Feature Article: How to screw oneself over royally
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     Ah yes, it was February 18, a Friday night. I have recently gotten
my hands on an anime movie, title "Omehide Poro Poro." The film revolves
around Taeko, a single woman working a desk job in Tokyo in 1982, taking
a vacation in the countryside with the family of her sister's in laws.
During her vacation, Taeko finds herself looking back at her time as a
young schoolgirl growing up in 1966. The film flips back and forth
between the two time periods with a lot of nostalgia and beautiful
country scenery as Taeko sorts out her flashbacks and tries to make some
tough decisions about her future.
     So anyway, here I was with this really cool movie. Now, being one
among a cadre of anime enthusiasts, I decided to share the wealth. My
friend Scott, who has his own house, decided to host the shindig. So we
got together a bunch of people to watch it. And there was much rejoicing.
    Afterwards, we decided to play a little Dreamcast. The game of choice
was Worms: Armageddon. It's a cute little turn-based multi player, where
you control a party of four worms, battling the other players' bands of
worms. You win by NUKING THEM OFF THE BOARD! There's Air Strikes,
Bazookas, Homing Missiles, Exploding Sheep, Uzis, oh man, it's hilarious.
So we played that for hours on end. And there was much rejoicing.
     Here's where the trouble comes in. My friend breaks out a game
called Crazy Taxi. Intrigued, I decide to try it out. And then the clock
struck SIX IN THE MORNING! AAUUGGHH!! Needless to say, I got grounded. And
there was much suckiness.

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     - School is really starting to disinterest me. But I like my new
Crafts class. I took it up after Film class ended. it's pretty cool, cuz
now I get to play with clay and stuff.
     - I joined the Art Club! It's pretty cool. We run a gallery in the
school, but like professionally, with life shows of like professional
artists and stuff, with catering, the whole nine yards. They gave me the
position of Maintenance / Supplies guy, so it's kind of a blue collar
thing, which I guess they didn't want to handle themselves, but I like
it!
     - Still struggling with a music video idea. We're looking at a Smash
Mouth song right now, but we're not totally sold, so we're still shopping
around, so to speak.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! This game is five grades +above+ Hardcore.
You control one of four taxis. The objective of the game? To earn fare by
picking up passengers and drop them off at their destinations. Sound
tame, right? Did I mention that there are no road rules? Yes, you
actually get MORE MONEY for doing crazy stuff. You can go off ramps,
graze other cars, drive in the opposite lane. In fact, the crazier the
stunt, the more money you get! And of course, it doesn't hurt that some
supa-fast Offspring songs play in the background. Find some way to play
this game. There's no way to describe it but as the Hard in Hardcore.
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