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]

Are you working tomorrow? Can't you just come to North Van. one day earlier or something; you know, getting a head start on all that packing? ;p

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

All my stuff's up here, so most of the packing will actually be done here... I don't know, maybe. Not sure what's happening yet. And yeah, I'm working tomorrow. Then need to get stuff together, so coming down tomorrow night is unlikely.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

There should be a sky train connecting both of your houses. :o

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Hi.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hi.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

What's going on?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Very little. Watching TV and working on Toby!Doll. Who has a long way to do; and I keep messing up... stupid sewing machine. -_- (note how I blame the machine, not my crappy sewing "skills") Not too much longer until the body's done, though I suspect I'll be doing the clothes by hand at school. ^^; Also really really hope I have enough stuffing. o.o

Exciting, no? XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm worse. Today I woke up at 10 a.m., but I decided that it wasn't worth getting up that early so I slept until 2 p.m. just to make the day that much shorter. :|

Then I spilled my tea while having breakfast; the most important thing that got wet was my T.V.'s remote control. I had to spend 15 minutes taking that apart and drying each part with a hair drier, since it stopped working.

Then I tried to get a second copy of the best shield in FFXII from a chest that has a 1.8% chance of caughing it up. 30 minutes later, I got lucky. No more FFXII for me today.

Then I watched 1 hour of Seinfeld. Now I'm watching 'One Hour Photo' in which Robin Williams plays a photo clerk who is dangerously obsessed with a family. He's pretty creepy.

Fun, no? :|

[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...

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I always thought that scene looked pretty stupid, but it's nice now that there's a canon explaination for it, kind of. Oh yeah, I was watching Hypaspace Weekly and they said they're making a puppet Spike now. ~_~ Good thing you aren't as into it as you used to be, otherwise you'd probably be spending ~$70 soon. ;p

Yeah but that's Sunday TV. There's almost never anything good on Sunday TV. Well it's 9 p.m. for you right now so it's probably just best to load up on the Nyquil and get some sleep.

Is there going to be a new episode of Prison Break tomorrow?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Heh, I just find it hilarious that there's now a canon explanation given the fan reaction to that scene... I think they added that in out of recognition of how silly that was. ^^

Yeah, I saw that too, but what I don't get is why they're only now talking about it... I've seen the Spike Puppet on eBay (I occasionally check to see how much puppet!Angel's worth...) and various other online stores for monthes now. Heh. Anyway, I find it fairly ridiculous that they're making a doll of something that was never actually on the show. ^^

True that Sunday TV sucks (although I've managed to find some Friends and Seinfeld), but a lot of what I've been watching is stuff on my computer that I actually like. And I'm still bored. o.o Though partly it's the fact that even watching TV takes some effort and I feel too shitty to enjoy it completely. ^^ And I don't feel up to drawing while I watch, which I often like to do. Wah.

No, on Jan. 22nd. Did you see my post about it the other day? Considering that you replied to it. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

The only good thing that was on Sundays was Eureka, but that won't be back until the Summer. But I did watch 'Zero Effect' today, which is a great movie. Now I'm..working. So awesome.

When was the recap and was there any new material in it? I had no idea that there would be one since I pretty much stopped watching FOX when the show went on break.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Weekends in general suck for TV, even for brainless sitcom watching... fortunately I've had Doctor Who to keep me entertained. But with only 13 episodes per season, and me already 4 eps into s2 with 2 monthes to go before s3.... trying to stretch them out a bit. Haha, yeah right. -_-

It was evidentally on yesterday on 4, but not here for some reason (I accidentally had my N Van postal code in zap2it.com and saw it on that schedule). Doubt it would've been interesting; just a recap of the season thus far. Originally I'd heard that they were doing one on the 22nd then having a new ep on the 29th, but guess things changed.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Do you still feel like shit?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Nope, finally started feeling better today. :) Got a lot better overnight, suddenly. Celebrated by studying for awhile then playing FFXII for 2 hours. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Good. I haven't played FFXII since school started. I keep meaning to, but I don't because I know I'll get that damn guilty feeling that you get when you know that you should be studying instead. How far are you? Do you like it so far?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Well, I figure there isn't much guilt in the first few weeks since the workload is still low. No readings last week, and partway through this week's readings. Not too worried, so lots of free time. :)

I just got Ashe in my party. I'm enjoying it so far; really not that far in. Battle system is fun, story is okay but not spectacular.

About to make another post... in a few min.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to keep up so I don't fall behind later. :/

I thought you were farther than that.. I guess I got my sequence of events mixed up. I thought the Lhusu Mines were farther ahead..

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to keep up, too. Want to finish this week's readings by Friday then start on next week's.

I meant the second time you get Ashe, when she actually joins your party properly. The first time (in the dungeons, I think) she's just a guest. I did the Lhusu Mines, then the Leviathan stuff where we rescued her, then she joins the party. That's where I stopped. I think I'm ~10-11 hours in so far, at level 13 or 14 for Vaan.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Tomb of Raithwall is next I guess, but that takes forever and a half to get to. :| Make sure you get a couule of Demonbane swords from there.. Those will last you until like, the third to last town. :|

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

*checks walkthrough* Sounds like a pain to get, but worth it... I'll have to do some power levelling and stuff (and learn some quickenings...) so I can defeat that boss to get it. Shiny.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Yeah that boss is hard mainly because it's timed. But just get like 2 Quickenings for everyone and you should be able to pull off a decent sized Quickening chain.. You'll enjoy the MP boost anyway.

[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