03 October 2011

A moment of silence...

Please be silent for a moment. It's for our Atari 2600.

(Pause.)

I'm having a super busy day, but decided that I would like a break, a break that featured a mentally revivifying round of my favorite Atari game: Demon Attack.


(You are still pausing, aren't you?)

(Good.)

I played a little Pac-Man to warm up, then hopped right to the piece de resistance. And I was excited, too; Demon Attack and I had been apart for a while. It was going to be Demon Attack, some Spanish hot chocolate, and a little more Demon Attack before getting back into the swing of things. What better mid-afternoon reboot is there, really, than Atari and Spanish hot chocolate? Right now, I can't think of one.

(Sit still. Pause, damn it.)

And it is one I cannot have, because right when I was getting into my groove, there was a FSSSSS sound followed by the television displaying this: NO SIGNAL.

(Be. Still. Show the Atari the respect it deserves.)

So - - NOW what do I do? This is like wanting chocolate and finding out that the world's supply is all gone. I know it's a little thing, but....well, I'm a type "A" personality spoiled brat. So there.

I'm going to watch that commercial just to hear the sounds.

(You can move now. Thank you.)






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