Games, love, life

[spritechan]

I for real want to cry about having to rewrite. It's like the most depressing thing in the whole world.

I didn't realize it's already been 10 days since my last entry. Time is going by really fast what with working nearly every day and stuff like a normal human. I started school today. I'm on my final class before my degree, a senior capstone seminar where we spend the semester putting together a portfolio showing off our book-learnin' and practical applications. A lot of familiar faces from my program ("a lot" is relative when there're only 14 people in the class...), but I'm most excited that Ana, a woman I worked with at the Middle School and who I introduced to Metro State, is also in my class. She's one of those adorable people who is hyper-organized and worried about doing things "right." Whereas my way is the right way in my mind (and I'm good at knowing what teachers want).

I really want to be playing more Tales of Symphonia, but this week has been so messed up that I’m just beat and need to sleep instead of being awake before work. It’s really sad, but it feels sooo good at the time to get needed rest. But ToS is really, really fun so far. I wish I could play in bigger chunks. My only real complaint about the game is the SERIOUS lack of money to buy items and weapons. Ugh! But the battle system is really fun, the story is great, and graphics are really pretty. Steve and I really need to beat Blue Dragon; it’s been hanging over our heads for WEEKS. We’re at the end –rather we can access the final dungeon now – but we’re sidequesting and training just in case. And since I work during our normal game time and he is only home for 45 minutes before I leave for work and he’s sleeping when I get home… we really only have Friday and Saturday nights to do anything. And we HAVE to beat it together; that’s the point of a “team” game. He also would like us to team game some of his Gran Turismo games to them out of the way (his strategy on beating his backlog is to beat all the bad games he’s acquired over the years so there’s only good ones left) but again, time is such an issue. Oh, and he would like to team play some Sim Theme Park hahaha. I feel like it’s how I crave The Sims and wanna play sooo badly, but really, when am I EVER going to have the time for it?!

It’s pretty much decided that when I finish the scarf I’m working on that I’m going to duplicate-stitch a Zelda theme onto it. I was pleasantly surprised with how Steve’s Final Fantasy scarf turned out, and even a little jealous. While he’s cute and forgetful about wearing it and it’s really more of a decoration than anything, I DO wear scarves in winter because I HATE the Minnesota cold. So why not wear a freaking awesome scarf that I made myself with sweet characters and colors? I’ve currently got nearly 2 feet done (of maybe 5 or 6). It takes a little longer because I always knit them in the round – that is, I knit a tube so it looks nicer and is thick and warm and doesn’t curl. And now that I’ve had to rewrite this whole entry (and a bunch of client problems and ER visits and incident reports), I probably won’t get much time to make progress tonight!

Tomorrow Steve and I are going to Valleyfair. They've lowered the prices by $18 for a few weekdays, and tomorrow's one of them. I only went to VF once last year, and it wasn't with Steve. It's really weird since I worked there so many years that I was so used to going all the time, and now it's like I have to PAY to get in (and holy shit is it expensive normally) and even have to plan a day to do it! I'm so excited to spend a cutie day with him there. We are so playing mini golf! And riding all the coasters! And it's supposed to be really nice so I hope it stays that way.

The other day I had a short but intense depressive episode. I was feeling incredibly left out because all of our friends text him all the time, and everyone's stopped texting me since I can never hang out anymore. It just really got to me that I was lonely, and I see Steve for less than an hour a day. Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly thankful I get to at least sleep with him for a few hours and he's kind enough to let me wake him up and drag his ass out of bed for a 20-minute walk to talk about the night and wind down when I get home from work. But that is so not enough. I just wish he'd get transferred already. I miss my boyfriend so much! Not even Chipotle could break my mood. But apparently a cuddly catnap could (and did). I felt much better and happier and grateful again for such an amazing relationship.

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[silver-tiamat.livejournal.com]

You HAVE to tell me how Tales of Symphonia goes. I'm one of those people who an ending can ruin a game for me (if it sucks), but I don't want to know any details. I've been meaning to play it, and every time I get GameFly, I always put it in my queue, and then NEVER get to it, because I get so wrapped up in the other games. Sigh. I really feel there just isn't enough time in Adult Lives for video games. Which is a shame, because I think they're more puzzling and interacting than any TV show in the world, and people seem to think TV is perfectly normal. Adults should play more video games!

