Not Too Much Going On

There really hasn't been much going on lately. I went to the doctors for a regular check up this week, everything was fine but they said I will need to have surgery likely in 6 months to replace my device. Its not a surprise as I knew that would be coming soon, they are going to check the battery level in 3 months and see what it shows. They will likely make a decision at that time as to when it should be replaced. I was also able to get the paper work that shows I have a medical condition which means I can get a special pass that lets me go to museums and places for free also a reduced bus, train and taxi fare, so thats good.

Still no word on the job front as far as starting dates but I knew going in that it would likely be quite until April anyway. In the mean time eBay has been doing pretty good for me so I'm not too worried.

I know I said games would likely slow down but (theres always a but) I was able to find some of the Xbox 360 games that I had been looking for (they are all space ship shooters) and the best part was that they were at used prices. So I picked up Under Defeat HD ($19.80), DoDonPachi Saidaioujou ($27.80) and Espgaluda II Black Label ($14.80). Then at another store I picked up Muchi Muchi Pork & Pin Sweets Limited at a retail price of $61.80 but it came new and sealed with the original microsoft sticker label that shows it hasn't been used. I really wanted that game but I might sell it as it goes for about $200 for a new copy.

I also picked up some Famicom games, DuckTales 2 ($4), Twin-Bee 3 ($6) and Athena ($10). I was really excited to find Athena because I know the boxed version goes for $100+ but when I checked what a loose cart goes for it turned out that it only goes for about $20. I also got Kunio Kun Soccer for a $1 and that goes for about $15-$20. I hope to get those up on eBay soon.

I then got a few more games for $1 each at my favorite recycle shop. On the N64 I got Super Smash Bros and Yoshis Story, on the Dreamcast I got Sega Rally 2 and another copy of Street Fighter Zero 2 on the PS1. Finally, I found Cotton Original for the PS1 at a shop for $14 but this can go for up to $100 on eBay. Like the others I'll try to get these up soon.

I did finally get some news on my Xbox, the center was unable to fix it so they are going to replace it. The replacement is going to be a Japanese region system but all my US games will work on it. This actually works in my favor as there are some games I wanted to get that were region locked to Japan only so now I will be able to play those as well. They said I would have it in 10 days so we will see how it is when it shows up.