Currents of Time

DLC THE SECOND

( Episode Blond Son )

That was exhausting.


Anyway, uh, back to the meme next entry, which is hopefully less than a month from now.

Because it's freaking late and I accidentally got stuck beating the game. (I honestly didn't mean to, I turned it on around 11 to run a few missions and maybe complete a few more days and then - well, whatever, I kind of cover this under the cut.)

( Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days 353 through the end )

Wow, that lost steam at the end (er, the entry, not the game). BUT I GUESS NOW I HAVE TO SLEEP SOMEHOW?



EDIT:
I think I've figured out a significant part of why this game made me sad but did not utterly destroy me the way Crisis Core did! But I can't remember how to do the "highlight to read" code, apparently, because it's not working, so I threw it up there under the cut.

JUST. IF ANYONE WAS WONDERING.

(edit: and now another thought, but I think I'm done this time)

A man called my department Friday evening! He wanted to speak to one of my coworkers! The "big, black, kinda muscular man". See, his wife had been in there the other day and met this nice man, and, while she hadn't caught his name, they wanted to take him out for drinks!

So, uh. The bakery staff? 100% white cis female. (The neighboring departments are not all white or all female, but there is still no one in either who even remotely resembles that description.) And he seemed to think he had the correct store.

I kind of began to wonder if he was speaking in some sort of code as the conversation went on. It was a little surreal.


AND NOW more Kingdom Hearts.

( Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days 149 through 224 )

So, we've had a little bit of a thaw. Warm weather is nice. (40 degrees is warm now?) BUT! This means the spiders are crawling out of their creepy spider-holes again. I've pulled a couple out of the bathroom and if I think of it tomorrow, I'm going to just spray the room down with the ANTI-SPIDER CHEMICALS, since that did wonders for my bedroom and the kitchen.

But, uh, I have at least had some revenge on the creepies? My cat apparently will eat them. HA! NOW YOU'RE CAT FOOD. Stay out of my home. >:|

I'm back with more of this! Yay!

( FFXIII Chapters 12 and 13 AKA THE END )

No spoilers for XIII here on out, even though I'm going to mention the game a few more times. A bit after my cat jumped on the remote and changed the channel, my brother turned up. He just went on break today, so. Long drive! I made him wait in the kitchen while I plugged in some headphones and watched the rest. We hung around a bit, then went out to find dinner, and mostly had a very long, hilarious discussion on how much of a wreck XIV is turning into (his prediction is that SE's going to have to give yet another free month, since the December overhaul/massive update isn’t until late in the month, and if they want people to stick around or come back, they're going to have to let people see what they've done), then moved on to the other games in the series. Lots of VII, I don't know why that was suddenly coming up.

( … this got a bit long, so have another cut )

AND TOMORROW STARTS HELLWEEK. Nooo, Thanksgiving, why do you exist…


Also, a year ago today (well, last night, since it's after midnight) was when I had my huge freakout at my father and told him to start treating me like an adult and with the respect due to a sentient being or to leave me the hell alone. (He opted for the latter, but then went back on it, and it's perhaps a bit wrong that I was more sad when he decided to start speaking to me again than I was when he was avoiding me.) Though at least the events leading up to that explosion put my mother and brother on my side, and they now don't let him get away with treating me like crap all the time. Small steps.

... I AM BACK FROM IGNORING THE ENTIRE WORLD NOW. (No one: *noticed*)

So my parents bought themselves a Wii. The system completely cheats at baseball. It came with Wii Sports. The next thing on my mother's list (she... she has a list! I do not know if I am proud or trying not to giggle helplessly) is Wii Fit. NO ONE IS SURPRISED.

I know this because I was abducted and forced to spend the night back at home last night. Without clean clothing or a hairbrush or toothbrush or anything! Though I also borrowed most everything I needed. (It really wasn't planned. Mom wanted to go run a few errands with me, then we had to swing by the house so I could grab one of my old textbooks, then we decided to go through some of the stuff I left at home, then she had to take care of the dog, then my father came home, then it was time for dinner, then they wanted to show off their Wii, then it was 10 o'clock at night...) (Then today was apparently TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK!! day, so, even though I am much older than the target age range, I went in to annoy my father.)

While I was home, I HAD SOMETHING LIKE ...EIGHT? INCHES CUT OFF MY HAIR. It no longer comes down to my waist. Just the base of my shoulder blades. It... it is very strange. I haven't had hair this short in... possibly ten years. I nearly killed myself with the brush this morning when I mistakenly attacked my spine instead of the tangle that was supposed to be there. It is very strange. I have been complaining about my hair for a while, because it takes so freakishly long to dry and to comb out and whatall. I am not sure anyone ever expected me to actually get it cut, at this stage. We might have taken it shorter, but this length is enough of a shock as it is, and also my hair is ridiculously poofy when left to its own devices, and any shorter and I begin to risk not being able to pull it all back.

