I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's day, except for the chocolate and the excuses to
get crafty. I also like getting stuff for the Tall Guy (who is the one getting me the chocolate) and coming up with some creative ideas.
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Chocolates and Nightmare Before Christmas. He knows the way to my heart. |
I try to buy or make something he'll like, which often tends to be nerdy. Last year, I made a card based on
something I found on Pinterest.
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Mario is Red, Sonic is Blue |
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Will you be my player 2? |
It definitely took a while, but totally worth it. Who wouldn't want a Nintendo valentine with Mario and Sonic? I took out some fine-tip colored markers, printer paper, graph paper, and pictures of Mario and Sonic. I'm nerdy enough to know that Mario is 8-bit and Sonic is 16-bit (originally), so each pixel for Mario would be four for Sonic. Unfortunately, the squares were too big on the graph paper I had to do four squares for each Mario pixel, so I colored Sonic a quarter of a square at a time. Each Mario pixel was one square and each Sonic pixel was 1/4 square.
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Easy level |
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Hard Level |
I sat at my computer staring at pictures to try to get it just right. Of course, printing would be easier, but I was out of colored ink and too cheap to buy any. Plus, as tough as it was, it was really fun. The controllers were also pretty easy, but I had some difficulty drawing the wires in a heart shape. Also, I used crayons, which worked, but pencils, pens, or fine-tip markers would have been easier.
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Crayons: something every 20-something year old needs
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He liked it, but he was definitely more excited about his
cookie dough oreos. Can't really blame him!
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