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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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7:59 pm - Old-school-geek.
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I've spent the last week or two playing through "Phantasy Star IV" at work. I've played the game so many different times and own three copies of it for different systems, but this was the first time I'd gotten around to finishing it. That aside, I have to say that I'm sad that the awesome that was the Phantasy Star series faded to what it is now days. I'm perfectly fine with the action-ish format, but now I can see what there is to miss with the loss of the continuous plot. There's something very awesome about a series of RPGs with big giant plots that all weave together into an ever bigger giant plot. Very very awesome.
The naming conventions suck... and I wish I knew what most of the spells did, but I can accept that.
Hmmm... little else to mention, really.
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| Friday, July 3rd, 2009
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9:01 am - It's all gone now.
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I finished the last of the Doctor Who stuff Rose had any now there's nothing left for me to watch that is in English. This is a sad thing. If anyone had anything else to offer me, please let me know. I enjoy being a couch potato. Thanks.
In other news I drew some more stuff to decorate my desk at work. Some Kamen Rider chibis. I can't wait to cut them out and put them up. I also did some Kumoricon stuff as well. See, see, see? Not overly pleased with any of them, though the idea of the Kamehameha one does still make me giggle.
Hmmm... oh, strangely enough, Lys and I got into "1 VS 100" on Xbox Live. I'm not actually very good at trivia, but the idea of a game show that is actually live and features random people in the audience entertains me a lot. I just wish that they choose their participants based on how much people have played and not how well. That makes more business sense to me: Encourage people to always watch/play and in turn watch the commercials you play, make more money because of how many people you can claim are watching the commercials, use more money to keep the whole thing rolling.
Hmmm... that's about it. Oh, and allergies are killing me. Yay, holiday!
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| Friday, June 26th, 2009
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6:31 am - Media thoughts.
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Not much worth jotting down save opinions of recent media things.
First off... "Transformers 2". It was... ugh. I prefered the first movie. It had less effects, explosions and robots, but it was just a better put together movie. I should rewatch it just to be sure, I guess.
There are just so many things to complain about and the good things were basically explosions and fancy machines and being able to see giant robots. Everything else was either subpar or just bad. The humping dogs, the one liners that weren't even said at good times (One liners will never be good things, but they can be fun if done right.), the fact that they added more and more expensive special effects but there wasn't even a reason for them to do so since individualism is much more important when you are doing BIG SCARY MONSTER. Freaking hell. If you make a ton of big scary monsters and you have them being blown up 24/7 they are no longer big scary monsters... they instead become big expensive waste of time.
*sigh*
And don't even get me started on the subject from the basis of being a fan of the franchise. That was a heartache of awesomeness (Soundwave as a satelite! That's genius! Ravage with 80's sound effects! Ha!) and total suckage (Megatron is a willing lackey?! What the f*%&?! Devastator can't even stand up?!). I was going into the movie having heard that it was less than great, but I was even more disappointed in the end since what I saw here showed that even if there is a third film... even if they do something with Unicron... it will suck. Sad days.
The other thing I've been playing with is the PSP game "Prinny: Can I Be The Hero?". It is... well... hard. But I absolutely love it. But it is freaking hard. I would also like to be able to save while in a level. One of those "save for later/delete on loading" type of saves. There is no excuse for handheld games to not have such options.
Hmmm... oh, I have to mention Michael Jackson. Namely that everyone is talking about his music and whatnot. On the drive home yesterday I doubled my knowledge of his music. I honestly only knew four of his songs and perhaps 3-4 Jackson 5 songs. Ha. I just find my lack of pop culture knowledge to be entertaining... after I just talked about so much geek culture. Ha.
