lacey and i have been playing super mario brothers 3 for the last couple of hours on this, my last official day off of work to think about weither or not i still want my job.
im my head, ive sort of been going crazy since last weekend in the mountain view lounge where the question of where to find the last warp whistle arose. no one knew, but i did. everyone was going crazy around the room trying to find people to initial the various questions on the survey, one of them being the question about the warp whistle. at the end of the game, the guy with the wig asked if anyone knew where they were. not being one to draw attention to myself, i kept silent. the night rolled on, turning into the next day wich led into the next evening...
saturday evening. we find ourselves in the mountain view lounge again on the last night of the 2004 jr. high sno-go (its o.k... you can clap...). im sitting with joel and the room is bustling with jr. high activity. glancing up at him every now and then, i was asking joel why that guy was wearing that crazy wig and glasses. joel said he didnt really know, maybe he was trying to be silly. suddenly, out of the microphone came his voice...
"does anyone know where to find the last warp whistle on super mario brothers 3?"i slumped down a bit in my chair. joel looked at me and i said, "i know where to find them..." and i told him. joel laughed, making me feel like the total nerd of the century. the only person in the room who knew where to find all three stupid warp whistles on super mario brothers 3. i slumped a bit more. i heard the voice asking the question through the microphone again and i think i heard joel over there saying, "raise your hand april, tell him where they are!". i guess thats when joel called him over to us becuase the next thing i know, there is this guy in a crazy black wig standing there asking me where the warp whistles are.
my heart started pounding and i wasnt sure if he was really there, standing there, wanting to know the answer to the question. did i really know where they were? how could i be sure? what if i was wrong? would i let him down? would i be shattering all his little mario brother dreams? all i could think besides all that was, thanks alot joel.
i had no choice. i knew the answer, i couldnt just not tell him. i mean, the poor guy acted like it was christmas morning and he was about to open presents, all excited to find out where the warp whistles lie...
so, i comenced to tell him where to find all three of them. he already knew where two of them where so i went on to explain how you had to get into a boat and sail over to the little island where you would find a special secret mushroom house and thats where he would find the last warp whistle.
i think by the directions i gave him (although i found out this morning they were slightly wrong) he should have been able to find that third warp whistle. and as i sit in the living room this morning, wearing my pajamas, drinking my coffee and playing super mario brothers 3 with lacey, as all of my peers are probably out doing something constructive with their lives right now, i really do feel like queen nerd of the universe.
im my head, ive sort of been going crazy since last weekend in the mountain view lounge where the question of where to find the last warp whistle arose. no one knew, but i did. everyone was going crazy around the room trying to find people to initial the various questions on the survey, one of them being the question about the warp whistle. at the end of the game, the guy with the wig asked if anyone knew where they were. not being one to draw attention to myself, i kept silent. the night rolled on, turning into the next day wich led into the next evening...
saturday evening. we find ourselves in the mountain view lounge again on the last night of the 2004 jr. high sno-go (its o.k... you can clap...). im sitting with joel and the room is bustling with jr. high activity. glancing up at him every now and then, i was asking joel why that guy was wearing that crazy wig and glasses. joel said he didnt really know, maybe he was trying to be silly. suddenly, out of the microphone came his voice...
"does anyone know where to find the last warp whistle on super mario brothers 3?"i slumped down a bit in my chair. joel looked at me and i said, "i know where to find them..." and i told him. joel laughed, making me feel like the total nerd of the century. the only person in the room who knew where to find all three stupid warp whistles on super mario brothers 3. i slumped a bit more. i heard the voice asking the question through the microphone again and i think i heard joel over there saying, "raise your hand april, tell him where they are!". i guess thats when joel called him over to us becuase the next thing i know, there is this guy in a crazy black wig standing there asking me where the warp whistles are.
my heart started pounding and i wasnt sure if he was really there, standing there, wanting to know the answer to the question. did i really know where they were? how could i be sure? what if i was wrong? would i let him down? would i be shattering all his little mario brother dreams? all i could think besides all that was, thanks alot joel.
i had no choice. i knew the answer, i couldnt just not tell him. i mean, the poor guy acted like it was christmas morning and he was about to open presents, all excited to find out where the warp whistles lie...
so, i comenced to tell him where to find all three of them. he already knew where two of them where so i went on to explain how you had to get into a boat and sail over to the little island where you would find a special secret mushroom house and thats where he would find the last warp whistle.
i think by the directions i gave him (although i found out this morning they were slightly wrong) he should have been able to find that third warp whistle. and as i sit in the living room this morning, wearing my pajamas, drinking my coffee and playing super mario brothers 3 with lacey, as all of my peers are probably out doing something constructive with their lives right now, i really do feel like queen nerd of the universe.
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