Legends of the Hidden Temple

Ah... My childhood comes flooding back to me...

If The Legend of Zelda taught me basic math and King's Quest II and King's Quest III taught me basic reading and spelling (not much for grammar when all you have to type are things like "open door" and "take staff"), then Legends of the Hidden Temple taught me how to make sure I knew Nickelodeon's programming schedule so I could watch it constantly. Oh yeah, and it also gave me an unnatural love for history trivia. Go figure.

Anyway, the show was a gameshow for kids. Each episode, the show's resident idol would tell the tale of some legend, whether it was history, mythology, or geography, and the kids would work their way through the temple, eventually ending at the Temple Run, in which they would have to find the artifact in question. Complete with prizes that made Invader Zim's fundraising expedition look worthwhile, this show was one of the only gameshows I've ever appreciated.

As the story goes, I got into a conversation with my youngest brother about it and we went on a quest to find the episodes, having not seen them since we were in elementary school. Lo and behold, I found one episode on Google video, and I feel obliged to share it with all of you.

Oh, the joys of being a nerd in a hip world...

Woman Misses Flight - What NOT To Do!

Since everybody else is blogging about this video, why not me? However, I've managed to find a subtitled version of this video and am posting it. When I first watched the video raw, I actually felt sorry for the woman, thinking that she was, I don't know, maybe trying to get to a dying relative or some such thing. However, watching the video subtitled gave me the impression that she's probably just throwing a temper tantrum.

Anyway, check it out and let me know what you think. There aren't enough commentors on this blog anyway...

Categories

I'm sick of Blogger not having any categories, so I'm going to list all the various categories in this post and add to it whenever I put up a new article. The categories link on the left will always come to this page, so come here whenever you're searching for a particular article.

Political - Note that most political articles can be found on my other blog, Political Retreat.

Which Country is Obama President Of?
Our New King, Barack Obama
Ron Paul on the Auto Bailouts

Friday Review

V for Vendetta
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

News

David Holmes is a Quadriplegic
Harry Potter Stuntman Injured
HBP to be Rated PG?
Maddie Blaustein has Passed Away
Live-Action Avatar Movie - I Figured it Would Suck

Rants and Musings

An Explanation of the Mental Heath Liberation Movement
Ooh, What's Yellow and Square and Goes up Your Butt? Spongebob Thermometer!
A Follow-Up to Antipsychiatry
Why I'm Antipsychiatry
Keyboard Issues
Site Update
Why Harvest Moon is Better Than Real Life
Update
Live-Action Avatar Movie - I Figured it Would Suck

Other

Help Support Duke!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Susan Boyle vs. Britain's Got Talent
Spongebob Turns 10!
Legends of The Hidden Temple
Woman Misses Flight - What NOT To Do!
Smule Ocarina for iPhone

Keyboard Issues

I'm working on an article to explain my antipsychiatry position, although I think "antipsychiatry" is a very negative term. Anyway, I took a break to burn an episode of the original Iron Chef when one my kittens decided it would be fun to play on my laptop's keyboard while I was gone. Yep, I left it alone with my cats and kittens, and guess what happened... a key and its retainer got pulled off! The key that makes the apostrophe and quotations is gone, making this post somewhat difficult when I must use them.

This is indeed a pointless post, but I've never had any of my cats steal my keyboard keys and hide them. Hopefully I find it in tact and not chewed up and spit out somewhere. If one my dogs gets hold of it, who knows what might happen to it! Maybe I'll end up holding a letter key funeral for it. Poor little keyboard, I feel helpless without it.

Anway, just decided to share this story 'cause it tickled me for some reason. I'll have to get a picture of it to post on here. Until then, bye!

Smule Ocarina for iPhone!

Anyone an ocarina fanatic out there? I just started, and all I have is a six-hole Ocarina from Songbird Ocarinas. Anyway, for those of you with an iPhone, Smule has released their own ocarina! It looks like a nifty little instrument, and it seems to have a good sound, considering that it's for the iPhone. If I could aford an iPhone, and if I wasn't so hostile towards cell phones in general, I'd definately download this. There's even a holiday songbook. Right click and save as.