I finished my Metroid Zero Mission speed run.

My time on my second Metroid Zero Misison Speed run is 1:49:45. I did it without sequence breaking.

Now I am running two files on the game. I am attempting to play through on one file with only a 15% collection rate (this will require Sequence breaking, but I have a faq that will help me). On the second file I am going to try to beat my time the old fasioned way. I am thinking of some things that may help me shave off a minute or so of playtime. I am fairly clumsy, so I am going to have to be more careful about missing ledges and so forth. If I take too long from one save to another, I will not save and do it again.

I will do better as I map the game more in my head.

Grandpa gave me some records.

Grandpa left a bunch of old records for me. I got an unopened, sealed copy of Billy Joel's "The Stranger", Two copies of Sgt. Peppers, A hard Day's Night, Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic, Styx' Pieces of Eight (awesome Album, we have it on cd.), Kansas' Point of Know return, and a bunch of stuff from the 40's and 50's. He knew I loved music, especially classic rock.

He also left me his stereo. It plays CD, 8 Track, Am/Fm Radio and Records. The turntable unfortunately does not work, but it looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to fix. Dad has a friend who runs an electronic shop, maybe he could do it cheap. I would love to listen to my albums.

Chris got some golf clubs, and Grandpa's dog tags.

I finished my first speedrun on Metroid: Zero Mission. 2:25. Not that great. The Record is 0:50 or something close. My goal this second time around is to make it under 1:30, but it'll be difficult. Perhaps I should look at sequence breaking. My first attempt was a normal shot through.

When I get a respectable time on Zero Mission, I plan to try some other games, such as Fusion, or Super Mario World. I like newer games, but speedrunning is more fun for me on 2d platformers.

I think dad and Chris, and Dad's friend David may be going golfing soon. A gift from David to dad.

Granpa's funeral was yesterday.

I ran around with absolutely no clue what to do.

Dad's Eulogy was evangelistic in nature. It showed a man who repented of his sins. It showed a man who had a bad youth, but turned to His Savior later in life.

It moved some people, please pray that God does His Will in their lives.

The STR Blogring.

Today I built the hub site for the STR Blogring. So far only Paladin and I are on it. But I trust it will expand. And if not, its not really the end of the world.

I still have to build the icon link to put on the blogs.

Maybe someone a bit more bold will create a CF Blogring, and we could connect to that. I dunno.

In other News.....

I have been listening to a lot of House of Heroes the last day or so. Especially "Pulling Back the Skin." Don't really know why, just been stuck in my head.

Dad is taking care of more funeral arrangements today. The Funeral is Wednesday. Dad is under a lot of stress and it is getting more visibly strained. Pray for him please.

Grandpa is going to be cremated. Some Christians object to it, I see no reason, and unless someone shows me from Scripture why it is wrong, I don't think I'll be changing my mind.

Ah funerals and everything that go with them.

My father was appointed by grandpa to take care of everything after he died. I'm not exaggerating when I say everything either. He was Grandpa's POA, Grandpa asked dad to distribute his items, and to arrange the funeral.

So, he does it. Works very hard, gets the job done. A lot of pressure on him. Pray for him please.