70km/h with gusts up to 90km/h! I’m surprised the power’s still on here. Jordi’s ‘hood lost power an hour ago. Although I own many boujee candles, I don’t believe their scents would blend well.
Anyway, as expected, my volcano arrived this morning.
I was unexpectedly disappointed.
When I’m not making frivolous purchases for Garbage Island, I’m getting red shelled by my friends in Mario Kart 8. If not red shelled, then green shelled. I’ve green shelled myself more than once. Nothing is as embarrassing as getting stuck in a corner like a drunk.
I posted my Mii months ago. If you need a reminder, here it is:
My main rival has been Alexa. Her partner/my co-worker Daniel and Jordi often joins us. Jordi created his Mii months ago–long enough ago that we’d both forgotten what it looked like.
A little wiener named Johnson.
Daniel is in the green, while Alexa’s the grimacing little one in pink.
It’s been so fun; I wish I had more gamer friends to race against! Burger, a colleague at the previous shop I worked at, is once again a colleague. Sadly, only one of our work days overlaps. He got a Switch a few months ago but currently only owns Zelda: the Breath of Wild. Last Thursday, I summoned him to drop by after he was done working so that he could try some karting before heading home.
I whipped up his Mii before his arrival.
Alexa and Daniel were impressed by its accuracy. Burger was stoked: “When did you make this?!”
With my Mii, I didn’t even bother trying. I was dubious that the customization options offered by Nintendo captured my essence. I warmed up with Jordii:
Jordi–with one i–had criticisms:
“I don’t have crow’s feet!”
He says crow’s feet: I say smile lines.
“This mii has a receding hairline.”
He got me there: Jordi–with one i–does not have a receding hairline, but it was the best option.
The next time Jordi came over, I got him to create his own mii.
Apparently, the only features we agreed on were the nose and eye colour.
I also made a Mii of my roomie:
In the two years I’ve lived with this guy, I’ve never mentioned his name here nor shared a photo of him. However, this Mii is so accurate that one could identify the real-life version in a police line-up. Unlike Jordi, the roomie was delighted with my creation. Even his girlfriend thought it was a masterpiece.
I asked him which Jordii he thought was the most accurate. He played it safe by giving us both good comments.
Today, I split the difference:
“You just changed it back to the way it was before. Minus the beard. Not really “splitting” the difference.”
But… but… the hat! And the mole on his lip is there!
Jordi refuses to interpret the smile lines as anything other than crow’s feet. So it looks like he will return to playing as a little wiener named Johnson or one of the other silly-looking Miis I’ve created.
And what about mii?
It doesn’t look much like me either, but I’ll give her a whirl. I’ve also made a Zoii for Zoée to drive them away from PS5 and towards their Switch.
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