I miss when I was new to the Mother series and still got to look forward to the mother 3 translation. I enjoy playing it to death but I felt like I had one last Mother game to look forward to.

I miss the candy store that was near where I live. It was the only one within a short driving distance for me and now its gone. It doesn't feel the same just buying a bag of candy or a candy bar, its just not the same.

Well what do you miss.

I understand, as I've been looking forward to mother 3, since before I beat earthbound in the first month of the games existence. when I made it to fourside for the first time, and read that the game was being developed. I was all hyped up. and I couldn't wait for earthbound 2 (mother 3) to come out. although I wasn't even half way done with earthbound. that's when I started to want and desire the sequel. so for me. it was almost a way of life. to wait for mother 3 to come out. lets see I'm 28. now and I was 28 when I first played the translated version of mother 3. so let me do some quick math. 15 years of my life. that's OVER HALF OF MY LIFE TIME. spent waiting for mother 3. so yeah. I can understand that void. that empty feeling inside you. that was once filled with desire of something that seemed impossible to acquire. and then suddenly acquiring it. leaves you empty.

I miss that desire as well
as humans we love do long for things that are out of reach. I think that's what keep pushing us to evolve, to grow, to prosper. is what we'll never have.

and I've always noticed in life, the more we acomplish these almost impossible the things. in the long run we feel less inethuestiastice about life in general, becaues we feel we have less things to acomplish. life is more entertaining when everything is out of reach. this be why a lot of rich people commit suicide. because everything they want and desire. is in their grasp.

but anyway. what do I miss? having a job.
I miss having a job.
I miss being able to see my daughter every single day.
I miss the feeling of buying things with my hard earned cash, and telling myself I deserved such a thing.
I miss the sensation of accomplishment.
I miss my good job I had, before my wife talked me out of quitting it to move to another state, before we got divorced and I went back to the state I came from... but without that super awesome job, that payed so good I was able to take care of a wife, 2 kids, and myself. off of just my own pay... I miss that job... I miss the good economy that allowed me to find such a great paying job.

I miss my old computer, I got a new better one but I still miss the old one. The old one had so much sentimental value to it. It was the computer I became a fan of EarthBound on, it was the computer I first played mother 3 on, the computer I got my first bank account and paypal account with. I did so much with it and now its dead, it was my fault. It had a lot of quirks but I had it for years and did so many things on it.

I miss traveling back to my home country every year.
I miss not having any homework.
I miss having a house that my family owns.
I miss playing chess with my grandpa.

I miss my girlfriend I had when I lived in Ontario, she was awesome.

strange when I went to jail 2 years ago. she was the first thought I had in my mind. l felt, I'm sure I let her down. and I was still married back then. strange how I was thinking about my ex-girlfriend and not my wife. I honestly couldn't care if I let my wife down. but for some reason my first thought was, OMG, I'm sorry (ex-girlfriends name removed for privacy) I let you down... is that f#cked up?

that and I was taking a walk out in the rain today. and I just couldn't help but want to talk to her on the phone. but I wouldn't know how to get a hold of her if I wanted to. but ever since I went to jail... she's all I've really been able to think about. I wonder why I miss her so bad?

heck it's missing her that's making my divorce with my wife seem like not that big of a deal

i miss being fascinated with the most simple things in life and nature. like watching two squirrels play with each other, and being awed. grass swaying back and forth in the wind. basically i miss having the perspective of a child. kids tend to take things in for what they are. as an adult, we learn to shut things off our minds and only believe what we want to believe, just like kyoo's quote. and we miss out on things that are right in front of us, a little kid can point it out. i miss that magical sensation i felt from playing Earthbound the very first time. i wish i got that sensation everytime i play it, like it's my very first playthrough. same with Mother 3. and the anticipation of getting to play Mother on the NES.

I miss that feeling of going to a new school where no one knows you and you don't know them and it gives you a fresh start on making friends and a new good reputation with out kids spreading rumors about you.

I miss experiencing Zelda OoT and MM for the first time in my life.

I miss my 8th grade teacher... me and her always talked about video games... (the good ones).

I miss having a relationship to love and hold someone, someone you can say I love you too and they will say the same back, I miss the cuddling and the time spending together. (But I don't miss the person)

I miss my dog that passed away 2 years ago who we had for 11 years... ironic how our new dog which is the same breed had 11 puppies...

I miss a lot of things but there is no going back but there are new things to experience for the first time and I honestly can't wait because I am still young and I got a whole life and world infront of me begging me to explore deeper into it.

this thread made me say to myself, what do I miss. and I told myself talking long night walks under the brisk moon light, being witness of the illuminating effect of the twilight hour. oh, how I missed it so. and then last night around midnight, although it was raining, I put on my jacket and hat, and walked for hours into the dim lit ghouly night, a pale reminder of how much joy I was brought as a youth when walking alone in at the darkest hours. I was cold and soaking wet when I got home. chilled to the bone. I took a shower and warmed my self wrapped in a blanket. like I did so many years before. tonight. I strolled under the midnight sky's jaw dropping at the awe effect of the midnight sky reflecting off the roads and illuminating the buildings that lie ahead in a distant path. I had wonder video game music playing throughout my head. enjoying the noise that only I can hear. I start to utter the nonsense noise that only I could possibly make sense of it's garbled juncture.

starstormer, you made me ask myself, what is is I missed. a question I never thought of asking myself. and with it I found my own answer. and I've found happiness with the answer to the things I could control. and I realized I missed those walks. I missed how beautiful I once viewed the world under the midnight light.

I no longer miss walking aimlessly under the midnight moon, for hour on end. because I set forth on my daily midnight strolls.

so thank you starstormer, for making me ask the question. I should have asked myself a long time ago. and that is. what do I miss?

in time I might be able to fix the other things I've listed. but for now. I'm only forcing what I control. sorry if this is written horribly. I just got back from a long walk and I'm out of my breath. so I can't really think.

if I feel this good, by restoreing the walks. I can't wait to see how great I feel when I get myself a job. why did I quit a good job at the start of the the economies decline? because I didn't learn from my dad, I let a woman control and cloud my judgment. I was weak. but deep down I don't regret the mistakes I've maken. although I hate that I have a little bump of jail time in my life. I used to love having a 100% clean record.

I'll list that as something I miss

I miss having a spotless, crimeless record. sure I got my charges cleared. but my fingerr prints still exist on record, those 3 days I was in jail are still on paper work somewhere. and that bugs me I really miss being able to brag that I'm pure.

but all my flaws and mistakes in the last 3 to 4 years. has taught me many of lessons. and most of them I learned while I existed in Alabama. the people that live in that State are so different from the rest of the world. it's like they exist in their own little country, that the rest of the world doesn't even realize exist.

I miss the days when I could look back and say I had no real regrets.
I miss the times when I believed that life would get easier as I got older. (so naive I was)
I miss not feeling guilty about eating food. because it was my own food, that I payed for (I'm jobless so I have to eat other peoples food)
I miss not feeling guilty about using electricity, or water, because it was my own that I payd my own bills for.
I miss waking up and thinking to myself how I hate work, and I just wished I could sleep all day.
I miss complaining that I had to work overtime

but I got to take everything one step at a time. I can start with walking, right now my car battery is dead and I have a virus on my computer, so job hunting for the last couple of days. hasn't been going well. I miss being able to drive my car and fill out online applications.

I miss my childhood. Memories aren't good enough.

But what I miss more then anything else in the world, what I'd give anything up just to get it back even if it meant ruining my own life is my sister. RIP Fatima, we all love you.

ITT: reminiscing on nostalgic memories.

I miss being a kid and coming home from school everyday and watching Toonami!