Mark and Janine's party didn't happen, and BART back to the city would have been crazy so Nicole and I ended up going to Foxes, a bar near them. The place was practically empty when we got there; it was just after 10 and there were maybe 5 others inside. There were 30-40 people by the time midnight approached though.



Our drinks came with a side of condoms (lolwut), and I won a stuffie out of the claw machine. I didn't think I would, since I've never been able to before. Maybe I just needed to be drunk first. I thought it'd be weird to be carrying around a stuffed animal all night, at a bar, on New Year's Eve, but everybody loved it and was impressed I got it out of the machine. Even the security guard. Some guy named it Billy. ( more pics )

It was a fun night, and there was free champagne. Also, I can shake it! A black chick complimented me and danced with me so it must be true. Also also, my outfit was awesome.

Happy 2009!

@ Janine, Mark, and Nicole's. & I contributed! I made cranberry sauce, with orange juice. I thought I was going to completely screw it up, that maybe I should have stuck to water. But it came out well :D

( +3 )

There was also much Mirror's Edge (with uh, lots of falling) and Rock Band 2 (my character got 'fitted with roller skates before I left). Thanks for having me over!

++ there was rain!
++ a someone is visiting this summer and likely moving here after that (not a someone you know)
++ Chrono Trigger on DS!!
++ long showers
++ you guys ♥

Post-its come in 3-inch squares. Except the yellow ones, which are apparently 1/8 of an inch shorter. The hardest part was finding both that were the same size. When I did find 3-inch yellow post-its, it was a part of a pack of 5 (at the smallest). Now I have hot pink and purple post-its I'm never going to use. And a whole bunch in colors that I do like, but it'll take years to use them up.

It was also harder than I thought it would be to line each one up next to each other. I started redoing a large section because I wanted it perfect, but I'm not *that* OCD and ended up just leaving it.

My new favorite gaming obsession: Rock Band. I can play the first set of songs on Medium now; not bad for my third time playing the game (second time on the guitar). What's throwing me off in the songs after are the two-button ones that aren't next to each other. I can get it by changing where my fingers are placed, using the first two instead of the first and third, or second and last, but that doesn't work so well when there's a different set that comes right after. Need more practiiiiiiiiiiiice.

Also, I got my Road Rage fix. It's been 2 years since I've played Burnout (Revenge). Don't like Paradise as much because it's harder to get to Road Rage. The challenge requirement was 7 takedowns; I got 14 \o/

Everything I have heard about Virgin America is true. It is seriously fucking awesome. The seats are really comfortable, the attendants are very nice and helpful, and the tv things! Doom!



I originally had a window seat, but when I changed my flight, the only one available was in the middle. But the aisle seat person never showed up, so I got to take that one instead. Even if I had people on either side, it's still more roomy than any other airline I've flown.

I thought my flight was half an hour later than it actually was, and missed the cut off for checked baggage. The only reason I needed to check my bag was for liquids (face wash, soap, etc.) but I walked through security with it all anyway (including a razor), and got out fine. I'd have been okay tossing those had I needed to, but I also had a few bpal imps I would have been sad to lose.

The only part of my flight back that sucked was after we landed. Alaskan Airlines was in the way. What was supposed to be a 4 minute wait turned into 45. Not horrible with all the entertainment available at hand, and I did get a nice nap, but it was delaying my getting into the office.

Anyway, I'm back home now. Write-up and pictures and videos of the week to come.

I thought I beat The Game, but here is Day 1 again. Again (just like in real life). That last boss was hard too. At least I know this time is the last. So I think. We shall see.

omgitssoawesome. possibly spoilerish: I didn't really think that it'd be so short that I'd play through an entire RPG in a day, but when I got to Day 7 and defeated the boss, I really did think it was end game. I also thought so because you get rewarded when you're *not* playing, an incentive to not get through the whole thing quickly. But when it put me back at Day 1, omg. My initial reaction was of course wtf, but also glad that there was more story to go through. Even more so after it explained why I had to go through it again.

My eyes need a break, but I'm anxious for the rest to unfold. The character building is well done (I like when I can relate), and game play uses the DS features really well. I might even end up liking this more than Kingdom Hearts! :O

Lost in Blue 3, I have lost interest in you. I thought a break would help, but even time apart hasn't changed anything. Sure, you were cute and fun at first, and I still want to uncover your mystery, but I can't take this sexism anymore. Why should I be at a disadvantage for selecting the girl character to play as? I can't hold as many items in my pack, I can't hunt or fish, I can't make furniture without one of the boys, I can't fight back when attacked... This game is not fun anymore; it's time to move on.

The World Ends With You. Now here's a game that looks promising. The main character looks like Sora and sounds like Ichigo. I like it already.

Steam has changed a lot since I last logged in. Icon still applies though.

There's a community aspect now; I have a (empty) profile page. Must do the social network thing and collect friends. Where have all the SuBs gone? I can't play till I have (access to) a PC though.

I started and finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy the other day. It was incredibly short*, but also a good recap of the series, which I've been meaning to watch again. Gameplay was fun; I liked the parts that involved drawing an array with the stylus. Character Mode isn't as great as I thought it was going to be, but that might be because I'm playing as Al (which is putting me through a sped up version of what I just played through). Maybe it'll really be a different view if I use someone else.

