PixlBit

Thank you. Please remember that there exists two decades of age between us :P

What movie?

There are clues, but they were hard to find, if I remember correctly. That level was a pain in the ass, though.

Or Mister Tamborine Man, for that matter.

Ever heard Leonard Nimoy's "Bilbo Baggins"?

I don't have anything that would play a mobile game. I have no apps for anything, lol.

You would give a Valentine to Ulala.

I'd give one to Lavitz from Legend of Dragoon.

I want DQ VIII on 3DS! But money is an issue at this time of year. Sigh.

I porked out over the last couple of years. I went from 135, which is the most I should ever weigh, to 165 when I weighed myself in August. I knew I needed to do something, because none of my uniforms fit anymore, and I couldn't walk to the top of the hill that park HQ is on without huffing and puffing. And then I got Beau, my new dog, at the end of September. He's pretty much still a puppy, so I have to go out and walk him every day. I started doing the Couch to 5K running program with him in early October, ran a week, and then I got sick and had to stop running for almost six weeks. I figured I'd have to start all over again, but I found out I was actually in better shape than before I started running. When I weighed myself at Thanksgiving, I'd lost 13 pounds and an inch from around my waist. Christmas Day saw another two pounds gone. And last week, I was able to fit into a pair of pants I haven't been able to button in over two years. And two weeks ago, I ran a 3.5 mile race on snowshoes in under an hour. That's the exercise end of things. On the food end of things, I'm being conscious of portion size, I cut soda and chips out of my diet for the most part. I do allow myself a soda or a bag of chips as a treat every once in a while, but I'd say it happens no more than once or twice a month. I also started eating my big meal during my break at work instead of coming home and cooking a big meal (or indulging in convenience food like frozen pizza) after 9PM. I do grab my dinner from the hot food bar at work, but it's high quality food made from scratch in our deli, and I'm probably eating more vegetables this way. And I keep my sweets intake to a minimum. My mom gave me a big bag of Lindt truffles for Christmas, and I've been rationing them - one a night, if I don't eat something else sweet.

The older pinball machines take a lot more skill than the newer ones. When I ws a kid, I'd get to go to Boston and stay with my uncle for long weekends. He knew where all the pinball machines were, so we'd go to a pizza parlor for pizza and pinball. More often than not, my uncle's initials would be on the machine.