What a day...I am EXHAUSTED!! I feel kind of bad for not putting a blog post up last night, but I got home late from wasting my time at the Last Airbender premiere. (super lame, I don't recommend it...at all) I only got around 4 hours of sleep, and I worked all day. It's been a bit crazy. I'm surprised I'm still awake at all now.
With the lack of an idea for my blog tonight, (again, probably due to my brain not functioning correctly in my current state) I resorted to outside sources for an idea to blog about. I was told to blog about Pokemon, and my good friend Cami.
Pokemon....the long, drawn out fad that seems to never die. I remember when it came out while I was in elementary school. It was the coolest thing ever at the time. Everyone started collecting the cards, and not a single episode on saturday cartoons was missed. Soon my friends and I would pretend we were Pokemon trainers, or just the pokemon themselves. Then we would right songs about them. (don't laugh, you know you did it too) Eventually, everything that we could find that involved it, we collected, bought, and traded for other stuff our friends had. I dare say it wa
s the biggest fad of my generation. (beyond yo yo's, skateboards, and pogs) It pretty much ran our lives. Then the video games came out, and that reinforced everything again. (or was it vis versa? and the video games were first....I honestly can't remember) I'll never forget the day that Pokemon cards were banned at my elementary school. We were DEVASTATED!! No more "battling" at recess...no more gawking at other kids cards...how would we survive?? Well somehow we did...and the fad still didn't die. Then came the knock off shows that tried to make money off of the fad; Digimon, Monster Rancher, etc. Those caught on for a bit...then died too. Yet as my interest faded in the show, and soon the games, it still seems to stick around. This young boy that goes out into the world and tries to catch these creatures so he can use them to fight someone elses' creatures. They also never seem to stop finding new ones too. First it was 150, then another 100, then another...and another. It's getting ridiculous...(as if it wasn't enough in the first place.
s the biggest fad of my generation. (beyond yo yo's, skateboards, and pogs) It pretty much ran our lives. Then the video games came out, and that reinforced everything again. (or was it vis versa? and the video games were first....I honestly can't remember) I'll never forget the day that Pokemon cards were banned at my elementary school. We were DEVASTATED!! No more "battling" at recess...no more gawking at other kids cards...how would we survive?? Well somehow we did...and the fad still didn't die. Then came the knock off shows that tried to make money off of the fad; Digimon, Monster Rancher, etc. Those caught on for a bit...then died too. Yet as my interest faded in the show, and soon the games, it still seems to stick around. This young boy that goes out into the world and tries to catch these creatures so he can use them to fight someone elses' creatures. They also never seem to stop finding new ones too. First it was 150, then another 100, then another...and another. It's getting ridiculous...(as if it wasn't enough in the first place. I think it's well beyond the point, sort of like Power Rangers. The first set of them growing up were AWESOME! (for my age I mean) But those kept going on, and on, and on into oblivion as well. Has creativity been left by the wayside when it comes to childrens television? (I say yes, due to the fact that they made a show about Piniatas that are alive and have adventures....) Now were several years down the road, and it's still around and children are still eating it up. I mean I'm sure it's good business to keep something going that is still working, but the same thing happens every episode I swear! First we join the trainers as they go on their adventure, then they meet some person they become friends with for that episode only, then they meet a new Pokemon, then Team Rocket tries to steal it, then they get defeated, and the episode ends with the new friend thanking the trainers as they leave. The End. It's ridiculous. But oh well....
Cami Cami Cami.........Cami happens to be a Sister Missionary that I met on my mission while serving in England. She was a very dedicated missionary in spreading the Gospel to others despite having the occasional trouble with her leaders and her getting along (gotta love that CSP....I'm joking.....sort of). Cami also flew home from the mission with my group of missionaries, and we sat together on the plane. She was quite disappointed with me when I watched the movies on the flight home. Her and I ran into each other again in a random trip of mine down to Las Vegas. She prefers that I call her Sister Russell, like she was in the mission, but not everyone can get their way :P and I'm sure she will live. She also happened to train another Sister Missionary, Sister Andrea Winn, who happens to be the person who suggested the two topics for tonights blog. (coincidence....) They served in the same area as me for a time while I was in Birmingham. Really though, Cami is a cool person, and fun to get along with.
That's all for tonight I guess. I apologize for the randomness. You can blame Andrea for that one....ha ha!
P.S. Why shouldn't you take a Pokemon in the bathroom? Because it might Pikachu!!
P.S.S. How do you get Pikachu on a train? You Pokemon!!
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