sunday april 25

today i went to a friend's house to play the final world (9!) in super mario bros. wii. although we'd been at it for a while and could've easily called it a night, i became obsessed with getting a certain gold coin on one level that we just barely kept missing out on. i plotted strategies and gameplans, and uttered phrases like "i'm not going home until we get this" and "i won't be able to sleep tonight if i don't get that coin." it took over an hour to do it, but finally on one inspired run through the level, we got that gold coin and tasted sweet victory.