Hugely productive use of my time

I went ahead and made the mistake of grabbing an old school Nintendo emulator a few days ago. One of the games I also downloaded was Dragon Warrior. The original Dragon Warrior was the poor man's Final Fantasy. But I loved that game back in like 1988. And over the past couple days, I've wasted quite a few hours on it.



Let's just say I've cemented my status as a first class dork-o-nerd. I've gained over 23,000 experience points which means I've been elevated to a level 19 warrior and know all the spells. I've acquired the Flame Sword (second best weapon in the game) as well as Erdrick's Armor and the Silver Shield (the best defensive equipment available). My maximum hit points are all the way up to 119. Simply put, I am invincible with the exception of some faceoffs still to come against the heavies waiting in the Dragonlord's castle.


In other news, I went out early this morning for an extended run around Rock Creek Park. It was nice and cool and I was really feeling good, so I actually ran quite a distance. I got way up north along the creek almost to Military Road and then broke off west up a steep trail. I wound up near the horse paddock where they do jumps and those sorts of things. I also wound up running on a trail absolutely littered with horse shit.

I suddenly found myself thinking of the final scene from the original Escape from New York. You know, the car chase where Isaac Hayes (the "Duke of New York") is chasing Kurt Russell and the President across the mined bridge. And some other guy in Russell's car has a map of the minefield. He's yelling out "LEFT" and "RIGHT" so they can avoid the mines. The same thing was going on in my mind on that trail.

ACTION UPDATE -- Here's a picture of the Duke's awesome ride from the movie, a 1980 Cadillac complete with the optional chandelier package: