FF ramblings

[ria_oaks]

I happened to check Rpgamer.com a few minutes ago and noticed that FFIII:DS comes out today (I haven't really been keeping track...). I'm probably just being too over-emotional, but this day feels rather historic in the RPG world - the last Final Fantasy that wasn't released in the US is finally here. I checked, and it's been approximately 16.5 years since FFIII was released in Japan - well, better late than never, I guess. XD I mean sure, I played it years ago on a translated ROM and I won't be buying this version anytime soon (lack of a DS... and lack of time to play. woe.), but it's still cool to think that it's here. It's sort of a pity that the original version of the game will never make it here, most likely (how hard would it have been to include the orignal version in the new game, really...?), but the new version looks pretty spiffy. Hopefully I'll get to play it someday.

3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.

And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.

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[bk635.livejournal.com]

*downloads rom* I'll tell you what it's like in a few years when there's working DS emulator.

Funny, just as I was reading your post, the commercial for it started playing on the TV behind me.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Haha. XD I'd kinda like to get a DS someday... they can play GBA games, right? Figure it might be worth it for that, and for the various DS games. Course, given that I've barely touched my PS2 in the last few monthes... ehehe.

Heh. It's still strange to see commercials for it... can't quite believe that it's out finally. o.o It's been years since the last traditional FF game, FFXI excluded, although admittedly I played FFX fairly late so I haven't had to wait as long. But god, this game has been in development for a long time... I remember first pictures/trailers coming out bloody years ago.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I'm bored. So instead of making a post of my very own, I'll just reply here.

I dunno..seriously. :/

Did you hear about the weather we're having here? You know you have nothing to talk about when you ask about the weather.. Oh well. Yuu~~~~~

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Haha, no comment. XD Yeah, I've heard about the shitty weather - sounds pretty crazy. The electricity was out at Bowen for quite awhile.

I'm bored too, yet also ridiculously busy. *cough* Essay due Tuesday, and what have I done on it? Not a hell of a lot. And what have I done today? Very little. Went to Staples and bought ink. Woo.

How's school?

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Heh, I just found a video of American troops in the Middle East teasing Iraqi children with a bottle of water. Wrong on so many levels.. :|

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Christ, that's fucked up. o.o Possibly even more disturbing is that there's a damned video of it circulating the web. Typical... Though at least it exposes the atrocities over there to people here.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

http://www.knitemare.org/cats/MonorailCat.jpg

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Woah, that looks... odd. ^^ Cute yet creepy. And I'm trying to figure out where it's legs are. o.o

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Well shit, I just watched a video of an anaconda regurgitating a tapir, which are like 3 times the girth of a human. :|

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I knew I could count on you to think up something random to say to continue this conversation. XD

That's pretty crazy. It's amazing what those things can eat. o.o

[bk635.livejournal.com]

It's snowing~!

Maybe you're like, the thing that keeps snow away? Stay in Ontario; snow is awesome.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Okay, you beat me to it. XD Was about to make a comment here to continue the conversation...

Haha, maybe. Or else me going here makes the weather in this country mysteriously reverse itself. Oh well, we're supposed to be getting snow here in December, I think.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Thursday I went out to buy a new pen, because my old one was starting to smell, and the rubber grip was falling apart. Yeah, I know, sounds like I'm describing a butt-plug, huh? But I'm not. It's a pen.

Good thing I bought several refill packs, with two barrels of ink in each one.

Three days later, I have written out 20 pages of meticulous notes (three chapters' worth), double sided and single spaced, and used four complete barrels of ink. I need a new pen that doesn't run out so fast. My hand hurts. :/

The sad thing is, that's not even half of the material I have to cover for my microbiology final. T.T

+1 Yuu~~~

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

You do realize that I would never have equated your description with a butt-plug if you hadn't mentioned it, don't you? XD

See, this is why I'm not in science. :) Good luck with that... sounds like a lot of work.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Okay bk635, moving our conversation (such as it was ^^) back over here...

