My Little Addictive Pony...

Okay. So my addictive personality has betrayed me again, leading me to fall in love with the pony-pals from ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’.

It’s created by the same woman who created the ‘PowerPuff Girls’ (another personal favourite of mine) Lauren Faust, and full of hip-horay, pizzaz and spunk!

As those of you lucky enough to follow me on facebook would know - my page has succumbed to pony-cuteness. Anyone who is a fan of anything on Cartoon Network, or of anything just plain cute with the right tough of girly ad toughness should really watch this… LIKE NOW!!

I know what you're all thinking, "But that's a little girls show?"

before you judge it, watch it. Like the Powerpuff Girls and other shows before it, My Little Pony is totally watch worthy. It's funny, with great, lovable characters, who aren't pretty little princesses (though there is a princess pony who governs over them), each character has flaws as well as strengths, making them totally relatable.

So in saying that, I thoroughly recommend this show to everyone. Seriously.

Assassino!

So I've been playing a lot of Assassin's Creed lately. I played the original quite a few years ago, but very recently took up playing Assassin's Creed II.
The storyline and gameplay had me hooked almost immediately, the idea is extremely fun and original. The idea of being able to interact with almost the entire environment of the game was astounding. Climbing walls and towers and jumping across rooftops is still a multitude of fun!
So I finished the storyline of II a few days ago, and was really impressed with the ending. I only have a couple of achievements left to have gained the full 1000 gamerpoint score for the game as well. Having said that, I have started Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. I love that the gameplay is the same, the controls and layout are almost identical and you continue the story right from where II left off. But even better in Brotherhood is the introduction of the online multiplayer. I'm yet to fully explore this very welcome addition to the game, but when I do I'll post something up on here all about it, promise.
In the mean time, I'm also planning to try and purchase Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, if monetary situations permit, as it looks quite interesting as well.
As for today - I'm going to try and finish the last chapter of Enslaved, which is another of this years epic game releases I have thoroughly enjoyed!

The rules: Don't take too long to think about it. 15 games you've played that will always stick with you. List the first 15 you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what games my friends choose. 

1. Pokémon: Red, Blue & Yellow (Gameboy)

Pokémon will forever live in my heart. It was the first game I ever completed, and one of the very first games I received and played on my original Gameboy. (which I still have in working condition with my Elite Four beating team still saved). I spent countless family road trips in the backseat defeating the elite four. I suppose I should include SoulSilver, Platinum and Pearl in this as well, combined, these three have taken over 500 hours of my life in the past three years. I love pokémon.

2. Kingdom Hearts: I, II, Chain of Memories, Birth by Sleep (PS2, PSP, Gameboy Advance)

Kingdom Hearts took my heart so violently I have the games icon permanently inked on my skin. The characters, as well as their immersion into a Disney-based universe simply took my breath away. I will never forget beating Xaldin on my first attempt, and how excited I was about it. Not to mention the epic Sephiroth battle in KH:II. <3

3. Mario Kart (N64, SNES, DS, Wii)

Mario Kart, I think, taught me about myself in regards to competition, I was never a very competitive person until I first played Mario Kart on N64. Since then, it has become one of my all-time favourites, and I pull it out whenever I get the chance.

4. Zelda: Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker. (Gamecube, Wii, DS)

Zelda is one of those games that just absorbs you completely, taking you into a new world entirely. I remember not only playing these games, but reliving them in my mind at school/work. Once I start playing a Zelda game - it owns me. And this isn't a bad thing.

5. Fable II (Xbox360)

Fable was a game with a concept that grabbed me immediately. And Fable II just built on that and made it irresistibly addictive. The whole story is dependent upon each decision you make, and I was captivated from the beginning. Fable III is now a day away from me... I can't even begin to express my excitement.

6. Banjo Kazooie (Nintendo64)

Another one of the first games I finish completely. This one was just one of those games I thoroughly enjoyed. I'll never forget the grunts, squeaks and other random sound files the game contained instead of speech.

7. Lego Series: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman, Harry Potter (Xbox360)

This series is one that brought me more joy playing with friends. In particular Takkun. We would spend hours upon hours playing freemode just to smash as much stuff as we could and collect all the studs. We were epic!

8. Amped 2 (Xbox)

Amped 2 was an Xbox original, and I played it until the cows came home. I think it was more a link to my real-life joy of snowboarding than the game itself. This section will also merit a mention to 1080 Snowboarding on N64, that game was wicked for it's time.

9. Super Mario Land 2 (Gameboy)

Another early completion, and a cause for much anger and frustration in my youth, I remember having a tough time finishing this one, the bosses were really hard!

10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox360)

Now, this one is not on this list as a game I thoroughly enjoy playing, lol. This game is here because there are several reasons I will never forget playing it. Those reasons are: 1. This game taught me about first person shooting. I would never have known I could do this if it weren't for this game, and it has not only opened up my gaming options, but helped me improve in other games with shooting aspects. 2. I have been blessed enough to play this game on several occasions with a group of people who I can now regard as very good friends.

