You Repurposed the Entire Entertainment Center! (Day 3727 - 2/7/20)

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It is really windy outside. Stephen talks about how the sound from the wind woke them up last night and they couldn't go back to sleep until it subsided at 1:30 AM. Mal talks about how the wind sounded like a train which is how people describe the sound of a tornado. He says that he has never experienced winds to this extent outside of a hurricane. Mallory mentions that the wind speeds are currently 60 mi/hr. Stephen says that those wind speeds are approaching hurricane wind speeds. Mal checked outside and didn't find any damage. The weatherman said that the ground is wet from yesterday's rain, so the wind can cause some trees to fall down. They are thankful that there aren't any large trees next to their house.

Stephen is glad that they have a working garage to put their car in during these times. The garage at the old house never worked and stopped working shortly after Jeff fixed it. Stephen says that they are heating up the leftover pizza from yesterday. Stephen has to help Mal with her video for her Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - "Twins" painting. They are also doing a Yoshi's Island stream tonight.

Stephen and Mal arrive at his parents' house. He calls his dad to tell him to come outside to see their new car. Debra and Steve talk about how nice and pretty the car is. Debra then asks Stephen why he's wearing flip flops in such cold weather. He replies that it was more convenient to wear.

Stephen says that needed to come over to scan a document for their car insurance. They have a scanner at home, but they keep it in a box since there is no space to put it. So, anytime they need to scan something they come over to his parents' house since their scanner is easier to access. His parents finished their coffee bar that they made by DIYing the entertainment center. Debra also got some candles and baskets to decorate it. Stephen says that he can't believe they repurposed the entire entertainment center. Debra talks about how they had trouble deciding where to cut it because if they cut it where the cabinets ended, then it would be too low. She discussed it with her co-worker and she recommended cutting it higher and then putting a shelf on top in order to create a flat counter top.

During Christmas, Debra had pulled out the cabinet doors of the entertainment center she had saved and asked Steve if he wanted to paint them. Steve had been painting a lot, so she thought that he might want to paint these doors. Steve says that it would use up too much of his paint, so he didn't want to paint them. Debra told him to go take it to the dump since he's not planning on painting it. But, Steve doesn't like throwing stuff away. When they were repurposing the entertainment center, Debra came up with the idea of using the cabinet door as the counter top. So, Debra asked Steve if he had taken the door to the dump yet. Steve put his head down and said that it was still in the van. Then, she says that she got more decorations for the wall of the new room. Rocko also got used to all the changes in that room. Previously, he was so scared of the new room that he would walk up to the boundary line between the dining room and living room and then run away. Debra says that he really loves the rug, he will lie on his back and rub against it.

Back at home, they are having the leftover cheese from the Super Bowl party. Stephen released multiple vlogs today and Mal released her painting video. Today, they had the 3rd Yoshi's Island stream. They are trying to keep up the pace of doing a world and a half worth of levels each stream. There are 6 worlds, so there will be enough for 4 streams. The problem is that the further they get in the game, the harder the levels are. Therefore, they die more often and it takes longer to complete levels, so the streams last longer. The last stream is next week, so they plan on starting the stream earlier in order to be able to finish at an earlier time. Stephen talks about how great the game is overall. He played it when he was a kid, but he doesn't remember a lot of it. Stephen remembers fighting the raven boss battle the most. Jon (Proton Jon) was in the chat and told him that the raven was the boss of World 5.

When Stephen first got the PSP, he played a lot of Super Nintendo games since it was the perfect portable system at the time. He played a lot of classic games on it, so Yoshi's Island may have been one of those games. Stephen does remember playing through Earthbound more than once. The PSP might have struggled to play Mario World 2 since emulation on the PSP was still in the early stages. Stephen doesn't remember the last time he played it, but he remembers the first 3 worlds of Yoshi's Island really well.

Mal's reading through the manuals for the car. There are 4 sets of manuals and it comes with a quick guide for each of the manuals. Stephen says that hasn't had time to mess around with the car settings. He says that he might do it on a day where he's waiting in the car for Mal to finish her doctor's appointment.