So far, I have had Final Fantasy XIII-2 for 22 days; I've logged 85 hours and 49 minutes. I have 158 out of 160 fragments, and have unlocked all but one ending. I have one more enemy to defeat to complete my bestiary. Despite school starting again tomorrow, I suspect I will have the game completed by the end of the week. And no release date in sight for the sequel. Darn it all.
I have a few options for what I can do next. I could go backwards and finally finish FF XIII, which I have to admit is not very tempting. I could work on Persona 3. I bought that right after Christmas and probably would have gotten pretty into it if it hadn't been for my new Final Fantasy game. I could steal the Wii my brother and I share and play Xenoblade, which I have gotten into, but it would also mean Jake has a right to come in my room and use the system. Or I could switch my PS3 out with my PS2 (which is currently downstairs as the substitute DVD player as that is broken) and either replay FF XII (the game I not only accidentally beat, but also accidentally erased!) or try to finally beat FF X (I got held up at Sin). ...or I could steal the Wii for my room and try out Jake's Last Story. Decisions, decisions. Would you believe that two years ago, the only game I had ever really played was Skies of Arcadia?
I planned on writing more, but it's late, I'm tired and I have stuff to do tomorrow (well, later today, technically) so I guess I'll end here.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A Day in the Life...
Yesterday was pretty close to a perfect day. I accomplished a lot, geeked out, stayed in my pjs, and even got compliments rained on my from my testy mother.
It all started the night before when I had a "Eureka!" moment (at work) about how to fix my closet. It would get my shirts out of cat hair range, allow for a huge bin of keepsake storage and it would actually work without being super-finicky. So, yesterday, I fixed it. And then, since my closet was fixed and my desk had already been organized, I was actually able to pick up everything in my room and put it away! My room is the best it has looked since we moved into this house at the beginning of the month.
I then proceeded to play hours of Final Fantasy XIII-2, working on my self-given quest to capture every monster that's possible, while working on the second half on Smallville Season 8 on my computer. The day ended with taking care of the dog (huge brownie points from the 'rents), doing a little bit of pick-up downstairs, reading manga and watching an anime from the 80s. Yep. I felt like I spent more than enough time in Geek Heaven while still accomplishing quite a lot.
Today is starting down a similar path. I had to prep something for the crock-pot, but I also finally took care of last year's FAFSA and am now sitting down, FF on, computer on my knees, ready to go to my geek heaven again. If only I didn't have to work today...
I really think I need a bit more direction in here. I pretty much come on here and write whatever the heck I feel like, which is fine, if I'm keeping a journal, but that really wasn't what this was supposed to be.
It all started the night before when I had a "Eureka!" moment (at work) about how to fix my closet. It would get my shirts out of cat hair range, allow for a huge bin of keepsake storage and it would actually work without being super-finicky. So, yesterday, I fixed it. And then, since my closet was fixed and my desk had already been organized, I was actually able to pick up everything in my room and put it away! My room is the best it has looked since we moved into this house at the beginning of the month.
I then proceeded to play hours of Final Fantasy XIII-2, working on my self-given quest to capture every monster that's possible, while working on the second half on Smallville Season 8 on my computer. The day ended with taking care of the dog (huge brownie points from the 'rents), doing a little bit of pick-up downstairs, reading manga and watching an anime from the 80s. Yep. I felt like I spent more than enough time in Geek Heaven while still accomplishing quite a lot.
Today is starting down a similar path. I had to prep something for the crock-pot, but I also finally took care of last year's FAFSA and am now sitting down, FF on, computer on my knees, ready to go to my geek heaven again. If only I didn't have to work today...
I really think I need a bit more direction in here. I pretty much come on here and write whatever the heck I feel like, which is fine, if I'm keeping a journal, but that really wasn't what this was supposed to be.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Busier-Than-I-Thought Winter Break
There's really not much to talk about lately. Little to no TV, haven't been to the movies, the weather has kept us mostly at home, and then out of the last three days, I've been stay-home-sick for two of them (one was a migraine and the other a stomach bug).
We went up to the Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens for a few hours yesterday, but the trails were poorly marked, the weather was rainy and none of the plants I usually see on my hikes were marked, so it was pretty much a bust. A few days ago, my baby brother and I did the 'Aiea Loop Trail with our dog, who was pretty much exhausted by the 5-mile loop; it took our puppy two days to recover. Whoops.
