Haiku
From a NeoGAF thread 2007-02-02
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5481647&postcount;=22
Carefully raise child Build pool, get in, remove ladder Will Wright kills again Follow his commands Peaceful settings hide monsters Olimar: small god Where were you that day? Your alibi is air tight? Objection! You lie! Tree stumps fill the land Crushed flower; rotten turnip Truly a wild world Simple happening With a crazy bizarre twist Help! Agents are go.
Animal Crossing Pioneer. These are the haiku Al and I used to win early copies of Animal Crossing back in 2002.
Haiku <nowiki>-----</nowiki> Josh: Twenty-four seven Thee six five (or six) per year Animal Crossing If can't Pioneer, Mario would stay in Cube; Legs would atrophy! <nowiki>-----</nowiki> Alex: Night and Day system It sounds promising to me Acting as if real And when connected To my small Game Boy Advance Possibilities!
An old text file dated April 3, 2002. Note the single 5-syllable line in the middle that didn't grow into a full haiku, but I leave here for historical accuracy:
It's a theory. Derive, backwards, integrate It's fundamental. Can't imagine it Square root of negative one But it seems to work Side over sine same? Two pi radius Pi, radius: a great team. Pi radius squared Four times pi r squared Pi, radius: In 3D! Four thirds pi r cubed
Saved in old text file
First haiku to my GameCube controller, Thursday, October 4, 2001: Over here, baby You've such beautiful shoulders Let me feel you up
I found these in an old notebook. They look to be something I did while passing the time around GameCube launch.
It's Monday the twelfth I can't wait for my GameCube Hurry up, Sunday The chair has been moved The speakers are optimised Now to afford it Blow up the Death Star Rogue Squadron, where's our cover!? Factor 5, you rock. Where is Mario? Classic wuss meets vacuum tale Luigi's Mansion Two hundred dollars Four controller ports standard Ate into my brain Flipper by ArtX Gekko made by IBM Controller from Shin I'm so damn obsessed But that's just the way I am So I write haiku Nintendo, my world Now how to turn this knowledge Into cold hard cash Ant-plant-like creatures Controlled by tiny spaceman? Now THAT is the job There's more of it all Even Ice Climbers are here Super Smash Brothers! Hugeass controller Coupled with a hugeass price Poor MS Xbox
Same old notebook, and considering the subject matter, similar time frame
I crash into things Hijack hijack hijack hi Kiss your buildings bye
Saved in old text file
8/22/2001, early morn MST3K Arisen like Lazarus Then bitch-slapped back down 8/23/2001, early morn. Space World pre-show. This is a haiku about the reaction of many people. Rated M. Crowded IRC Praying for new media THAT'S Zelda!?! The fuck!