I've been trying to beat Phantom Brave, but since it's a Game That Never Ends, It Just Goes On And On My Friend, I've been doing way too much dungeon crawling, and keep forgetting to advance the story line. Which is only mildly interesting. Especially if you come from La Pucelle Tactics and Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.

Which brings me to my massive envy for the Final Fantasy Scarf. I love long scarves. I love Final Fantasy. Oh the combination...the little white mage is just adorable. Of course, all pixel white mages remind me of FFIV. XD

I really hope that the schedule works out between you two. I've had to deal with that work+school combo of ridiculousness that puts you on the weirdest schedule to make you say enough times "I'm sorry, I can't hang out then" to enough people that suddenly you find yourself all alone...T.T

On that note! Good luck on this last class! You can do it! *pom pom* You can beat it! *pom pom* 'Cause you're paying! *pom pom* And I'm just saying! *pom pom* That you can do it! *hurrah hurrah*

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

So far, ToS is amazing. It's one of Steve's Favorite Games of All Time (and he's beaten like 600, literally. Others include Chrono Trigger, Heavy Rain, The World Ends wih You, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Xenosaga III). The story is actually going really well, and it has a unique battle system from other games. It's quite challenging for battles, but not so much that you spend hours re-fighting the same boss. I'll let you know how the ending goes if I ever get there! Steve's beaten Phantom Brave but I have yet to try it - I think because it IS so long! So many great games! I 100% agree. Gaming is not any worse than watching tv, and is way more interactive. And pretty! And fun!

I too love long yummy warm scarves! My favorite duplicate stitch I think is the white mage, because it turned out so crisp and cute. It was really fun to do! What're your favorite older game characters/themes? I say that only because trying to pixelate, say FFXIII... yeah... not gonna happen. So it's like you gotta remember your roots!

I think our schedules will work out. We're the kind of couple who can handle this kind of thing, it's just that we were spoiled for a looong time with me not working a lot and pretty much being available whenever (or making it work and then sleeping on the job *ahem*). I forgot to mention that he hangs out with our mutual friends EVERY NIGHT unless they're getting drunk (he's straight-edge) while I'm at work. That adds so much to the left-out feeling D: But I'm better now. It's like, what can ya do? Gotta grow up sometime.

Yay!!! I can use all the cheerleaders I can get for school! We were looking at example portfolios, and one girl had included her academic record. I was like, "Uhhh, is that required?! Because... I don't WANT to show all my grades to the world kthx." It's not, that girl was just showing how great she was and how much she cared about school... whereas mine would show how much I resisted it -_- I used up all my patience/studiousness in HS.

[namidanotsuki.livejournal.com]

God I loved the Tales games. Tales of Eternia/ToD 2 was my favorite. I dislike game cube in general, so Symphonia was kinnda "do not want".

You're pretty fortunate to have such an understanding boyfriend. Just saying is all. Most 20something guys are mega assholes.

[namidanotsuki.livejournal.com]

Also, I am very glad those Horde arm warmers aren't yours. FOR THE ALLIANCE!

You have some absurd knitting skills. I wish I could knit. :(

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my previous relationship of 5 years was to an asshole... I pretty much decided I was done with them by the time I met Steve. I was actually afraid to date him because I thought I would destroy him; he's too nice. I consider myself lucky every day. He's eternally optimistic and patient, which really helps for when I'm stressing or freaking out.

I never owned a GameCube, and besides playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl I've never played any other games for the GameCube. I'm playing it on the Wii - Do you not like the GameCube's controller?

And hahaha I hate Alliance :P My main was a Healy Tauren Druid yessss I leveled as boomkin until like 62 ^_^ (that asshole ex I told you about stole her though so I don't play WoW anymore)

Thanks! There are some things I refuse to try, like socks or sweaters, or most things that require very specific sizing. I like cute fun things and relatively immediate gratification :D It's a good way to pass time, and also makes great gift ideas.

[namidanotsuki.livejournal.com]

My room mate from college did the same thing.

