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9 years ago
I've heard plenty of horror stories about Washington, D.C. commutes where folks leave between 3 and 5 AM to make it to work on time. Sad to say, an impromtu trip there on Saturday proved that true. Wasn't a bad drive between home and Fredericksburg, but after that...let's just say it makes Atlanta traffic seem like a pile of giggles.
It really started out as a little shopping trip just to Richmond, but it became an impromptu trip all the way to D.C. instead. Started by checking out stuff at the plant but no one was there as I expected so after getting a package from my PO (which is opposite direction from my place to the plant), I headed on north. My first top there was the Chevy's Fresh Mex in Pentagon City; haven't been to one since O'Fallon, IL and when one carves their fajitas, one wants to eat said fajitas. :P The manager-in-training was shocked to find I drove from the other end of Virginia (would have been crazier if I had driven from oh say, Bristol). I then took a little automotive tour of D.C. herself and got to see the Capitol and White House as close as you can get by car (good luck navigating the streets; about half of them are barricaded off all the time) and even got to see a few cherry blossoms just a day before the festival started. Once getting my way out, I headed for the Fairfax Microcenter. So darn good to finally ask questions and talk computers with someone who actually knows stuff about computers (tbh, our the IT director at my work doesn't know that much about the innards in my opinion) as I got a case so I can start "upgrading" the older of my two computers. I will probably be getting my parts slowly over time so I don't go nuts on the purchasing (besides, the only thing that's gonna annoy me is something beyond my control - DSL internet >.<). After indulging my tech needs, I ended up on my way back fighting traffic, then getting a grocery-gasm at the Fredericksburg Wegman's and now anxious to see the Midlothian store open in May so I don't have to go that far up.
Today though - finally got my retro Kanto groove going on after updating my 2DS and 3DS by getting red on the 2 and blue on the 3DS. Also got me some Regis on Pokebank as well and the ones I got seem pretty good (though as far as Legendaries go, the Regis aren't that great - and I wish Game Freak would finally give Regigigas an ability besides Slow Start which really ruins him - even Truant is a better ability). Hopefully I'll be able to get all the mythicals before Sun and Moon come out (just "upgraded" my SD card in my 3DS to allow for more game space). So far on Red, just defeated Blue with a team with "Phsyallis" Ivysaur, "Pfiel" Spearow, "Malgus" Nidoking and "Vogel" Pidgey. It's unusally for me to evolve a stone Pokemon like that so early but since the Nidos have a lousy level-up movepool in RBY and they can learn surf, thunderbolt, etc. I did the Lt. Surge thing. :P
Speaking of Sun and Moon - looks like we're getting a more tropical version of Hoenn instead of something like Sinnoh. Really? Dear Game Freak, we are in dire need of better ice types and less watery pokemon. A buff to our icy friends would go a long way to making them more useful (why not take a Megaman Zero cue and make it like using Fairy Leviathan's ice against Sage Harpuia's electricy; Electric types still only have one vulnerability so giving them an ice vulnerability would be fun). And to the above - please fix Regigigas; for a Trio Master, he stinks.
Suppose that's about all for now. :P Currently drooling over the Graze Ein - darn thing is slick and would make General Grevious (from his very first appearance in Episode 20 of the Clone Wars shorts where he hovered and used his arms and legs together) envious; pile drivers on his arms, machine gun turrets on the shoulders and feet that turn into drills. :3 Oh, and dual-wield big honkin' axes too.
- Charlie
It really started out as a little shopping trip just to Richmond, but it became an impromptu trip all the way to D.C. instead. Started by checking out stuff at the plant but no one was there as I expected so after getting a package from my PO (which is opposite direction from my place to the plant), I headed on north. My first top there was the Chevy's Fresh Mex in Pentagon City; haven't been to one since O'Fallon, IL and when one carves their fajitas, one wants to eat said fajitas. :P The manager-in-training was shocked to find I drove from the other end of Virginia (would have been crazier if I had driven from oh say, Bristol). I then took a little automotive tour of D.C. herself and got to see the Capitol and White House as close as you can get by car (good luck navigating the streets; about half of them are barricaded off all the time) and even got to see a few cherry blossoms just a day before the festival started. Once getting my way out, I headed for the Fairfax Microcenter. So darn good to finally ask questions and talk computers with someone who actually knows stuff about computers (tbh, our the IT director at my work doesn't know that much about the innards in my opinion) as I got a case so I can start "upgrading" the older of my two computers. I will probably be getting my parts slowly over time so I don't go nuts on the purchasing (besides, the only thing that's gonna annoy me is something beyond my control - DSL internet >.<). After indulging my tech needs, I ended up on my way back fighting traffic, then getting a grocery-gasm at the Fredericksburg Wegman's and now anxious to see the Midlothian store open in May so I don't have to go that far up.
Today though - finally got my retro Kanto groove going on after updating my 2DS and 3DS by getting red on the 2 and blue on the 3DS. Also got me some Regis on Pokebank as well and the ones I got seem pretty good (though as far as Legendaries go, the Regis aren't that great - and I wish Game Freak would finally give Regigigas an ability besides Slow Start which really ruins him - even Truant is a better ability). Hopefully I'll be able to get all the mythicals before Sun and Moon come out (just "upgraded" my SD card in my 3DS to allow for more game space). So far on Red, just defeated Blue with a team with "Phsyallis" Ivysaur, "Pfiel" Spearow, "Malgus" Nidoking and "Vogel" Pidgey. It's unusally for me to evolve a stone Pokemon like that so early but since the Nidos have a lousy level-up movepool in RBY and they can learn surf, thunderbolt, etc. I did the Lt. Surge thing. :P
Speaking of Sun and Moon - looks like we're getting a more tropical version of Hoenn instead of something like Sinnoh. Really? Dear Game Freak, we are in dire need of better ice types and less watery pokemon. A buff to our icy friends would go a long way to making them more useful (why not take a Megaman Zero cue and make it like using Fairy Leviathan's ice against Sage Harpuia's electricy; Electric types still only have one vulnerability so giving them an ice vulnerability would be fun). And to the above - please fix Regigigas; for a Trio Master, he stinks.
Suppose that's about all for now. :P Currently drooling over the Graze Ein - darn thing is slick and would make General Grevious (from his very first appearance in Episode 20 of the Clone Wars shorts where he hovered and used his arms and legs together) envious; pile drivers on his arms, machine gun turrets on the shoulders and feet that turn into drills. :3 Oh, and dual-wield big honkin' axes too.
- Charlie
