Published on
Sunday, August 31, 2008 in
Rants.
Summer vacation is practically over now.
Did 3 weeks out of the six of bike riding that I planned, not too bad.
Beat 3 games and none of them ones I set out to beat, haha.
And I wanted to make a bigger post about this but my 360′s disc drive just busted into itself so I’m rather pissed and will instead just go to sleep.
This is the second in the past week where I consumed dairy products and quickly found myself running to the bathroom. This is most disheartening as a world without cheese and ice cream of various varieties is not a world I yearn to be a part of anytime soon.
I am, as they say in France, le sad.
Published on
Saturday, August 23, 2008 in
Random.
I have myself exposed on probably too many sites. I’ve my flickr which shows off fairly harmless photos, and my YouTube account which gets a lot of action since all my Smash Bros. videos. Man, I miss making videos…
But I digress.
I just got this email notification on flickr. Seems someone wants to be my friend!

So I am working on my DS playthrough of Dragon Quest V and I just got my kids to join my party. All things considered they come equipped with decent enough stuff but I’ve got a bag full of junk so I decided to see if there was anything useful.
Now, in the game your wife had preveiously been taken away so all her stuff has been placed in the bag for you to use elsewhere. So as I’m checking what I can equip on my kids, I noticed the lingerie that I had equipped on my wife (good defense!) would also be equipable on my daughter.
That’s just one fucked hand-me-down.
Published on
Thursday, August 21, 2008 in
Gaming.
I won’t lie, I know nothing about this game. But I haven’t bought a game on random whim in a long time, and I was selling old junk I didn’t want anyway so I picked it up..
I haven’t started it up yet, but I will start with a review of the cover.

Lots of clocks, and bad clothing. The girl has a hat that almost looks like cat ears but she hasn’t been in the anime club long enough to wear proper ones. Stripes are the fashion order of the day and the dude’s sword looks like it has a dial on it, so it is now and forever the phone-sword. The ∑ on the cover prevents me from seeing if the girl is actually wearing pants or not.
The back says it is a “Mystery RPG” which is great because everyone I talk to has no fucking idea what this game is.
I just finished playing Final Fantasy on the Famicom.
Yes, the original Final Fantasy on the original Famicom. I just bought both last week for about ¥4400.
I can try to pretend that it was my current love for Japanese food and culture that got me here today, but I would be lying. And as fun as breaking commandments is, it is just plain rude. My five dollar copy of Final Fantasy from a pile of sun damaged carts at Cow Town probably had more impact on my life than many things I was told by my high school teachers. Try as you might, you can’t really pick what inspires you. Even if you are being force fed Robert Frost at a mile per minute.
So here I am, in Japan, playing the Japanese game that eventually got my to study Japanese and live in Japan. And I know my mother is going to read this and comment about me spending money, but at least I am keeping my liver slightly healthier these days. I feel like an eternally watched child, but that is one of the risks of putting yourself out here on the internet.
So what the hell am I even rambling about anyway? I guess upon finishing this game for the umpteenth time, but finally in Japan in Japanese, a goal I never actually had, I actually feel some sort of weird peace. Nothing is better but nothing should be better. Everything is as it is and I have more control over that then I want to believe.
So with all due respect to the aforementioned Mr. Frost, it was whacking imps that got me where I am today. And I’m all the better for it.
Published on
Friday, August 15, 2008 in
SOGIADS.
I have been a bad, bad boy.
Well, it has been damn hot and I have been waking up late and actually going out and socializing, so as of now there is a little bit of a hiatus on the project.
Whoops.
So Megaman 9 is a retro-style game. And will also have achievements on the 360 version. This apparently makes people whine.
Ergo, I have sought to make a list of true achievement points, for the modern gamer.
Mega Man 9 Achievement Points for the Modern Gamer
But I’m still hungry – 5 Points
Collect a small health restore item.
I can’t believe I ate the whole thing! – 10 Points
Collect a giant health restore item.
Get a Life! – 20 Points
Pick up a 1-up.
I HAVE THE POWER! – 10 Points
Get a special ability from a boss.
Look mom, I killed a boss! – 20 Points
Defeat a boss.
Look mom, I killed 8 bosses! – 25 Points
Defeat the 8 bosses.
Rock Man can Jump! – 10 Points
Jump over a pit without dying.
Inconceivable! – 25 Points
Beat the game.
But who plays games like this? – 50 Points
Beat the game, a second time.
Title Screen Master – 25 Points
Get to the title screen.
Published on
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in
SOGIADS.
It won’t necessarily be a better shape, but it will be a different one!
LET’S DIET SUMMER OF GETTING INTO A DIFFERENT SHAPE GO!
Day 22
??kg
Woke up and felt completely terrible. Woke up really late to start and then just couldn’t make it out. So hot, so tired, and some stomach pain so it just never happened. This is the ugly side of things!
Published on
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in
SOGIADS.
It won’t necessarily be a better shape, but it will be a different one!
LET’S DIET SUMMER OF GETTING INTO A DIFFERENT SHAPE GO!
Day 21
??kg
My first missed day. I just wasn’t home at all so it just wasn’t feasible. I got home at two A.M. so, yeah.