[*Side Note: I guess I'm going to try and make it a habit to blog more often and try to post images up. But in order to post more images, maybe I should start bringing a camera with me...just maybe.]

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I took Cho Cho shopping this morning for her birthday [that passed...] and it was quite a productive day. I just feel bad for being out all day and not playing with Chewie I love you, Chewie!!! You’re the weirdest little cute dog ever [don't they say that dogs are like their owners?]!!

After that, I got picked up to go to a local tournament at Alex’s Arcade and it’s kind of my first local tournament [that I actually paid attention to...]. My first one was at Arcade Infinity a while back and that’s where I just played Puzzle Fighter and Tetris [Tetris machine @____@ So different!!! Harder to play b/c of the stick imo].  The tournament today didn’t start until around 3PM and I found out prior to arriving that I would have to…be a “sponsor” lol

To keep it short, it was an interesting day with some great fights. I tried my best to learn from Cammy players and only found two to keep an eye out for [Otachris, obviously, and uhh...James? I think that's his name]. They made me sit and play casuals again…I was still nervous even though I’d done it that Wednesday. It’s completely different than playing online and I find that I panic a lot more in person.

I’m sure all of them had super low expectations of me when they saw me sit and play  [I'm not surprised, actually] and I don’t think they realized that I was OK with losing. How else are you going to advance if you don’t learn from mistakes? The thing with me is that I see all my mistakes and I see all these openings, but I’m super slow at execution and it gets sloppy most of the time :\

We had a little Cammy clique in casuals haha Otachris, Alex, James [?], and myself and I really appreciate all the tips I was getting from them. I met a few people today and they were pretty cool. Later that evening, we had a mini Cammy session where I learned a few more moves as well as a couple of combos. I know what to do…and, again, execution was my issue.

Practice, practice, practice! I know what to do, I just need practice!

It’s only the beginning, so no “wah wah”-ing haha Cammy is such a difficult character for a nOOb like me D:

So I typed up a kinda long summary of what I’ve been up to…and then I decided to click on something else [bad moveeee!!!] and I realized I hadn’t saved a draft of what I had
What I’ve been up to:

-Went to the Grand Canyon

-Went to EVO 2010 [Too lazy to post about it Got a picture with Daigo and Marie [Kayane]. Funny thing was, I had a random conversation with her during the Women’s Invitationals. I didn’t know she was that good, but I started a conversation with her since I saw her play the night before on the screen She took a picture with me on her camera too, saying she doesn’t encounter a lot of female gamers.]

-Picked up SF [I'm not a poser. I'm nobody's gf to want to play because my bf is playing. I've always wanted to get good. Never had the motivation until I saw the women who participated this year :p I don't know how I'm going to have the time though...]

-TRIAD!!!! Got schooled last night by a 12 year-old [booo]. Saw all my mistakes, but panicked in the matches :\ Loads of fun though!!!

-My room is messier than a guy’s. Why? I have make up, clothes, accessories, gadgets, consoles, electronics, games, books, random junk etc… all over the floor and chair and sometimes bed. And a kid’s bean bag. I’ve been “cleaning” it for a while now. Never seems to disappear…

-People are seeing the true nature of Robotic Amando: She’s a nerd/geek/gamer :3 Nothing to be ashamed of, girls. Just…beware of creepy guys
Those are the big points summed up, I suppose.

Time to get my grub onnn.

Peas out
-Amando

I cut my finger using the xacto knife today. It wasn’t as bad as the time I cut a chunk out of my thumb…it did sting though. Now I can say,
“Hey, I have a battle scar because of that display header.”

It feels super weird typing because I can’t feel the keys with my left index finger. I might have wrapped it too tight because my finger is getting cold…

1 Month + 1 Week

Let’s keep the months rolling, yes? I really like it here and just recently was put in charge of my first big project I’ll let you guys know all the details when it’s complete…but I can’t wait to show it!

Currently my mouse doesn’t scroll down so…it’s really frustrating when I’m designing. I’ll put up some of the things I designed after they’ve been produced and sent out in stores. But for now, you’ll have to deal with the suspense! It probably will be a few months so in the mean time, I’ll put up sketches (though I haven’t kept my promise on that lately…)

Stay tuned!