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ria_oaks ([personal profile] ria_oaks) wrote2006-11-14 01:53 pm

FF ramblings

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.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Haha.. I get the feeling that they rushed the interview process when looking for a manager.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, god knows. o.o Thing is, though, she can seem very nice when she wants to, but then she'll turn on a dime and completely blow you off. Worse, she blows members off, routinely. o.o

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like she might be bipolar or menopausal.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Probably the former. Too young for the latter, and anyway I don't see hormones being enough to account for this insanity (plus I'm sick of women's behaviour being written off on account of their reproductive systems... in some parts of the world the concept of PMS is completely foreign and strange. Jus' saying.) To be honest, we do wonder if there's something wrong with her. She's pretty fucking nuts sometimes. Which makes it admittedly less funny, but...

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe the former then; I didn't know how old she was.

*shrug* The fact remains that mood changes are possible a symptom of it. It hits some women more than others. But yes, it's wrong to generalize.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Early 40s, and menopause doesn't hit until 50s.

Meh, it can be, but not to this extent. And such excuses are used far too often to trivialize women's behaviour, and it annoys me. Anyway... I don't know what's up with her, or if it's actually a genuine mental condition, but...

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.. It's possible that it may start in the early 40s, but yeah you're right - the average is 50ish.

Tell her that you'll be getting her coffee from now on, so that you can slip her a mickey. Use a depressant, or something. You have to be suave while you do it, though.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, drugging my boss, yeah, that's a good way to get fired. XD

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-05-26 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's why you have to be suave, so she won't notice. ;p