*non-sequitor* EW FUCK I think there's a spider on my ceiling. It's kinda squished into the corner so it's hard to tell what it is... *sniff*

Okay, and now what I was actually gonna ask to provoke some level of conversation: when are your exams? I'm going to be in N Van on Thursday, so hoping to hang out with whoever's available then. Going to Bowen on Friday for work, but will be back in N Van prob Sunday, then for most of the following week. Doing family stuff for b-day on the day itself (Sunday), then friend b-day stuff sometime over the next few days (cause Jane has exams until the 18th or 19th).

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

EW I THINK IT MOVED. Definitely a smallish brown spider. Fuck. *goes to get zapper and kill the little fucker*

Yes, I overreact to things like this. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

This is, without a doubt, the most evil child in existence.

Future super-villain:

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

That's pretty creepy. o.o And rather mesmerizing in a severly disturbing way. *runs away*

I wanna go to bed... ;_; Tired and bored of writing about the distinction between high and low culture, even though it's interesting. Not to mention due tomorrow. Gah. So sleepy... o.o

I'm having a sudden attack of paranoia that I didn't properly cite by references on my term paper and I'm going to go to my TA tomorrow to ask if they're alright and possibly submit a new bibliography. What can I say, I'm paranoid (and dont' want to fail cuz of plagirism).

Tiiiired.... how goes the studying for tomorrow?

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Hm.. 'Wonderfalls' is on VisionTV. It doesn't seem to be as good as I remember it...

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Hi.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hi. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I've sent a gnome to kill you.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

*looks over shoulder furtively* I'll be on the lookout. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Hah.. A Firefly MMORPG has been announced. Even a fucking redneck with an intelligence level that's slightly higher than that of Paris Hilton can tell that this is going to fail. The last thing this genre's stagnant market needs is an MMO based on a TV show. Yeah; The Matrix: Online was a HUGE success. ¬_¬

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Huh, intriguing... Granted, I suppose the Firefly universe could be suited to an MMORPG, but not sure how well this will work out... I'll have to wait until more info is available. Either way, though, I'm not all that interested - don't particularly want to play an MMORPG even if it's FIrefly. ^^;

[bk635.livejournal.com]

This is cute, so I decided to make a second thread for you to reply to once you wake up.

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Here are some statistics for the Year 1906:

*With insightful commentary!*


The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Yeah, but the 53 extra years we have now are pretty shitty for most people, so...

Only 14 per cent of the homes had a bathtub.

Could this explain the 47 year lifespan? Hmmmmm....

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

Invented in 1876. It's going to take more than 30 years to wire entire fucking countries. This shouldn't even be a statistic.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

When you read further, you'll know why there were only 8000 cars available.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

Is it because...-wait for it-...the cars couldn't go any faster back then? No way!

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

Touché.

The average wage was 22 cents per hour.

Could this by why, *gasp* there were only 8000 cars in 1906? Demand was low.

The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .

Redundant. Fails.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

Obviously people didn't care about oral hygiene back then, but they did care about designing those paved roads for those 8000 speedy cars.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Probably a good thing too - see below.

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."

...Ditto.

Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Fucking witchcraft system of measurement.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Maybe this explains why hats were more popular back then?

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

*Looks at DownTown Eastside.* Yep, another promise our government failed to keep.

Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The 14% homes having bathtubs-thing strikes again. -_-

The American flag had 45 stars.

I think it's an ugly flag. :/

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!

That's because it was a shithole desert at the beginning.

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea
hadn't been invented yet.

So? Those aren't great anyway. Canned beer tastes like piss.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Hallmark holidays. Useless.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.

Better than now, sadly.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

As opposed to..?

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Proved by the doctors with no college education, no doubt.

Eighteen percent of households had at least
one full-time servant or domestic help.

Bold.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE ! U.S.A. !