New Years Eve, my mom worked, so my Dad, brothers, Ashley and I went to Waikiki to hang out for a few hours. We had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, wandered around and then came home. Ashley and I decided to have a "Superhero Movie Marathon" to welcome in the year that wasn't supposed to come, so we rented Kick-Ass and (for some odd reason) Despicable Me. I'd never seen Kick-Ass before and I will probably never watch it again. I can see where it could appeal to some people, but there was too much blood and guts and brains and cussing for me to enjoy the movie. Which kind of pissed me off. Ashley said that we had to watch it and it was a good movie and then when I pulled out my laptop for the last 30 min or so, she said "I'm surprised you lasted this long. I didn't thing you'd like this movie." Excuse me? If I had thought she wouldn't like Despicable Me I'd have told her; I wouldn't convince her to get it instead. But that's exactly what she did. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Sorry, but I kind of got an Ashley overdose. Our sleepover turned into a road trip up to North Shore to check out waves my Dad said were supposed to be amazingly high but which ended up not being all that impressive. And then we went to Ala Moana to drop her off and grab a bite of lunch and she's all "We have to go to this shop; we have to come back and check this out after we leave; etc etc etc." Meanwhile, it's three in the afternoon and my parents want us home. So I ended it as quickly as I could, got home, and got a bad attitude from my dad who felt like we were gone too long. And now she's texting me hard to decipher messages at 11pm when my stomach is finally allowing me to nod off!
Despite my parents insistence that we do something as a family every day, that (and a lunch at Dixie Grill) pretty much covers what I've been doing. They've gone out today and two days ago, when I was home sick. But, again, I was home sick. So I played my video games (I am at the final boss point in FF XIII-2 already!) caught up on manga and have just had some super-lazy days. Which I don't expect to continue into tomorrow, unfortunately, not unless I take a turn for the worse, which I REALLY don't want. Last night and this morning were bad enough.
Wait, I also watched The Amazing Spider-Man the other day while writing a letter to my friend at boot-camp. And then Top Gun with the family, and Megamind just cause I wanted to. I guess I have been watching a lot of movies over bread.
My take on the new Spider Man:
We went up to the Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens for a few hours yesterday, but the trails were poorly marked, the weather was rainy and none of the plants I usually see on my hikes were marked, so it was pretty much a bust. A few days ago, my baby brother and I did the 'Aiea Loop Trail with our dog, who was pretty much exhausted by the 5-mile loop; it took our puppy two days to recover. Whoops.
New Years Eve, my mom worked, so my Dad, brothers, Ashley and I went to Waikiki to hang out for a few hours. We had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, wandered around and then came home. Ashley and I decided to have a "Superhero Movie Marathon" to welcome in the year that wasn't supposed to come, so we rented Kick-Ass and (for some odd reason) Despicable Me. I'd never seen Kick-Ass before and I will probably never watch it again. I can see where it could appeal to some people, but there was too much blood and guts and brains and cussing for me to enjoy the movie. Which kind of pissed me off. Ashley said that we had to watch it and it was a good movie and then when I pulled out my laptop for the last 30 min or so, she said "I'm surprised you lasted this long. I didn't thing you'd like this movie." Excuse me? If I had thought she wouldn't like Despicable Me I'd have told her; I wouldn't convince her to get it instead. But that's exactly what she did. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Sorry, but I kind of got an Ashley overdose. Our sleepover turned into a road trip up to North Shore to check out waves my Dad said were supposed to be amazingly high but which ended up not being all that impressive. And then we went to Ala Moana to drop her off and grab a bite of lunch and she's all "We have to go to this shop; we have to come back and check this out after we leave; etc etc etc." Meanwhile, it's three in the afternoon and my parents want us home. So I ended it as quickly as I could, got home, and got a bad attitude from my dad who felt like we were gone too long. And now she's texting me hard to decipher messages at 11pm when my stomach is finally allowing me to nod off!
Despite my parents insistence that we do something as a family every day, that (and a lunch at Dixie Grill) pretty much covers what I've been doing. They've gone out today and two days ago, when I was home sick. But, again, I was home sick. So I played my video games (I am at the final boss point in FF XIII-2 already!) caught up on manga and have just had some super-lazy days. Which I don't expect to continue into tomorrow, unfortunately, not unless I take a turn for the worse, which I REALLY don't want. Last night and this morning were bad enough.
Wait, I also watched The Amazing Spider-Man the other day while writing a letter to my friend at boot-camp. And then Top Gun with the family, and Megamind just cause I wanted to. I guess I have been watching a lot of movies over bread.
My take on the new Spider Man:
The Toby McGuire ones were better, but I guess it’s not too
bad. But it is much too early for a
mediocre reboot. About the only thing
that would save this would be a good sequel.
Cause, let’s face it, as good as the original Spider-Man movie was, it
certainly lost something in the second, and especially the third movie. And I should know, since I watched all three
in a row flying from Atlanta to Honolulu this past Spring. It was a Spider-Man or an X-Men marathon and
Spider-Man won the coin toss (quite literally). The one thing this movie really had going for it: an awesome Stan Lee cameo! I called Jacob into the room and rewound so he would watch it, too.
Alright, I guess that's enough blabbing for now. Until next time!
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