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| Sunday, June 14th, 2009
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12:53 pm - Season Finales Suck
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I've been watching a ton of "Doctor Who" thanks to Rose and I have to say that I feel that the best part of each season is right in the middle. I just finished Season 3 of the new series and episodes like "Blink" are awesome, but the season finale is boring and stupid... well, save for the Face of Boe bit at the end. It's really too bad that they think they have to top things that have been done before, really... I fear how laughably stupid the Daleks will seem in the next season. That seems to be the working design: Make the classic enemy stupider and stupider every two episodes for no reason at all.
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| Sunday, May 31st, 2009
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9:15 am - Wishy-washy, wishy-washy.
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I never seem to think of something and stick to it, do I? I was going to force myself to play lots of tennis... but then stopped. I decided that I didn't need to go to Kumoricon, but then I start up work on a cover entry again. I tell Rose I want all of her "Doctor Who", but then I never drive out there to get it.
Hmph at me, that's all I have to say.
Seriously, it is. I haven't really been up to all that much that I think anyone would have any interest in. I've been playing a lot of Street Fighter IV in the Championship Mode. It's pretty nice now that I've figured out how the ranking works out. I'd probably play more if I didn't have to spend half of my time just trying to get a game going. Speaking politely over the microphone makes me smile, though.
"Hello, good day. Let's have a jolly good game now, alright?" - F&$^ YOU you PUSSY!!! F&$^ THIS SHIT! can't YOU USE A DIFFERENT F&$^ing MOVE?!?!?! BAIEIGHGKD:GHDFL:KDFJK:LFJL: - "Thank you very much for the game, it was fun. Have a very nice day."
It amuses me because I only have something like a 56% win rate, but I always seem to beat those people. Happy days!
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| Sunday, May 24th, 2009
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9:50 am - It's funny, seeing it there on the wall.
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The Chu costume is just hanging on the wall. I have some cheapo shoes to put into it so that it would be all finished, save for the sunglasses to mimic the Chu's beady little black eyes. But I just don't care anymore.
I don't care that much what other people think of it (Though it's always nice if someone likes it.), but I myself am never happy with the costumes I make and that always bugs me. And even though the idea was to make something that I could wear that is comfortable, this stupid thing is all WHITE. That's not going to be a good thing for me to wear for an entire day. Meh. Plus, even if I don't care what random people think of things, it's nice to have someone to chat with about it. I don't know anyone like that anymore, not really.
So I think I'm done.
I don't even think I'm going to KumoriCon this year. It just doesn't seem worth the effort. Maybe I'll go watch a movie that weekend, since I think that would probably be the same enjoyment level. Hmmm... oh, yes, that's right. Maybe I'll go if there add a guest that sounds interesting to me.
O'well.
current mood:  disappointed
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| Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
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6:21 am - I don't know how, but I want.
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Happy days.
I wonder if they have to cut anyone due to licensing issues. Some I could deal with, but I'd cry forever if I didn't get my Casshern.
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| Sunday, May 17th, 2009
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9:47 pm - This sounds so... so... who knows?
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I bought a century old book this weekend, saw a fancy garden that's probably pretty important, had a nice milkshake and wondered why super space science can't invent a damn Detroit auto maker quality robot. I think that's about it for random highlights.
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| Sunday, May 10th, 2009
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9:01 pm - Where? What? ...Who?
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So, yeah, through the wonders of Amy's family's Netflix account I started watching the 2005 "Doctor Who" series.
The annoying this is that it is indeed damn good and I can only access half of the first season this way. Damnit. I want to watch all of it.
I seriously never thought that I'd actually be able to understand how people see the plunger-trash-cans as scary, but it might have been helped by my introduction to them having been one at a time.
Hmmm... I bet that I could rent it normally.
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| Friday, May 1st, 2009
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1:43 pm - Liberally mix in large piles of s***t.
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Because I was forced to take today off from work Amy and I went to see the Wolverine movie.
If anyone thinks that film is a good use of characters from a different medium they are a complete and total freaking idiot.
