Oh my lord, it's the Mewtwo entry.

That is to say, the 150th entry of my blog. After, y'know, a full year, and a bunch of hiatuses and all. But it's OK! We made it!

Since we're already on the topic of Pokemon, I've started working on my LeafGreen Nuzlocke again, since it's chronologically the one I should be working on in terms of the story I have planned. The first time I played through was on a VBA emulator (look, I own the actual game cartridge, didn't want to erase the file I had, and didn't want to buy ANOTHER one), and got through the game only for VBA's sucky save system causing me to not be able to do the postgame. Trying to fix this only made me lose the file altogether (rather frustrating, since I had TWO SHINY POKEMON), so I got the no$GBA instead, which works much better. I'm about... halfway through? My computer ran out of power at the Chicago airport on the way home, and even though I had finished saving, it didn't take and my file was reset back to before I took on Celadon's gym. Which caused me to lose ANOTHER SHINY POKEMON. Gahhhhhh. Good thing I've got one each in Black and White, but STILL.

I have three of the members I took to the Elite Four the first time around, the others I can't get quite yet. I plan to recatch them all, make the team better than ever, and make an even more spectacular E4 run. The first time through I lost but one, and in the champion battle at that. This time you WILL survive, Ivan.

Got to spend some time with the tablet my parents got me, and with Photoshop. I think I will be able to use this quite effectively. I'm not a fantastic artist yet, but I'm getting better. That's what practice is for, after all. Trying to find a good style for me is tough, but I'm experimenting.

Before I decided to replay LeafGreen I started Emerald. I'm about halfway there as well, I'm going to grind a LOT so I can beat Norman without any losses. He's difficult in a normal playthrough as it is, and in Nuzlocke where fainting=death, I need to be as strong as possible to avoid losing any of my bros. I have four or five I want to take all the way already, and if I get past this obstacle I think I can do it.

After both of THOSE are done, I will do HeartGold. I don't know what to expect from that yet, if I level grind it shouldn't be too hard... but you never know.




In other news, I may or may not have fallen for a girl who I've only talked to on the internet a few times, has a scarily uncanny ability to think the same thought as me at the same time, lives in the UK, and is already taken.

Is there a support group for hopeless romantics like me? I'd love to go to one of those. It'd be nice.