... IT'S REALLY SHORT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS. WHERE HAS MY HAIR GONE.


I am about three steps away from declaring myself on hiatus from FFXI, but I know as soon as I do that, I'll be struck by the urge to log in and get stuck à la .hack//SIGN or something. Possibly just this statement will have that affect.


Someone was lame enough to steal our recycling bin. I am irrationally angry about this. Mostly because I have no vehicle and the closest place to go get another one is... uh. A ways away. GREAT EXERCISE, ANYWAY. I shouldn't have assumed ours would get brought in when I went running off with my mother. ARGH. (I shouldn't have assumed that one of the neighbors wouldn't suddenly need another one, either, apparently.) I AM SO ANNOYED. A RECYCLING BIN. HOW LAME YOU CAN GET? THEY'RE FREE. CAN'T YOU JUST GO GET ANOTHER ONE. I know all of you either have a car or know someone with one! I have seen you all use one! I have endured whichever one of you (what, I don't know their names) it is that thinks sitting in the driveway and honking ceaselessly is a good way to win friends! I DO NOT HAVE A CAR OR READY ACCESS TO ONE. YOU ARE ALL SUCH JERKS. I will stop e-yelling at the people who don't even know I exist now.


LOOK AT THIS! I completely don't have the money for it (how pathetic is that? I COULD COME OFF ACADEMIC LEAVE IF I COULD JUST GET A SECOND INTERNSHIP, OR IF YOU LOSERS AT THE FIRST ONE HAD, YOU KNOW, NOT DECIDED TO KICK ME OUT FOR NO KNOWN REASON AND YES I AM STILL ANNOYED ABOUT THAT HOW COULD YOU TELL), but they are giving us DVDs! (Now all they need to do is NOT EDIT THE EPISODES DOWN, RIGHT? Why is this so hard?) ... ... and also I may or may not have told my mother she should buy it and she may or may not have agreed. uh. yay.


IF YOU DO NOT LIKE TO READ ABOUT BLOOD PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS NEXT PART.

( Because I am talking about blood. )

OKAY YOU CAN LOOK AGAIN I AM DONE TALKING ABOUT BLOOD.

And am about to throw another chunk of cut text at you. Because more to prove I really have written this and am just too freakishly shy to post it where I am supposed to... It's too long. I will probably try to cut it down first. JUST, YOU KNOW. I SWEAR I HAVE THIS WRITTEN I AM JUST... ANGSTING ABOUT POSTING IT OR SOMETHING.

( THIS IS ABOUT THAT DANCE CLASS I TOOK LAST SEMESTER. YEAH. REMEMBER THAT? )

And then someday I will actually, you know. Work up my courage and actually PUT IT IN THE COMMUNITY. OR SOMETHING. GEEZ. I've never made a community post and it intimidates me some. That is all. ...


..... yaaaay?

HOUSING GET


:D :D :D


NOW I GET TO FREAK OUT FOR ENTIRELY DIFFERENT REASONS. LIKE "OH MY GOD I HAVE TO MOVE OUT NEXT MONTH."




edit:
i will be getting a new address, which i will give out once i know it. (Well, I know my location, but I think I'm just going to get a PO box.) My parents are not going anywhere so you can still mail things to the address you have, and I will get them. (Also, I'm not moving out until I get back from Mexico, which is mid to late January.)


ALSO I will stop bouncing around and start being as coherent as I ever am soon. I rewarded myself with a copy of Crisis Core, and ended up picking up a copy of Shadow of the Colossus for myself, as well. I was looking at the massive wall of used PS2 games and ... yeah, shut up, I have no self restraint at times. (AT LEAST THE GAMESTOP IS ACROSS THE BIG ROAD FROM THE TOY STORE AND NOT NEXT DOOR TO IT, RIGHT?) Also, I saw a copy of Ōkami, which was really surprising, because I never see that game anywhere. But I bought mine when it came out, so I don't need it. That was just surprising to find.

Edit 2 'CAUSE I CAN:
Also, we're eating Thanksgiving dinner tonight finally. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO WATCH WALL·E because it is adorable (and since I now own it, we don't even need to go rent it).

I AM EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

Edit 3:
To make today be pretty much perfect, my brother helped me find something that'd allow my computers to play all AVI files again. Finally.

So now I will be busy watching, you know, all of series 12 of Top Gear for the next day or so. GEEZ. *dances*

WHY ARE YOU BEING NICE

WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE PLAYERBASE


WHAT IS THIS WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING



I AM ON TO YOU!!!