...For the ♥ of Games...

11. Star Wars: Pod Racer (N64)

This was one of those games that I was addicted to and played for months and months just unlocking new characters and racing over and over again for the thrill of it. I also adored the silly comments the characters that weren't human made, and distinctly remember one sounding like he was saying he wanted pizza!

12. Roller Coaster Tycoon (PC)

This game became so addictive in my teen years, I played for several days without eating or sleeping, I made my self extremely sick - and for that reason alone, I will never forget this game.

13. Final Fantasy: VII, VIII, X, XIII

Purely for the music, the storylines, the characters and the gorgeous designs.

14. Enslaved

Because right now, it's killing me.

15. Harry Potter and the chamber of Secrets (PC)

Because Harry was awesome, learning spells was just plain fun and I was late to school on many occasions just getting up to play beforehand. Great times.

There are probably many, many more games I love and cherish that aren't on this list, but there are too many to go through, so I'll save the for another time, lol. But a few brief mentions of games I loved and would recommend playing:

Little Big Planet

Mini Ninjas

Afro Samurai

Katamari Demacy

Soul Calibar

Bayonetta

I'll stop now.

- Sam

So this evening I went with the lovely Ms. Johnson to go and see the film 'The Last Airbender'. I will, from this point on, be recommending this film to both fans of the animated series and non-fans of the animated series.

To start, this film has amazing special effects. All the bending effects will simply blow you away. The choreography is great as well. I'm not gonna go much into the plot details, as the trailer gives away enough without ruining anything. The casting was pretty good, though the script could do with some work, but the costumes were brilliant and so was Appa! 'Yip Yip'

Sadly though, the comedy, innocence and naivety of Aang in the animated series seem to be missing. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and will gladly recommend it to anyone. 9/10

Trailer

Just when you thought...

It was safe to puppysit.


Yes, well, how very wrong I may have been. Don't get me wrong. I love Bayley, but she is stressing me out to no end.
Yesterday, she found it necessary to roll in duck poo and get all green and gross. Duck poo! Seriously. -_-

Anyhow. On top of that I have way too much work to get done that I'm just not motivated to do. *sigh*

And I'm trying to juggle my stupid job on top of it all which is NOT on my priority list but which they seem to think should be. I don't care about their stupid budgets. And okay have you're stupid punishment bullshit. Just don't get up my arse next week when I do nothing because you have me cleaning the fucking fridge instead of being on the floor fucking selling!!

I need out of there.

Gah.

I give up.

EPIC RANT

Haven't updated in awhile but feel the need to rant excessively.

What the fuck has happened to civilised society? I mean seriously, I was standing at the deli at woolworths this afternoon and this stupid blonde mother with a newborn baby and two toddlers was also there, when the woman working in the deli approached me to serve me, I said 'I believe she was here first', and motioned to the woman and her skanky, scrappy children. She gave me the biggest filthy and muttered a comment that sound like 'damn right I'm first' and did even acknowledge what I'd done! No thank you, no appreciation, nothing! Just a rude fucking comment and the concept that she should have been first regardless. What the fuck man!? What makes her so god damn special? Having ugly kids?? Having no brains? Not having a life?! None of those are my problem! She can just go jump. Next time I'll just place my order first.

And driving is just as bad! People in Sydney drive like fucking assholes and don't give a fuck about anyone else cos they're too worried about themselves and where they need to go. Damn it, I just want out, I can't take it anymore! Seriously, people need to calm the fuck down and open their minds to other people a bit more. Stop being so closed minded, self-absorbed and idiotic!

And these small incidents seem to be happening more and more often. It's seriously driving me up the fricking wall. People are so rude, arrogant and inconsiderate that they think they can do whatever the hell they want and they they are more important than anyone else! It's ludacris. I can't help but wonder what the hell happened to society? Where the hell did we go wrong? It's bullshit, total complete bullshit and I'm over it all.

Endrant.

... Sunshine ...

Well the rain has stopped. I guess that's a plus. The sky is blue, but all the noises are annoying. I want to enjoy it's blueness, but the blueness reminds me of how let down I am. I know it's not that big a deal, but it just rubbed salt into an extremely painful old wound and may have caused irreparable damage. I'm not sure how to escape him.
Last night I dreamt that he told me to quit him, to forget entirely. I can't do that. He's there, he's a part of me and I can't make that go away. I'm stuck.
How do I keep moving forward when the thought of him keeps pulling me backward? I want to be happy - I have so much to enjoy, to look forward to, to smile about. Yet here I sit, ranting, frowning, ruining things again.
I don't know how to make this better, how to redeem the situation. I don't know what happens next...