I dislike Nintendo in general. But yea, the controller was a bigger part of why I didn't like it.

I'm on Shadowsong US aka dramasong. It's a generation removed from the legacy servers so it has a lot of history, thus the infamous nickname. I rolled Horde exactly once for a friend. On our server the Horde are very political and take the whole Alliance v Horde thing waaaaaaaaaaaay too seriously. The Alliance is more like "yay there's a billion of us and we overpowered wintergrasp yet again. Woot!" It's going to get a lot worse in Cata because Garosh is a shitty leader, Varian Wrynn is a hot head who hates (though granted for very good personal reasons) him and they've deliberately made it so that the alliance and horde are at all out war again. I HATE what they did to Jaina in Wrath. They made her out to be a whiny, hussy.

I am taking at least a month break from WoW as it stands because I have just too much going on to seriously raid. My normal raid schedule is 4 days a week, for 4 hours a raid. Yea, no. Cannot do with work, grad school and subbing. I miss it though. But I know better than to log on because it's like re-inserting the crack needle.

[namidanotsuki.livejournal.com]

Oh my main is a gnome mage. <3 gnomes. She's my baby. I also have an 80 night elf drood, but I couldn't get into it. Being boomkin is basically like being a mage with feathers, I will never tank, I hate rogues and cat DPS is too similar and druid healing confuses the hell out of me. I rolled the toon to learn how to heal. But, it confuses me because it seems like there's no wrong way to heal with a druid as long as you avoid single target healing (they seem like awful tank healers) and constantly use hots. It just seems like face roll healing and I dislike it because there's no like... specific way to heal as a druid.

I personally look forward to rolling a worgen war lock in cata. lolz the Horde got stuck with goblins. I feel a little bit guilty. I mean... come on. WEREWOLVES.

Just before my break I started getting really into being a priest but that was before this shit got real.

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

Funny, because everyone I know who's Horde is like "YESSS ZOMG GOBLIN" and "*snicker* Werewolves, how original." :P

I really enjoyed healing simply BECAUSE it didn't have to be the same. I had a lot of fun mixing it up from group to group, and I never seriously raided simply because I didn't have the time (but I watched maaaaany raids my ex did). I think healing came naturally to me; when I did instances even as boomkin I was often the healer and rarely encountered issues. It was just easier to level/not always be running back to my pathetic corpse.

My server was Terenas, and at the time I quit I believe it was 2:1 Alliance. I never took everything so seriously, and I really enjoy the Lore, which seems to focus mostly on Alliance stuff (minus the Orc storylines, of course). My dislike of the Alliance really is the character choices: human? Major yawn. Who wants to be what they already are? Gnome/Dwarf? Yuck, just smaller versions of human. Night elf? Um, 12-year-olds call them hawt but I think they're mad ugly. To be honest, I would LOVE to be a Draenai. I loved them in the lore, and I like unique beastkin types.

Having the Horde and Alliance go to war again only makes sense, I'm sure that it will go in cycles and Blizzard tries to come up with more story to keep WoW progressing.

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

Oh I noticed me saying I didn't have time for raiding but had time to watch my ex makes little sense. I mean to say I was present during many of his raids, doing hw or whatever it was I needed to be doing, following along and listening to everyone on Vent (as we were in the same guild and stuff).

Also the last line should read - "Having the Horde and Alliance go to war again only makes sense, I'm sure that it will go in cycles AS Blizzard tries to come up with more story to keep WoW progressing"

[namidanotsuki.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why the Horde are excited about goblins. I could understand why I would be; because I'm a lore whore and we know very little about them. But... I mean... the concept of goblins are hardly unique. They're the same greedy, reckless, green trouble makers that they are in almost every other universe as they are in wow. And, I mean, the horde HATE gnomes and goblins are basically green gnomes with pointy ears who aren't quite as good at engineering. I just don't get it.

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

Haha you do make a good point. Personally if I still played WoW I'd be very "meh" about both new additions. I'm happy with what we have - Orcs I don't like playing much but LOOOOOVE them from the Lore, blood elves are cool because of their history for the lore (but again, I don't really like human-like characters, I do like the hairstyles though), but Tauren and Undead are really what I like.