Currents of Time

I realised something last night while trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in. (I have the ick. Comfortable positions are in short supply when one cannot breathe properly.)

SO THAT VIDEO GAME OF MINE

The three city-states that we can visit - Ul'dah, Gridania, and Limsa Lominsa - are all ruled by a woman. I obviously can't speak for Sharlayan, Ishgard (okay, I think this one's a guy, actually), or Ala Mhigo (and I can make a guess on this one, seeing as it's under Imperial rule, and the Emperor is a man, but who knows how it used to be), but I can add that 2/6 of the characters I've met from Sharlayan are female. And the leader of the Special Secret Group is also a woman! Holy cow, that is a lot of awesome ladies!

(Admittedly, in Ul'dah's case, you barely interact with her, most often dealing with Rugbeard [not really his name]. But it still stands.)


... meanwhile, the villains are almost entirely dudes. I - I assume, anyway. Hard to say for absolute certainty, what with the full body armor some of them wear. ... okay they all wear full body armor but some of them wear more intense armor. And some of them take their helmets off on occasion. ANYWAY. They sound like dudes. Other people use male pronouns for them. I'm pretty sure Nael was a dude. The other guy whose name perpetually escapes me is probably a dude. ANNOYINGLY, the one that is a girl has freaking lips molded into her face plate. Seriously? Why.

And the diurnal miqo'te - the Seekers of the Sun - are, uh, prides, basically, with the big ruling guy and then all the gals, plus a few other guys who want to overthrow the big ruling dude. Stuff about that, and the completely opposite Keepers of the Moon. (WE HAVE A LORE FORUM. HAVE I MENTIONED THAT? WE HAVE A LORE FORUM. so awesome)


Anyway, I just think that's pretty cool.

So, depression, health, work, monetary, computer, and personal issues aside. I didn't really mean to exile myself, but that kind of seems to be what happened. Whoops. Should I assume I didn't miss much? Skimming, looks like its been slow.

But, hey. Moonfall! Moonfall in six days! FFXIV has eaten my waking life! I lack a proper apocalypse icon. A link to Rana's cover image will have to suffice. I am kind of excited, because I really hope there is a OH NO THE WORLD IS ENDING cutscene, but also kinda sad because, man, finally the game is fun and playable and I have people to do stuff with and WHOOPS THERE'S A MOON ON YOUR HEAD. I guess this is how it must be, though. Bummer.

And it is not so bad. I have done almost everything I wanted to get gone, and everything I needed to. Storyline's all finished up, I fought the big bad and won... There are a couple other things I'd like to do, but they'll be around in the new world, so. It is not an emergency priority. (I would really like to beat the boss on Hard Mode, but with less than a week to go, it does not strike me as entirely likely. Perhaps I will get to try, anyway!)


Cat still hates the new roommate, but lately she's gotten into the strange, strange habit of pawing at his door and mewing and meowing and making all sorts of racket. So then he lets her in and she hides under his bed and hisses at him if he looks at her. Does this make sense? No. It is supposed to? Unsure. (She hides in my other roommate's bed sometimes when he leaves his door open, and then she also hisses at him if he disturbs her. She is very odd.) Also she likes fruit. A lot. ALSO I have decided she is a man-hating lesbian, because she only likes girls, except for the roommate whose bed she hides in, and he is gay, so. Of course, she ruined this theory by befriending my brother in about a minute, but a friend of mine and I decided that this was just because my brother is also a lesbian. Mystery solved.

... she is so cute, though, you guys, oh my goodness. I was really sick yesterday and she spent the whole day curled up in bed with me. I have a few videos on facebook I need to change the privacy settings on so I can show everyone. Not - not of me being sick. Of Sazy being cute.


Also new roommate is watching Twin Peaks and I am unsure if I want to get in on that, since didn't it get cancelled and so was never finished? Hrm. Hrm. I need better false names for my roommates.


By the way, do you like Moogles? Would you like a song sung by Moogles (translated into English for your convenience, and also because you're touched by the Echo and can understand Mooglespeak)? Here is Good King Moggle Mog XII! What a jolly crew he and his friends make! What fun times we have together! I listen to his song whenever I am not listening to my current music. That is only a slight exaggeration. This song is really awesome, okay. Don't judge me.



ps if you're really bored, my LS leader is streaming sometimes. maybe you will see us in action! check it out!

I am depressed today.

I do not know why. This was very abrupt. Stress from work + anxiety about coworker + general seasonal doldrums finally all catching up with me, I guess. I almost had a throwdown with the broom Friday night after it fell over from where I'd propped it, then I nearly burst into tears yesterday just from being so overwhelmed by everything I needed to do, and then I got into work this morning and --.... was like all the energy had just been drained out of me by the timeclock.

So now I'm parked in front of the heater eating ice cream and watching Let's Plays of terrible, terrible games, because it seems like it should amuse me, since I found this particular one funny before (Sonic 2006, if you're curious. I do not understand how this game exists).

I read the Dirge of Gerbils Cerberus earlier. I was only marginally surprised to discover that it really is as terrible as I'd remembered.

( blah blah work blah brain )

So, anyway, I hate winter and I hate my brain and I really shouldn't be eating this entire pint, and I should probably see about setting an appointment with my doctor to discuss possibly upping my dose, but that takes considerably more effort than I have energy for right now, so fuck it.


Also, I finally connected my PS3 to my Playstation Network account. I am JeccaAM there, if anyone else uses that and wants to add me. Maybe we could play co-op! (A friend and I were playing Borderlands last night, talking over Skype and destroying shit in-game. ...Well, she was destroying shit. I was just along for the ride, being just starting while she is level 50, and all. But it was a lot of fun, regardless. We were going to go again tonight, but, well. Rapid Onset Depression Issues. So instead you all get a pathetic journal entry.)

I didn't-sleep on the couch at my parents' for a few hours last night. Darn thing is uncomfortable, though, so mostly I went to bed around... what was it, midnight? And tossed and turned fitfully for a bit, sat back up and read for a while, and then tried to rest again until my father came downstairs at 3:30, and then I got up and drove my parents and brother to the airport. Then I drove myself home and tried to sleep in my bed, but by that point I was wide awake, and the cat knew it, so he kept dancing on my head. Ugh.

Also, Hellweek is going about as I'd expected, just in terms of DISASTER. Last year the oven was broken (and though I don't think the smoke-belching incident was around Thanksgiving, it wouldn't entirely surprise me). This year, the department manager is sick, so we're down one set of hands and a whole bunch of work hours, so I'm having to do a heck of a lot more than is generally considered reasonable. Tomorrow at least is a shorter day for me, which could be either a good thing or, if again I come in and nothing has been done yet, a very, very bad one. And then Wednesday I don't have to close, but I have to play with the TSA, which, uh, given a choice of the two, I'd take closing shop any day of the week...

( Subject change! ..wait, are you talking about FFVII again? )

Or I could just write a really long, ridiculous LJ post about it! Whichever. (Seriously, self, come on. FFVII is so old news. No one caaaares.)


Edit:
Also this is totally random and mostly not related but I really miss the ridiculously stupid little things SE used to put in all over the place, like that play in the Gold Saucer, or the opera in VI. We don't see much of that anymore, it feels like. Maybe I'm just tired and losing my mind, though.