M and I spent over an hour digging things out of the basement today. When I say "we" I mean "he moved boxes and I watched," but I'd like to think my presence provided some sort of moral support or something. :) We were looking for some framed artwork that we had packed and transported to the new place long before the movers brought all of M's dad's stuff over, so basically it was buried beneath seven layers of old furniture, clothing, obsolete electrical equipment and appliances, and a million boxes of books. Which, incidentally, we were also looking for, except the exact box of books kept evading us.
It was not a fruitless pursuit, though... we found an old Nintendo system (THE old Nintendo system) and a million games to go with it. I had no idea that there was a game called "Elevator Action." It sounds dirty, but apparently elevators and video games were both novel technology back in the early 80's? I don't know; I was born is '83. I couldn't find Duck Hunt or Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, but I did find the first two Mario games, so I'm happy. And I have a Duck Hunt gun. :D Duck Hunt is down there somewhere, in another box...
We also found M's old Star Wars Talking Alarm Clock. Some ebay investigation revealed that this is not a particularly rare or valuable relic from times past, but it is pretty hilarious. We just might keep it. Apparently it says "It's time for young rebels to wake up!" instead of beeping. I give it a week before it irritates me. Ah, I love the 80's.
Speaking of the Evil Empire... the Red Sox and the Yankees are tied 1-1 in the 8th. I'm not much for sports, and I'm especially not interested in sitting and watching a slow-action 3-hour game on TV (that's three episodes of The L Word, or seven episodes of South Park!) but I am a Boston girl, and therefore have a vested interest in the success of the Red Sox. Plus my parents are at the game right now. Go, Sox, go!
Man, I'm excited about my new Nintendo. I hope it works!
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We watched the game live (we're both big Sox fans), and it was heartbreaking. They should have pulled Schilling earlier, but I think they were scared of the way the bullpen has beeen underperforming lately.
Pobrecitos Sox. However, if the Tigers really start performing, they may steal the wild card spot from the Yank-me's and they wouldn't even make the play-offs. Which would be awesome.
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