Ending
During Nathan's nap yesterday, I tried to catch up on a couple DVDs that I got from the library that were due back last night. I really wasn't sure I'd have a chance to watch either because Nathan's naps are so short, but he stayed down for just shy of four hours so I got both watched. And, oddly, they were both movies with "End" in the title. The World's End with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and This Is The End with Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, and James Franco, among many others.

I'll make it fun and say I really enjoyed End but was only so-so about End.

Performing
Sure, Super Bowl XLVIIIABC123 was kind of a bust in terms of exciting football action. Yes, Seattle cleaned up and won their first championship, but they can't be happy about how pitiful their opponent turned out to be. Combine the sad game with the even sadder commercials and I was left with what? Not much. But I will admit that when I finally got around to watching the halftime show (I was putting Nathan to bed as it aired live) and Bruno Mars knocked that one straight through the uprights. He was energized, his vocals were great, the band was on the mark, and it was just, simply put, great entertainment.

And as much as I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they were completely unnecessary. They were a sidenote in the greatness that was Bruno Mars.

Mobilizing
It's came out in the news lately that Nintendo's profit projections for last year are wayyyyyy off the mark. Like they inflated their expectations multifold and now it's coming to bite them in the butt. So badly that executives are taking pay cuts to offset the losses or maybe just to show some note of sympathy with shareholders, I dunno. Anyway, a couple days later, I see another article stating that Nintendo is continuing their staunch refusal to allow their properties (characters and game titles, etc.) to be used in the mobile phone gaming realm. That means that we will continue to not see Donkey Kong, Mario & Luigi, Metroid, and Kid Icarus, among hundreds of other properties on our iPhones, Android devices, etc. Wouldn't you think that if a company is having money problems that they should pursue any potential revenue generator they can find? Lord knows I would be all over a copy of the original Super Mario Bros. games on my iPhone. That would be AWESOME! Nintendo Corp., you are being a bunch of pigheaded morons who are going to cease to exist in five years time at the rate you're going. Being the Nintendo fan I am, this idea saddens me greatly.

Mario seppuku. 'Nuff said.

Guilting
If there's one thing I've noticed about myself since setting this Fitbit 10,000 steps goal, it's that I've become very competitive. I'm constantly looking at where I rank compared to my friends and I'm looking for more ways to sneak in extra steps. Of course this competitiveness has inadvertently resulted in a side effect -- guilt. Man, when I don't hit that 10,000 step mark, I feel guilty. If I'm under 5,000 steps like I was last night because I was home all day with Nathan, it eats at me. I actually went downstairs and did laps in the living room and kitchen to get me up to 5,000. If I can make it to 7,500, I'm better but still feel bad.

I suppose there are worse things in life to become obsessed with, right?