Apologies for the lateness of this post. The main reason was because of Breath of the Wild, plain and simple.
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- I got sick (03.08). Don't know where it came from, but I knew I wasn't feeling too great the day prior. Ended up being sick from work that day and the next and I didn't play with the Switch during that time. You know I'm not feeling good if I can't play games, ha. I used to be able to when I was younger. This time I spent the majority of these 2 days trying to rest.
- Coming home from work, I found my room rearranged (03.11). I did not like that. It has happened a few times in the past and every time I had a great disliking for it. Mainly it is because things get moved around to where I can't find them and that some of the electronics and their cords are haphazardly moved around.
- My copies of TaeYeon's My Voice came in (03.24). As I listened to the album more, the more I liked it. I did not like that they announced another edition shortly after with a few extra songs. I decided to skip on that.
— Arnell (@ArnellragasA) March 24, 2017
- I bought myself a pair of Survivor Series tickets (03.27). Apparently they had been on sale for a few months, but I never received an email about it. I only knew due to a local ad that appeared on RAW. As soon as I saw it, I went online and bought them.
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- I purchased a Nintendo Switch (03.03). My friend code is SW-2392-2282-4630.
— Arnell (@ArnellragasA) March 3, 2017
I took a day off from work so that I could be part of the midnight opening the night prior. After work on Thursday, I arrived at my local GameStop about a quarter before midnight. There were others there already. I came in to pay off my purchases and got my receipt. We were shortly asked to exit the store and line up so they could get all the orders ready. I was 6th in line. There were also a few additional people that were waiting that didn't making a preorder. I believe the company had 3-5 extra Switches to sell. During the wait, one of the employees came out to ask Switch and Zelda related questions to give away prizes. I knew most of the answers, but only got one prize, a Breath of the Wild pin. Once midnight rolled around, they started letting us in one at a time to pick up our orders. If there was a prize for walking out with the most stuff, I would have won, ha. I had the Switch itself, 1-2-Switch, all 5 Breath of the Wild amiibo, and the Collector's Edition of Breath of the Wild (which was a larger box than the Switch). Got home and set up all the settings. I didn't play any games because I knew I would just be tired.
My amiibo collection is now at 75 thanks to the Breath of the Wild set.
amiibo count is now 75. pic.twitter.com/bKzz8aPj9W— Arnell (@ArnellragasA) March 4, 2017
I did get some stuff that I ordered online (that I could have bought in store). A Pro Controller, which is a really good controller, and a blue set of Joy-Cons. The blue ones will only be used by me at home and the grey ones can be used by others. I might end up buying a set of red ones, but that would be further down the road.
And I post all my pictures on Facebook and Twitter.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild took over my life for March. I can't remember the last game that made me want to play it any time I had any free time (before work, after work, days off). There was actually one day that I forgot to take a shower before work because I was trying to complete a few shrines that took longer than I thought (03.17). That has never happened before, ha.
I'll admit that I did feel lost the first couple days of playing. I would lose track of the main quest and just keep going. Being able to go anywhere made every place seem different. Walking through an area would seem different because I chose to climb a mountain instead. It really did take me a while to get used to knowing my environment and know my limitations. But once I figured it out, I was fine (except for a few careless mistakes).
That's when I realized that I probably would not play the game a second time. There is so much to do that I figured I would do a compleitionist run instead of second run. I maxed out my stamina first (03.20) and then I completed 100 shrines (03.26). I thought that would be enough. Once I saw the numbers of shrines and sidequests, I did decided to complete those. The only thing I thought that I could pass on was collecting all the Korok seeds (that might be something I choose to go back to though). So my time in March was very much dedicated to getting lost in this version of Hyrule. Did I beat it in March? No. Did I beat it in April? Find out next entry.
— Arnell (@ArnellragasA) March 3, 2017
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- We released our Spanish Testimonials video (02.28). We have had Mo's Safehouse available completely in Spanish for a while now, but we need more bookings for it. So if you know anyone that are native Spanish speakers, this may be for them.
- Another monthly meeting occurred (03.07). For the activity, I brought my new Switch for the team to play 1-2-Switch. That was fun seeing all of us do silly things.
- After being sick for a couple days, I went in back to work (03.10). Unfortunately, a lot of bad things happened that day. The main thing that we were doing was revamping The Scarlet Scam to be easier for us. After a week of work, it was reopened...and it was a mess. I was not part of the process in the revamp, but the situation was not handled well. Agent Ca$h had the first session and had to ask for a lot of help because things were not reset properly and some of the new things were not tested. I had the second session and I was so mad. It did not help that the group of kids I had were not the best group and I wanted to kick them out.
An email thread was sent to discuss how this reopening was disappointing. A few days later, I could not sleep because all I could think about was how horrible the room had become. I wrote a long email at 4AM pointing out what was wrong and requesting for changes. Gradually, all those things were addressed, but the room itself is still not what it used to be. While some of the changes made have been beneficial, I still question why some were made such as repainting the room from black to white. The room works, but other than the hard wiring and a new computer, I don't think anything else needed to be done. This whole ordeal made me not like that room for a while. I actually do not claim that I was the person behind designing that room. It was just horrible to see something I was a big part of to being out of my hands to going to a state of disappointment to what it had become.
- We are hiring (03.13). More rooms and more sessions means we need more facilitators. If you or someone you know needs a job, pass the information along. Doesn't guarantee them a job because I am picky about who we hire. The times we have let go of staff, I was very adamant about doing so.
- To help promote our Spanish Testimonials video and Spanish sessions in general, we had our first Facebook Live done mostly in Spanish. The Spanish stopped when we brought in more facilitators to play Macho Nacho (03.21). Basically one person would not be able to use their hands. Their partner would act as their arms and feed them nachos. It was funny to watch.
- And I wrote the monthly blog for March 2017.
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- Girl's Day - I'll Be Yours (MV)
This isn't my favorite song by Girl's Day. The song is okay, but it never hooked me.
- Red Velvet - Would U (MV)
Not a bad song. I sure did enjoy the video since it was centered around Irene.
- SNSD - Beautiful Restriction
This song came up on my iPod randomly. Had not heard it for a long time so I searched for the video to relive it.
- That does it for March. Apologies again for the late write up. Saving the world takes time. Thank you for reading. Be healthy, safe, thankful, and loved.
"Reprise the theme song and roll the credits."
