I suppose you could call it gardening.

I've written in various places of my love (read: addiction) to Pokemon.  I've played every major release of the core series to date and while my level of excitement has died down quite a bit, I still consider myself a fan.  This past weekend, Toys R Us gave away a Pokemon that couldn't be obtained in game.

The first time I went to such an event is when Pokemon was still on the GBA.  I brought my GBA, headed over to Toys R Us, and got in line with a bunch of parents and their children.  While I do admit that I love playing the series, these are moments when I feel "childish".  It is embarrassing for me to be there, but at the same time I want my free shit.  I mean, come on, Mew can learn EVERY TM in the game.  You could fill him up with both FIRE & WATER moves.  You don't walk away from that.  I waited in line in order to connect my GBA to the attendant's GBA.  The event took almost a full hour of my time.

Thank you Nintendo for your innovation.  Getting my free Pokemon has gotten MUCH easier.  Now, I walk in with DS, head to the Xbox 360 aisle ('cuz that is what the old farts play), and turn on my DS.  There is no waiting in line to connect to another person, there is nobody I have to talk to, and I can be in and out in a matter of minutes.

It is now easier to be 31 year old Pokemon player.  I can't thank you enough, Nintendo.

The Pokemon I got this weekend, had a berry with him.  When berries are used they are discarded, but they can also be planted.  When the tree grows, it will have more berries.  Since this is a rare berry, I want to have a lot of them.  My DS is sitting next to my desk and ever half-hour I open it up to quickly water the four plants I've parked my character next to.  This will yield a lot more berries then if I just check it tomorrow.

Asking me to water a plant in real life is pretty much giving the said planet a death sentence.  For whatever reason, I don't have a problem doing this stuff in a virtual world.

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