I’m a little wary of street corners at the minute. I keep seeing feet dangling around each one, waiting to trip me up. Gotcha! That’s what those legs and feet want to do. And if I don’t stick my head around each corner first, I’m sure to be in for a nasty surprise.
I must have spent half of last year sick playing video games. Post-pandemic fever fun times with these guys, and I think I hallucinated some of the Dragon Quest slimes in my bedroom during extended sessions. Snotty.
10. Dragon Quest Treasures
Dragon Quest Treasure is a tale of romance, venturing into a fantastical world to plunder the greatest treasures, be they chests full of gold, or expensive photographs of handsome men… Dragon Quest values both equally. Siblings Erik and Mira must venture atop islands formed atop dead dragons, digging up riches with their monster pals, and that’s pretty much all there is to it. Wander, search, then hightail it out of there before rival gangs take swipes at your booty. Finding a decent haul is an incredibly relaxing experience, all the comforts from the series are present; slimes, dodgy accents, and a limited bundle of synth earworms to hoard wealth to.
Continue readingEvery so often I find myself going through a Picross period. It’s a grid based logic puzzle game a little bit like Minesweeper, chipping away at blocks to unveal pictures, sometimes cute animals, sometimes coffee grinders. It’s simple, fun, and gets every problem out from my head. Better than pills, I just worry when the puzzles dry out.
I dream of pixel sportsmen.
I llike to sit on public transport listening to the tinny tunes coming from someone’s headphones. I try and guess what it is, and think back to a time many years ago when I was scolding by a bus driver for having my music too loud. I think I was listening to the Eureka Seven soundtracks, so I kinda feel bad about it.
The guy today is listening to Artic Monkeys I think. I know that garble anywhere.
With every step I take, I’ll be watching my sleep alarms go off the next day. Whatever the reason, I can’t keep up with my own feet. Is it this exhausting for everybody else?
I woke up in a rage, my body shaking. When I stood up I felt dizzy, got out of bed too soon, and I couldn’t remember the dream that had made me wake up like this, like an incredible hulk ready to snap my toast in two. I guess this is how it feels to get riled up by the news. Like a bad dream waking.
I was fine after coffee.
I sat and listened to them tell me that there is no expression on my face, it was empty, and there was nothing there. I took a look in the mirror for myself and I could only agree.
Pretty vacant, that’s what they said. Then I booked another appointment for next week. Maybe then it’ll have come back. We’ll see.
I could smell something real tasty in the air that afternoon, a BBQ bonanza that I was just about to side-eye. And what I saw were grilled sandwiches cooking up a storm, I took one long sniff and then a guy in the queue took one look at me, smiled and said;
‘Yeah!’
I don’t know how I resisted that day. I guess ten pounds is a hard ask no matter how good something may look. I just swallowed all the smells and went home.
The day after the Easter holidays is always the same. Sick, tired, and with chocolate crumbs all over the floor. When will I ever learn?
This year’s eggs are bigger than ever, tastier than ever, and I just have to eat them all in one go. Rebirth? Only in the toilet will I find rebirth.
I saw a whole bunch of silver balloons fall down from the sky and bounce into the road, passing cars somehow failing to pop even a single one. I wondered where all the balloons had come from, but when I tried to look around, all I could see was a silver sky.
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