I could list more things than I can tally right now for how many ways the movie failed. Instead I will list two good things and a simple question followed by why that question is important.:
1. The logger-bar fight was pretty cool. Creed kicked his ass.
2. Dukes was a pretty good re-creation. I accept the changes made to him because the boxing fight was simply fun.
Question: When did Wolverine become such a pussy? I thought people liked him because he was actually a badass.
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| Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
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6:08 am - Yay for me!
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Today "Virtual On" goes on X-Box Live and the "Bionic Commando" demo was released. It's like magic video game presents for me! yay!
...sadly, I have to wait until I get home to play either of them. *tears*
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| Sunday, April 26th, 2009
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4:56 pm - I need to find a rocket.
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Well, hmmm... instead of possibly going and playing tennis today (Should I be worried that I sprained my ankle... what, a month ago now? And it still hurts if I pivot? Huh.) I picked up virtual Easter eggs and sewed. My Chu costume is coming along fairly well. I just need to get myself some sunglasses, add trim and another snap to the vest, sew the zipper up higher, add a tail attach the feet. That sounds like a lot now that I list it out, though. Pfft.
And I still need to make a Space Cat for Amy.
Wish I had another Chus, too. O'well.
I've been amused by Chore Wars which Amy set up a group for. It's basically a tracker for what chores you do and you earn experience the more you do and level up and whatnot. There's no real game to actually play, but... I dunno. It amuses the hell out of me to get to make the bed and go, "10 points for me!" Perhaps I'm a dork, immature, whatever... it amuses me.
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| Sunday, April 19th, 2009
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8:15 am - It hugs my butt.
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It disturbs me a little that yesterday I sewed something that hugs my butt as much as it does. So, um, yeah. I started making a Chu costume for "Chu Chu Rocket" cosplay. It's simple and easy to wear and I think that's it's just so ridiculous to be fun. It's too bad that there will only be one Chu since I don't have anyone else to convince to dress up in white with blue mouse ears and sunglasses and preferably a blue tail. O'well. The hardest part is going to be that I want to make a vest to look similar to the ones worn by the Mandragora in FFXI. Big tall color to hide my neck and lower face, but figuring out how to make that will be a little work.
Not much else worth noting down. I've been wasting time at work redesigning the Robot Masters from "Mega Man 2". I mean, seriously, one drawing, two drawings, three drawings, four drawings, five drawings. And I squeezed it all into 30 second intervals through out the day. That's really no way to draw... not once you have any idea and want to finish it, at least.
current music: Yoshiki Fukuyama - Makka Na Chikai
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| Sunday, April 12th, 2009
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9:57 pm - Random thoughts.
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Today I decided to play some Time Crisis. I really wanted to play "Crisis Core" with two guns, but apparently I need to unlock that. O'well. Still some damn good shooting.
I also feel a desire to go to an animation festival again. Sadly, I appear to have missed the most recent Animation Show. O'well.
Oh, on that note, I found a copy of the short version of "9". See here. I can't wait to see the new version. I hope it's good. Makes me wonder how different it'll be since everyone is dead in the short. I'm also worried about "Astro Boy".... Sadly, no Pluto.
Oh, and I'd totally forgotten how awesome this short is.
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| Monday, April 6th, 2009
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6:27 am - A mention of what not to do.
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Oh, I guess I should add a note. On Saturday I made a bad mis-step and skipped a few steps on some stairs and found myself putting all my weight onto my left ankle. It's always wierd to think about your foot being off to the side like that. Turned out to not be as bad as I initially feared, but still.... Yesterday I had to wear sandles because my food couldn't handle the pressure due to the swelling. Thankfully that's gone down this morning.
What I have to wonder is why exactly I've sprained my ankles so many times? I wonder how much of the reason is genetic and how much is just me?
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| Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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9:56 pm - Something more enjoyable.
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I thought that I might share some more enjoyable things.
I made waffles yesterday and then coated them in chocolate. They have varying degrees of maple flavor as well as syrup. They were... hmmm... a fair success, but not a very big one. They taste fine, but the chocolate melts and flakes easily, plus the waffles themselves fall apart. The syrup ones are way too sugary, too. But could be worse.
