Current Ramblings
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Last night was an important step in my life as a geek: I learned how to play Magic: The Gathering. There are perfectly good reasons I never got into it when it first came out, those being 1) I spent all my money on toys and comic books, and 2) All my stupid high school nerd friends had shitloads more money than I did anyway, even if I didn't spend it all on toys and comics, so they bought all the good cards and it would have been pointless for me to even try to compete. The idea that I could have asked my parents to maybe buy me some cards every so often so I could be cool is almost as laughable as they idea of asking them to buy me some clothes to make me cool. At 14 I had to buy all my own Pearl Jam T-shirts. You know, on weeks when there wasn't any new TF:G2 stuff out so I had spare cash.
So residual teen angst aside, I picked up some Mirrodin decks and boosters that somebody had sold my store and Steve-o was kind and patient enough to teach me how to play. (This was, naturally, after driving around most of the west side of Columbus and determining that there were no toys or comics for me to spend that money on. Not that they cost much after my discount.) I suppose the Mirrodin expansion was as good a place as any for me to step in, what with being themed around a metal world with lots of mechanical creatures. I lost both games, of course, but that was only to be expected. Steve-o had these elves that kept popping up that were protected against artifacts, and all my creatures were also artifacts. Also, it was the first time I had played ever, and he's been playing for years. But just you watch, one day I'm gonna win one! Maybe when Graham brings some of his cards from his parents' place. He said he loses a lot.
Now I just need to learn to play D&D and I will be fulfilled.
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