04 08 00

pokeinsanity

Oh dear. I'm afraid yesterday's entry was rather incoherent.

I'll try to do better today, I promise. Erm... And this entry is rather graphics heavy. Sorry about that. Go make some tea or something.

Pokemon and the Monkey

I spent most of the day playing Pokemon up in my bedroom.

Several hours, two asleep feet, and one crick in the neck later, I emerged. This will be easy if I can spend the next three years playing Gameboy. I didn't feel one little craving until I came downstairs for a drink.

Of course, then the craving struck like a locomotive. I stared at where my ashtray used to sit. I silently told myself that I did not need to buy smokes.

And then I went back upstairs.

Anyway, I made it to the Safari Zone. And let me say this: Safari Balls suck! I've spent over 2000 coins already, and all I've caught is a Duduo and an Exeggcute. Now, if I could get my hands on a Tauros or something else cool , it'll be worth it. And if I could get a Scyther... drool Man, that would rule. I love Scyther.

(Yes, yes. I am aware that 99% of the over-12 crowd has no freakin' idea what I'm talking about right now. But look - this is the only thing that's kept me sane for the last twelve hours... So give me this moment, ok?)

Right now, in my main battling line-up, I think I have a pretty good team. I've got Butterfree, who's been trained with lots of psychic attacks. I can't actually find any good psychic Pokemon, so Butterfree will have to do. You know what? Butterfree is a wussy name for a Pokemon. It's like "Fluffy." "Fluffy, ATTACK!" It just doesn't work.

Next I have Blastoise. It just evolved from Wartortle while I was playing this afternoon. At least it's not a Squirtle anymore... One of Dave's favorite words to say overandoverandover is "Squirtle!" "Squirtle squirt!" Sheesh. grin Anyway, this guy's good for the water attacks.

The third one is swapped out according to what I'm up against. It's either Haunter, Vileplume, or Nidoqueen. Most of the time, though, it's been Vileplume since I taught it the "cut" move. I've had to cut down a LOT of bushes lately.

Haunter is awesome because physical attacks can't hurt it. Karate chop? Sorry! Rolling kick? Nope! Haunter's best attack is Night Shade. I have no idea what Night Shade actually does. Yes, I know it's a deadly mushroom, but I don't see any mushrooms growing out of the Pokemon. It deals some major damage, though.

Nidoqueen is just cool. Every time I find a really neat Technical Machine, I teach it to her. Hmm... I found a "rage" TM, I wonder if she can learn that one... I also wonder why the "Nido" group is the only Pokemon seperated by sex. All the other Pokemon are "it." Gender neutral... Even though there was a TV episode where Butterfree goes to the mating dance. Heh. Makes ya wonder...

Next in my line-up is the incomarable Flareon. I'm a little pissed that I have to wait until some really high level to get the cool attacks, but I'll wait for Fire Spin and Flame Thrower. In the meantime, I taught it "Double Edge." Again, I have no idea what this attack is actually supposed to be, but it deals lots of damage. There have been some battles I've been in where I only had to make one move. Double-Edge. Fight over. grin Of course, I have to watch it - Flareon gets "hit by recoil," whatever that means.

Number five on my team is Raichu. Raichu performs electrical attacks. Now, I know everyone's all down on Pikachu. Raichu is the evolved form of Pikachu, and let me tell you - Raichu is where it's at. Higher attacks, higher defense, faster speed... I have one of these little guy's hanging from Dexter's rearview mirror. And while Pikachu is just a blob of yellow snot, Raichu is a huge, honkin' loogey. Take that image to bed with ya, won't ya.

Am I getting incoherent again?

If so, that's ok. There's only one member of my main "team" left. It's not my favorite Pokemon, but it certainly is ass-kicking. Gyrados. You want a flying Pokemon? It flies. You want a fire attack? It's got Dragon Rage. You want a water attack? It's got Hydro Pump. You want an ice attack? It's got Ice Beam. It tackles, it bites. It does it all. That's my baby.

Fegh. I'm losing it.

I'm going to eat some ice cream. It's snowing outside something fierce. frown It's April, dammit. It's not supposed to be snowing!

grumble grumble grumble

I was going to talk about my favorite Pokemon, but this has already bored you all to death. Half of my readers think I'm a complete nitwit now, and the other half are betting to see how long it takes before I end up burying body parts in the backyard. Besides, mentioning my favorite Pokemon would mean one more picture, and I've already shut down the image program, and just blow me, ok?

I didn't mean that last part.

Yes she did.

shut up.

YOU shut up.

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