Route 24

Fire Red Update
When I last left, I told you I was going to level up my Mankey, well I did. He is on level 20 now, and my Wortotle is on level 21. I managed to get to Cerulean and Route 24. My rival was in the way, but I used my Pikachu (most awesome pokemon ever, until I catch something better).

I was on Route 24. There were many interesting trainer battles. Mostly Butterfree's Confusion (Psychic type move) came in handy. Many of the pokemon on the road were weak to it. If not Butterfree, then the Flying moves of Pidgey (gust) and Spearow (Peck) were appropriate. I wonder if anyone has made a pokemon guide telling you which pokemon to use for EVERY SINGLE BATTLE. That would be helpful because then you would know beforehand who you should have in your party instead of fainting and going back to the previous pokemon center.

I managed to catch an Abra (I know they teleport). At first it was a bit confusing since the only move it knows (so far) is teleport. They kept leaving when I attacked it once. However I decided to just throw a pokeball to try and catch it. At first I was unsuccessful, but the second Abra I tried it on was caught (YAY!!!).

And I also managed to snag an Oddish. Oddish is a fun little grass poison type pokemon which was easy to catch. Nothing fancy. Apparently, I cannot catch a Bellsprout with Fire Red (need a leaf Green). Well then. I think we all know what game I am going to be playing after Fire Red now don't we?

I also gained the badge from Curulean City. It was difficult being that the only electric type pokemon I had was Pikachu, and I had no grass type pokemon at the time.
So far this brings my total pokemon number to 22. And still counting. I found this awesome site called pokedream. I wonder how many people keep the site going? I hope it is more stable than bulbapedia which is down every 5 seconds (dumb bulbapedia), but at least it has a page which tells you which pokemon types are effective against which. This is something I have not been able to find in pokedream, althrough their walkthrough seems pretty comprehensive (except for the lack of information about what pokemon the trainers in a particular region carry).

Aside from pokemon, my life is going well. I purchased an R4 for my roomate's birthday (really late), but also because he is awesome. In case you watch my youtube videos and were wondering, the election is over, and yes, he won. They will officially be announcing it later next week for Comida Para La Gente. It is an event where people cook and the SGA Club Alianza Latina get together and act cool. My roomate is taking over next year, and although he does not read this, I wish him the best of luck.

Squirtle Evolved into Wartotle!

So my squirtle evolved into wartotle today. I know highly uneventful.
I have reached Cerulean City, and other pokemon in my collection currently include, Cateprie, Metapod, Butterfree, Weedle, Kakuna, Beedril, Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, Ekans, Pikachu, Nidoran Male, Nidoran Female, Jugglypuff, Zubat, Paras, and Mankey. I do not know which of these evolve or not.
Overall I have caught just about every pokemon I was supposed to until this point, except for the elusive Clefairy. I missed my chance in Mt. Moon to catch her (again, playing Fire Red), however I think when I get fly, I will be revisiting the Mt. Moon area. The question is, who am I going to use my new Shiny moonstone on?
Hm????

One more thing, probably trivial, and non important, but I noticed Mankey's Karate Chop is quite effective against the rampant rattata's. I am thinking about leveling him up significantly, since it seems my wartotle is getting all the attention (is at the highest level in my group)

Alianza Latina Stuff

Cook for Alianza! Watch and you will learn. Any questions? Point them to Ji Eun Kim


Also, voting for the president ends tonight (in approx 10 hours). Here is how UVM Students can vote! Vote for Jonathan Castillo!

Pokemon Update

I caught a female Nidoran, and a Jugglypuff yesterday. My starter pokemon is squirtle but I am going to evolve him up the chain (and then use Ditto to clone him). I am sooo tired right now. I have not entered the mountain near route three. I still have yet to catch a male Nidoran. 

Catch them all?

So, there was no Cynical News episode last week. Mainly because my computer died and I had to reformat it, plus there was no time with the exam I needed to take on Thursday, plus the homework assignment I had for Speciation and Phylogeny, and Donna's Birthday.

I did manage to start Pokemon Fire Red. If anyone has any helpful hints or suggestions feel free to email me:

jmejia1187@gmail.com

So far, I have not obtained my first badge. I did however manage to capture some pokemon, and evolve others. Right now I own 12 Pokemon. Here they are:

Squirtle, Caterprie, Metapod, Butterfree, Weedle, Kakuna, Beedril, Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, Mankey and Pikachu!

I will keep you all posted on my Fire Red Progress. I was looking for a National Pokedex list in text form (no stats, just a list), to get my collection complete.

Anyway, thanks a lot for reading. See you all