How it came about

So, a month or so ago, my advisor suggested that I start a blog so that I could have something to put on my resume when I start looking for a job after I graduate this May. When I asked her what she thought I should write about, she said something I knew a lot about that I was interested in. That night, I watched Julie and Julia and I came up with the idea to write a blog about Pokemon.

The world of Pokemon has been in my life since the game originally came to the States in 1998. I started out with Blue version. My dad bought Red and Blue for my brother and I so that we would have access to all the Pokemon in Kanto. Since then, I have played through each generation and though I prefer the older games, the newer games are still very fun to play.

My plan is to play through all five generations of the Pokemon world in one year. I did have one problem: which game should I play first? On one hand, I really want to play through generation one, but at the same time, I want to play through generation five as well. I finally decided that, given that generation five is new and therefore generally unknown, I will start with generation five and work my way backwards to generation one. My first official post will be March 6, 2011 as soon as I pick up my copy of Black version from GameStop. I will play through each day and then write about the Pokemon and activities that I encounter. For generation five, I hope that maybe I will be able to help others as they play through the game with me.

I also will be setting up a section called "Trainer Tales" where I will post stories of other trainers. These will consist of tales from my friends as well as my readers. So, if you have a story of a Pokemon battle that was particularly hard or interesting, feel free to message me and I will put it on my blog. ^_^

Well, I hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as I will enjoy writing it. Until next time remember...

Gotta catch 'em all!