Oh, ho ho ho. I seemed to have leveled to level 46. Ah hah hah hah. Man, that was probably the lamest level of them all. That is, until I type up this exact same post about leveling from 46 to 47. Disregarding that, my totally awesome new computer has decided to be a jerk and die on me. I did not give it permission to die on me, and I will give it strict disciplining when I revive it.

While I was gloriously watching the World Cup final and watching Zidane waste an Italian, my city’s power grid decided to catch the stupid and go on a frenzy. 8 shut offs in intervals of 5 minutes each. Why gee, thanks, city! Unfortunately, I lacked a surge protector, so just like how syphilis will infect your genitilia, the power surge infected my motherboard (I am assuming. If I am wrong, you are wrong. Cause I am never wrong.) with extra current. Of course, as with all electronics, it decided to be a pansy ass and die out on me.

This is exactly why I don’t have any electropneumatic paintball markers.

Luckily, I still had this older computer! Hah hah! I won’t rub it into fate’s face about how I defeated it, because karma will find its way and kick my ass so high up that I will be brushing my sphincter when I attempt to brush my teeth. So, this humble computer is a pitter pitter kind; it doesn’t have any flashy gizmos or any outstanding preformance features, but it’s a solid workhorse.

Now you may all ask “Oh Tony, enlighten us with your wisdom as to why you are telling us this oh so entertaining tale of mystery, action, and suspense?”. Simple! My downgraded preformance also meant I had to downgrade the quality of pictures in Maple Story. And it sucked. Hard.

I mean, I didn’t even recognize the maps anymore. It was much easier navigating by the minimap, and I didn’t know if half the ladders were part of the background or actual ladders. And the ropes? Damn. I was terrified by them! But I was later relieved to know that the horriblely textured ropes were actually ropes, and not the barnacles from Half-Life. Phew, I mean, I didn’t have a HEV suit; I could have died!

And that’s my glorious adventure.