one cool dude

Hung out with a cool cat 'Jonathan' at Crossgates today. We played DDR, HydroThunder, Time Crisis3, the usual. He told alot of stories and I threw in some of mine. He's a real straight-up kind of guy, kind of like me...even raised out in the boonies, too. Anywho, we walked the entire mall about 3 times and wound up in an EB, where I realize that I still haven't picked up the August Nintendo Power where RCR gets a mention. I snag it and proceed to squawk proudly about the guys I used to hang with and how it feels so good to see something you toiled on get mentioned in a national magazine, even if it's way in the back.

I have a way of not mentioning X-Strike when I meet people. I feel like if I say "oh yeah well i used to make movies!" potential friends might think I'm full of crap or worse, full of myself. Today marked the first time I proudly displayed, to a full stranger, my secret hobby. "I make movies about videogames, usually on less than $200." I called it a night when he mentioned seeing Mr. and Mrs. Smith.