That's because back then when someone got murdered you could go out and get revenge; you took care of your own problems. These days if you were to try that *you* would be the one getting put in prison, not to mention being sued by the murderer for hurting his feelings.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. That's cute in a kinda disturbing way. Doesn't look particularly comfortable, either. o.o Hehe.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Here you go. Figured you might like to read this. It's about the Hugh Laurie saving Sasha Baron Cohen thing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=416121&in_page_id=1773

I mentioned it yesterday. The fraternity students from the movie are suing him. The woman who booked Borat for that news interview seen in the movie wasn't familiar with his act, spiraled into depression after her boss began doubting her decisions, and lost her job. She is also suing him.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

This must live.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yes, it must. XD We need a new topic of conversation.

Um...

What did you do for New Year's?

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Hi.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hi.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Creepy.

The preview comic is out, and Buffy says (remember, this is canon):

"There used to be one slayer in the world. Eighteen hundred now, that we've counted. ...There's even three of me. The guys figured I was a target, set up two other slayers to be me. One's underground, literally. One's in Rome, partying very publicly. And supposedly dating some guy called 'The Immortal'. That part was Andrew's idea. He did research on the guy, said it would be hilarious for some reason."

You feeling better, by the way?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read that. Rather amuses me how they're trying to ret-con Buffy's appearance in that s5 episode considering how ridiculous everyone thought it was to use a random blonde and old audio clips to stand in for SMG. XD Guess this is their way of explaining why she didn't look like her. ;p

Nope, still feel like shit. -_- Think I'm actually worse today. All congested and lacking in energy. I hate feeling so tired and lethargic constantly. *sigh* Didn't even bother getting properly dressed today or going out; just been lying around in sweats watching TV. And getting bored of doing so, for once. Only so much TV even I can watch, especially when I feel crappy while doing so. ^^; I want to feel normal again so I can get moving on the readings for this week; I was hoping to get most of them done this weekend...

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Okay, here's my shitty box. Those instructions sucked. -_- They wanted me to make two halves and stick them together. It's crappy. XD

(http://imageshack.us)

And apparently I'm stupid, because I forgot that today is in fact Thursday and the Doctor Who pilot is actually airing tomorrow night on CBC. So. Tomorrow night, 12:30 on CBC/ch3 if you're interested. It's a fun show; not particularly deep, but entertaining and well done overall. Also addicting. Plus it is a classic sci-fi series, after all. I'm kinda considering checking out some of the original series eps, but don't really know where to start (there are over 600. ^^;)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

That's sad. Here's how you make a cube (you'll need scissors): http://www.trivista.com/products/paperphotocube/ppcvisif.htm

Glue on the tabs. Remember? Grade, like, 2?

Oh, by the way, watch this http://youtube.com/watch?v=xmsV9R8FsDA

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I HAVE A PAIR OF MITTS.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

That's exciting. XD

Revival of the Legendary Thread, yes!

Our team at bowling won the prize for donating the most money ($499 I believe was our final total), so we got $100 worth of gift cards for various restauarnts. Then they came and gave us another $75 worth of cards for some reason or another (seriously, no idea why). We rock. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Haha. XD

Okay, I can't think of an appropriately witty reply to that. ;p

*is lazy and kinda sick* bleh.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

How annoying. There's no Prison Break tonight; instead, we get treated to two hours of fucking 24.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. It sucks, though actually I'm kinda relieved since I have a midterm tomorrow morning and I need to study tonight... new ep next week, at least.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hey, a question. I'm looking up ficional books about prison because I might be writing an essay on media representations of prisons, and I came across a book called 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'. The name sounded really familiar, and I think that's because you mentioned reading it in your English class? Could be wrong, but I thought I rememebered that. If that is the case... is it any good? And does it give a good/interesting portrayal of life in prison?

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yes, I read it last year. It was a very entertaining book. It's written as a dialogue between two, and only two, characters. It doesn't describe any setting or action; everything must be inferred from the dialogue. The book doesn't even tell you who's talking, so you have to keep up with the conversation. It takes place in an Argentinian prison. One man is a gay self-centered window dresser who spends a lot of time describing movies (as a form of entertainment) to his cellmate, who is an introverted revolutionary.

But no, it's not about prison, so I doubt it's what you're looking for. I'd read it anyway, since it's a really good (and different) book.