I have a big bag of chocolate covered strawberries. Oh yeah.
I went crazy ass and have been playing some old stuff. God, do I ever love the old Neo Geo platform. So much awesome stuff came from that. I spent tonight playing through "Eight Man", tinkering around with "Pulstar" and the wonderfully named "Pleasure Goal" (Bonus points to anyone who can guess what it's about without looking it up!) before playing through "Waku Waku 7".
I always wanted this game for my Saturn and now I know that it really was freaking awesome. Not really great, per say, but... you just have to watch someone play it. It's all wackiness and insanity, flashing colors and joke after joke. The select screen has someone humming the theme song. The bonus stage is a fight against Bonus Kun, a sentient punching bag who decends from above. He has a bandana and "fighter eyes!"...! And then, at the end... at the end... well... then you face him:
This is him after he beats the shit out of you twice. He's almost cute before this... cute... and scary. If you get him to the third round the background changes to night time and one of the buildings actually has lights on it that read "THIS IS THE LAST BOSS".
Man, I love the Neo Geo. I really do.
current mood:  pleased
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6:19 am - On things related to breakfast.
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Last night I made waffles and coated them in chocolate. The part I ate this morning was tasty, but since I lack proper dipping facilities as well as drying/chilling facilities they are pretty ugly and blobbish.
I also have some Cap'n Crunch and I swear it feels like I put acid in my mouth. This... this... this might be a problem. *stares at the big bag of cereal and worries*
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| Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
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9:09 pm - Perhaps it's not fantasy to you....
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I'm somewhat sad, but more annoyed beyond that.
Apparently I smell like ferret. I can believe that, but I also have a hard time imagining how some people are so affected by that. Me, myself? I can't detect it. I suppose that I know the science so I know that something is there... but since I can't actually detect it I don't give a f***.
Ha ha. Guess it gives me yet another reason to not give a f***. I see no reason to care about things I can't actually see/feel/sense when there are so many things out there that I might actually give a f*** about.
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| Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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8:24 pm - It's sad even if I knew it would happen.
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I remember thinking to myself way back when I started watching "Casshern Sins" something along the lines of, "This is awesome, but when they move away from the random story each episode thing and try to actually tell an overarching story it's all going to fall to shit." And it did.
And they killed Oji and it was sad.
And Braiking Boss was only semi-cool at the end when he had a whole fight scene, but yet he was super awesome at the beginning of the series when he was there for only 20 seconds.
Funny how that works, isn't it?
I feel very very let down.
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| Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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4:15 pm - More and Less Serious
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As a random semi-sadness note, I've moved away from playing Ranking matches in SF4 since the non-ranked matches just let you continue to play with someone. If you're having fun this is great because it means you aren't spending forever listening to the catchy, but painfully short theme song. Unfortunately, though, no one wants to play with me. *sad face* I've had pretty good luck in Player Matches, so maybe it's just that I'm winning... I dunno. I even switch from Sagat to someone else for the second and continuous rounds! Woe is me, no one will play me once they face my wrath... or something.
Another thing I've been thinking about a lot is that I'm not only not a fan of ceremonies, I also just flat out don't connect to them and in most cases even have to say that I detest them. This is beginning to look like a problem as there is a rather important ceremony coming up that I am being told I have certain responsibilities with and I'm finding myself very conflicted on it.
I'm also not really sure where the disconnect between ceremony and myself begins... but that's possibly due to me not understanding why people like/want them. My first guess is that's just a show... but it's not a show. Or, if it is, it's usually a bad one. Unless you add in a comedian or a musical guest or whatnot. But at which point it is a show and the whole ceremony portion again becomes pointless.
Hmmm... or I guess I could say that I feel that ceremony is an accent to clarify something that has happened when that clarification isn't needed.
*sigh*
Just gotta bear it, I guess.
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