So I randomly started playing Super Mario Bros. 3 this evening after a bit of a long day. Long story short, about four hours after starting (including time for supper, breaks, Kirstin’s bath, etc.), I finished the game completely. Start to finish, no warps, and I only skipped two boards (one in the Water World (3) and another in the Ice World (6)) in the entire game.

I was stoked. At one point in time I had 43 extra lives, and I ended up finishing the game with 6. And something like 1,377,000 points. So, that’s one thing I’d never done before — finish the game like that. It was incredibly rewarding to be able to do it after so long, but a bit anti-climactic at the same time. The final battle with Bowser was really easy. Of course, I imagine I might have been hardened a bit by the trek to that end battle.

Ah well. I spent the morning and early afternoon doing some work-related stuff. That was nice to get done, because it means I’ve got less to do later this week. Always a plus. After that, I went outside and finished mowing the bits of lawn that I’d left. While outside I also did some more trimming and broke out the chainsaw to cut down a bush/tree that had essentially died over the winter. Very little of it was coming back this year…and it was a real pain to mow around anyway.

So a relatively productive day it was. Good times on Memorial Day.

I’m intending to transfer/capture some video from the camcorder here soon (perhaps tomorrow sometime) and try doing something with it. We’ll see how that goes.

Anyway, I really don’t have much else to ramble about, so I’m calling it a night. Until next time…

–MZ