really likes to see Princess Peach (I think he has a little crush on her). That requires me to actually beat the game, which used to be hard to do. But I've gotten really good at it.
Recently when this bug was starting to wipe me out I did have some trouble with the final Bowser battle, and got a little upset. So now every time I'm on my way to Bowser, Sebastian pats me on the shoulder and says, very earnestly and sincerely "You're very good, Daddy!".
He's really trying to encourage me. It's so cute.
The boy also finds Mario's butt-stomp attack hilarious. He's been trying to do it on our sofa, and cracks up every time.
I don't suppose anyone reading this plays Super Mario any more, but I was recently able to solve a puzzle that had always bothered me: there are two coins hanging underneath the castle's bridge. It seems that there's almost no way to reach them, unless you've beaten the game and can fly. So why are they there?
It turns out that you can reach them. You need to do a double (not triple) jump against the wall, and then jump up off the wall straight up. It's not really easy, but I've done it several times now; you need to stay on the line of the sun's shadow. Once you've gotten the second coin, a 1-up appears on the floor of the moat directly beneath the center of the bridge.
So it goes.