I'm getting ready to move to Seattle again. I haven't gotten physically ready yet, but for me, mental preparation tends to be the more consuming. I tried moving out there back in March of 2003 and lasted four months before my money ran out. This time, I have less money as I head west. But it's where I really want to be.
In partial preparation for my trip, yesterday we dropped off my old Power Macintosh 7100/66av computer at Office Depot in Madison. I had checked eBay to see if any of my equipment was worth selling. From what I saw, my ten-year old computer model and monitor were not selling for $5.00 or less. Not having a lot of time to try to sell the equipment, I decided that I had better go with the free recycling while I could (available at any Office Depot until Labor Day). Having four pieces to get rid of and being allowed only one piece per person per day, Mom and I each took one piece into the two stores in Madison, thus relieving my sister's old room of a good pile of boxes.
While driving around town to do some shopping, I noticed a Video Game X-Change store. I had a decent pile of video games from my youth that I decided I really should get rid of, so I stopped in to ask if they bought older systems and games. They said yes but wouldn't give a price range. So last night I checked out all my old Nintendo and Super Nintendo games and equipment to be certain everything is in working order.
There are some great memories in those little plastic cartridges. A large part of me wants to keep most of them. The most positive memories came from Dragon Warrior for the Nintendo and Super Mario Cart for my Super Nintendo. I spent hours and days as the mythical hero Erdrick in Dragon Warrior, feeling like a hero when in reality I was anything but. And Dad and I used to play Super Mario Cart almost every evening. Mom said that he would play it after I went to bed. The game is still loads of fun, and I'm pleased to say that I'm still pretty decent at it. But it's going to be more difficult to give up because of who I played it with.
But knowing my penchant for distractions, particularly video games, I know that it's best for me to sell them all. It's just hard to give up your childhood.
Posted by at July 30, 2004 8:11 AMyikes, yeah. it's hard. :(
can't you just keep those two?
you've managed to not be distracted by them for a while now, so you could probably keep up the trend....
Too late--it's all gone. Thinking about selling the games was much harder than actually doing it. It wasn't until after I had gotten into my car in the parking lot that I realized I had sold it all. On with life.
Posted by: Jonathan at July 30, 2004 5:14 PM