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My first “Rarity: 8” cartridge!

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On a gaming website I frequent, I’m probably the only person actively interested in anything pre-Nintendo. So whenever someone has some old Atari games to unload, I’m usually the one they unload them upon icon_smile.gif

Recently a guy said he found 40 or so cartridges in his basement, as well as a 2600 and a few joysticks. We worked out a deal, and I ended up getting the whole deal for $80 plus shipping.

I received the package yesterday, and the first thing I noticed was how nice all the carts were… they were all in excellent condition. The Activision carts had virtually no “plaque”, all of the labels were secure and clean, no grime anywhere – they looked like they had been pampered from day one.

But even more exciting was the handful of 4- and 5- rarity carts… the “Pole Posit’n” label, Donkey Kong Jr., Mr. Do., etc. But the coup de gracie was the pristine Mr. Do!’s Castle cartridge. I knew it wasn’t common, but looking it up on the Atari Age rarity guide, turns out it’s an 8. I’d say that made the bundle worth it right there.

I looked it up on ebay, and it’s not quite going for the fortune I expected it to command icon_smile.gif There are quite a few games that are rare that aren’t exactly well known or highly sought after, and apparently this is one of them. No matter – I just like the fact that I have an “8” now icon_smile.gif

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…and we’ve got a preacher

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Just talked to Jeff Jacob, associate pastor at the church I grew up in. He said he’d be glad to do the wedding, so that’s great too!

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One more thing…

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My brother celebrated his 27th birthday today – hope you had a good one Clark!

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Losing weight

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I keep joking with Emily that we need to just go to the courthouse and get this thing over with. Of course I’m kidding; I want her to have the perfect wedding, and as long as I’m going to be there, it might as well be something I can enjoy too 🙂 One of the nice things about taking a few months to plan a wedding is that it gives me the time and incentive to get into shape.

I’ve lost quite a bit of weight this year, but I lost motivation this summer when I hit the low 190s. When I saw some of the pictures we took Tuesday, I couldn’t believe how fat I looked – the one picture at the bottom of Wednesday’s entry is the only one where I didn’t look disgustingly obese. What’s really scary is that I’m 20 pounds lighter than I was back in January – I can’t imagine how large I looked then. I’ll admit I’m somewhat vain – with that beind said, I refuse to look back at our wedding pictures and only see “fat”. If there’s ever an event to look one’s best, this would be it 🙂

Emily has had a lot of success with Nutrisytem; I thought she looked great before she started using it, but she has lost nearly 20 pounds since then, so it obviously works. I ordered a month’s supply myself, and started this weekend. It’s not the greatest tasting stuff in the world, but it’s palatable, and there’s enough variety to keep it interesting for a while. I can definitely suffer through for the next month or two.

I’m a little concerned with my ability to stick with it considering the holidays are right around the corner. But at least I’m starting from my lowest weight in 2 years, so getting down to the 170s should be doable. I have all the head knowledge I need as far as exercise and diet go, I just need to put it into practice.

One thing that will help – We bought new running shoes a couple of weeks ago, and they make a HUGE difference – I’m running much faster than I normally do, without any shin splints or pronation problems I normally deal with. So the easier it is to run, the longer I run, the more weight I lose, which makes it easier to run, so I can run longer…

Anyway, we’ll just consider getting back to my pre-2001 weight a fringe benefit of the wedding planning 🙂