...Only you, SquareEnix, can so frighten the players by being nice and doing things they've wanted since the dawn of time in Vana'diel.

Now, seriously, what evil or WTF-inducing thing are you about to spring on us? The suspense is killing me.

Edit:
I mentioned my Supernatural DVD set came with a tiny Impala, right? So, I am bored. And talking to Aniko. And have just finished putting stuff back on my desk (had to clear it off to clean a bit). (So now it has TF:A Blackarachnia, Alt Mirage, Cybertron/Primus, some books, my PS2, and a stack of papers.)

And I have a tiny Impala in my hands and no idea what to do with it....

( ADVENTURES OF TEENY IMPALA )

I am not sure why she puts up with me sometimes.

IF YOU DO NOT STOP BEING SUCH A HIDEOUSLY PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE JERK I AM GOING TO STAB YOU UNTIL ALL THE NASTY PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVENESS BLEEDS OUT AND POSSIBLY KILLS YOU.

I AM THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD.


NO ONE REPLY TO THIS ENTRY TO TELL ME OTHERWISE BECAUSE I WILL IGNORE YOU, AND THEN I WILL FEEL BAD FOR IGNORING YOU AND I FEEL BAD ENOUGH RIGHT NOW AS IT IS.



... AND EVERY TIME I HEAR THIS SONG I THINK, I NEED TO GET BACK TO WATCHING EPISODES EXCEPT OH YEAH I ALREADY NEED TO REWATCH LIKE THE FIRST HALF OF SEASON ONE WHENEVER MOM DECIDES TO ACTUALLY WANT TO, AND DO I REALLY WANT TO REWATCH THE ENTIRE FIRST TWO SEASONS WITHIN LIKE A MONTH'S TIME?




RARARARAR CAPSRAGE

I have no excuse for this post! It is late and I should be in bed and asleep, but instead I am awake and alternating between pounding text into a word document and Not Dying in FFXI, which is probably why I am now going to be gleeful about FFXI at anyone silly enough to read my deranged ramblings.

( Cut! )

Also, today my conversations over AIM with my brother included this:
[19:48] THE BROTHER: ... i just heard clarkson singing karaoke
[19:49] THE BROTHER: it was the most terrible thing ever

I laughed.

We subscribe to The Week. It generally shows up on Mondays, when I am the only one home and so fetch the mail. Being one of the sort to read anything with words on it that finds its way in front of me, I read it!

It is largely political. (That is just a statement, not a complaint or something.)

But this week's The Week had two articles that really caught my attention. The first was about a short bit about "the world's first truly functional underwater car." Apparently built by a Swiss company. My immediate reaction was to hope that this somehow ends up on Top Gear.

I miss Top Gear! It should be new episodes time now. Or at least April. I'd settle for April.

Anyway, the magazine. Then on the last page, Top Gear actually showed up! Barely. The television page tells us it will be on Monday (so, er, yesterday) at 8 on BBC America (which, of course, I do not get, and anyway, they cut content, which is no fun. And it's just the most recent stuff, so it's not even anything I've not seen). It also reminds us that a "U.S. version is in the works."

It will not be as excellent. In a similar vein, the Life on Mars adaptation has supposedly been pushed back to autumn. I still don't think I'll watch it, because I am so worried they'll mess it up.


...


I SOUND LIKE SUCH AN ELITIST. I don't mean to! ACK! I just sincerely worry! Life on Mars is perfect as it is! I don't want them to feel they need to change things and make it less perfect because SPOILERY SPOILER SPOILY SPOIL SPOIL and all!



Though, after reflecting on it a bit, I wonder if my want of more Top Gear is part of why "GT" offshoot plot ideas keep attacking me.


Now I go to bed! But if my schedule holds, I will be able to catch up on everything by tomorrow night. That'll be a nice change. (How can I have time to update my journal, if I haven't time to properly read and comment on other entries, or keep up with websites I check? Well, I can type fairly quickly when I know what I'm typing, but I tend to reread entries five or six times before working myself up to actually leaving a comment. YES I AM AFRAID TO LEAVE COMMENTS I DO NOT WANT TO OFFEND OR MAKE A COMPLETE IDIOT OF MYSELF BY MISSING THE POINT COMPLETELY. I manage to do one or the other of those things most of the time I comment, anyway, though, don't I? LAAAAAME AND ALSO SHUT UP. No, er, I keep meaning to make some sort of announcement/entry thing about that. I SAID SHUT UP, SELF. GO TO BED NOW.)


Edit:
On the extremely off chance that anyone was looking for them, all three parts of "Depths" have been locked. I've never been happy with them, and I've finally hidden them away so I can work through them and hopefully make them at least passably decent. They'll be back, I'm just not sure when. And I am quite possibly lying through me teeth.