Balancing Act
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talkingsoupLol, I'm a nerd, so I went and bought a very pretty, black Nintendo Game Boy DS Lite. Liek woah. It costs the same as a regular PS2 does now, did you know that? The PS2 I figure I'll hold off on, since I won't really need it until I go back to school. I've got a memory card for it, and I'll probably need to buy at least one more controller, but that's it.
So, Nintendo DS. It's very pretty. I'm digging the touch-screen. I'm almost thinking that it's too bright, though. I'll have to tone down the brightness.
What game did I get for it, do you ask?
Mm, what game indeed. ^.^;
I also joined a gym, the one that Liz goes to. It's a nice place, very good equipment. I've finally figured out how to use a treadmill. We've resolved to go there at least every other day and possibly every day, depending. Between that and my sort-of dieting, it should balance out with the writing/video gaming/tv-watching (XOMG 4400 in 4 days!!).
Speaking of video games (again), I finally bought Dawn of Mana, which I was really excited about. It's pretty much the very, very first sequel to Secret of Mana since Secret came out, what, in 1995? It's fun enough, though there are a couple of things I have issues with. For one thing, the camera SUXXORS, but maybe I'm just spoiled by the veeerrry smooth camera in Okami (which I still haven't finished, since the memory card is still gone). A bad camera is mostly an annoyance for me, though--I've played my share of games with shitty cameras, and it sucks, but it's usually manageable. There's that, though, and the missions, which are incredibly vague. I'm stuck at this one place right now and I really don't know what to do. They tell you to go to a place and you try but then you take a wrong turn and it's like, okay, where the fuck am I?
There's also a feature that I'm a bit conflicted about, and that's the levelwipe feature. Pretty much, after every level you lose all your stats, your level, and any items you acquired. Obviously this is completely unlike any other RPG I've ever played, and actually it's not as bad as it sounds. It saves you the annoying trouble of having to level up all the time, and cuts out that whole, "Lol, I'm level 50, I can kill anything! Boo-yah...wait, this isn't much fun..." thing. At the same time...I mean, losing your items and stats? WTF?
Ah well. I like it enough--there are some neat features on it, and a lot of the stuff looks suspiciously similar to stuff in Secret, which is kind of a nostalgia trip for me ^_^
On the writing front, I've been a bad writer and have written next to nothing, though I have done some formatting for North. I'm trying to be really delicate with it, because I don't want this one to explode like Mot did. It's a matter of careful pacing, and it's something I need to learn.
As for Mot, my peeps are in Larotha, which is the last major stop before the book ends. Woot! We've got some traveling and some fighting to do, then I can say I've finally finished, which is my goal this summer.
I do want to get another chapter of the fic written before next week, though.
Oh, and I called Vector to say I wouldn't be working there. Meanwhile, I got an interview at the Blockbuster in Dublin, and the guy should be calling me back. Hooray!
So, Nintendo DS. It's very pretty. I'm digging the touch-screen. I'm almost thinking that it's too bright, though. I'll have to tone down the brightness.
What game did I get for it, do you ask?
Mm, what game indeed. ^.^;
I also joined a gym, the one that Liz goes to. It's a nice place, very good equipment. I've finally figured out how to use a treadmill. We've resolved to go there at least every other day and possibly every day, depending. Between that and my sort-of dieting, it should balance out with the writing/video gaming/tv-watching (XOMG 4400 in 4 days!!).
Speaking of video games (again), I finally bought Dawn of Mana, which I was really excited about. It's pretty much the very, very first sequel to Secret of Mana since Secret came out, what, in 1995? It's fun enough, though there are a couple of things I have issues with. For one thing, the camera SUXXORS, but maybe I'm just spoiled by the veeerrry smooth camera in Okami (which I still haven't finished, since the memory card is still gone). A bad camera is mostly an annoyance for me, though--I've played my share of games with shitty cameras, and it sucks, but it's usually manageable. There's that, though, and the missions, which are incredibly vague. I'm stuck at this one place right now and I really don't know what to do. They tell you to go to a place and you try but then you take a wrong turn and it's like, okay, where the fuck am I?
There's also a feature that I'm a bit conflicted about, and that's the levelwipe feature. Pretty much, after every level you lose all your stats, your level, and any items you acquired. Obviously this is completely unlike any other RPG I've ever played, and actually it's not as bad as it sounds. It saves you the annoying trouble of having to level up all the time, and cuts out that whole, "Lol, I'm level 50, I can kill anything! Boo-yah...wait, this isn't much fun..." thing. At the same time...I mean, losing your items and stats? WTF?
Ah well. I like it enough--there are some neat features on it, and a lot of the stuff looks suspiciously similar to stuff in Secret, which is kind of a nostalgia trip for me ^_^
On the writing front, I've been a bad writer and have written next to nothing, though I have done some formatting for North. I'm trying to be really delicate with it, because I don't want this one to explode like Mot did. It's a matter of careful pacing, and it's something I need to learn.
As for Mot, my peeps are in Larotha, which is the last major stop before the book ends. Woot! We've got some traveling and some fighting to do, then I can say I've finally finished, which is my goal this summer.
I do want to get another chapter of the fic written before next week, though.
Oh, and I called Vector to say I wouldn't be working there. Meanwhile, I got an interview at the Blockbuster in Dublin, and the guy should be calling me back. Hooray!
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Date: 2007-06-14 02:08 am (UTC)I haven't done much writing either. -.-
Yay for being almost finished!
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Date: 2007-06-14 07:38 am (UTC)Oh, talked to the rents and they're okay with the end of August thing.
Ah well. It's still kind of the start of summer. Ironically enough, I think once I get a job I'll start getting more seriously into writing.
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Date: 2007-06-14 02:42 am (UTC)I've been meaning to get into 4400, but I'm currently getting into Battlestar Galactica, so it'll have to wait I guess. Shouldn't be too long I think. I've only gotta catch up 3 seasons and I've already finished the first one. It's really good.
Glad you backed out on the Vector thing.
Blockbuster!? *gasp* If you got a job there, we'd be mortal enemies! Hollywood Video 4 LIFE! Seriously though, I hope you get the job. Video stores are pretty OK. You get free rentals, some of which you can get before the public can, the environment's pretty lax, and the pay is reasonable. The only problem I've had working at Hollywood Video is the corporate bullshit, which you would probably also have to deal with should you work at Blockbuster. But it's tolerable I suppose. Good luck!
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Date: 2007-06-14 07:42 am (UTC)I think you'd like 4400, but you'd have to keep in mind that it came along before Heroes did. The premise is somewhat the same--people start cropping up with abilities and such--but they take different twists on it, and show how these people interact with the rest of the world. It's very fun.
Me too, lol.
Haha, I know, sorry! Blockbuster called me before I could apply at the Hollywood. You're right, I'll probably get the corporate bull, but we also have the issue of having to actually sell shit now that there's the online thing. Guess someone needed to compete with Netflix.