Nostalgia is Stupid

[jedishampoo]

So this is dumb. During my visit home to Indiana, I mailed a few boxes of stuff to myself in Las Vegas, hoping to sell, on E-bay, some of my extensive collection of crap that I haven't seen in six years. I win by making money, my parents win because my crap is out of their house, everybody wins.

Except... one box was full of Nintendo and Super Nintendo games. I took pictures, listed them on E-bay, and instantly received a couple of requests to sell them now (rather than the auction format I put them up in). So I'm like, what's worth something here? And in researching games and whatnot on E-bay, I saw so many games I used to play and read the glowing descriptions and it made me want to play the games. Zelda A Link to the Past? That was a blast. And Megaman X2 and Super Mario World and Mario Kart? SO MUCH FUN back in the day.

WAIT: I'm supposed to be selling the damned things, not buying more, right? I haven't had a Super Nintendo console since 2002, when I gave it away. Then on E-bay I found NEW game systems that will play both Nintendo and Super Nintendo games, and the systems are only $49.99 each! WOW, imagine the fun!

Except... I already have an N64, a PS2, and a GameCube that are gathering dust... Remind me, please, that selling stuff is GOOD and I have other hobbies now and that these games will only gather dust, too, along with the super-special console, if I buy that. Please, I need your help. ;)

Comments

[sharpeslass.livejournal.com]

Get super mario brothers and a super nintendo. that's a game I can actually play... Also, we still need lego starwars.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

You are an evil bitch. I hate you.

[sharpeslass.livejournal.com]

yes, yes, I know... remember being little flying mario, swooping around gathering coins... or riding along on Yoshi... or haunted koopa castle. seriously fun game. I don't care how much better the graphics have gotten, there has been no game that much fun since...

[moshesque.livejournal.com]

Hee, I always do things like that too. I'm such a hoarder of nostalgic things! You are not alone, hon. *hug* :D

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

I know... I still have like 4,000 comic books at my parents' house, too. But I refuse to sell them. I was trying to be good. :)

[triyune.livejournal.com]

I would not and never sell this Nintendo and the games ~D
Alright, that Super Mario thing meant almost endless fun...and we used to play Banjo Kazooie too..or Donkey Kong.
That's something which you can take along, no matter how old your are. If you've played them when you were young I could imagine you even sitting down and having a round when you're 50 too, actually.
That's just something which needs to be stored with love :D

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Argh, my f-list is full of video-gamers and whatnot and you are all encouraging me to be bad! Bad F-list! Bad!

;) Yeah, they were all pretty freakin' fun.

[kansouame.livejournal.com]

Selling game machines good...
Selling games good...
Having the emulators and games on your computer... priceless!

God I love technology!
^_^

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You are a good f-lister! So... where's an emulator to play Super Mario World? Heh.

[kansouame.livejournal.com]

Tell you what, get my email address from your roommate and email me. I will hook you up. *Smile*

[befanini.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmm *_____*
I'm afraid I won't be any help at all - so I'll just shut up.

*___*

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Are you a baaaaad stasher of crap also? I have so much crap, seriously... argh. ;)

[befanini.livejournal.com]

I am actually a compulsive "throw-away-er of stuff I haven't used in a year"...

But I DO COLLECT...

games... *____*

[eliz.livejournal.com]

I can't help, I've still got my Sega Genesis and all my games. My mom still has our Atari 2600 and I can't stand my brother for pawning our NES.

We've got a PS2 and a Wii. On the upside- if you get a Wii, there are tons of old school games you can download to it. I even bought Sonic 2 for it!

So you could sell it all to buy a Wii. :)

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting a Wii, anyway... consumerism should go forward, not backwards, right? ;) So you can get Super Nintendo games for that? 'Cause Super Nintendo had the best games ever... ;)

[saltcandy.livejournal.com]

Hey! I just found my Super Nintendo this week, too!

It was in a box...under another box...under 3 Space-Bags full of yarn and fabric...covered with about 2 inches of dust...and surrounded by things I haven't seen in a very long time. Oh, god I can't throw anything away! *cry*

But I don't even have a TV set to play games on. So maybe if I sell or give away all of this random crap that I don't use I will have money and space for more Saiyuki crap! ^_^

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

Well, my friends is almost all bad and told me to hold onto the games, and my roommate whined. And my Mom found my brother's Super Nintendo and is shipping it to me. So I ended one of the auctions early so that sharpeslass, that whiny beotch, can play Super Mario Bros. I probably won't play at all, uh-uh. <--- lying.

I have too much Saiyuki crap, too! :) It's all so pretty, though! I finally put some of my extra doujinshi up on E-bay.