I probably wouldn't make it through the opening answering machine sequence before turning it back to ancient aliens.
That's criminal. If you absolutely must bail on Rockford, you need to at least listen to the theme song first. It's required listening!
Appreciate it friend. I prefer blowies, but handies will do.
Australian style eh?
Awesome. That's kind of why I keep posting. It's sort of a like a captain's log of my journey since we bought this place, but I am also hoping to inspire others. Just keep at it. It'll be worth it in the end. You may not get the enthusiasm you thought you would at first, but eventually everybody realizes what you've built and what they've got and will take advantage of it in their own way. For me, throwing other people in the mix, a friend, a cousin, my brother and his kids, my friends' kids, my kids' friends, etc. usually reinvigorates the space. I mean, let's face it, when your kids grow up with this stuff, it's only cool when someone else is there to show it off to and enjoy with them. I also like to be there as often as I can to instigate and enjoy the fun this room has to offer. Sometimes, if I don't remind people about it, the room might sit dormant for a month or more. The minute I bring it up and sort of force my way down there, that's when everybody starts going down there and enjoying the space. Even then, though, it might just be me. Like it was Sunday. Everybody was upstairs making snacks and soups, playing cards and (kinda) watching football. After I had worked on my jet ski trailer outside, I went down there all by myself with a vodka/Dr Pepper and watched the rest of Redzone. Even though I would've loved some folks to have joined me, I was fine with sitting in there by myself as well. Sometimes the right space and ambience is enough.
Well, hopefully, I can inspire myself. I picked up that Donkey Kong cocktail a month ago, told my oldest son about it and he showed a little bit of interest, but I told him to wait for it to be working properly. By now he's forgotten about it and I'm still waiting to get the goddamn thing working. I also had planned on rearranging the Arcade for it to fit, but since it's not working, I just sort of shoved it in an open area near the back of the Arcade. I had planned on spending a whole day rearranging, cleaning, finishing up some cool visual projects I've had planned for eight years, etc. But instead, I've been working on getting the beach and the backyard cleaned up and getting things out of the lake before the big freeze. Last week we got the swim platform out, yesterday we finally got the pontoon out. Now it's the pontoon lift, the dock, and my son's fishing boat lift.
Oh shit. I forgot about that DK cocktail too!
Well, I've also been working on my Tetris Cabaret since March. I figured I'd have it in the arcade by this past Summer, but I could never quite get the monitor working correctly. Now I swapped a new monitor in, but I still can't get the monitor to work with both boards on my Jamma switcher. I'd like to wrap the game up and just move it in, but it always seems like something is stopping me.