*It's been a really long time since I've played a side-scroller. Maybe it just feels so short compared to RPGs.

In Link's Awakening (on GameBoy), I started the game with the name THIEF so that I would not be renamed when I stole weapons from the items shop. I also harassed the chickens until they got angry.

Or maybe that was my brother and not me, but I think we both did it. I want to play it again now, for that reason (since back then, I didn't know what easter eggs were, that programmers were cool and add in fun stuff). I think that's the only Zelda game that allows you to steal.

I wrote this entry last Thursday, the 27th of March. Just that it's taken me a week to post it should show how attached to this thing I am.

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( I got a DS, and ) I've been playing:
( Drawn to Life, and drawing totally different things )
( Big Brain Academy and Brain Age. No, really, I'm smarter than that. )
( Lost in Blue 3, surviving being stranded on an island )
( Wario Warez crazy insane random )
FMA and Bleach are next on my list. And Zelda.

This is what happens when I'm multi-tasking and not fully listening to the words coming out of my mouth.

"No, I'm not going to play any more Pokemon games."
"Diamond/Pearl is actually really good."
"I'm not going to play Pokemon or Animal Farm."
"Animal Farm?"
"Yeah."
"No, it's Animal Crossing."
"Uh. That's what I meant... Animal Farm is the book -"
"One is with cute little animals you control, and one is where the animals control you."

Finished Kingdom Hearts II.
Now to go back and level up some more because I want to fight Sephiroth, who with his big scary sword, is much harder than the final boss battles in the game.

me: remember back when everyone was photoshopping themselves with lightsabers?
me: if i were to do that with a keyblade, would that be ultimate dorkdom that i should never show anyone? :D
him: lol
him: well you prolly already did it
him: so lemme see
him: lol
me: not yet
me: i just thought about it

This was an IM conversation we had last Thursday, before the big news that replaced Kingdom Hearts as the Main Thing On My Mind. It's been a little over a week since I've touched the game; I'm still outside that last door. I am finishing it this weekend tomorrow.

I have been so confused about what day it is. Last Friday felt like a Monday or Tuesday, and the weekend didn't feel like a weekend since I spent both days at the office. Monday felt like it was supposed to be a Friday because of the party and because I missed the weekend.

Today is my Friday. I'm taking tomorrow the next two days off. Kingdom Hearts and movies and silly, non-serious fun things is The Plan.

I did it. I posted at least once a day, every day, for the entire month of November. It wasn't an exciting or eventful month really, but happy.

I think NaBloPoMo might have been better if I had done it a different month, or if I started KH2 at a different time. There were so many nights where I'd be playing intensely, then realize it was getting late – "oh shit, almost midnight, need to post" – then I'd post something and go back to my game.

At least I know what I was doing November 2007, unlike the times where I'd go weeks without any update. And I like seeing each day on my sidebar-footer calendar fill in, like marking off each day that passed. It's all nicely colored in now; once I post this, it will disappear and be replaced with the December calendar.

Wow, it's December already.

For the last 2 weeks, pretty much all of my (free) time was spent on Kingdom Hearts II. I have almost 43 hours logged, which averages to 3 hours a day (but really was more an hour or so on weekdays, and 6+/day on weekends/holidays).

I put the game back down last night after only a few minutes of play. I'm at the end, I have one final door to go through, which starts the final boss battles. And then I'm done.

I don't want it to be over yet. I blew through this so quickly, it's kind of blurred together. I didn't spend enough time appreciating all the little details (omg, I *love* how everyone and everything looked in Steamboat Willie world, and just that it existed period!).

I wanted to get all of the story, and I have it now. I'm reunited with Kairi and Riku; my eyes even watered a little (shutup) when I discovered why I couldn't find him sooner.

I'm kind of content with where I am in the game, if only because I'm not ready to be finished with it yet. Yes, I could do all the side missions (definitely have to level up 20 more times and fight Sephiroth), but it's not the same. Game's still over after the final boss fights.

I haven't been this into an RPG in a long time.
ftr, I thought a Disney and Final Fantasy mix sounded dumb. And then I played it.

I meant to write about this when I first realized it (months and months ago, one of the times I picked Super Paper Mario back up), but I didn't, so I will now.

I almost never swear (out my mouth, typing is different), except in two situations: when I'm playing videogames, and road rage. The latter is caused by anger, the bad kind of swearing. But when I'm playing an RPG and screaming obscenities at the screen, it's funny *g*

fuck fuck fuck fuck oh shit fuck ohmygod no fuck die fucker fucking asshole die shit fuck fuuuuck
Maybe I'll record it sometime.

I think this will be the first in a series of entries of random facts about me, kind of like the 100 Random Facts About Me meme, but more detailed than a list. Maybe. It'll be a new meme/project! Do it with me? :)

I did not spend all of today playing Kingdom Hearts; I did laundry, and there was boyfriend time. Giggly, silly sweet boyfriend time. We're still completing each other's sentences, saying the same thing at the same time. And we're so frickin' cute, various people even told us so when we were grocery shopping earlier.